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Kim, Xi reached important “consensus” on final day of Pyongyang summit: KCNA
North Korean media plays up "friendly" atmosphere at fifth Kim-Xi meeting
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday “reached a consensus on important issues” and agreed to develop bilateral relations regardless of changes that may occur in the international situation, North Korean state-run media reported on Saturday.
In the first detailed reporting on the second day of this week’s fifth Kim-Xi summit, party daily the Rodong Sinmun and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the two leaders had “sat together without reserve, in a cordial atmosphere like family members.”
First Ladies Peng Liyuan and Ri Sol Ju were also present at a banquet at a “specially-arranged luncheon site at the rosarium of the Kumsusan State Guest House,” state media continued.
The two leaders agreed that their five summits since March 2018 had seen them develop “profound communications as well as beneficial talks” and meant that they “have a deep understanding of each other, reached a consensus on important issues, and deepened the comradely trust and special relations of friendship.”
Kim and Xi, notably, “expressed their will to glorify the friendly relations between the two parties and the two countries in the future, no matter how the international situation changes,” the Rodong and KCNA said in Korean-language reports.
The luncheon, the report continued, “proceed in a harmonious atmosphere overflowing with feelings of friendship from the beginning to end.”
The ruling party daily featured five pages of coverage of the summit | Photo: Rodong Sinmun
Before the lunch, the Chinese and North Korean leaders and their wives “deepened their friendship in an amicable atmosphere while walking along together in the garden… after exchanging warm greetings.”
During the walk, Kim and Xi shared views on “issues of major and external policies of their countries and had a profound conversation exchanging constructive views on domestic and international issues of mutual concern.”
Echoing the outcome of their first summit, the two leaders “continued discussions about a series of plans to strengthen collaboration” and discussed ways to “positively promote the situation on the Korean peninsula.”
The Rodong, the chief organ of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), on Saturday dedicated two pages to the luncheon and walk, as part of an eight-page special edition in which five pages focused on the summit between Kim and Xi.
The second day of their summit also saw Xi and Peng visit the Sino-DPRK Friendship Tower and lay a floral basket paying tribute to members of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army who died in the Korean War.
“Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping, together with the participants, paid silent tribute to the memory of the martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers who fought at a sacred war, sacrificing their youth and life with North Korean people, to defeat the imperialist armed aggression,” reports said.
First vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) Choe Ryong Hae and SAC vice-chairman Pak Pong Ju were present at that event, along with other senior North Korean officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs.
The second day of their summit also saw Xi and Peng visit the Sino-DPRK Friendship Tower | Photo: KCNA
A photo released by KCNA and the Rodong showed first vice director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD) at the WPK Central Committee Kim Yo Jong and Ri Su Yong, who serves as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), also in attendance at the event.
A Chinese entourage, including Ding Xuexiang, Yang Jiechi, Wang Yi, He Lifeng, and Song Tao, accompanied President Xi.
“Friendship will be handed down through generations with longing for the martyrs. Xi Jinping June 21, 2019,” Xi wrote in the visitor’s book.
Xi and Peng then bid farewell to Kim and Ri at a farewell ceremony at Pyongyang International Airport, with North Korean state media deploying bombastic rhetoric to describe the send-off.
“Pyongyang residents enthusiastically sent off the intimate friends of brotherly neighboring countries who adorned the flower garden of the DPRK-China friendship with deep historical roots more beautifully and made a precious memory in the history of the development of relations,” state media said.
“The [North] Korean people’s will to further solidify the friendship and unity between the two countries, which are sublimated by the special friendships of the top leaders, vigorously surged on every street.”
The Chinese President departed Pyongyang on Friday afternoon | Photo: KCNA
North Korean officials including Choe Ryong Hae, Pak Pong Ju, Ri Man Gon, Ri Su Yong, Choe Hwi, Kim Yong Chol, Ri Yong Ho, Kim Nung O and Kim Yo Jong, as well as Ji Jae Ryong, Kim Su Gil, Ri Yong Gil, and No Kwang Chol were present at the farewell ceremony.
Premier of the Cabinet Kim Jae Ryong, who participated in the summit on Thursday, was not mentioned in Saturday’s state media coverage.
Both sides had “powerfully demonstrated the firm determination of the DPRK and Chinese leaders firmly hold hands and move forward the path of struggle to independence and justice” through Xi’s visit to Pyongyang, it said.
The coverage marks the end of what was the fifth summit between the two leaders and their second this year.
President Xi is set to fly to Osaka, Japan next week, where he is expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in a summit on the sidelines of the G20.
Trump is then set to travel to South Korea, where he will hold a summit with President Moon Jae-in.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday “reached a consensus on important issues” and agreed to develop bilateral relations regardless of changes that may occur in the international situation, North Korean state-run media reported on Saturday. In the first detailed reporting on the second day of this week’s fifth
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Ferenczi, S. (1915). Letter from Sándor Ferenczi to Sigmund Freud, July 8, 1915. The Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi Volume 2, 1914-1919, 63.
Ferenczi, S. (1915). Letter from Sándor Ferenczi to Sigmund Freud, July 8, 1915. The Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi Volume 2, 1914-1919 , 63
Letter from Sándor Ferenczi to Sigmund Freud, July 8, 1915
Pápa, July 8, 1915
Dear Professor,
I would have liked to have seen you before your departure; unfortunately, certain changes in duty make this impossible. In place of the commandant whom I have befriended, another, unfriendly one has been transferred here, and, worst of all, he has canceled all these short leaves. It is possible that I won't get away from here anymore until peace has been made.
My host, Count Esterházy,1 was killed in Galicia; the castle was closed by court order, and I had to move out.
After two miserable, sleepless nights in a dirty hotel room I finally found a tolerable room; naturally not one so comfortable as the one that I became so accustomed to in the castle, where I had quiet, coolness, and only greenery to see.
Our regiment (Honvéd-Hussars, Reg. no. 7) had frightful losses on June 26. The brigade commander (the Territorial Cavalry Brigade) was taken prisoner, forty-one officers and approximately 1,000 men were killed or taken prisoner; we mostly mourn the death of a cavalry captain whom we all loved. The Cherkassians (they carried out the attack) cut off a young cadet's penis and put it in his mouth. I think to myself: this strange and very widespread act of vengeance can be traced to ambivalence. Consciousness is only filled with hate, but repressed sympathy expresses itself in the means of punishment (as in the curse: fuck your mother, etc.). This debacle was played out in Bukovina, on the Bessarabian border; the brigade belonged to the Pflanzer-Baltin Army.
All these things have paralyzed my energy for work; last week—in Budapest—I was still in form and could also marvel at the ability with which Frau G. follows the most difficult trains of thought—in fact, even goes beyond them. Our relationship is getting better day by day.
I send kind regards and ask for news.
Ferenczi
Notes to "Letter from Sándor Ferenczi to Sigmund Freud, July 8, 1915"
Ernst Falzeder and Eva Brabant
1 Count Pál Eszterházy, born in Pápa in 1886, died in Dziewitniki (Galicia) on June 26, 1915. See also letter 520, n. 2.
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Manila Hotel – A Fine Establishment
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Manila Hotel is located right in the heart of the city of Manila. With a breathtaking view of the Manila Bay, 3 ½ hectare Manila Hotel is along Roxas Boulevard and several minutes from shopping malls and historical tourist destinations of the city.
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Established in 1912, Manila Hotel visitors are provided with an interesting peek of the Philippine History and culture. Famous personalities and Philippine Presidents have stayed at the hotel which even more gives the hotel a sense of cultural pride and world-class claim to excellent hotel service.
Manila Hotel’s location also provides easy access for travelers to visit the world-famous Rizal Park, which is named after Philippine National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. The centuries-old “walled city” also known as “Intramuros” can be reached on foot.
Manila Hotel is also widely accessible to Manila’s shopping malls and restaurants.
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A stay at the Manila Hotel would give any traveler a chance to experience the best of what Philippines is known for; Filipino hospitality. The hotel makes sure that everyone gets to experience the warm and best service while staying in the culturally-rich and world-class hotel. Security is also well-placed as the hotel takes pride in keycard electronic lock system and a secure in-room safe. Comfort is well-provided with Manila Hotel’s exquisite and classical designed rooms, remote control TV, fully stocked mini bar and separate bath and toilet.
Manila Hotel guests are treated with a top view angle of the Philippines’ capital as the hotel provides a breathtaking view of Intramuros, Rizal Park and Manila Bay. Manila Hotel also allows its guests to have a look at the wonderful sunset on Manila Bay.
So, if you are now preparing your things and looking forward to a pleasurable Manila trip, booking a room at Manila Hotel could be one of your best options. Manila Hotel can give you a one-of-a-kind hotel service that would make you think that you’re living life the best you can in Manila. At almost a century-old, only Manila Hotel could provide its guests a comparison of the culturally-rich Philippine past and the artistically modern Philippine culture.
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Eagle JH football schedule changes
The Pleasanton Junior High football schedule has changed for tomorrow’s games against Pearsall. The 7th grade B-Team will kick off at 5:45 p.m. at the Pleasanton practice field. The A-Team will kick off at 6:45 p.m. at the same field and fans are encouraged to bring lawn chairs to the game. Seating will be limited for the 7th grade games. […]
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Raising a Sensitive Son
9 April, 2018 by Tonilyn Hornung
When the doctor announced that we were having a boy, my morning sickness promptly returned that afternoon. I was shocked. Having been around girls all my life, I had no idea what to do with a boy. The only boys I'd tried to raise were the ones I'd dated in my 20s. So like any good mother, I started doing research . . . at the mall. I watched little guys tackle each other in the shoe racks and nervously prepared for a lot of hard-hitting energy to enter my world.
Then I had my son, my quiet little guy who has never once tacked anyone in a shoe rack, my kid who watches movies and cries during the happy endings, saying, "Mum, this is beautiful." And I love it. I've supported every inch of his sensitive heart because that's who he is. I want him to experience his own rainbow of emotions, because that way, as he grows, he'll have the tools to be able to handle them. He can be comfortable in his own skin. But, I'll admit, I do sometimes second-guess my choice. Would he be happier tougher?
He'd be so uncomfortable trying to live in a more stoic world because my kid is most comfortable being emotional.
"Mum, she said she didn't want to play with me today," he wailed as I scooped him up one day. I'd never seen any other kids leave the school sobbing. Should I have prepared him better for the cold, hard world of preschool? Maybe if I'd encouraged him to climb those shoe racks, he wouldn't be so upset.
Once he cried it out and we could talk, I discovered that his best friend played with someone else for a small time that day, but then joined him again later. His heart had broken for the time they'd spent apart. No, he didn't want to play with anyone else while she was away. He simply wanted to wait for her because she's his best friend. I could feel his pain and wanted to hold him forever — or, you know, at least until he gets married.
Another day he asked me, "Mum, is today a school day?" "Nope," I said. "Today we stay home. It's Saturday." And with that, my little guy burst into tears. I was completely confused. With all the best friend sadness going on at school, I had assumed he hated it, but now he was crying because he couldn't go.
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"Honey, why are you sad?" I said. "I love school," he replied. "I want to go." His cries lasted as long as it takes to sing one round of "It's a Small World." We sat in silence while he stared deeply into my eyes. He finally said, "Thanks, Mum. It's OK to cry. It feels good." And then he ran off to play.
It would seem my son is more in touch with his emotions that I am. My fear for his fragile heart was making me doubt my motherly instincts, but he has clearly shown me that making him tougher would be the wrong choice for him. He'd be so uncomfortable trying to live in a more stoic world because my kid is most comfortable being emotional. My son is showing me how to raise him, and I'm thrilled to follow his lead. Right now, he needs to cry to get his sadness out, and I'm happy to be here to hold him as long as he lets me — hopefully until long after he gets married.
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Palestinian products take centre stage in UAE with launch of ‘Made in Palestine’ initiative
Initiative offers credible option for consumers in UAE to purchase quality Palestinian products
UAE importers get option to easily connect with reliable manufacturers and service providers in Palestine
Ramallah-Palestine, September 26, 2018: Taking a major step forward in expanding the reach of prime Palestinian products in regional and international markets, the Palestine Trade Center (PalTrade) has unveiled in the UAE the first phase of its ‘Made in Palestine’ initiative in the presence of key dignitaries and business representatives from both countries.
Prominent among those present on the occasion were His Excellency Issam Masalha, the Palestinian Ambassador in the UAE; Arafat Asfour, Chairman of PalTrade; Malik Melhem, Chairman of the Palestinian Business Council for Dubai and the Northern Emirates; and Hanan Taha , CEO of PalTrade.
The ‘Made in Palestine’ initiative aims to enhance the perception about Palestinian products and promote Palestine’s business environment in key international markets. It comes as part of fresh efforts from the Palestinian government to encourage the exports sector, including the recent celebration of Palestine Exports Day, when the initiative was formally announced by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
In order to give Palestinian exports a distinct brand identity, the ministerial council has also recently approved the use of the image of the sunbird, the Palestinian national bird, on the ‘Made in Palestine’ logo to indicate the potential and vibrancy of the products made in Palestine. The logo also features the olive branch, considered a symbol of peace and friendship. In its entirety, the logo showcases the dynamic possibilities for Palestinian products as drivers of export competitiveness in the global market.
“There is no better place than the UAE to launch the ‘Made in Palestine’ as this country is one of the most significant exports destinations in the region. The UAE also offers a vibrant and friendly business environment for Palestinian products and is a reliable trade partner contributing to the increase of export volumes in key sectors of the Palestinian economy,” said Arafat Asfour, Chairman of PalTrade.
Commenting on the launch of the initiative, Hanan Taha, CEO of PalTrade, said: “This is a defining moment for Palestinian exporters as well as consumers of Palestinian goods in the UAE as we launch the ‘Made in Palestine’ initiative in this country. The initiative will introduce to the UAE market prime products from Palestine, produced under world class standards based on the accumulated experience and traditional expertise of local families across multiple generations.”
The launch of the initiative in the UAE holds considerable relevance for Palestinian exports as it gives recognition to the products exported to this country by bringing them under a single brand umbrella. It also raises hopes for new growth opportunities in the UAE market by paving the way for business-to-business meetings under the initiative. The first of such meetings and an exhibition of Palestinian products were organised on the sidelines of the initiative’s launch in Dubai today.
As for the consumers of Palestinian goods in the UAE market, the launch of the ‘Made in Palestine’ initiative means they now have a credible option to purchase genuine Palestinian products without any concerns about quality issues.
The initiative also benefits importers in the UAE by offering them a variety of products under a reliable brand. Besides, with PalTrade streamlining the entire operations under the initiative, the importers have a single window option to access Palestinian goods, and enhance business relations with reliable manufacturers and service providers in Palestine.
Palestine’s innovative and vibrant business environment offers state-of-the-art operations and globally recognised standards to produce goods that satisfy the needs of international buyers. The ‘Made in Palestine’ initiative will focus on expanding current exports of agro industry products such as olive oil, fresh herbs and dates in the UAE. Another focal sector is the stone and marble industry, since quality Palestinian stone and marble products are in much demand in the UAE construction sector.
The UAE is one of the top markets for Palestinian products with exports reaching US$23.2 million in 2016, according to latest available figures. Olive oil represented the largest exports, valued at US$ 9.36 million, while stone and marble exports ranked second with US$ 7.8 million. Dates followed with US$ 3.76 million.
The ‘Made in Palestine’ initiative is expected to give significant boost to other major manufacturing and service sector as well that are contributing to Palestine’s economy, such as footwear and leather; furniture; textiles and garments; information and communication technology; and tourism.
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: Jan. 29
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No arrests were reported from Jan. 17-22.
Summonses
1/16 at 8:56 a.m. Joseph Mickenzie, 26, no address listed, of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons on Scott Dyer Road by Officer Eric Vanasse on a charge of operating an uninspected motor vehicle.
1/16 at 3 p.m. Michael Long, 44, no address listed, of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons on Route 77 by Officer Jeffery Gaudette on a charge of operating after suspension.
1/19 at 1:19 p.m. Joshua Child, 39, no address listed, of South Portland, was issued a summons on Route 77 by Sgt. Kevin Kennedy on a charge of operating an uninspected motor vehicle.
1/18 at 10:19 p.m. Carbon monoxide leak on Aster Lane.
1/20 at 8:30 a.m. Carbon monoxide leak on Lindenwood Road.
1/20 at 8:30 p.m. Alarm call on Linwood Street.
Cape Elizabeth emergency medical services responded to 14 calls from Jan. 17-22.
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Nathan Sykes' Over And Over Again hits over 100M Spotify streams
Nathan Sykes' Over And Over Again has reached 100,295,297 Spotify streams at time of writing.
The song, written by English singer-songwriter, Nathan Sykes was released in a solo version in October 2015. It was the second single from his debut solo album, Unfinished Business.
Sykes performed the track on The X Factor in November 2015. A remix of the track was made by Elephante.
Another version of the song featuring Ariana Grande's vocals which was remixed by Cahill.
Over and Over Again peaked at No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 16 in the US Adult Contemporary Billboard Chart.
The song also hit the top No. 1 spot in the US Dance Club Songs Billboard Chart.
Both the solo and the duet version feature on Unfinished Business.
Speaking about the collaboration Sykes said in December of 2016: "We wrote that song so unbelievably quickly. It all just poured out, and then we recorded it within the day. And that was that, and I was very, very happy with it and I released it in the UK. And then, I was like, 'This would sound just incredible as a duet'.
"I'd previously worked with Ariana on 'Almost is Never Enough'. Having that previous experience working with Ariana - and obviously, you know what an incredible voice she has. Everyone knows that. So, I just reached out. And I was like, 'You fancy singing this song?' She was like, 'Yeah. This is beautiful'.
"It was just a really nice moment. And she went in and killed it.
"I really wanted to include both versions because, from the reaction that I've had, people love both. And to leave one of them off the album would be unfair. So I'm glad they're both coming out."
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Bar exam: Law students to petition Speaker of Parliament over mass failure
By Wendy Amarteifio
Bar exam:Law students to petition Speaker of Parliament over mass failure
The Ghana School of Law students will march to Parliament today March 5, 2019, to petition the Speaker, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye to set up a committee to probe the recent mass failure in the Bar examination.
Results of the students released by the Independent Examinations Committee of the General Legal Council indicate that only 64 students out of the about 800 students passed in all papers. Students of the law school in 2018 took a series of actions in protest of the Bar examination results which were also poor.
Also, more than 80% of students who wrote the examination in May 2017 failed, as only 91 out of the over 500 candidates passed.
The SRC President of the Ghana School of Law, Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu Amoah said they strongly believe that the problem of mass failures is not from the students.
“We are petitioning Parliament to form a commission of inquiry into the whole matter. We as students believe strongly that the problem is not from us and we also believe that the problem also does not come from our lecturers because we are being taught by some of the best legal brains in Ghana but we want the serious inquiry into the situation to find out what exactly the problem is"
Lecturers, including Justices of the Supreme and Appeals Courts, together with some seasoned lawyers are livid over the recent School of Law exam results which has been described as the worst Bar exam results recorded in the history of the school.
They have since threatened to resign en bloc over the mass failure.
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An immediate past executive of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, Isaac Wilberforce Mensah, recently noted that the high number of failures recorded in the final exams for students of the school was not the result of a lack of preparedness on the part of the students.
Isaac Wilberforce Mensah said the students put a great deal of work into their studies, even before getting into Law School and hence, cannot be accused of lack of effort.
He said that the problem was an indication of a problem with the General Legal Council.
“The only new introduction to this system is the people setting the questions and the people who are marking, not the lecturers. So it can’t be the lecturers that are not teaching well. It has to do with the marking. There is something wrong, and it is not the fault of the lecturers as well, because the lecturers would teach and it appears it is not the lecturers that are marking,” he stated.
Meanwhile, lecturers of the Law school have given the General Legal Council up to next week to review and collate the exam scores, reduce the exorbitant cost of re-marking from GHc 3,000 to GHC 500 per paper, and to cancel all questions set from outside the course manual.
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Cherrywood House
Darren* transferred to Cherrywood House from Community Shared Services. His previous environment was causing him a great deal of anxiety and as a result, he was exhibiting high levels of challenging behaviour when he first joined us.
We worked alongside the intensive support team in North Somerset to assess, identify and meet Darren’s sensory requirements. From this, we developed a Positive Behaviour Support Plan that also took Darren’s personal preferences into consideration.
Darren was assigned a key worker at Cherrywood House to support both him and his family. The key worker also helped Darren with his personalised activities plan, which incorporated sensory differences and allowed him to select activities based on his level of arousal. By taking this approach we have been able to better manage Darren’s behaviour and help him in such a way that it has supported crisis prevention.
From the moment he arrived at Cherrywood House, it was always Darren’s aim to be independent and his family also shared this ambition for him. We ensured that this end goal was always incorporated into all of his planning so that he could achieve this as soon as was realistically possible.
We are pleased to say that Darren has now moved into his own self-contained flat with his own facilities and front door. He is now living in one of our on-site apartments which provides a pathway to supported living. Darren’s apartment has been specially designed to meet all his sensory needs and ensure that it provides a living environment for him which reduces his behaviours that challenge. Our core team here at Cherrywood House still work with Darren on a daily basis to provide a high quality of care and support.
Darren’s outcomes
With continued support from staff, Darren was able to develop his life skills and lead a more independent life. Darren now:
Enjoys going to the local shops to do his own shopping
Meets with his family to visit the pub
Takes long walks by the seaside
Is able to do his own cleaning, laundry and basic food preparation
Is looking forward to his first holiday with staff support
*Name has been changed to maintain confidentiality.
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Japanese Insurance Giant Sompo Utilizes prooV's Platform to Expedite Proof-of-Concept Process
prooV's strategic partnership with Deloitte delivers a virtual cyber lab for companies to test-drive and run PoCs on new innovations
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TEL AVIV, Israel and NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- prooV, the world's first PoC-as-a-Service platform that facilitates and streamlines the Proof of Concept (PoC) process, today announced a worldwide, strategic partnership with Deloitte to offer a virtual Cyber Lab to its global customers. The Cyber Lab, powered by prooV and part of Deloitte's Innovation Tech Terminal, enables companies to execute PoCs quickly and assess new technologies against cyber threats before implementation.
Sompo, a leading Japanese insurance company, is the first Deloitte client to benefit from prooV and Deloitte's partnership. Using Deloitte's Cyber Lab powered by prooV Red Cloud, Sompo can conduct simulated cyberattacks on new solutions during the PoC phase. Additionally, Sompo will open a financial technology hub in Israel, to evaluate the latest innovations in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things.
"Organizations cannot afford to implement any solution to their IT environment without rigorously testing it for potential threats or weaknesses," said Toby Olshanetsky, co-founder and CEO of prooV. "Our strategic partnership with Deloitte provides us with another avenue to advancing our mission, which is to simplify the PoC process, while accelerating enterprise innovation."
prooV's Red Cloud is a private cloud that allows customers to conduct simulated cyberattacks on technologies undergoing PoCs, allowing them to measure the solution's defense and response capabilities before they are deployed. In the coming weeks, Deloitte plans to integrate more customers to the Cyber Lab.
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A few weeks ago I told you about a game called Watch Ya Mouth, Throwdown Edition. Well, my family and I played it, and let me tell you...I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Just the look on the faces of my kids when they saw me with the mouthpiece in was enough to cause tears of complete and utter hilarity!
This game comes with 142 cards that tell you what your task is; 10 colored mouthpieces in 2 sizes; 4 straws, and noisemakers; 2 throwdown balls; 1 throwdown dice, and a timer. There is a quickstart guide to get things rolling, and a guide on how to play. Let me tell you now, you and your family are in for a lot of laughs, and a lot of drool!
There are two sets of cards, and they are separated into a set of phrase, and throwdowns. The throwdown cards have 22 different types of challenges, and every challenge requires the use of the mouthpiece. Trying to say the phrases alone are hilarious enough as is, add in trying to blow a tune on a noisemaker, while your mouth is splayed open like you are at the dentist? Well, that just causes an entirely new category of hilarity!
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Linhart PR names Paul Raab to top leadership position, replacing Sharon Linhart
July 20, 2016 by Sean Czarnecki
Linhart is transitioning to a new role at the firm.
Paul Raab
DENVER: Linhart PR has named Paul Raab managing partner, replacing Sharon Linhart in the role.
Linhart, who founded the eponymous firm in 1996, is in the midst of "transitioning to a new role." She will remain involved in client services and business development until the end of the year and help make the transition as smooth as possible.
Meanwhile, Raab, previously SVP and partner, will continue to serve key clients and oversee the firm’s growth.
Commenting on how proud and grateful she was to the firm, Linhart said in a release, "I’m confident that our firm will continue to thrive under [Raab’s] leadership and guidance."
Her remaining interest in the firm has been sold to several partners.
Looking ahead, Linhart said she plans to continue to serve on the boards of the Boettcher Foundation, Junior Achievement, and Mountain States Employers Council, among other philanthropic and community efforts.
In addition to Raab, Linhart’s leadership team is now comprised of three other partners: CFO Carri Clemens, senior account director Kelly Janhunen, and VP Kelly Womer.
This group of leadership will help the Denver-based, 23-person shop evolve to the changing PR business, Raab said. He added that clients face increasing amounts of budgetary pressure and higher expectations for results, with more ways than ever to engage consumers.
"All of this presents huge challenges for both clients and us, as well as opportunities to figure out what the next 20 years is going to look like," Raab said. "The industries where we have historic strength are where we’re going to continue to build."
Those industries include mission-oriented food and beverage, such as Chipotle. The Denver-based burrito chain assigned Linhart to handle its national field marketing PR in June. In July, Chipotle’s chief marketing and development officer, Mark Crumpacker, was arraigned on cocaine possession charges.
Other industries the firm works with include energy and utilities, professional services, and building materials.
Raab has been with the firm for more than ten years. Prior to joining Linhart, he was the director of communications at management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and held several roles at Golin over a span of 11 years, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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Purdue research promotes benefits of ‘tickling’ rats
Posted by Big Rat on Campus on Jun 21, 2018 in Rat News | Subscribe
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Parents often use tickling as a playful way to lighten a child’s mood. In Brianna Gaskill’s Purdue University lab, scientists do the same thing, only with rats.
Gaskill, an assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and a member of Purdue’s Center for Animal Welfare Science, champions so-called rat “tickling” as a way to improve the quality of life for laboratory rats. Making brisk dorsal contact around the animal’s shoulder blades with their fingertips, and then flipping the rat over and pinning it, researchers simulate the way rats play with each other. While it’s not technically tickling, the quick finger movements look similar.
“The movements do look like tickling, but we’re mimicking social play. You’re not actually tickling them like you would a little kid,” Gaskill said. “We want to get lab animal personnel to create a lower-stress environment and for the rats to express more positive emotions, especially when handled by humans. These tickling techniques accomplish that, if done correctly.”
Gaskill, Megan LaFollette, a graduate student in Gaskill’s lab, and colleagues describe the proper techniques for rat tickling in a paper published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments. They argue that rats used for research in laboratories or kept as pets can show physiological and behavioral signs of physical and emotional stress. That can lead to difficulty handling the rats, reduced rat well-being and potentially inaccurate research results.
Purdue University’s Brianna Gaskill and colleagues have shown how proper ‘tickling’ techniques can improve the welfare of rats used in laboratories and kept as pets. (Purdue Ag Communication photo/Tom Campbell)
Researchers can measure the pleasure tickling derives through monitored behavior, but also through ultrasonic vocalizations rats make that can only be heard with sensitive audio equipment. Rats making 22-kHz sounds are stressed or fearful and often make the sounds when exposed to predators, experiencing pain and during fights. Improper handling techniques can also lead to these negative vocalizations.
But rats making 50-kHz sounds are happy. They emit these sounds when playing with each other, when given treats and when engaged in proper tickling.
Proper techniques, described in Gaskill and LaFollette’s findings, include preparing the rat’s home or cage by using appropriate bedding and removing obstacles for safe play; moving one hand confidently and briskly during flips and pins; and tickling in bouts of 15 seconds at a time.
“We want people to use it, but we want them to use it the right way,” Gaskill said. “If you’re working with rats, this is something you can do to reduce stress. But improper technique can have the opposite effect, increasing fear and stress.”
Proper tickling has been shown to make handling of rats easier, improve how quickly rats approach a human and increase positive vocalizations, as described in another paper by LaFollette and Gaskill. Tickled rats that are given injections for research purposes make fewer negative audible noises and more positive ultrasonic vocalizations before and after injections.
In another tickling research project, LaFollette tested tickling on pet-store rats. Some rats received no tickling, while the tickled rats were divided into two groups based on how many positive vocalizations were made during tickling.
All rats that were tickled were easier to restrain and spent more time outside their huts than the control rats. Only the rats that made fewer positive vocalizations during tickling – possibly a sign that these rats have higher general anxiety and depression – showed more fear and anxiety than the controls.
The results suggest that tickling can be used as a method to determine which rats might make better pets and to improve socialization of all rats before they’re sold to new owners.
“Pet rats will interact with humans even longer than those kept in labs,” said LaFollette, whose findings were published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science. “This gets us a step closer to improving the welfare of these rats.”
The Animal Welfare Institute, the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science and Petco Animal Supplies supported this research.
Writer: Brian Wallheimer, 765-532-0233, bwallhei@purdue.edu
Sources: Brianna Gaskill, 765-496-1866, bgaskill@purdue.edu
Megan LaFollette, meglafollette@gmail.com
A video of Brianna Gaskill discussing her research into rat “tickling” can be found at https://youtu.be/cjhiKvE3g4Y
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Tickling, a Technique for Inducing Positive Affect When Handling Rats
Sylvie Cloutier1,2, Megan R. LaFollette3, Brianna N. Gaskill3, Jaak Panksepp1, Ruth C. Newberry4
1. Center for the Study of Animal Well-being, Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University
2. Canadian Council on Animal Care
3. Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Animal Welfare Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University
4. Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Handling small animals such as rats can lead to several adverse effects. These include the fear of humans, resistance to handling, increased injury risk for both the animals and the hands of their handlers, decreased animal welfare, and less valid research data. To minimize negative effects on experimental results and human-animal relationships, research animals are often habituated to being handled. However, the methods of habituation are highly variable and often of limited effectiveness. More potently, it is possible for humans to mimic aspects of the animals’ playful rough-and-tumble behavior during handling. When applied to laboratory rats in a systematic manner, this playful handling, referred to as tickling, consistently gives rise to positive behavioral responses. This article provides a detailed description of a standardized rat tickling technique. This method can contribute to future investigations into positive affective states in animals, make it easier to handle rats for common husbandry activities such as cage changing or medical/research procedures such as injection, and be implemented as a source of social enrichment. It is concluded that this method can be used to efficiently and practicably reduce rats’ fearfulness of humans and improve their welfare, as well as reliably model positive affective states.
A happier rat pack: The impacts of tickling pet store rats on human-animal interactions and rat welfare
Megan R. LaFollettea,Marguerite E. O’Haireb, Sylvie Cloutierc, Brianna N. Gaskilla
a. Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
b. Center for the Human-Animal Bond, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
c. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rats find initial interactions with humans frightening, which can lead to negative affect, and poor welfare. A handling technique called “tickling”, which mimics rat rough-and-tumble play, can be used to reduce these negative effects. When tickled, rats produce 50 kilohertz (kHz) ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) indicative of positive affect. During tickling, some rats consistently vocalize more (high-callers) and react more positively to novelty and stress than rats that utter fewer vocalizations (low-callers). Rats in pet stores can experience high levels of environmental novelty, as well as infrequent and inconsistent human interaction, which may reinforce a fearful human-rat relationship. We hypothesized that tickling pet store rats improves human-rat interactions and animal welfare, particularly for tickled high-callers, as compared to non-tickled controls or tickled low-callers.
Across 2 replicates, 36 female rats were sampled with 6 minimally handled controls and 12 tickled rats per replicate. Tickled rats were split into two groups, high-callers (most USVs) and low-callers (least USVs), based on tickling for 3 days (5 min/rat/day). Handling treatments were applied by store employees for 4 additional days.
During these 4 days, feces were collected to assess fecal corticosterone levels and continuous video recordings were made to quantify play behavior, activity level, and location. Finally, rats were assessed with an unfamiliar human approach (60 s), manual restraint (30 s) and second human approach test (60 s).
Results showed in an unfamiliar human approach and restraint test, tickled rats required fewer restraint attempts and shorter time to restrain than controls (p 0.05). Tickled low-callers displayed more signs of fear and anxiety, such as fewer rears and lower activity level than tickled high-callers during both approach tests (p 0.05). Tickled rats had higher fecal corticosterone levels than control rats (p = 0.003). Analysis of in-cage behaviors and location showed that tickled rats spent more time outside their hut than control rats (p = 0.004).
In conclusion, short-term tickling of pet store rats improves ease of restraint with an unfamiliar handler. In comparison to low-calling rats, high-calling rats show less fear toward unfamiliar humans. Tickled rats had higher arousal levels based on fecal corticosterone, which may relate to their anticipation of interaction with humans. Overall, our results suggest that tickling pet store rats may improve some human-rat interactions, especially for tickled high-calling rats.
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Universal credit claimants ‘will be £1k a year worse off’
Dominic Brady
Universal credit will see 1.9 million claimants lose at least £1,000 each year compared to the previous benefits system, a think-tank has said.
A study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that large gains and losses from the benefit are “common” but overall more people are likely to be worse off.
Up to 1.6 million adults will gain more than £1,000 extra a year but 1.9 million will lose at least that much, according to the IFS briefing note out today.
The IFS said that those losing at least £1,000 per year tended to belong to groups including: those with financial assets greater than £6,000, self-employed low earners, couples where one person is above state pension age and those claiming disability benefits.
But those hit hardest are also more likely to find themselves only temporarily poor. The aforementioned groups are 1.5 – 2 times more likely to find that their period of low income is temporary, compared to other low-income groups.
The exception to this trend are those who claim disability benefits and the IFS noted that this group is “especially likely to be persistently, rather than temporarily, poor”. Those previously entitled to the ‘severe disability premium’ – generally given to those living alone and who struggle with basic living - could lose up to £2,230 a year.
In the short term, universal credit will hit the temporarily poor the hardest, the IFS said, and the effect on the persistently poor is considerably less. However, “as an overall cut to benefits, universal credit hits the persistently poor harder than those with higher longer-term incomes”.
The research showed that those whose average incomes over eight years are in the lowest tenth of the population – the persistently poor – lose on average 1.1% of their income over the eight years from universal credit – more than any other higher-income group.
Tom Waters, research economist at the IFS and author of the briefing note, said: “Universal credit changes benefit entitlement for three-quarters of those entitled to means-tested benefits, and 30% see a change of at least £1,000 per year.
“The biggest losses experienced as a result of the switch are mostly down to a small number of specific choices the government has made about universal credit’s design, such as its treatment of the low-income self-employed and people with financial assets.
“Many of the those very large losses do turn out to be temporary for those concerned. However, even when measuring people’s incomes over relatively long periods, universal credit still hits the persistently poor the hardest on average.”
Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary commented: “Universal credit was supposed to lift people out of poverty but this analysis makes clear that it is hitting the poorest hardest.
“Pensioners with working-age partners and disabled people who would have been eligible for disability premiums are among those to receive the harshest treatment under universal credit.”
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said: “This report wrongly assumes that everyone was claiming their full benefit entitlement under the old system, which they weren’t because the system was overly complex.
“With recent work allowances changes, 2.4 million households will be up to £630 per year better off and people will access around £2.4 billion of previously unclaimed benefits.”
Read Karen Day’s feature for PF on the whether universal credit will ever deliver on its promises.
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Miami Coral Park Senior High School serves 2,654 students in grades 9-12.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in Math is 28% (which is lower than the Florida state average of 54%) for the 2015-16 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in Reading/Language Arts is 42% (which is lower than the Florida state average of 52%) for the 2015-16 school year.
Miami Coral Park Senior High School placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in Florida for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2015-16 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 22:1 is higher than the Florida state level of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 97% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is higher than the Florida state average of 60%.
Miami Coral Park Senior High School places among the top 20% of public schools in Florida for:
Community Size Largest student body (number of students) (Top 5%)
Miami Coral Park Senior High School's student population of 2,654 students has declined by 7% over five school years.
The teacher population of 122 teachers has declined by 6% over five school years.
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Miami Coral Park Senior High School is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 3,601 schools in Florida (based off of combined Math and Reading proficiency testing data) for the 2015-16 school year.
The diversity score of Miami Coral Park Senior High School is 0.06, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.46. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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The nearest high school to Miami Coral Park Senior High School is Southwest Miami Senior High School (2.3 miles away)
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Breaks Ground on Large Solid Rocket Motor Development Facility as Expansion in Arkansas Continues
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CAMDEN, Ark., April 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Senior Aerojet Rocketdyne officials joined Arkansas State and local leaders to break ground today on the latest facility in a continuing expansion of the company’s Camden, Arkansas, solid rocket motor center of excellence.
Graphic rendition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Camden Operations’ Engineering, Manufacturing and Development facility due to open in spring of 2020. The facility will support several large solid rocket motor opportunities, including the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program, hypersonics and missile defense targets.
The 17,000 square-foot Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) facility, set to open in spring 2020, will expand our decades-long capability of solid rocket motor production in Camden. The facility was specifically designed to serve as the developmental gateway to future Aerojet Rocketdyne large solid rocket motor product opportunities, to include the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program, hypersonics and missile defense targets.
“Once open for business, the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development facility will be the newest and most modern rocket development facility in the nation,” said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s CEO and president.
The expansion represents the latest chapter of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s ongoing partnership with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Calhoun County and the Ouachita Partnership for Economic Development.
“The aerospace and defense industry continues to be one of the top economic drivers in Arkansas,” said Gov. Asa Hutchinson, “and that wouldn’t happen without the incredible workforce and their employers. We’re thrilled to see Aerojet Rocketdyne continue to grow in Camden, and we appreciate the investments they make in South Arkansas and in our nation’s security.”
Aerojet Rocketdyne has had a presence in Arkansas since 1979 and its current 800-person workforce manufactures 75,000 solid rocket motors annually for programs, including tactical missiles and missile defense. In August of last year, Aerojet Rocketdyne announced plans to further grow the workforce to 900 over the next three years.
“Our longstanding partnership with the great state of Arkansas continues to yield impressive results,” Drake said. “On behalf of the men and women of Aerojet Rocketdyne, I thank Arkansas State and local officials, especially Gov. Asa Hutchinson, for helping us build increasingly advanced and affordable products for our warfighters and the nation.”
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by Ben McKee - May 17, 2019
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On Friday morning, Tennessee star forward Grant Williams announced that he will be keeping his name in the NBA Draft pool and will forgo his senior season at UT. His teammate at Tennessee, junior point guard Jordan Bone, will have a similar decision to make soon. And now he’s reportedly decided when he’ll announce his choice.
According to Jeff Goodman of Stadium, Jordan Bone will announce on May 29th whether or not he will remain in the NBA Draft. That’s the deadline for all underclassmen to decide whether or not they’ll return to school or stay in the draft.
“Still a little hope, Vols fans,” Goodman added in his tweet.
Jordan Bone on whether he has decided to stay in the NBA Draft:
“I’m making my decision on May 29th.”
Still a little hope, Vols fans.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) May 16, 2019
Bone, who declared for the draft shortly after Tennessee’s loss to Purdue in the NCAA Tournament, is currently participating in the NBA Combine in Chicago. On Thursday, he turned multiple heads in different testing drills.
Through the first of two days at the combine, Bone had the quickest shuttle run (2.78 seconds), lane agility (9.97 seconds), three-quarter sprint (3.03 seconds) and standing vertical leap (36.00 inches). among all participants. Bone checked in at 73.5 inches without shoes and 74.75 inches with shoes. He weighed in at 179 pounds and had the second-best vertical leap (42.50 inches) of the 66 participants at the combine.
👀 @Vol_Hoops’ @JordanBone23 gets it going at the Pro Lane Drill at the #NBACombine Powered by Under Armour! pic.twitter.com/8duPsrOOIP
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For perspective, according to WBIR’s Louis Fernandez, Bone’s numbers rank better than Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook and Minnesota’s Derrick Rose in both the three quarter sprint and max vertical. Westbrook is an eight-time All-Star and was the 2017 NBA MVP. Rose has been an All-Star three times and was the 2011 NBA MVP.
3/4 court sprint:
-Jordan Bone: 3.03 seconds
-Derrick Rose: 3.05 seconds
-Russell Westbrook: 3.08 seconds
Max Vert:
-Jordan Bone: 42.5 inches
-Derrick Rose: 40 inches
-Russell Westbrook: 36.5 inches
— Louis Fernandez Jr (@LouisWBIR) May 16, 2019
Bone was also the starting point guard in the first 5-on-5 session of the day. He opened up the scrimmage with a couple of made baskets and displayed his athleticism on multiple occasions.
Jordan Bone with a couple buckets running point guard at the NBA Draft Combine scrimmage. pic.twitter.com/6BR9F0Yqje
— Marc Whiteman (@MarcWhiteman) May 16, 2019
This past season, Bone took a step forward in terms of production as he led Tennessee to a 31-6 record and a Sweet Sixteen appearance. The Nashville native averaged 13.5 points, 5.8 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 32.9 minutes, all career-highs. His 215 assists this season were the third-most in a single season in Tennessee history, and his 2.91 assist-to-turnover ratio was the best ratio in a single season in program history.
Bone was named one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, the annual award honoring the best point guard in college basketball. Bone was also chosen as a Second-Team All-SEC selection.
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Several members of the founding families are buried in Founder's Cemetery including Roswell King, James S. Bulloch, John Dunwody and his wife Jane Dunwody. Visitors will only find 23 marked graves, but at least 65 people were buried here. Some graves are marked only with large stones, and others are not marked at all. The first burial was that of Charles Irvine Bulloch, aged 2 years, who died of scarlet fever during an outbreak in Roswell in summer of 1841. Founders Cemetery closed in 1860. Members of the Presbyterian Church who died after 1860 were buried in the new cemetery on the church property at the intersection of what is now Atlanta Street and Oak Street. A small stream once separated the cemetery from the church. Today the stream has been replaced by a highway.
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Last updated on: March 8, 2013 07:30 IST
It's a doom in Detroit with the state declaring a financial emergency. With the downfall of the American auto industry, a prosperous Detroit has lost its glory.
The city's General Fund had a deficit of more than $250 million. Detroit's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report notes that the city has $644 million in unfunded pension obligations. A large number of factories have shut down and the city has lost around 60 per cent of its population.
Take a look at images of Detroit, now a miserable city...
Image: A vacant and blighted home, covered with red spray paint, sits alone in an east side neighborhood once full of homes in Detroit, Michigan.
Photographs: Rebecca Cook/Reuters.
Two cars of the 'people mover' public rail are seen covered with a advertisement for the 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup truck as they move past General Motors World Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.
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A woman prays for the future of the American auto industry during a special service at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan.
Photographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters.
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The Michigan Central Train depot sits vacant just west of downtown Detroit, Michigan.
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Jayme Closs Will Get Reward Money For Escaping
Jayme Closs Will Get $25,000 Reward After Escaping Kidnapper
Ashley Alese Edwards
Photo: Courtesy of Jayme Closs' Facebook.
When 13-year-old Jayme Closs went missing in October after her parents were murdered in their Wisconsin home, a $50,000 reward was offered for information leading to her safe return. Miraculously, Closs managed to escape her kidnapper, Jake Thomas Patterson, after being held captive in his remote home for three months. Now, a company that contributed $25,000 to the reward fund will be giving that money directly to Closs.
Jennie-O, which makes turkey products, is working with authorities to get the money to Closs, CNN reported. "We are overjoyed at the news of Jayme's safe return," Jim Snee, the president and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods, Jennie-O's parent company, said in a statement. "Her bravery and strength have truly inspired our team members around the world." Closs' parents, Jim and Denise, worked for the company.
Patterson, 21, confessed to murdering Closs' parents and kidnapping her after he spotted her getting on a school bus. He reportedly told police that “she was the girl he was going to take" and had no previous connection to the Closs family. Closs told detectives that Patterson kept her under his bed for 12 hours at a time without food, water, or bathroom access. After escaping, Closs approached a woman who was walking her dog and asked for help. She has since been reunited with her dog and her family.
Patterson has been charged with first degree intentional homicide, kidnapping, and armed burglary. He's being held on $5 million bail.
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Tackling bicycle chaos through nudging
Koen Bandsma
Healthy food displayed at eye height, electronic signs showing smiley faces, red carpets to ward off bikes. We are all being ‘nudged’ on a regular basis, encouraged to behave in a particular way. Koen Bandsma is researching how this works on the street. He presents a lesson in nudging through five examples.
Text: Eelco Salverda, Communication UG / photos: Merel Weijer, Communication UG
An electronic pat on the back
How do you stop cars from driving too fast, prevent litter on the street or the chaos caused by bikes parked where they shouldn’t be? How can you make sure that people eat more healthily or get more exercise? One way is by ‘nudging’ them: pushing them towards the desired behaviour. Everyone is nudged, sometimes visibly, sometimes less so. How can you recognize a nudge? Koen Bandsma, a researcher at the UG: ‘A nudge encourages behavioural change by making use of the psychological mechanisms that underpin our behaviour, for example by making the desired behaviour more visible or more pleasant. There could be an electronic sign in a built-up area that shows a smiley face if you’re not driving too fast. This gives you immediate feedback on what you’re doing. Or ‘piano stairs’ next to an escalator. The steps are painted black and white like the keys on a piano and they play a note when you step on them. Climbing stairs, which is healthy, thus becomes more fun. Or a sign next to a provincial road that says: ‘93% of people stick to the speed limit here’. People tend to do what others do, even if they’re not always aware of it. However, nudging never involves a prohibition, or making something impossible, or guiding behaviour by using financial incentives.’
Shared space in the Groninger Folkingestraat
Swarming road users
Shared space, a planning concept in which as little as possible is prescribed or prohibited, is another example of nudging. There are no traffic signs or traffic lights and road users appear to swarm in and out chaotically. People have to work things out together and take responsibility. And that means watching out! What does shared space have to do with nudging? ‘A lot of behaviour is habitual,’ Bandsma explains. ‘With shared space, you break through that behaviour. You create stimuli that make it more difficult to continue with automatic behaviour. You pay more attention as a result. People often perceive shared space as less safe, but research shows that it generally leads to fewer accidents.’
An old rubbish net
Cheap and easy
Rubbish nets, often found at the entrance to a motorway or along a cycle path to stop littering by road users, are an example of nudging before it was even heard of. The term has been used since 2008, but the principle has been around for a lot longer, says Bandsma. On the other hand, it is something that is highly relevant to the present time: ‘The government is pulling back, citizens are being given more responsibility. And it’s often relatively cheap. A red carpet, or a roll of tape to mark out a space – that’s all you need.’ Bandsma describes the rather makeshift work that nudging can resemble as ‘professional pragmatism’. ‘Measures of this kind tend not to be evaluated because nudges generally cost little and the evaluation is much more expensive. And then you’d need to start with a baseline measurement.’
Bandsma on a red bike mat
The power of the red bike mat
Because Groningen’s city centre is virtually car-free and there are so many students, you stumble – both literally and metaphorically – over the hordes of bikes that are parked or simply flung down. Recently, this prompted the suggestion that bikes should be banned altogether in some streets. Bike areas marked with tape, red carpets to stop people parking their bikes in front of shops – these are forms of nudging that help to curb the problem. ‘With a red carpet, you can clearly see the unconscious level that nudging calls on,’ explains Bandsma. ‘Red is a signal colour – it says “watch out!” Although you could quite easily put your bike there, nobody does. Something like that is cheap and it provides that little bit of space for pedestrians or emergency services in the event of an accident.’ But the problem will continue for a while yet. Car and bus traffic is increasingly discouraged in the centre of Groningen, while the number of students continues to rise. So, a ban on bikes in some streets? ‘How could you enforce that?’ asks Bandsma. ‘Also, the Groningen council is not really interested in enforcement – its policy is geared more towards education.’ And cycling is healthy after all, and doesn’t cause pollution, he adds.
A bicycle cellar
Bicycle cellars
Not all nudges are equally effective. The Frisian anthem that started playing whenever a car passed by at the right speed soon led to irritation among local residents and, Bandsma says, piano stairs were only fun for a while. So when does it work? ‘A nudge is not a panacea. You always have to combine it with other measures. The bike problem, for example, calls for a broader, integrated approach, which includes other measures such as bicycle cellars, flexible parking spots and bike stewards. In order to influence behaviour, you also need to change social norms. And if you want to change those, you need to educate people, to raise awareness. Urban planning and nudging can help a little with this.’
Isn’t it all a bit patronizing? All these prompts to influence your behaviour? ‘Using “tricks’ to guide behaviour can come across as patronizing,’ Bandsma admits. ‘It depends a bit on the nudge. I myself don’t necessarily regard a thumbs-up as patronizing. And don’t forget that it is often a result of city council policy and decisions. In a sense, this is a democratic wish. Research also shows that it’s what citizens want; they prefer it to fines or other forms of enforcement.’ So if you soon find yourself going a little out of your way to park your bike, or if you put your foot on the brake when you see an ‘angry’ smiley face, you’ll know that you’ve been nudged.
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SADC Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa commit to continued cooperation
The SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency, Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax met the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA), Mr. Shimeles W. Semayat on the 25th of June 2018, in Gaborone, Botswana. The two parties reaffirmed their commitment to the continued collaboration.
Mr. Semayat thanked Dr. Tax for according him the opportunity to visit the SADC Secretariat. He applauded SADC for the commendable work that the SADC Regional Early Warning was undertaking in providing early warning briefs that are critical for ensuring durable peace and security in the region, and which are also beneficial for other continental stakeholders including CISSA. He informed the SADC Executive Secretary that he had fruitful meetings at the technical level which finalised the review of the Joint Action Plan and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between SADC and CISSA signed in 2012.
Dr. Tax welcomed Mr. Semayat to SADC and thanked CISSA for the continued cordial relations that existed between the two institutions. Dr. Tax said that the visit was essential for CISSA to understand the operations of the SADC Secretariat. Dr Tax commended the technical teams from both parties for the work towards finalisation of the revised joint Action Plan and MoU between SADC and CISSA, and assured Mr. Semayat that SADC was committed to the continued collaboration.
The two parties agreed to finalise and sign the revised MoU that takes into consideration new and emerging issues, and to continue to work together in ensuring peace and security of the people of SADC region and the continent.
The Mr. Semayat was accompanied by Dr. Mokete Pherudi, Head of Early Warning Unit and Mr. John Ngarambe, Principal Liaison Officer at CISSA, while the SADC Executive Secretary was accompanied by Mr. Habib Kambanga, Head of the SADC Regional Early Warning Centre.
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Nebraska grain elevator hopes to reopen in fall
Feb 3, 2014 at 12:01 AM
FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) - The owners of a $22 million grain elevator in southern Nebraska where a silo collapsed last month hope to reopen the facility in time for this fall's harvest.
It might take several more weeks for investigators and structural engineers to determine why a silo collapsed at the elevator that opened last March near Fairmont, The Lincoln Journal Star reported (http://bit.ly/1k1dlUd ).
The grain elevator, owned by CPI of Hastings and the Lansing Trade Group of Overland Park, Kan., has seven other silos that appear to be intact.
"The engineers are reviewing it, and we're doing some other testing on the facility," Bob Fifield, of CPI, said. "But as of this time, we believe the rest of it is all safe and secure."
On Jan. 7, employees at the grain elevator noticed a crack forming in one of the 150-foot-tall silos. The silo collapsed, spilling thousands of bushels of grain, before employees could do anything. No one was injured.
Fifield said all the silos are being emptied as a precaution before demolishing the damaged silo. That grain is being moved to the company's other locations, and another company is salvaging the damaged silo's spilled corn by screening out dirt and rubble from the grain.
Fifield said the company has been able to keep all eight employees; five transferred to other CPI locations, three are working in Fairmont.
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Twelve TV weddings that made us awww and guffaw
"Parks and Recreation's" Leslie and Ben finally got hitched! Here are other favorite sitcom strolls down the aisle
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2013/02/24/twelve_tv_weddings_that_made_us_awww_and_guffaw/
Willa Paskin
February 25, 2013 1:00AM (UTC)
This past week on "Parks and Recreation," Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt got married. In keeping with the other weddings that "The Office"-"Parks and Recreation" brain trust have written (See: Jim and Pam, Andy and April) it was a very sweet, aww-worthy affair, complete with vows (not, thankfully Leslie's 70-page version), candles, heavy drinking and a good kiss. On the occasion of the Knope-Wyatt nuptials, a look at some of TV's other funniest weddings. (Note the funniest: We're eschewing famous drama weddings here.)
1. "The Office," Jim and Pam
The major difference between the American “Office” and the British “Office” is a matter of heart: The American “Office” has a lot of it, a big sentimental, sweet streak that the British “Office” would have scoffed at. So despite being about a dozen dysfunctional weirdos stuck in dead-end jobs, “The Office” has always been aces at romance, the adorable, sweet, funny kind. Nowhere was this more evident than Jim and Pam’s wedding, which took place both on a boat in Niagara Falls, just the two of them, and at a more public ceremony where their colleagues ripped off a viral video. This is the only instance it's totally fine to tear up, in a squishy way, at a Chris Brown song.
2. "Friends," Ross and Emily
Ross’s ill-fated marriage to Brit Emily infamously began with him botching his vows, accidentally inserting Rachel’s name for Emily’s, with an “I take thee, Rachel.” It’s probably the cleverest way to derail a wedding in TV history: No one has to speak now or forever hold their peace. The groom just screws himself with an unexpected, very funny snafu that dooms his marriage to Emily before it even starts.
3. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Ted and Georgette
Lest ye think "Parks" invented the hurry-up wedding, on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Georgette's had enough waiting and convinces Ted to get married that very day. Georgette wears a veil and a regular dress, Ted gets a prompt for his vows, and John Ritter performs the ceremony in tennis shorts, and needs help remembering the groom's name, and it's all aged very, very well.
4. "Roseanne," Leon and Scott
In the eighth season of the series, Roseanne plans a gay wedding for her boss, Leon, and his partner, Scotty, complete with drag queens, Sandra Bernhard, and strippers. Leon freaks out, contends he might not be gay since he’s a Republican who hates Barbra Streisand, only to be reminded by Roseanne that he does indeed like having sex with guys. (“But do you like having sex with men? GAY!") The wedding’s even kind of sweet, and ahead of its time.
5. "Parks and Recreation, " April and Andy
Even though they’d only been dating for a brief time, April Ludgate and Andy Dwyer knew they were perfect for one another. So they threw a surprise wedding, complete with a Colts jersey for the groom, dead pigeons and the sweetest vows (“I hate everything, but I never seem to hate you”). Leslie had her doubts, but even she got melted by young, dumb, totally true love.
6. "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" (and related reality TV series), Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
This one's humor is way dark: Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries make a fortune having their "fairy tale" wedding on television. Soon thereafter the whole thing disintegrated, on television, because it was rushed and crass to begin with, a marriage born of publicity and cash and attention rather than real love. The joke was on the audience.
7. "30 Rock," Liz and Criss
Marrying Liz Lemon off was a complex maneuver for “30 Rock”: How to do it without undermining Liz and the show? How to do it and still be “30 Rock” — wacky, unsentimental, self-lacerating? Answer: put Liz in a Princess Leia dress, get rings from a police auction, and have Jack Donaghy read some Ayn Rand. Perfect.
8. "Happy Endings," Alex and Dave
“Happy Endings” took a while to find its groove, but in retrospect, the pilot episode, in which Alex dumped Dave at the altar, had some telltale “Happy Ending"-isms. The guy breaking up the wedding is wearing roller blades; to make himself feel better, Dave listens to the Indigo Girls’ “Closer to Fine”; and Alex gets cornrows.
9. "The Office," Phyllis and Bob Vance
Before there was Jim and Pam, there was Phyllis and Bob Vance, of Bob Vance refrigeration. Their wedding had less heart — though it’s still in there — and a lot more Michael Scott than Jim and Pam’s nuptials. Michael tries to make the wedding all about him: it’s cringe-y, but ultimately even he can't ruin the day.
10. "A Different World," Whitley and Dwayne Wayne
An iteration of the classic wedding disaster: Dwayne Wayne can’t let his true love Whitley marry another guy, so he shows up at the wedding to convince her to be with him. His presence freaks Whitley out so much she goes into a very temporary dream state, and sends her mom into paroxysms of anger: But the right people get together in the end.
11. "Girls," Jessa and Thomas John
"Your dreams are not what you thought they'd be!" Jessa screams as she throws her garter at a crowd gathered for her very hasty wedding to money man Thomas John. Then everyone dances to "Pussy Be Yankin'." Not a marriage built to last, but a wedding to laugh at anyway.
12. "All in the Family," Mike and Gloria
On their second wedding anniversary, Mike and Gloria and Ethel and Archie reminisce about the younger pair's wedding day, which almost didn't happen, after Archie blew up about Polish people. The sex talk between Ethel and Gloria — in which Ethel is too uncomfortable to say anything really — is something else too.
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STEELY DAN'S AJA ALBUM RELEASED 35 YRS AGO
From ABC
‘Aja,’ Steely Dan‘s sixth studio album, which was the artistic pinnacle of the ’70s jazz-rock movement, turns 35 years old this week.
After 1976′s ‘Royal Scam,’ a solid, guitar-centric album that nonetheless met a lukewarm critical response, studio mavericks Donald Fagen (keyboards, vocals) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass) set to work on a follow-up in January of the following year. They recorded over a six month period in various state-of-the-art studios across New York and L.A.
The result was ‘Aja,’ their highest-selling album (reaching No. 3 on the American charts), and more importantly, their most fully-realized collection of songs. At this point in the career, Fagen and Becker had transformed Steely Dan from a legitimate recording and touring band into a songwriting partnership.
They wrote the material themselves (with production assistance from Gary Katz), aided by a jaw-dropping slew of ace session players. They’d become sonic perfectionists, scrutinizing every overdub until every note was irrevocably in place. But on the pristinely recorded and performed ‘Aja,’ their attention to detail was taken to bold new heights.
The personnel list for ‘Aja’ reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ in ’70s jazz/R&B session musicians: drummers like Steve Gadd (on the explosive title track) and Bernard Perdie (whose infamous ‘Purdie shuffle’ perked up the funky ‘Home at Last‘), longtime bassist Chuck Rainey, vocalist Michael McDonald, and sax legend Wayne Shorter (whose effortless solo on ‘Aja’ ranks among the band’s most epic moments).
Fagen and Becker’s obsession with getting the absolute best performance transcended perfectionism and landed somewhere in the neighborhood of Stalin-esque. As legend has it, the duo filtered through dozens of failed guitar solos from outside musicians on the infectious ‘Peg’ before eventually settling on Jay Graydon’s Polynesian-influenced take.
Reflecting on his contribution to the track for the 2000 documentary ‘Classic Albums:
Aja,’ drummer Rick Marotta said, “That’s one of the best tracks I ever played on. As far as drums were going at that time, if you had a club in your left hand and a club in your right hand and clubs for feet, you could play. I just opened my hi-hat a hair, every couple of beats with what I was playing on my right hand on the hi-hat, and it created this little sound. I had done that but never ever heard it on a record I’d done because (with the) engineers and sounds at the time, it was a nuance, and those things didn’t exist.”
Reflecting on the duo’s relentless quest for the perfect combination of players, Marotta noted, “It wasn’t like they played musical chairs with the guys in the band; they played musical bands! Whole bands would go, and a whole incredible other band would come in!”
‘Aja’ (which won the 1978 Grammy for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording) is indeed a triumph of engineering. The surfaces sparkle with sophistication, capturing every performance in full clarity. Listening to ‘Aja’ now, it still sounds like the greatest album ever recorded — as if you’re hearing the music from inside the amps and drum heads. But ‘Aja’ is also a masterpiece of performances, and of the nitty-gritty details (like Rainey’s slap-bass harmonics on ‘Peg’ or the subtle, steady climb of horns and synths on ‘Black Cow‘).
In addition to ‘Peg,’ the album also spawned such classic radio singles as ‘Deacon Blues‘ and ‘Josie.’ Reflecting on ‘Deacon Blues,’ which takes its name from the Wake Forest football team, Donald Fagen told Rolling Stone, “Walter and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, ‘You mean it’s like, ‘They call these cracker a–holes this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I’m this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?’ and I said, ‘Yeah!’ He said, ‘Cool, let’s finish it.’” ‘Josie,’ meanwhile, continues the pristine goodness of the record. The song about a girl who turns all the guys heads, does the exact same thing musically to the listener every time.
“By the time we did ‘Aja,’ we’d figured out sort of what it was we sort of wanted to do, musically,’ Fagen noted in the ‘Classic Albums’ documentary. “I think the ‘Aja’ album has so much great playing in terms of what we were trying to do with combining session players and soloists and so on to produce these little ideal tracks for our songs,” Becker reflected. “That was sort of the best, most consistent, and most successful example of that.”
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Cambodia’s Ruling, Opposition Parties Agree to End Year-Long Deadlock
Sam Rainsy (L) shakes hands with Hun Sen following a meeting in Phnom Penh, July 22, 2014.
Updated at 11:30 a.m. EST on 2014-07-23
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy forged a landmark agreement Tuesday that will see the opposition end a nearly one-year boycott of parliament and the ruling party adopt key reforms to the country’s electoral body.
The agreement broke a year-long political impasse following disputed July 2013 general elections in which Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) was declared the victor by the government-appointed National Election Committee (NEC) despite allegations of widespread irregularities.
The pact was announced in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh after a five-hour meeting between the CPP and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) led by Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy.
The agreement led to the immediate release of seven CNRP lawmakers and another opposition politician from jail following their arrest last week on charges of waging an “insurrection” which could see them being imprisoned for up to 30 years if convicted.
Sam Rainsy told reporters after the meeting that the CNRP had “no choice” but to forge a compromise with the ruling party to end tensions stemming from their arrest during a bloody protest demanding the reopening of Freedom Park, the only venue for holding mass demonstrations in the capital.
“The only appropriate choice was to end the political crisis, and to end the tense situation,” Sam Rainsy said, adding that CNRP lawmakers would take their oath after having an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni.
Hun Sen was quoted saying that the talks were a success as he left the meeting in the senate building.
The CNRP had boycotted the National Assembly, or parliament, and held frequent protests calling on Hun Sen to quit and to hold new elections following last year’s disputed polls, which it claimed the CPP stole through voting fraud and other irregularities.
Several rounds of talks between the parties had failed, with the CNRP’s call for an overhaul of the NEC a major sticking point.
In a key compromise that led to the end of the CNRP boycott of parliament, the CPP and CNRP agreed Tuesday that each party could appoint four members to the NEC, with the ninth member to be jointly picked.
The NEC membership will have to be endorsed by parliament with an absolute majority instead of a two-thirds majority as demanded by the CNRP, according to the agreement.
“Both parties have agreed to reform the National Election Committee … membership now has to be appointed by the National Assembly with the majority vote of the whole parliament,” it said.
CPP negotiation team leader Prum Sokha told reporters that NEC reform had been the “main point of controversy” during the talks.
“But in the meeting between the two top party leaders, both agreed to make guidelines for the composition of the body more clear and specific in the constitution.”
Civil society groups can apply to become members of the NEC, he said.
The agreement also said that the NEC will also have its own autonomous budget, while the new date for the next national election—which was originally set for July 2018—will be determined by the CPP and the CNRP.
Agence France-Presse cited a CPP official as saying that the new elections would not be held before February 2018, despite calls from the opposition to hold them earlier.
CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said that it was also decided that the CNRP will be given a key role in managing several panels in parliament.
The assembly will have 10 commissions, with the ruling and opposition parties each chairing five.
The agreement said that the two parties will “amend the internal rules of the National Assembly to guarantee its proper and effective functioning,” and that a new Commission of Investigation, Clearance and Anti-Corruption will be created, to be chaired by the CNRP.
The assembly speaker will be chosen from the CPP, while the vice-speaker will be from the CNRP and the second vice-speaker from the CPP, the agreement said, adding that the two parties had also pledged to reform the senate leadership.
Yim Sovann said that the legislative role of Sam Rainsy, who did not run as a lawmaker in the July polls, was “unimportant.”
“The CNRP always puts the national interests ahead of the party,” he said.
The CNRP spokesman said that other topics covered during the talks included respect for minority rights, and the opposition’s access to television and radio station licenses, both of which he said the government had agreed to grant.
Mu Sochua is released from Prey Sar Prison, July 22, 2014. Credit: RFA RFA
Lawmakers released
Tuesday’s talks were quickly followed by the release on bail of seven CNRP lawmakers and a party politician who had been arrested last week following clashes between opposition supporters and security personnel guarding Freedom Park.
Rights groups had said that their arrest was politically motivated and would be used as leverage by the CPP in forcing Sam Rainsy to return to the negotiating table to hash out an end to the deadlock.
Following her release on bail, outspoken CNRP lawmaker Mu Sochua, who was among the eight arrested, endorsed the agreement between the two parties while addressing a crowd of supporters outside Prey Sar Prison.
“Please let me express my deep and honest gratitude to all of our brothers and sisters for your long struggles—you are the victims,” she said.
“What you all want is the same as what we MPs want—justice. I clearly believe that we will build our nation together to make it democratic and free, with respect for equality and freedom for the people. As an MP, I am inspired to serve you even more.”
Tenuous agreement
Despite the agreement Tuesday, major differences between the CPP and CNRP remain unresolved.
“I think Hun Sen got what he wanted by getting the CNRP to end the deadlock and legitimize parliament and the government,” AFP quoted Ou Virak of the Cambodian Centre of Human Rights (CCHR) as saying.
“But the opposition will still have some cards to play. There is nothing to stop them from walking out of parliament ... or going back to the streets.”
The opposition has staged several major demonstrations against Hun Sen’s government, calling for the prime minister’s resignation and new elections.
Authorities have responded with violence in some cases, including a crackdown on CNRP-backed striking garment workers in January that left five dead after security personnel opened fire on the demonstration.
Police removed CNRP supporters from Freedom Park—the capital’s only public space for protest—in the aftermath of that crackdown and barricaded off the site. A ban on public protests remains in effect.
Official results of last year's poll gave the CPP 68 seats to 55 for the CNRP—a loss of 22 seats for the ruling party, which endured its worst election result since 1998.
Hun Sen, 61, is Southeast Asia’s longest ruling leader and has vowed to stay in power until he is 74.
Reported by RFA’s Khmer Service. Translated by Sum SokRy. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story mistakenly named the CPP as chair of the National Assembly's new Commission of Investigation, Clearance and Anti-Corruption.
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Interesting comment there Mr. Sam Rainsy. If I remember clearly, FUNCINPEC said the same thing before they jointed CPP. 4+4+1 formula is no different from 50%+1 formula CPP was seeking. How is that last NEC member selected? By 50%+1 in NA or a committee? What happened to the demanding of independence NEC? It seems now NEC is under the influence of both CPP and CNRP. Although I supported the agreement, I see many problems ahead because both parties didn't think through the potential problems down the road. I am willing to give the benefit of doubt that the CNRP will fight for changes, for the better future. If people don't see CNRPs results for change, the party will lose supporters by next election. These unhappy supporters might go and find a third party. So CNRP needs to prove them wrong by showing they are working for the people. Remember, parties are created by people and destroyed by people.
When I read the comments of some Khmer expats who live in European or US safety and play as rough as the wanna-be Rambos. They won't accept the fact that any step that leads to a reconciliation is big step forward. They talk about Democracy, but act as if they were the most uneducable despots who despise every democratic move. This ex-Khmer Rouge Hun Sen is either a good gambler or a man who could be a good maverick.
A muoy
99.9999% of all Khmer people won't be happy and against this result of ended political crisis in CAMBODIA. Where is a will of Khmer people that CNRP are talking about? Just okay under Hun Sen rule during meeting ? Where is result of voting commitee 3 from CPP,3 from CNRP AND 3 from civil activist? and so on ?Shame on you CNRP.Why din't you accepted before.You are playing game with Khmer people.Forget you now.
99.9999%? You represent 99.9999& and Mr. Hun Sen is the mere 0.0001%. LOL. Very democratic.
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I think a new Commission of Investigation, Clearance and Anti-Corruption is chaired by CNRP,not CPP. Please check this again.
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https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/seahawks/article/Seahawks-GM-John-Schneider-stays-mum-about-Frank-13786712.php
Seahawks GM John Schneider stays mum about Frank Clark's future at pre-draft press conference
Published 4:35 pm PDT, Monday, April 22, 2019
ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD NOW?
Schneider: "No, we are not. Pete and I are going to go over some things. Jody (Allen) is coming over this afternoon, so we'll take her through the process of what the board looks like right now. We're done with the coaches; we were with those guys this weekend. And so we have some things to work through, still."
Schneider: "No, we are not. Pete and I are going to go over some things. Jody (Allen) is coming over this afternoon, so we'll take her through the process of what the
Photo: Elaine Thompson/AP
The trade talk surrounding Frank Clark has continued to heat up, but Seahawks general manager John Schneider doesn't have much to say about it.
Sitting alongside head coach Pete Carroll on Monday, Schneider declined to elaborate on the the 25-year-old pass rusher's future with the Seahawks – the talking point that's been consuming most chatter around the team's pre-draft plans.
RELATED: At least 3 teams with interest in Seahawks' Frank Clark
He essentially reiterated what he said at his charity event in Bellevue last week, explaining that there's always speculation around this time of year and that his front office is constantly involved with deals throughout the NFL.
"We wouldn't be doing our jobs if we weren't listening to everybody," Schneider told reporters at the team's pre-draft press conference in regards to the Clark trade speculation. "I get it, people need to speculate this time of year. Watched something this morning where everybody figured it out for us. We take a lot of pride in having relationships through the league and understanding what's going on as much as we possibly can."
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Browse through the slideshow above for the best sound bites from Schneider and Carroll on Monday about Clark and the pre-draft preparation process.
Ben Arthur covers the Seattle Seahawks for the SeattlePI. He can be reached by email at benjaminarthur@seattlepi.com. Follow him on twitter at @benyarthur.
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Home Formation Christianity Is Utterly About Hope (Pete Greig)
Christianity Is Utterly About Hope (Pete Greig)
By Pete Greig -
In today’s video, Pete Greig reminds us that the Christian faith is foundationally and utterly about hope. Hope calls us to live in light of the future which God has promised is coming through his kingdom.
Key Scripture about hope: Romans 5:1-5; Romans 8:24; Romans 12:12; 1 Corinthians 13:13; Galatians 5:5; Ephesians 1:18; Colossians 1:27; 1 Peter 3:15.
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Pete Greig is a writer, church-planter, pastor and bewildered founder of the 24-7 movement. He heads up Emmaus Rd, in Guildford with his wife Sammy, serves as Vice-President for the NGO Tearfund, teaches at St Mellitus Theological College and was part of the senior leadership team at HTB in London for seven years. Pete's publications include Red Moon Rising, God on Mute and The Prayer Course, and his latest release Dirty Glory. You can find out more about his writing projects at www.petegreig.info. He loves art galleries, live music and knocking down walls. Pete tweets regularly @petegreig
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Is Almost Slick What Makes Good Brands Tick?
October 09, 2006 / Joe Waters
I just got around to reading a September issue of The NonProfit Times, which has a long article on whether donors do or don't like slick. Of course, it really depends on how you define slick. I like Ruth Wooden's comment that most people have a "radar for marketing that's over the top or doesn't match the product [i.e. slick]." It's also true that slick is really in the eyes of the beholder. What's appropriate for a teenage donor may be "slick" for a retiree.
Slick is of keen interest to cause marketers because we often teeter on the brink of it. I recently met with a retailer with whom we've done a successful mobile program for several years. To goose sales, I suggested we add a promotion that would include a Santa Claus "Elvis" visiting several of his stores to hand out holiday music CD's to shoppers who bought mobiles. I was being creative and just a little edgy. But he thought my idea was over the top (aka slick).
A good example of a business that's pushing the envelope without being slick is Burger King. A Wall Street Journal interview with their marketing chief offers some interesting insights for all businesses, including nonprofits.
Think different. Burger King is at the forefront of using emerging media. They've boosted their spending on the Internet and even have Xbox videogames coming out featuring their "King" advertising mascot. Now, emerging media works well for BK because they target young men. You may be targeting a much older audience, but they too are using iPods, cellphones, PDA's and other new media. One of the fastest growing audiences on My Space is adults 35+. As BK has learned, the eyeballs have already moved. Be sure to follow.
Partner your way to success. The "King" video games are part of a partnership deal with Microsoft that gets BK into Xbox--giving them instant credibility in the gaming world--and Microsoft into BK's locations, which see up to 7 million customers a day. Cause marketing is all about partnerships and finding companies that can tell your story and raise money. But you also have something to offer them: favorability and credibility. Be creative in the partners you target (we recently partnered with an apple orchard that targets families, a key demo for Halloween Town) and show them that working with a nonprofit is a two way street (in the case of the apple orchard that other street went straight to our food services department, which uses LOTS of apples, and our 5,000 employees and their apple-picking families.).
Have a clear target. And you'll reach more consumers. BK targets young men, but their ads have a higher recall and likability with women than either McDonald's or Wendy's. Why? I think zeroing in on one demo is so powerful that it creates a ripple effect that touches many others. But nonprofits frequently focus on everyone because they don't want to miss anyone--and they end up getting no one.
The final lesson from BK's CMO is his view on what works, which I wholeheartedly agree and think there is a place for in nonprofit marketing. He says, "My personal philosophy is effective advertising stems from tension, and when it's provocative it's more ingrained in the culture...I think viewers today appreciate clever and provocative advertising." Amen. Elvis has left the building.
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Banned/Suspended Users
By swansont, April 8, 2008 in Forum Announcements
Air Between the Notes has been suspended 3 days for persistent thread hijacking resulting in preaching.
Phi for All 5478
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mohamed777 has been banned as a sockpuppet of farolero, giordano bruno, strangelove, & Hipaso. Next is a spam report to IPBoard, so he won't be able to register on any forum that uses the software. If only he'd been this persistent studying....
And again, but this time for one week.
madmac has been suspended for a week for continually failing to meet the level of rigor we require in our speculations discussions
Air Between the Notes has been banned permanently for continued preaching, and using the same refuted arguments for everything, ad infinitum. "Science is a religion" is too weak to support more than one discussion.
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SDLG demonstrates strength in depth of product line at Bauma China 2014
par admin | Nov 26, 2014 | Actualités et événements | 0 commentaires
SDLG displayed units from across its product categories in a 25 machine line up at China’s largest construction equipment trade fair. Included on the 3,000 m2 booth were two high capacity concept machines plus a number of best-selling units. The Bauma China 2014 event is taking place November 25 through 28, at the Shanghai International Expo Center.
With 2014 marking its seventh occurrence, Bauma China is now firmly established as the largest and most prestigious trade show of its kind in China. It attracts equipment users from the agroforestry, construction and infrastructure, energy, quarrying and mining industries, with visitors coming from across China and many international markets. Some 3,000 exhibitors were registered at this year’s Bauma China, and prominent among them was Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co., Ltd (known as Lingong), which showcased 27 of its SDLG-branded machines on a 3,000 m2 booth (G60) - one of the largest exhibits at the event.
Best known for its range of wheel loaders, for which it is one of the world’s largest producers, SDLG also manufactures a full range of other equipment including excavators, backhoe loaders, road machinery and compact equipment. The company used Bauma China to highlight the success of its current product line and hint at what might lie ahead with the inclusion of two notable prototypes on the booth, the L9120F wheel loader and the LG6460E excavator.
SDLG also used this year’s Bauma China as an occasion to meet with its global distribution network, staging a conference for over 100 dealer delegates during the show. There was also a gala dinner for customers, the launch of a new brand for the company’s customer service operation and the celebration of several company highlights in 2014. These include SDLG’s sponsorship of the AFC Champions League (the premier club football competition for Asia and the Middle East) and the continuing success of its China Top Driver competition, which encourages more young people to join the construction industry and develops the skills of those operating equipment.
Senior leadership from SDLG were present throughout bauma China 2014 including executive president, Yu Mengsheng, who commented.
“Our customers trust SDLG branded machines because of the consistently reliable performance and a fast return of investment they receive,” he said. “Here at bauma China we wanted to show them the true strength of our product line-up, and a vision into future generations of SDLG machinery. From our headquarters in Linyi, China, we create machinery that brings new levels of reliability, performance and value to our customers by incorporating world-class design and manufacturing techniques. To achieve our goal of becoming China’s leading producer of construction equipment, we must continue to strengthen our heritage of product development and innovation which is the backbone of the SDLG brand.”
The two prototype SDLG machines on display were notable for their breakthroughs in both the size and the technology, and together they were given center stage on the company’s huge booth. Both were developed with input from the company’s R&D facility in Linyi and its shared technology center in Jinan. The wheel loader concept machine, the L9120F, is a 6 m3 unit with an operating weight of 36 t. It features a high-torque engine designed to Stage III standards with lower CO2 emissions, a hydro-shift transmission, 260 kN of breakout force, and a new ergonomically designed cab.
The LG6460E, meanwhile, has an operating weight of 44.5 t and like the L9120F has a new high-torque engine designed to Stage III standards. With a wider chassis offering stronger stability and an impressive 2.1 m3 bucket capacity, the new excavator will be suitable for a range of applications, particularly heavy duty work in mining and quarrying sites. The dual pump hydraulic system from Kawasaki offers better work efficiency and also saves energy.
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Derek Jeter: Whatever Happened to His November 5th Wedding?
by Roger Friedman - December 12, 2010 11:25 am
Nice news this morning for Yankee fans. One of our faves, superstar outfielder Nick Swisher, got married yesterday to actress Joanna Garcia in Palm Beach, Florida. A-Rod brought Cameron Diaz. We’d know more but the guests had to sign confidentiality agreements. (As you do!)
But wait: whatever happened to Derek Jeter‘s wedding to Minka Kelly? It was all set for November 5th in a castle on Long Island. Remember? The New York Post ran a huge story on it last January.
Here’s the link to a head line that read: “Derek Jeter, Minka Kelly Set to Become Mr., Mrs ‘November”
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/jeter_set_to_foCaoQUphlPP0uQRsMuv0H
This is what the Post said, so definitively: “After getting a tip about the upcoming nuptials, The Post confirmed the date by spotting a curious entry in the official calendar at the ritzy reception palace Oheka Castle in Huntington, LI, for the first Friday in November that read simply “JETER wedding.” Page Six broke the story of their secret engagement in August.”
I’m so glad I didn’t send that Oster blender from Bed, Bath and Beyond! I know Melky Cabrera feels the same way.
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Date / Feb 1, 2015
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Moment / With 27 seconds left in Super Bowl XLIX and down by four points to the New England Patriots, the Seattle Seahawks had the ball on the New England one-yard line. With a timeout to use and powerful running back Marshawn Lynch, most analysts and fans thought a run was coming. Instead, Russell Wilson dropped back and attempted a pass, which was intercepted by Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, sealing the victory for the Patriots.
Impact / Malcolm Butler, who had no interceptions in the regular season and was a rookie free-agent from Western Alabama, saw Seattle’s receivers were lined up to run a pick route. He jumped the route and intercepted the ball at the goal line. The Patriots were able to run the clock out and win their fourth Super Bowl in franchise history.
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Bin illegal knives without fear of prosecution - Devon holds knife amnesty week
PUBLISHED: 10:07 12 March 2019 | UPDATED: 10:16 12 March 2019
Beth Sharp
Some of the knives handed in during the knife amnesty in Devon and Cornwall in 2017. Picture: DCP
'No good can come of carrying a knife - bin it!' - that is the message being shared by police chiefs.
Anyone who wants to dispose of unwanted knives and blades can do so in bins across the county without fear of prosecution until Sunday (March 17).
Knives of any description can be disposed of, including illegal lock knives and ‘zombie’ knives, samurai swords, kitchen knives, unwanted collectibles, replicas and ceremonial items.
Devon and Cornwall Police is supporting a week of action as part of the ongoing national Operation Sceptre, which has the aims of combating knife crime and raising awareness about it.
Most police stations or enquiry offices which are open to the public will have collection bins in which members of the public can deposit items anonymously.
These are located at Truro, Pydar Street; Bodmin, Tollgate Road; St Austell, Palace Road; Camborne, South Terrace; Plymouth, Crownhill and Plymouth Charles Cross; Barnstaple, North Walk; Exeter, Heavitree Road and Torquay, South Street.
The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is four years in prison and an unlimited fine. You’ll get a prison sentence if you’re convicted of carrying a knife more than once.
Superintendent Jeremy Capey said: “Carrying of knives by young people is not endemic in our policing area, and instead tends to be associated with criminal gang activity such as county lines drugs supply which is already actively targeted.
“Any knife taken out of circulation and off the street helps to prevent injuries and deaths.
“The notion of self-defence is not a good reason. If a knife is used in a confrontation the balance of probability is that the person carrying it is more likely to be injured from it themselves.”
Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, said: “The latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures show that Devon and Cornwall is the sixth safest police force area out of 43 when it comes to knife crime, and we all have a duty to keep it that way.”
If you are worried that a friend or relative is carrying a knife you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
Visit dc.police.uk/PEO for other knife amnesty locations and open times.
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Warner Bros. CEO Stresses Intent to Get Wonder Woman on Film or TV
Posted on Monday, October 7th, 2013 by Russ Fischer
Warner Bros. has been the target of many derisive comments due the fact that, while the company has put multiple incarnations of Batman and Superman on the big screen, most of the rest of the DC Comics stable of characters has failed to develop into stars of their own feature films. Those few that have made the leap to theaters ended up like the poorly-received Green Lantern, or the marginalized The Losers. (Sure, there was Watchmen, but that didn’t help WB and DC build an empire to match Marvel’s.)
So where’s Wonder Woman? Where’s the Flash? Both could end up on TV, but what about in the movies? Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara addressed the question during an event this past weekend.
THR reports,
Also on the subject of franchises, Tsujihara said that the lack of superhero movies other than the Superman and Batman franchises had been a “missed opportunity,” but added that the studio had “huge plans for a number of other DC properties on TV.” Perhaps one hint in that direction: “We need to get Wonder Woman on the big screen or TV.”
But we know that Warner Bros. has thought along those lines for a long time — there have been multiple attempts to develop Wonder Woman for the big screen, and for television.
Tsujihara has only led WB since March, but he’s already making some big moves. While the studio’s deal with Legendary expired, leading Thomas Tull to take his company to a deal with Universal, the Tsujihara-led WB has announced Batman Vs. Superman, and Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling said that Tsujihara was instrumental in convincing her to make a deal for a new Potter spin-off film series.
WB is sitting on a potential goldmine of film properties thanks to the DC library, so will the current version of the company be able to capitalize?
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10 Tax Incentives for Manufacturers
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BARCELONA – THE NEW HUB FOR SOCIAL GAME STARTUPS
It’s official. The Social Games World has a new capital city: Barcelona.
We headed to Barcelona Loves Entrepreneurs on Monday at the emblematic Moritz Factory to hear from some of the biggest names in Social Gaming, based here in Barcelona.
Akamon, King and our very own Pepe Cantos, Chief Monetization Officer at Social Point, gave their view on what’s up with Barcelona; and why it is that the Catalan capital is becoming a buzz word in our sector. Something that each of the speakers agreed on, is that Barcelona has become a cluster for ideas and talent, joining the ranks of other leading gaming hubs in the Nordics and the US.
Pepe told a capacity audience of budding games entrepreneurs and sector leaders that Barcelona has become the place to be, not only in terms of the quality and quantity of talent, but also because of what he describes as “ambition offset by humanity” in Barcelona’s entrepeneurial scene.
We caught up with Pepe after his talk, and asked him for a sketch of the Barcelona gaming scene.
“The adventure began with Microjocs, which has led to more and more small companies setting up who are now starting to make it big. Akamon is the latest Barcelona success story. These successes are attracting others. The first to arrive in Barcelona is King, but it won’t be the last and these companies are here to stay.
“Barcelona has become the place to be if you want to start up in social gaming, or set up your own business with access to the talent pool you need.”
You can hear Pepe’s full talk (in Spanish) via Agoranews.
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Google Lunar X Prize Teams Taking Shape
By Debra Werner 2009-09-16T17:37:00Z Tech
An illustration of a rover from team Independence–X Aerospace from Malaysia, which officially joined the race for the Google Lunar X Prize on October 7, 2008.
(Image: © Independence–X Aerospace)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Nearly two yearsinto the competition for the Google Lunar X Prize $30 million purse, teams arelining up financing, establishing partnerships and tinkering with roverprototypes.
The internationalcompetition announced in September 2007 to land a rover on the moon, travel500 meters and send back high-definition imagery has attracted 19 teams withparticipants from 42 countries, Nicole Jordan, X Prize Foundation team liaison,said during a Space Frontier Foundation conference here in late July. Teamsrange from an open-source collaboration of engineers and software developers tohighly structured partnerships featuring prominent aerospace firms,universities and investment banks.
In spite of their contrasting approaches, team leadersspeaking July 20 during a panel discussion on the prize were uniformlyoptimistic that lunar transportation services would be profitable. Participantscited a study released July 16 by the Futron Corp. predicting a $1 billion to$1.5 billion market for commercial lunar services during the next decade. Thestudy by Futron, a consulting firm in Bethesda, Md., identified six markets forlunar services: hardware sales to governments around the world, services forgovernment customers, products for the commercial sector, entertainment, sponsorship,technology sales and licensing.
Before they can reap the rewards of those markets, however, teamswill have to make a significant investment to reach the Moon. Bob Richards,chief executive for Odyssey Moon Ltd., a company formed on the Isle of Man oneyear before the lunar prize was announced, said an extremely efficient missionto send 30 kilograms to 50 kilograms to the Moon would cost approximately $100million.
Richards said the Futron study confirms his view thatcustomers will line up to send payloads to the Moon once a reliable service isin place. "Our goal is to prove that the private sector together withgovernment can provide transportation services to the Moon and establish aneconomic base and a viable business case to continue operations," Richardssaid.
Odyssey Moon announced July 29 that it had signed up itsfifth customer, the International Space School Education Trust. Moonlink Ltd.of Yorkshire, England, has contracted with the Education Trust to reserve 1kilogram on Odyssey Moon's first flight, dubbed MoonOne, for a scientificinstrument to be selected by a competition for Yorkshire schools andindividuals. Paragon Space Development Corp. of Tucson, Ariz., also announcedplans to send an experiment on MoonOne to grow mustard seeds, and Celestis, apart of Space Services Inc. of Houston, hired Odyssey Moon to carry a memorial capsulewith cremated remains to the Moon or into lunar orbit. In addition, theInternational Lunar Observatory Association, based in Hawaii, plans to sendaloft a scientific instrument to collect astrophysical and in-situ information,and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research plans tolaunch a modified version of a spectrometer designed originally for theEuropean Space Agency's Aurora Mars exploration program.
In addition to building a customer base, Odyssey Moon isseeking investors to finance its flights. During the next six months, Richardssaid Odyssey Moon will embark on a second round of financing with a group ofnew partners: Near Earth LLC, an investment bank based in New York; WPP Group,a London-based marketing and communications firm; Milbank Tweed Hadley andMcCloy LLP, a law firm based in New York; and Aon International Space Brokers,an insurance company from Chicago.
The economic downturn is making it challenging to raisemoney, "but it is not so daunting that it has discouraged us,"Richards said. "If you have a good business plan, the economic climatedoesn't matter."
Michael Joyce, founder of another Google Lunar X Prizecompetitor, Next Giant Leap, said the economic slowdown may even benefit histeam because investors have little prospect of making money in the short term."It has shown investors that they need to be looking at a little bitlonger time horizon, so that has helped us," Joyce said.
The Next Giant Leap team, which was known simply as theMystery Team during the first year of the competition, includes Sierra NevadaSpace Systems of Littleton, Colo., the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) Space Systems Laboratory and the Draper Laboratory, both of Cambridge, Mass.,and Aurora Flight Sciences of Manassas, Va. The team's Moon lander designis based on existing spacecraft built by Sierra Nevada, while Draper Labs isoffering guidance, navigation and control expertise.
The MIT students, led by former astronaut Jeff Hoffman,unveiled a prototype robot in June designed to hop across the Moon's surface.The students are scheduled to complete testing of the prototype within oneyear, Joyce said on July 20.
While Next Giant Leap is seeking investors, the team is alsofinanced in part by an unusual method. Joyce, the owner of B9 CreationsLLC of Deadwood, S.D., manufactures and sells $24,500 replicas of therobot featured in the 1965 television series "Lost in Space."
Another Google Lunar X Prize team, AstroboticTechnology led by Chairman William "Red" Whittaker of CarnegieMellon University's Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, already has built threeprototype rovers designed not only to win the initial $20 million prize, but towin millions of dollars in bonus prizes with its first mission scheduled forMay 2011. During that mission, called Tranquility Trek, the Astrobotic robot isdesigned to travel to the Apollo 11 site and send back imagery showing theimpact of weather, radiation and meteorite bombardment on hardware left there.
According to the lunar prize rules, the first team to land onthe Moon, travel 500 meters and send back a 1 gigabyte "Mooncast"including high-definition still and video images by Dec. 31, 2012, will win $20million. If that goal is not accomplished, a prize of $15 million will beavailable until Dec. 31, 2014. No prize will be awarded after that unless therules are changed by sponsors Google Inc. and the X Prize Foundation of PlayaVista, Calif. The second team to reach the Moon by Dec. 31, 2014, will win $5million. Teams that complete additional tasks, such as traveling 5,000 meterson the lunar surface, sending back imagery of Apollo hardware, discoveringwater and surviving the cold lunar night, will be eligible for $5 million inadditional prizes.
The Astrobotics team includes the University of Arizona'sLunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, Ariz., to design and build therover's cameras, and Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Mass., to help design the spacecraft.
Two additional X prize competitors, Fred Bourgeois, leaderof Fred's Research Development and Exploration Network (Frednet), and KevinMyrick, leader of Team Synergy Moon, also presented plans for Moon missionsduring the panel discussion.
Team Synergy Moon, which joined the competition in February,is a collaboration of space enthusiasts, filmmakers, artists and adventurersfrom around the world. The team's goal is to interest young people in spaceexploration, Myrick said. To raise money for the Lunar X Prize competition,Team Synergy Moon plans to hold art festivals, concerts and public technologydemonstrations around the world.
In contrast, Frednet is focused on creating an open sourcelunar mission. "We want to prove that a group of open source developerscan come together, work together and solve problems," Bourgeois said."I'm trying to draw in as many people as I can find with math, science andengineering backgrounds in an open source, open participation project."
Members of Team Frednet are developing multiple roversincluding a 72.5 gram ball based on a Lego Mindstorm model kit and a 4 kilogramrover. In addition to competing for the Google Lunar X Prize, Team Frednetmembers are interested in sending small satellites into low Earth orbit andestablishing a digital communications network to serve future Moon missions,Bourgeois said.
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Paladins of Shannara: Allanon’s Quest by Terry Brooks
September 6, 2012 Shaheen Reviews 0 ★★
Date published: July 9th 2012
Publisher: Del Rey
Format: Ebook, 40 pages
Series: The Original Shannara Trilogy, Book 0.5
Categories: YA Fantasy
Source: provided for review by the publisher
The history is thus: The once-Druid Brona, seduced by his pursuit of dark magic, was forever transformed into the Warlock Lord—whose evil would be the downfall of the Four Lands and the death of the Races. Against him, the Elven King Jerle Shannara wielded the fabled sword that bore his surname and triumphed. Or so it was believed. But though the Dark Lord was driven out . . . he was not destroyed.
The Druid Allanon knows only too well the prophecy passed down to him by his late master: that eventually the Warlock Lord will return. Now, after hundreds of years, that day seems imminent. And the time is at hand for the Sword of Shannara to once more be brought forth from its sanctuary to serve its ancient purpose. All that remains is for a blood descendent of the Elven house of Shannara to carry the blade into battle.
With ever more portents of doom on the horizon, Allanon must seek out the last remaining Shannara heir, who alone will bear the burden of defending the Four Lands’ destiny. But with agents of darkness closing in from behind, unexpected enemies lying in wait ahead, and treachery encroaching on every side, there can be no certainty of success. Nor any assurance that this desperate quest will not be the Druid’s last.
A novella chronicling Allanon’s quest to find the last Shannara heir? Count me in! I was expecting this novella to be an eye-opening read that answered a lot of the questions I had and still have about the events between The First King of Shannara and The Sword of Shannara. But I found myself disappointed – mainly because this novella is so short it really can’t do justice as a prequel to The Sword of Shannara.
Repetitive and lacklustre are the two words that come to mind when I think about the writing in Allanon’s Quest. Most of the things mentioned in this book are things we already know, and the new details weren’t interesting enough to engage me. In this forty page novella, Allanon waxes lyrical about bringing back the Druid Keep back into the world and then using the Druid Sleep to wait out the years, but we already know all this and it seemed like a huge waste of space! The things I associate with the Shannara books – the world building, character development and inclusion of all things epic, just isn’t here.
The journey itself, to find the boy we all know as Shea Ohmsford, is disjointed and not what I had expected. Everything fell into place too readily and suddenly, after a few minor set backs that did nothing, in my opinion, to further the plot, Allanon sets off to Shady Vale.
While this novella will be enjoyed by die-hard fans of the series, and is definitely a must-read for those who need to know anything and everything about the Shannara world, I think the average Fantasy reader will give it a miss because of its lack of substance. In my opinion, Terry Brooks should stick to what he knows, and continue to write full length novels.
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iD: The Second Machine Dynasty by Madeline Ashby
July 14, 2013 Shaheen Reviews 0 ★★★
Taking up close to where vN left off, iD follows Javier’s journey to set things right after everything goes wrong on Amy’s island. Although I liked the book well enough, I feel that some of the magic was missing, and I’m not convinced that Javier is as compelling a protagonist as Amy was.
Javier makes a few silly decisions throughout this book, and the idea behind them is that he lacks the freedom to have done anything differently. While the focus of vN was very much about the rights that a robot can expect in the human world, iD closely explores the consequences of the failsafe in robots. The failsafe ensures that robots freeze or blue-screen if they harm a human being, or witness harm being done to a human being and fail to interfere (like Asimov’s three rules, but subtly different). The failsafe is the reason that Javier, initially programmed for the use of humans to gratify their … cravings, is especially vulnerable. The question of whether a human can rape a robot, especially one that is compelled to do everything it can to make sure humans are happy, is at the forefront of this story. I’m not sure how I felt about it. I think it’s an interesting, compelling question to ask, but I soon tired of just how many sexual interactions there are in the book. It made me deeply uncomfortable to see Javier treated that way, and to see him use sex as a tool to get the answers he was after. But this is very much the idea behind the book.
I liked getting to see other communities of robots, and especially learning what they thought of Amy, her rebellion, and her island. I think these interactions provided a lot of information about lives of different castes of robots. The world has also expanded so we get a feel for what humans feel about robots as well – the last book was filled with humans who wanted to control Amy because her failsafe wasn’t working, but this book features humans on a broader spectrum.
I had difficulty connecting with the plot of iD – something about it failed to engage with me. Most of this can be attributed to the change in protagonist – as I outlined before, he failed to really click with me. However, I also think this book is less thrilling in general, and iD feels like it was extended or padded out. A lot of the action could have been condensed into a shorter, punchier book, in my opinion
Overall, iD is an enjoyable read, but I struggled with the changes in protagonist and focus. I liked getting to know the story-world a lot better, and am still sufficiently invested in the characters to be excited about the next book in the sequence.
The Machine Dynasty Series
By Madeline Ashby
vN: The First Machine Dynasty by Madeline Ashby
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Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
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Happy Birthday Child & Migrant Services
Originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of SPOKE+BLOSSOM
Palisade nonprofit celebrates 65 years welcoming farmworkers far from home
KAYLAN ROBINSON
Each winter, Sergio Campos Martinez says goodbye to his wife and five children in San Luis Portosin, Mexico to begin a weeklong bus trip — first to the city of Monterrey to gather his work visa and other paperwork and then on to the United States. His destination is Colorado, where he spends eight months tending orchards in Palisade. Campos Martinez has made the annual journey for the past 12 years.
“[He’s] a really good boss; he’s always treated us really well,” Campos Martinez says about his longtime employer. Child and Migrant Services (CMS), a nonprofit in Palisade founded to provide basic necessities to the Grand Valley’s migrant farmworker population, helps workers feel at home, which benefits landowners who depend on migrant labor to tend and harvest their crops.
Sixty-five years ago, around a kitchen table, three Palisade farmers’ wives — Margaret Talbott, Vera Foss and Dorothy Powers — discussed how to make their employees’ lives easier during an era when treatment of farmworkers in the U.S. was often dismal. They and other community leaders, many of them women, enlisted the help of area churches in providing food, clothing and other basic needs for those who work in the orchards, farms and ranches throughout Mesa County.
CMS is housed in a tall, white with blue trim Victorian-style house at 721 Peach Avenue — it’s visible from the highway that cuts through town. Throughout the summer, The Hospitality Center serves hearty, homestyle meals three times a week to farmworkers and their families.
On a spring day, after the first wave of farmworkers have already arrived in Palisade to prune and thin fruit trees, workers enter the Hospitality Center’s dining room. They’ve come for a hot meal and camaraderie. Child and Migrant Services Executive Director Karalyn Dorn greets Campos Martinez and his co-workers. “Buenas tardes, bienvenidos,” (“Good afternoon, welcome,”) says Dorn, a former Peace Corps volunteer who became fluent in Spanish while serving in Guatemala.
The men sit together at one of the long dining tables set with small bowls of salsa. Volunteers serve plates of rice, beans, meat and a stack of warmed tortillas. The farmworkers help themselves to the salad and lemonade on a side table.
“It’s always hearty and filling; it’s comfort food,” Dorn says. “The meals really help us to connect with the workers in different ways. We are providing food to people who are laboringvery hard. We’re also demonstrating that we recognize them, care about them and want to reach out in partnership with them.”
At another table, Rosa Ruiz eats dinner with her daughter. Ruiz works in the orchards with her husband and also volunteers at CMS, whether it’s helping with the meal program or making tamales — one of CMS’s ongoing fundraisers. “Everybody likes coming here; we don’t feel so alone here,” says Ruiz, a native of Mexico.
During harvest season, Campos Martinez climbs up and down ladders all day long, picking the ripened fruit and placing it in a container strapped to his body. It’s eight hours of hot, labor-intensive work under a blazing sun. Afterward, he’ll often head over to the packing shed for another three to four hours of work. At the end of the day, Campos Martinez returns to a mobile home he shares with four other men.
“Farmworkers do much more than harvest crops,” Dorn says. “They plant, prune, thin the buds, spray, weed, pick the fruits, sort it, pack it and more. They are crucial contributors to our livelihoods and the vitality of our community.”
Most of the solo men are supporting families back home in Mexico or Central America. “Every [payday,] the first thing they do is set aside money to send home,” says Peg Martinez, community health worker.
In addition to the meal program, CMS helps farmworkers and their families access community services like healthcare from MarillacHealth. When a landowner called CMS recently seeking help for one of his employees with a “killer toothache,” Martinez was able to help the farmworker make an appointment with MarillacHealth’s Dental Clinic.
CMS also hosts various activities and special celebrations throughout the year, like Dia Del Nino (Children’s Day), a traditional holiday celebrated in Mexico on April 30.
“It’s in our [grower’s] interest for the farmworkers’ stay to be enjoyable and more comfortable,” says fifth-generation farmer Bruce Talbott, grandson of CMS co-founder Margaret Talbott. “Over time, [CMS became] a place for people to go to coordinate with employers. Palisade is a preferred area to come to. People who come here to work are treated very well. Child and Migrant Services are a part of that. To have a homecooked meal for solo men 2,000 miles from home, that’s a welcoming thing.”
CMS is supported through local and statewide contributions. Both individuals and businesses donate to CMS, as well as civic groups, various foundations and United Way of Mesa County. More than 100 community volunteers donate their time over the course of a year. The nonprofit is also funded by the sale of tamales — chicken, pork or veggie — which can be purchased at the center or via their website, migrantservicesgv.org, for either pickup or delivery to a central Grand Junction location.
Just around the corner from the Hospitality Center’s front entrance is “the mother organization” — the Mesa County Migrant Ministry Community Thrift Store, a fully volunteer-run secondhand shop that contributes all proceeds to CMS and offers clothing and household goods at low prices. “The farmworkers (and locals) love it,” Dorn says.
CMS’s biggest fundraiser is in July when the Boulder-based salsa band Quemando performs outdoors at Grande River Vineyards, located at 787 Elberta Ave. Quemando plays every year for this festive event that draws both longtime locals and farmworkers. Homemade Mexican food, as well as Grande River wine, are for sale during the concert. Concertgoers place their lawn chairs in front of the stage at this lovely venue surrounded by closeup views of Grand Mesa and the Book Cliffs. This year’s concert will take place on July 6.
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Burton News
Fairground battle as Victorian carousel made in Burton attracts winning bid of £35k at auction
The carousel was a popular feature at the Statutes Fair in Burton in years gone by
Rhea TurnerSenior reporter
Updated 14:07, 19 APR 2018
A Victorian fairground carousel made in Burton more than 120 years ago sent bidders across the world into a spin - with a French buyer snapping it up at auction for £35,000.
The hand-made carousel, originally made in Burton by George Orton, Sons and Spooner of Swan Works, in 1895, attracted a string of phone, internet and room bidders at a gripping auction hosted by Hansons Auctioneers.
The rare opportunity to buy the hand-carved merry-go-round sparked interest across the world, and a phone bid of £35,000 eventually saw the unique slice of British fairground history find a new home in France.
Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: "The ride will be hopping across the Channel to a buyer in France. It was an exciting auction battle with bidders in the room as well as on the internet and phones. The interest was huge and deservedly so.
The carousel ponies are intricately detailed
"The ride was made in Burton by George Orton, Sons and Spooner of Swan Works, a firm regarded as the best in the business, and was last used at Nottingham Goose Fair in 1979.
"This hand-turned carousel is an example of British craftsmanship at its best, exemplified by the magnificent carved detail in each of the horses and peacocks created to delight children when Queen Victoria was still on the throne.
"Many people have come to see it in our saleroom including some whose fathers or grandfathers once worked for the firm that made these merry-go-rounds.
"It is an important, very early and unique carousel which captures the essence of the Victorian fairground."
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In its early days, the ride, which can be flat-packed, would have been transported by horse as part of a travelling fair.
According to historical documents found with the item, it is the only 10-section, three-abreast carousel ever built and, apart from redecoration, is exactly as it was.
The ride is 18ft in diameter and features 12 ponies and six peacocks along with the peacock chariots, which can carry nine children in each. No two carved figures are the same and they are all suspended on twisted, brass-covered iron rods. It also features mirrored ceilings and a mirrored centre.
The carousel is pictured in use during the 1960s
Mr Hanson said: "The ride was originally made for Fred Westrope but was taken to fairs by the Meakin family. It was a regular visitor at Burton’s Statutes fair every October.
"It was later bought by a Mrs West and taken to fairs in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Later it passed to Jimmy Fantom and travelled with the Fantom family for 46 years.
Century-old suffragette board game set to go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers
"After its final appearance at Nottingham Goose Fair, it passed to Burton couple George and Joyce Mander who restored it to its former glory and took it along to steam rallies and vintage fairs. The historical notes tell us that every effort was made to retain its Victorian authenticity during the painstaking restoration.
"Rides such as this demanded ornate carving, decorative brackets and other embellishments made with great skill. In time, the demand for speedier, more thrilling rides heralded their demise.
"We hope the new owners cherish its rich history and continue to enjoy what is a magnificent object."
The Victorian merry-go-round was sold at Hansons, Heage Lane, Etwall, on April 5.
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Round to remember as Wilby wins qualifying clash
Published: 15:15, 29 March 2018
Wilby Toothill
With the advent of a temporary improvement in weather conditions, Greetham Valley held the first qualifying competitions of the year on Saturday on the Lakes course.
Clearly there are a lot of golfers itching to get their game together for the summer as the top 19 players all equalled or bettered the course par score.
Taking top place was Wilby Toothill (16) who had a round to remember as he started off with a birdie on the first hole and, despite making a double bogey on the fifth, reached the turn at only three over gross.
Playing the 10th a little erratically for another double bogey, Wilby carded a further four pars and another birdie (on the 17th) to end up with a nett score of 64.
Wayne Porter (20) came second on countback with nett 65 and his round was particularly notable for an inward half of 39 (three over gross) with six pars on that half.
Third spot went to Jason Lindsay (14) who also scored nett 65 but, unlike Wayne, Jason had his best half on the front nine at two over gross (including two birdies.
Despite a further birdie (on the 15th), Jason finished the last three holes in three over gross and it was these holes that pushed him into third on countback.
The ladies also played their first qualifier of the year and in this competition scoring was not quite so aggressive as in the gents.
Third spot went to Pat Jamieson (14) with nett 77 and Pat will be ruing her luck as she was totally undone by the 16th where multiple disasters struck to move her from first place into third. Notwithstanding that hole she had played steadily to record seven pars in her round.
Taking second place on countback was Heather Morgan (11) with nett 73 in a round of nine pars and generally steady play throughout the round.
Top spot went to Ellie Haughton (3), also with 73, and a very steady round apart from an inexplicable double bogey on the 7th. Ellie recovered her equilibrium with 12 pars and two birdies to take the top spot.
The semi-finals and finals of the Gents Winter League were both played on Sunday (following the postponement of last week’s semi-finals due to snow).
In the first of the semi-finals, Alex Barnett and Ian Cunningham (the eventual winners) had a comfortable 6&4 win over Chris Ellis and Sam McCall.
The other semi was a more closely fought affair before Neil Tee-Boon and Daniel Kettle edged home two up against Bob Aitman and Tim Brown.
The final proved to be very evenly matched in terms of handicap with only two shots being allocated over the 18 holes.
Daniel and Neil started well with a win on the first and this was followed by halves on the next two holes.
Ian levelled the match score when he won the fourth and Alex, with his length off the tee, was able to use his shot advantage on the fifth which he parred in gross to put his team one up.
The match stayed at this score for the remainder of the front nine. Ian parred the 10th to put his team two up but Neil punched back immediately with a par to win the next.
Alex, however, suddenly seemed to switch into overdrive as he won the next four holes by scoring par-birdie-par-birdie to take a match-winning lead of 4&3.
The first captain’s away day was held on Monday at Peterborough Milton and 56 members attended what turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable day both in terms of the golf but, more particularly, in terms of fine spring weather and shirt sleeve conditions.
The course was playing very well with quick greens which caused problems for some players but not the top placements.
John Morfee took fifth place with 37 points which was a slight disappointment to him after an outstanding front nine (21 points). John was just beaten on countback by Mark Mousley (also 37).
The top three positions went to Mark Neave with 38, John Peyser on 39 and a fine first place for Richard Wilson with 41, who also picked up two twos on the par threes.
Nearest the pins went to John Peyser (ninth), Dave Morgan on the 16th while Dean Wilkinson took the longest drive on the 14th.
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Admission to Winter Wonderland was free of charge, but in the spirit of Christmas, visitors were invited to donate to local charities in support of the homeless. That’s what you maligned.
Dear Editor,
I am aghast at your piece attacking my Church’s efforts to bring goodwill, cheer and fun to local Dublin kids and families who live close to our Church. The article showed the depths to which your publication appears to have sunk. How sad.
But to furnish you with facts, as Diana Stahl, the public affairs representative for the Church said, “there are a lot of needs at our church, and the most common request we get is for activities and events for families, so it was a pleasure to kick off the Christmas season by hosting this Winter Wonderland, open to all the local residents.”
The Community Centre’s Winter Wonderland was open for a month during which time more than 4,000 people visited and toured. While there they enjoyed the Christmas fun fair rides, participated in face-painting, creative craftmaking with Santa’s elves, riding Santa’s reindeer and a host of other festive activities.
Here is what some of the locals had to say about it:
“Thank you so much for this. We had a wonderful time. It’s Christmas, and it’s part of our culture and children have to experience this.”
“My children and grandchildren arrived and my grandchildren said ‘Grandpa, you are the luckiest person in the world. You have a Winter Wonderland in your backyard! We want to come here the whole month.’ Am I not the luckiest guy?”
“My mummy said if I can’t write I can’t tell Santa what I want for Christmas, but I saw him and I told him what I wanted myself.”
“I have never seen my child like this before, never ever. When I came in I felt the festive spirit around this lovely place. And my son, I’ve never seen him like this. He is smiling in the pictures with Santa. He was never smiling before.”
“When we drove past, the first thing we saw was a huge Christmas tree and then the little ones. We also saw your giant Christmas balls display and loved it and so we turned around and decided to come here. The last time I have been here in the civic centre is about 2 years ago when it used to have a small café. I am surprised and amazed to see what you have done here. The Christmas lights and display you put on is incredible and I will return later this week with the rest of my family.”
Admission to Winter Wonderland was free of charge, but in the spirit of Christmas, visitors were invited to donate to local charities in support of the homeless.
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Reviews | Written by John Knott 11/10/2012
DVD Review: WE ARE THE NIGHT
Review: We Are the Night / Cert: 15 / Director: Dennis Gansel / Screenplay: Jan Berger and Denis Gansel / Starring: Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer, Max Riemelt / Language: German with English subtitles / Release Date: October 15th
For Frankenstein it was 1965, but for the Wolfman we can place it with reasonable accuracy at 1981. If we include zombies then it wasn’t until 2002 but for the poor old mummy it was as long ago as 1932. Yes, these are the exact dates, as calculated by our expert team of horror film scientists, that these classic movie monsters ran out of ideas.
But what, we hear you ask, about vampires? Yes, vampires don’t give up so easily; they’re always looking for that new angle. The current bout of vampire movies is hardly recognisable from those early days of the animalistic Max Schrek or Bela Lugosi’s ‘man on his way to the opera’ routine. In fact, of late, vampire flicks even seem to have forgotten they’re supposed to be horror films at all.
Right from its jetliner heist opening, We Are the Night (2010) certainly comes across like a film which thinks it’s found a couple of new ideas. Louise (Hoss) is a vampire who lost her true love centuries ago but is still on the look-out for a replacement. That’s a new idea? Surely they can do better than that? Oh well, over the years she’s recruited Charlotte (Ulrich) and Nora (Fischer) as potential soul mates but neither appears to be the one she was looking for. You see, there are only female vampires. Male vampires are extinct; either killed by humans or finally finished off by the female vamps because they were ‘too loud, too greedy and too stupid’. Ah, now that’s a vaguely new spin; genius, really. Keeps the misandrists happy as well as any blokes who bought this ‘German, lesbian vampire movie’ for entirely the wrong reasons; Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen won’t be making any unwelcome appearances to ruin their fun (although they’ll still be in for a disappointment if that’s the sort of thing they were looking for). So Louise is still on the pull and ends up transforming street urchin Lena (Herfurth) who is on the run from Tom (Riemelt), the-most-useless-policeman-in-Europe.
This is where the film begins proper as Lena is shown the ropes of her new ‘life’. Once she’s over the whole killing-people-to-live thing it all appears to be a ball as Louise, Charlotte and Nora show her just how ‘loud, greedy and stupid’ lady vampires can be with their endless clubbing, shopping and, in the case of the particularly irritating Nora, deejaying. There’s even some sociopathic fast car action just in case the lads in the audience aren’t quite getting to grips with the fact that this is the bit of the movie where we see the ‘fun’ side of being a vampire. So nothing particularly new for the genre here either. But would you Adam and Eve it? There’s a downside to being a vampire. Who knew? It’ll come as no surprise that apart from that unpleasant business of killing people, there’s also the practicalities of sunbathing to be dealt with and all those difficult consequences that arise through the overrated gift of immortality. Charlotte is definitely not into this side of vampirism which is presumably why she sits around smoking a fag and looking miserable while her girlfriends behave like hedonistic airheads. In fact, this is done rather well with the former silent movie star watching her old films in which, of course, she looks exactly the same. In fact, there’s actually rather more to Charlotte’s downer on immortality which, while not particularly original, is at least handled in a genuinely touching way.
This is really where the strength of We Are the Night really lies. While it hasn’t really got any new ideas to speak of, it’s actually done so well that it comes across as being far fresher than it really is. The action scenes are very Bourne and even the cinematography is pretty good. There’s even some reasonable humour as we find that 21st century German security guards are about as gullible as German sentries in old British war movies. At least, we're assuming that was humour. We think it may have had a plot but to be honest it was so lightweight we're not sure we can recall it. But all in all it’s actually just quite enjoyable; nothing too clever, just something that seems to be aimed at those who have grown out of Twilight. While We Are the Night shows there might still be life in the vampire genre yet, it does rather look like our scientists might be able to fix a date when the vampire movie reached the same state as its colleagues. We're predicting they’ll calculate that it was sometime in 2009 but this reviewer has a hunch it might be even longer ago than that.
Extras: ‘Making of’ documentary, deleted scenes and two alternate endings.
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15 years ago, we started Syandus with a radical new idea:
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We’re proud recipients of eight Small Business Innovation Research awards from the National Science Foundation that fueled our R&D, demonstrating the promise of immersive learning technology.
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Think about this: What’s the difference between top performers and average ones? Most often it’s their ability to make optimal decisions in diverse situations. It’s the skill of Situational Decision-Making.
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Infinity War: VFX reel from RISE goes behind the making of the movie's post-credits sequence
Josh Weiss
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Tag: Avengers: Infinity War
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Tag: Infinity War
Tag: marvel studios
Tag: Nick Fury
Tag: Maria Hill
Over the last two weeks or so, a number of VFX houses have been releasing reels that showcase their CGI work on Avengers: Infinity War. Marvel Studios/Disney probably gave the greenlight to all of these companies after the movie's Blu-Ray became available on August 14.
The latest reel comes from the German-based RISE, depicting VFX work on a number of distinct sequences that include: Team Cap's arrival in Wakanda, Tony and Pepper's stroll in Central Park, Doctor Strange's magical portal, Bucky's arm, the Wakandan landscape, and, above all, the movie's post-credits sequence with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders).
One thing you'll notice in the behind-the-scenes look at the "Paging Captain Marvel" scene is that RISE had to erase a Dunkin' Donuts sign for the final look—probably for trademark/licensing reasons. It looks like Thanos's Gauntlet snap not only got rid of people, it also did away with donut-related imagery. We hate to break it to you, but the MCU ain't runnin' on Dunkin' anymore, folks.
Watch the VFX video below:
Video of RISE REEL - AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
When it came to the Africa scene, the sequence was actually shot on a large ranch in Georgia. While a lot of it was practical (they built a manmade river and planted trees indigenous to Africa), the post-production VFX folks had the big responsibility of turning the background into this eye-popping African landscape of trees, jungles, and mountains.
"Anything you see off in the distance, we're replacing with plates and textures from Africa itself," says Visual Effects Supervisor Dan Deeluw in the movie's featurette "Beyond The Battle: Wakanda."
"We actually had to work in tandem with [Black Panther director] Ryan Coogler," adds co-director Joe Russo. "He and his team had maps of Wakanda and that was very helpful to us, so that we could look at where we wanted to place the battle, understand strategy. It's literally like doing a Jenga puzzle."
So many companies have been releasing videos like this because, according to Joe, the production needed to utilize nearly every major VFX house in the world. With almost 3,000 VFX shots in the two-and-a-half hour film, they needed to delegate and outsorce different segments of the movie, so that it could be finished in time for its theatrical release this past April.
For Weta Digital's reel, click here and for Framestore's reel, click here. If you want something more lighthearted, check out the two Infinity War gag reels here and here.
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Wait, that new Firefly comic could be 1st step toward Serenity sequel?
Tag: Serenity
Tag: Firefly
Though we were psyched to hear a new comic would continue the adventures of the Serenity crew after the events of the 2005 film, many also took it to mean a big-screen sequel was officially off the table. Apparently, it means the exact opposite — at least according to Joss Whedon’s pal and artist on the new project.
Dubbed Serenity: Leaves on the Wind, the new comic series picks up nine months after the film sequel to Whedon’s short-lived Firefly series. Comic artist Georges Jeanty is working on the project, and chatted with Bleeding Cool about the story (expect a mysterious new character to be introduced) and potential consequences for more Firefly action on the big screen.
Though it's easy to see the comic as the last nail in the proverbial coffin for a film followup, Jeanty said he views the new funny book as a way for Whedon to hash out his ideas for a potential film sequel to see how the story might work. That's a great idea!
“I thought just the opposite, I thought, especially when Joss was on it, this was something where if there was gonna be a film, he was working it out in comics first.”
You’ve got to love the way Jeanty thinks, and we hope and pray he has it all figured out. So, as if the comic wasn’t cool enough, we can hold out a slight glimmer of hope that it could be Whedon’s rough draft for a film sequel.
What do you think? Will the Serenity crew ever fly again?
(Via Bleeding Cool)
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STUDIO BUMS® REFRESHED!!! (New Website)
On November 8, 2017, we had a soft launch of our new website with the intention of working out the bugs before its official launch.
Our mission: to deliver a bold and clutter-free site that aligned more closely with our vision, and that showcased our images and video in a way that provided a better viewer experience.
Designing an effective website incorporates many factors and requires the skill to wear many “hats” and requires the adroitness of mind to keep alternating those hats. In the past, due to our lack of coding knowledge, we were restricted to utilizing website platforms like Homestead, WordPress, and Joomla, which allow building a website without needing to understand coding. However, they just didn’t provide us the look and feel we wanted. After many tutorials on coding from the school of YouTube, we moved our website to Squarespace; they provide us with the platform we needed, and allowed us to customize their templates to fit our style objectives.
The visual aesthetics of the STUDIO BUMS® site uses simple typography that complements our iconic SB logo.
It also makes use of more white space with a minimalist footprint. Immediately upon landing on our homepage you’ll see the iconic SB logo centered at the top, with the navigation bar below the logo. There, you will find the following links: “STUDIO BUMS®” (takes you to the homepage), “INTERVIEWS” (with drop-down access to VIDEO INTERVIEWS, SB BLOG), “2018 LOOKBOOK”, “SHOP” (with with drop-down access to MEN, WOMEN, HATS, EXTRAS), “ABOUT” (with drop-down access to US, CONTACT, FAQ) and, lastly, “WEBCOMIC”.
While exploring our site, you’ll catch a glimpse of the STUDIO BUMS® brand in motion through our short video banner presentation (no audio).
The video was shot by Cristian Kaigler of Safe House Media Group. Scrolling down the page, you’ll see the fade effects on the video or fallback image. Currently, the video banner doesn't support fade effects or videos on a mobile device or tablet (coming soon, though!). Mobile and tablet users will see a mobile fallback image in place of the video.
Scrolling from the top banner of the website brings you to our “Featured Products” block, which showcases our latest T-Shirt designs. Right below the “T-Shirt” thumbnail is a digital billboard linking visitors to our 2018 Lookbook.
The “Night Owl” collection banner is front and center, as a visual aid making it more straightforward for you to access our Lookbook.
STUDIO BUMS® co-founder, ARTEMIS, shot the “Night Owl” Lookbook, with additional images courtesy of Cristian Kaigler of Safe House Media Group.
At the bottom of our homepage, you’ll find quick access to THE SHELTER Blog articles.
The carousel design block gives visitors navigation control to view catalog content beyond the default display. The Footer on each page includes a link to our “TERMS & CONDITIONS” and “SHIPPING INFO” for our visitors’ convenience without having to search for hidden links. STUDIO BUMS® social media icons are also easy to spot on the footer page.
The “SB Blog” page contains a mix of a short and long-form text of music-related interviews, articles, and stories/journals behind the brand’s vision. We chose a gallery block layout to achieve the same consistent look as our video interview page. The title/headline of the content appears below the thumbnail photo.
It was of paramount importance to build a clean platform to showcase our video interviews, articles, and blog pages in an engaging and user-friendly format.
The gallery block layout for our video page gives viewers access to scroll multiple thumbnail photos of the video interviews. The thumbnail photos cite the names of the individual featured talent, with the most recent videos in color, and the “older” ones in black and white.
We knew that the shopping experience also needed to be enhanced from the user-experience of the previous version.
As such, we switched from using Shopify e-commerce to Squarespace Stripe, because of Squarespace’s all-in-one solution. We also found their presentation very complementary to the overall look of the SB site, and the custom WYSIWYG editor made the editing process so much less painful. Stripe provides Fast and Secure Transactions that we know will be more appealing to the STUDIO BUMS® customer. Our product page organization design gives each product its own category — Men, Women, Hats, Extras. Also, we’ve incorporated more details on the STUDIO BUMS® merchandise; for example, each T-shirt has a story behind its design, as do the novelty items.
Visitors can email us directly by clicking on the email icon located on the top right side of the STUDIO BUMS® homepage. Connecting with us via email, snail mail, and by phone is welcomed. Our contact page includes a simple form and our mailing address for your convenience.
We anticipate the STUDIO BUMS® website to evolve as the brand continues to evolve.
Video content and music-related articles will be uploaded at a minimum of twice each month. We are constantly looking for ways to enhance the viewer’s experience, so please look around and send us a tweet or leave a comment with your feedback. We feed off your creative energy.
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Home Articles The Vermont Eagle Shootings and THC
Shootings and THC
by Guy Page
Steven Bourgoin, who is charged with the largest mass criminal homicide in Vermont – the deaths of five high school students in an October 2016 car crash – had in his bloodstream high concentrations of THC, the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana, veteran police reporter Mike Donoghue reported last November in Vermont Digger.
If Bourgoin’s police toxicology report is accurate, he will have something in common with the perpetrators of some of the worst mass killings in recent U.S. and world history: he abused marijuana.
The marijuana connection is explicit in media reports by reputable news organizations such as the New York Times, the Boston Globe, NBC News and others....
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING - In the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, both Tsarnaev brothers were heavy marijuana users (Boston Globe, “Fall of the House of Tsarnaev”).
AURORA COLORADO THEATER - The July 2012 Aurora, Colorado theater shooter, James Holmes, was reported by the New York Post and U.K. Telegraph to be a marijuana user.
ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING – Killer Omar Mateen used pot (and other drugs, including steroids), according to the Palm Beach Post.
ARMED WHITE HOUSE TRESPASSER - Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who shot at the White House in November 2011, not only had a semiautomatic rifle when he went to the White House, he also had a briefcase.
CHARLESTON CHURCH KILLINGS – Dylan Roof, who killed nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015, and accomplice Joseph Meek were smoking marijuana (and consuming other drugs).
REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS SHOOTING - Jared Loughner, shooter of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killer of six people during a January 2011 massacre in Tucson.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHOOTING - Robert Dear, in November, 2015 shot and killed three people at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs.
“AMERICAN SNIPER” CHRIS KYLE MURDER - Eddie Lee Routh, who killed Chris Kyle, the American Sniper, and Chad Littlefield, was self medicating with marijuana for PTSD.
PARIS TERRORISM - Ibraham Abdeslam, 31 years old, brother of Paris Terrorist attack mastermind Salah Abdeslam and himself a gunman, was a “jobless layabout whose favorite activity was smoking weed,” according to Metro News.
PENTAGON SHOOTING, 2010 - The New York Times reported that John Patrick Bedell was a 26-year-old heavy pot smoker...
JAPANESE MAN MURDERS 19 DISABLED PEOPLE WITH KNIFE – Satoshi Uematsu was high on marijuana on July 26, 2016, when he knifed to death 19 disabled people in a Sagamihara, Japan care home and injured 27 others. He had earlier been treated for marijuana-induced psychosis, the Japan Times reported.
CHARLIE HEBDO MASSACRE, 2015 - Cherif Kouachi, a shooter in the 2015 Charlie Hebdo magazine massacre in Paris, was a pot smoking delivery boy, according to the New York Post.
SHOOTING OF REP. STEVE SCALISE – while actual consumption of marijuana has not been reported, it is known that James Hodgkinson, shooter of Rep. Steve Scalise and others at a June 2017 practice for a Congressional baseball game, wrote a 2012 letter to the editor saying “it is time to legalize or at least decriminalize marijuana use, Politico reported.
Vermont Digger Car accident homicide ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING The Vermont Eagle Steven Bourgoin AURORA COLORADO THEATER REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS SHOOTING Mass killing PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHOOTING Guy Page Mike Donoghue CHARLIE HEBDO MASSACRE, 2015 ARMED WHITE HOUSE TRESPASSER SHOOTING OF REP. STEVE SCALISE Marijuana CHARLESTON CHURCH KILLINGS Vermont PARIS TERRORISM JAPANESE MAN MURDERS 19 DISABLED PEOPLE WITH KNIFE Death Delta-9 THC PENTAGON SHOOTING, 2010 BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING “AMERICAN SNIPER” CHRIS KYLE MURDER guest column
Associating terrorism quotes with marijuana
This article should anger most people, to simply associate acts of terror with marijuana use is ignorant and wrong. Someone who commits an act of terrorism has mental health issues that have no correlation to marijuana use. Marijuana use does not promote or cause people to become violent and commit acts of terror. The reality is many people use marijuana for different reasons, and the vast majority of marijuana users are not out to hurt anyone. To blame horrible acts of violence on marijuana as people die from heroin and pills everyday is very misleading and unfortunate.
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Sigma Tau Delta is the international honorary society for literature and writing. Stetson University’s chapter, Gamma Zeta, was founded in 1956, and it counts among its alumni writers, editors, teachers, and lovers of literature around the world.
Selection to Sigma Tau Delta recognizes high standards of achievement as a major or minor in English or Creative Writing. To be eligible, a student must declare an English major or English or Creative Writing minor; attain junior status; and successfully complete at least two Stetson English or Creative Writing courses beyond first-year writing with a B average or better in the major/minor and overall. MFA students are also eligible for selection.
Our chapter holds events through the year, and the national Society’s webpage, http://www.english.org/sigmatd/, offers a range of activities that are available to members. These include opportunities to present to national or regional conferences, to publish in Society journals for critical or creative writing, and to develop leadership skills as a chapter officer or project leader. The Society also offers competitive scholarships and support for study abroad.
Our induction ceremony, where new members receive the Society’s certificate and pin, is held each fall. Graduating seniors are authorized to wear special regalia at commencement.
If you have questions, feel free to contact one of our chapter officers—Kyo Padgett, President (npadgett@stetson.edu); Chyina Powell, Vice-President (cspowell@stetson.edu); Rachel Street, Secretary-Treasurer (rstreet@stetson.edu); or Gerri Bauer, Webpage Editor (gbauer@stetson.edu), or Prof. Ballenger, faculty advisor (grady.ballenger@stetson.edu).
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If You Have A Generic Domain Name, Don't Expect Trademark Protection On It
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UK Supermarket Starts Making Its Own Movies
from the the-industry,-she's-a-changing dept
Tue, Aug 10th 2010 11:40pm — Mike Masnick
Whenever we talk about new business models, we get questions about how company x can stay in business with such a business model -- often with the implication being that if company x (e.g., a record label or a movie studio) can't do this, then it can't possibly work for the overall industry. But the fact is that markets are changing, and some of the end results may mean that non-traditional players end up making music and movies. We've already seen how different consumer products brands like Kraft and P&G have jumped into the music business, and now it appears that UK supermarket chain Tesco is getting into the movie business, producing a series of movies that are designed on purpose to go straight to the DVD shelves in Tesco. The company is working with some well known authors (the first movie is an adaptation of a Jackie Collins novel) and a small studio set up specifically for this kind of thing.
While they admit there's some stigma with direct-to-shelves DVDs, they're hoping to get past that with the name recognition associated with the author. The article also notes that Tesco has taken a complete hands-off approach to the film production. There's no product placement and no attempts to weave in Tesco-related marketing. Apparently, Tesco's only requirement is that the film not stray into pornography.
I have no idea if this will be a success. In fact, I have my doubts that this particular setup will work well for Tesco. But it does highlight an important point. There are alternative means to finance a film, and if there's demand for this kind of creative work, someone will figure out a way to get it made, even if it's not some big Hollywood studio.
Filed Under: business models, jackie collins, movies, supermarket
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Retail Giant Tesco Gets Into The Movie Business
Cyberpoint (profile), 12 Aug 2010 @ 2:37am
Frankly, it's ingenious
Think of all the paperbacks Tesco already sells, they're just re-publishing them in a different format.
Once they've had the film made the run-on costs of putting a DVD on the shelves is negligible.
They pick best sellers guaranteed to sell in the thousands.
And think of the sales at airports and railway stations to all those travellers with a portable DVD player.
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How to rip DVD with handbrake and solve Handbrake DVD ripping error
by Anastasiia Williams/ February 23, 2019/ Windows/ No Comments/
Last updated on May 22nd, 2019 at 01:30 am
Nowadays, people are more comfortable watching a movie on their mobiles and tablets because the trend of watching movies on DVD has gone. For watching a movie on mobiles or tablets, if you want to extract the movie or video then there is a method for this. The method is known as Ripping which seems a difficult method, but there is an easy method to rip DVD too. In this process, the Handbrake method which can be used in Mac and Windows is considered a useful and easy way.
Rip DVD with Handbrake
If you follow these steps then it is easy to rip DVD
Firstly, you need to download Handbrake program on your computer.
Select the DVD you want to rip and insert it into your PC.
Now open the page of Handbrake and in this, you will be scanning the DVD from DVD drive.
From the left corner button, select the title of the movie and decide what part you want to rip in DVD.
Choose the Browse button and select where you want to save your file. Type the name of the file and click on the OK option.
Choose the preset option from the right bar of the page and choose the facilities.
Click on the start button from the top of the window page and enjoy your movie.
Handbrake DVD Ripping Error
Handbrake DVD ripping is very unlawful. Because mostly time, the movies have copyright and it is very illegal to use this work under own name.
If DVD is broken and is dented then it is an error in ripping. Handbrake cannot read this data and then the problem occurs.
Handbrake is possible in Mac but some people find this Handbrake process as not applicable in Mac.
WinX DVD Ripper as an alternative solution
As we have already discussed that the handbrake is an easy way to rip DVD but it also has cons. To protect the ripping DVD process from illegal means, we need to use an alternative solution which is known as WinX DVD Ripper. It removes the replica defence from the DVD and helps in transferring the videos or movies from DVD to laptop or computer. This software in constantly updated to improve its DVD ripping and copying speed, output quality, CPU usage, etc.
The following steps can help you to use WinX DVD Ripper
Firstly download WinX DVD Ripper program on your computer.
As you insert DVD in your computer, click on the DVD option to select the DVD you want and then the OK button.
Then according to your suitability, you can set the customization and then ok.
After this, you can turn on the option of subtitles. The subtitles are available in many languages. So, you can pick the language according to your understanding.
Then after clicking on “CPU Core use” and click Run button, the conversion will take place. It takes lesser time than HandBrake. Now, you can enjoy your ripped DVD.
If you follow these steps, then you can watch the movie or video in perfect resolution but if you want to change then you can set or change later on also.
The ripping process through WinX does not take much time rather the process takes only 5 minutes but Handbrake utilizes a lot of time. WinX protects the ripping from the illegal process which is rarely possible in Handbrake.
Benefits of WinX DVD Ripper
You can download the program of WinX DVD Ripper and you can get a free license code to use all features for free.
WinX DVD Ripper’s interface is extremely easy for beginners, while Handbrake is complicated and difficult to navigate.
The speed and quality of WinX DVD Ripper are very good.
All types of DVDs can be ripped through WinX DVD Ripper as it supports all types of DVDs.
In the process of Backup, it is easy to use without losing any data.
The image or video quality, which is transferred, is good.
If anyone wants to watch this on a mobile phone then WinX DVD Ripper supports this system too.
Final Conclusion
So, overall WinX DVD Ripper has only advantages and it is the easiest method of DVD ripping. You can easily use it without much problem. You can use the above steps to use it in your PCs.
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Valve to deliver new Left 4 Dead campaign next month
By Matthew DeCarlo on August 4, 2009, 15:27
Valve has announced that it will deliver new downloadable content next month for its popular zombie shoot-'em-up Left 4 Dead. The content includes a new campaign named "Crash Course" which will provide a "complete versus mode experience in just 30 minutes, resulting in a streamlined version of the game's existing versus campaigns."
The new campaign will take place between the current "No Mercy" and "Death Toll" campaigns, and is expected to feature new locations, fresh dialogue, an explosive finale, tweaked item spawning and a recharge timer for infected teammates. Gamers who play on the PC version of Left 4 Dead will be able to download the update free of charge via Valve's content delivery system, Steam. The unfortunate souls playing on the Xbox 360 will have to shell out 560 Microsoft points for the content - or about $7.
You can take a look at the new campaign's movie poster at Shacknews. Hopefully this will please the now 41,000+ "boycotters" of Left 4 Dead 2 - but, somehow I doubt it.
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Barack Obama criticised for cost of Broadway date
President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his wife Michelle by taking her on a Saturday night date in New York, only to attract criticism for wasting tax payers' money in a recession.
Barack Obama and Michelle board a small jet after a personal visit to New York, at JFK Airport in New York. Photo: Reuters
By Alex Spillius in Washington
10:55PM BST 31 May 2009
Rather than taking the normal presidential Boeing 747 from Washington and back, the couple opted to fly in a Gulfstream jet, requiring two other small planes to follow, carrying staff and the media retinue.
From JFK airport the Obamas and their entourage were flown by helicopters from the Marine One fleet to a helipad in Manhattan, before they were whisked to dinner at Blue Hill, a West Village restaurant with its own farm in upstate New York, which is at the forefront of a trend for eating locally grown produce. The President and First Lady, sharply dressed for a night on the town, then headed to the Belasco Theatre for Joe Turner's Come and Gone, a play about black America in the early 1900s, with residents of a boarding house recalling their migration from the sharecropping farms of the South to the industrialised North.
Though New Yorkers seemed thrilled at the visit, with crowds eight deep in places as the White House couple were driven from dinner to the theatre, Mr Obama's opponents accused him of insensitivity.
"As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan's theatre district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM [General Motors] is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills," said a statement from the Republican National Committee.
The RNC's Gail Gitcho said: "If President Obama wants to go to the theatre, isn't the Presidential box at the Kennedy Centre [in Washington] good enough?"
The New York Post estimated the cost of the trip as $24,000 (£14,000) per aircraft, but said the Obamas paid for dinner and their tickets themselves.
A White House spokesman said that taking three smaller planes was more fuel efficient.
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70% of Democratic primary voters plan to watch first debate: poll
Sonam Sheth and Walt Hickey
A whopping 70% of respondents to a new INSIDER who plan to participate in the Democratic primary elections say they will watch the first debate on June 26.
There’s interest from the other side as well, with nearly a third of respondents who plan to vote in the Republican primary saying they “probably will” or “definitely will” watch the debate.
With almost two dozen individuals are running to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, 20 met the criteria to participate in the first debate.
Polling data shows some evidence of different constituencies lining up for the debates with different levels of enthusiasm and commitment to tune in.
The reasons for this aren’t certain, but the candidates that have the most supporters ready to tune in are the telegenic entrepreneur Andrew Yang and the Minnesota senator and former federal prosecutor Amy Klobuchar. Though sample size is lower than ideal, the overwhelming majority of Democratic respondents who said they’d be satisfied with Yang or Klobuchar as nominee said they’d tune in.
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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg also have large portions of supporters intending to tune in, as do California Sen. Kamala Harris and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
The two candidates with the lowest percentage of supporters who said they will definitely watch are Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former vice president Joe Biden, both of whom benefit from being known quantities to Democrats but — particularly in Biden’s case — may suffer for being out of practice.
Sanders previously ran for president during the 2016 US election but was ultimately beat out by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who lost in the general election to President Donald Trump.
Biden, meanwhile, ran for president twice — in 1988 and in 2008 — but lost to former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis and then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
SurveyMonkey Audience polls from a national sample balanced by census data of age and gender. Respondents are incentivized to complete surveys through charitable contributions. Generally speaking, digital polling tends to skew toward people with access to the internet. SurveyMonkey Audience doesn’t try to weight its sample based on race or income. Total 1,126 respondents collected June 7 to June 8 2019, a margin of error plus or minus 3.07 percentage points with a 95% confidence level.
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Facebook Plans to Control Vaccine Misinformation
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The largest social media platform, Facebook has announced the ways to tackle the misinformation about vaccines.
This information was published on the official website of Facebook on March 7th, 2019.
Facebook has revealed that they are finding ways to combat the issue related to vaccine misinformation on its platform. The team is looking forward to reducing the distribution of illicit data of vaccine presented on Facebook.
Facebook will provide authentic and authoritative information about the vaccine to people. Some of the steps that will be taken by Facebook include reducing the ranking of groups and pages that spread misinformation of vaccination.
The groups and pages that spread bogus information about vaccinations in the News Feed and Search will not be recommended to people. Such groups and pages shall not be shown in any list while anyone types into Search.
Facebook will reject the ads related to misinformation of vaccinations. The company has also removed the options of targeting such as “vaccine controversies.”
The ad accounts that will keep violating the policies of Facebook will be disabled. The company is now strenuous to not to show or endorse the content having vaccine misinformation on Instagram or hashtag pages as well.
Monika Bickert, VP, Global Policy Management has said, “We are exploring ways to share educational information about vaccines when people come across misinformation on this topic.”
Many foremost global health organizations such as the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have joined hands to combat the issue. They have publicly recognized the certifiable vaccine tricks. In case of identifying any of these vaccine frauds on Facebook, strict action will be taken against them.
If any Facebook group or page admin will post such vaccine misinformation, the entire group or page will be exempted from the recommendations.
Along with all the other steps, Facebook is initiating to provide users with some additional content. The users will be able to choose whether to read, share, or involve in such vaccine misinformation on Facebook.
The team of Facebook is exploring many ways to provide accurate information from expert administrations to the people. The precise details about the vaccines will be shown at the top of results on the pages which indulge in talking about this topic.
The company will give updates regarding this step in the coming days. Facebook claims that there team is fully devoted to keep the platform safe for the users.
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All Boxed In
The Who's Mailing What! Archive has received myriad 3-D box mailings since its inception, from religious appeals containing rosary beads to B-to-B efforts hocking name-engraved pens. Admittedly, the box format can be a budget cripplera disappointing juggernautif not employed with sound direct-response strategies.
A package with such a challenge and stigma arrived at the Archive in September from Food For The Poor (FFP), a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based organization that ministers to spiritually renew impoverished people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The 43/4" x 61/2" appeal features a gripping black-and-white photograph of a young boy praying on the front; on the back, an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who "has worked wonders of favor throughout the world." The latter image coincides with the front-end premium offer, a pewter necklace with a pendant of Mary, also known as a "miraculous medal" to Catholic audiences, which is revealed prominently through a glassine window on the face of the outer (Archive Code #605-178462-0409).
FFP first tested the package in January 2003, and as Director of Development Zach Hinton attests, it was a complete smash.
"The mailing just blew away anything we had done prior with this [box] format," Hinton affirms. "We attribute a lot of the success to the significance of the religious premium we're offering, along with the spiritual message behind it. We wanted to connect the Catholic audience with the spiritual component of our organization."
The slightly undersized format is quite unique for FFP, and for box mailings in general, as the Archive has yet to log one of this size, but Hinton explains that when the fundraising team applied the teaser copy and photo on an oversized box, it looked clunky and awkward.
"When we came up with this size, I was thinking 'look,' and then I was thinking 'cost,'" relates Hinton. "It was really an aesthetic decision to bump it down in size. Secondarily, it was cheaper."
After the package's impressive debut performance, Hinton tapped 18- to 36-month lapsed donors to FFP, as well as prospects represented on outside Catholic and religious lists. Currently the piece is garnering a 3.25 percent response rate, and Hinton reports donors renewing in droves.
"The donors who are giving to the packages [offering] significant religious articles are renewing at a higher rate than other packagesroughly 60 percent," says Hinton. "We have tapped into a religious symbol that our donors are relating to. We're not sending name-and-address labels or greeting cards here, and these donors aren't giving out of guilt, they're giving out of their own spiritual awareness. The miraculous medal represents their responsibility as Catholics."
FFP historically has targeted prospects with box mailings containing front-end premiums, such as hologram cards, for example, but none have received the kind of response rate out of the gate that this one has, says Hinton. Going forward, FFP plans to mail the package twice a year, instead of three or four times as in 2003 and 2004, to avoid wear and fatigue.
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Keep the CPI Postal Rate Cap Alive!
By Chet Dalzell
There are no guarantees when "grand" budget and funding bills make their way through Congress ... there's always a chance some horse-trading will be tacked on that undermines the interests of and harms the direct marketing community. That's why I was more than an interested bystander when a federal budget deal was announced last week that seeks to keep the government funded without another costly shutdown.
There's nothing in this bill (so far) that is nefarious to marketers (a vote is still needed in the Senate). In the whole of the budget bill, some fiscal conservatives are not happy—prompt spending controls have been punted, and deficit reductions have been kicked down the road, a reflection of our still-weak economy being the rationale.
But it's also a reflection of what's dysfunctional in Washington: A seemingly ever-present readiness and willingness to punt fiscal discipline in more matters than just the federal budget. At least the three-year pattern of budget shutdowns and debt ceilings may be diverted. At least we can hope.
Now to postal reform ... which was not part of the budget bill.
We need postal reform legislation—both political parties and nearly all postal stakeholders agree on this, but there's devil in details in a current Senate proposal to move another breakthrough piece of legislation forward.
The reason for postal reform's urgency, however, has nothing to do with the annual rate cap on postage increases that is now part of federal law.
Yet this most precious centerpiece for ratepayers of the 2006 postal reform act—the Consumer Price Index-Urban annual rate cap on postage hikes—is dispensed in the Carper-Coburn Postal Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1486) bill now before the Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee. Crucially for us, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is leading a bipartisan effort to remove from the bill Section 301 (a Section which would eliminate this rate cap for market-dominant classes, among them First-Class Mail and Standard Mail). If she is successful, the vital rate cap would be preserved. A markup for the bill overall in Committee is scheduled for this coming Tuesday (Dec. 18), so there is still time to voice support for Sen. Baldwin's effort to amend the legislation and save the cap.
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E T Chet Dalzell Author's page Marketing Sustainably: A blog posting questions, opportunities, concerns and observations on sustainability in marketing. Chet Dalzell has 25 years of public relations management and expertise in service to leading brands in consumer, donor, patient and business-to-business markets, and in the field of integrated marketing. He serves on the DMA International ECHO Awards Board of Governors, as an adviser to the Direct Marketing Club of New York and Marketing Idea eXchange, and is senior director, communications and industry relations, with the Digital Advertising Alliance. Chet loves UConn Basketball (men's and women's) and Nebraska Football (that's just men, at this point), too!
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What's the Difference Between Cocoa & Cacao?
Sure, you love chocolate, but can you tell these ingredients apart?
Most people love the rich, creamy taste of chocolate, but not everyone knows the difference between cocoa and cacao.
The chocolate flavor most of us think of is based on cocoa, which comes from the beans of the cacao tree. Cocoa is processed into cocoa powder, cocoa butter and, of course, chocolate chips. With its sweeter flavor, cocoa is a more common ingredient than cacao in desserts like fudgy brownies and rich chocolate cakes.
The purer form of chocolate is called cacao. It comes from the same source as cocoa, but you can find it in cacao nibs and specialty bars. It's also a superfood with many antioxidants—in case you needed another reason to give it a try.
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HMRC recoups £1bn via High Net Worth Unit
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has yielded more than £1 billion in tax compliance through its High Net Worth Unit – a specialist division which deals with the tax affairs of the UK’s wealthiest individuals.
The unit, which was arranged back in 2009, deals with the tax affairs of the 6,200 wealthiest individual customers of HMRC, each thought to boast a net worth of more than £20 million.
Each customer is assigned a relationship manager who has detailed oversight and an unrivalled understanding of the tax risks for wealthy individuals.
This unit not only maximises voluntary compliance of the majority of wealth individuals but it also ensures HMRC can crack down on those who fail to play by the rules.
As a consequence, HMRC can also provide good customer engagement with a positive focus on influencing behaviour to improve voluntary compliance in the future.
David Gauke, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said: “HMRC vigorously polices the rules ensuring it collects the tax that is due, and takes tough action against the minority who seek to avoid their responsibilities.
“This approach is clearly working as HMRC’s High net Worth Unit has delivered £1 billion in compliance yield.
“This is against targets totalling £894 million and is further evidence that the government’s investment of nearly £1 billion in HMRC to tackle avoidance, evasion and fraud is paying off.”
Earlier this month, HMRC reported on the compliance yield estimates to Parliament, adding it had recently recovered £135 million from individuals via a private Swiss bank owned by HSBC.
In 2013, the UK recouped around £550 billion in taxes – more than a third (36 per cent) of the country’s GDP – according to the Treasury database.
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Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three, available on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 29th
The Ghost crew is on a collision course with destiny as the action brings them closer to Rogue One and the original Star Wars trilogy in Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three, available on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 29th
Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three delivers all 22 action-packed episodes of thehit CG animated series’ third season, plus exclusive, never-before-seen bonus material on Blu-ray™ and DVD! The story threads begin to tighten in this thrilling season of Star Wars Rebels, drawing connections to The Clone Wars, Rogue One and the original Star Wars trilogy into the series’ epic storyline. Available August 29, Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three delivers some of the most critically-acclaimed Star Wars storytelling to date, with engaging characters, harrowing conflicts, and spectacular space battles on par with those seen in the films.
Having established a secret base on Atollon, the Ghost crew, now led by a more powerful Ezra, strengthens the Rebel fleet by acquiring new resources and recruits eager to stand against the Empire. However, the Imperial efforts to eliminate the Rebellion are now being led by the coldly analytical Grand Admiral Thrawn, whose strategic, tactical and cultural insights make him a threat unlike any they have faced before. Ezra and Sabine must take on new roles and challenges as the Rebels prepare for their biggest mission yet – a direct assault on the Empire.
Star Wars Rebels was created by Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Simon Kinberg (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”), and Carrie Beck. The Lucasfilm Animation production is also executive-produced by Filoni and Kinberg.
Featuring the voices of Freddie Prinze Jr. (“I Know What You Did Last Summer”) as Kanan, Vanessa Marshall (TV’s “Young Justice”) as Hera, Steve Blum (“The Boxtrolls,” “Cowboy Bebop”) as Zeb, Tiya Sircar (“The Good Place,” “Master of None”) as Sabine, Taylor Gray (TV’s “Bucket and Skinner’s Epic Adventures”) as Ezra, Dee Bradley Baker (“American Dad,” “Phineas and Ferb”) as Captain Rex and David Oyelowo (“Selma” and “The Butler”) as Agent Kallus.
Blu-ray:
· Return To Mandalore
Explore where Mandalore fits within the Empire’s regime – and whether Sabine can unite her people against the Imperial forces.
· Thrawn: A Legend Reborn
Learn Thrawn’s significance in Star Wars lore, and what the future may hold for this memorable villain.
· Apprentices to Outcasts: Kenobi And Maul
Track two adversaries who’ve clashed throughout Star Wars history, and find out why the time was right to conclude their story.
· The Original Rebel: Saw Gerrera Returns – Extended
Meet the Original Rebel. This exclusive extended version features Forest Whitaker discussing the character he brings to life in both Rebels and Rogue One.
· Five Audio Commentaries
Featuring Dave Filoni (Executive Producer), Justin Ridge (Supervising Director), Kilian Plunkett (Art Director), Keith Kellogg (Animation Supervisor) and Joel Aron (CG Supervisor: Lighting & FX)
· All DVD Bonus (see below)
· A Rebel Alliance
Discover how the formation of the Rebel Alliance in Rebels ties into the Rogue One timeline – and the exciting story possibilities that lie ahead for season 4.
· Rebels Recon
Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew in 19 entertaining and information-packed episode recaps!
Format: Blu-ray (3-Disc) & DVD (4-Disc)
Rating: TVY7 FV; CE: PG; CF: G (Bonus Material Not Rated)
Run Time: Approximately 485 minutes (not including bonus)
Closed Captioned: Yes
Aspect Ratio: 1:78 (Widescreen)
Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital
Languages/ Subtitles: English, French, German & Spanish
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Home News Book sales soar as Christmas starts
Book sales soar as Christmas starts
Published November 29, 2011 by Philip Stone
Printed book sales soared by £5.5m week-on-week last week as shoppers finally hit the high street, and logged online, in search of Christmas bargains,...
Printed book sales soared by £5.5m week-on-week last week as shoppers finally hit the high street, and logged online, in search of Christmas bargains, but the market remains poor in comparison to last year.
According to Nielsen BookScan Total Consumer Market data, £41m was spent on physical books in the seven days to 26th November, up 15.5% on the previous week, but for the fourth consecutive week, sales were down more than £4m year-on-year. It brings the November deficit to £18.3m (-11.4%) in comparison to 2010.
Hardback non-fiction, the traditional hunting ground for a Christmas gift, enjoyed the biggest week-on-week sales growth last week, with sales soaring 30% according to BookScan Top 5,000 bestseller list data. Titles such as Lee Evans' The Life of Lee (Michael Joseph, up 65% week-on-week); River Cottage Veg Every Day (Bloomsbury, up 38%); Frozen Planet (BBC, up 60%); and Lorraine Pascale's Home Cooking Made Easy (HarperCollins, up 41%) were among the recipients of the biggest sales boosts, while Lady Gaga's coffee table collaboration with photographer Terry Richardson, Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson (Hodder & Stoughton), sold 6,928 copies in its first week on shelves. The lavish credit crunch-busting £35 hardback took £130,000 through bookshop tills.
However, spending on hardback non-fiction was down 20% on the comparative week last year, due principally to a big decline in the celebrity-dominated biographies and memoirs sector. The children's sector, helped by new books by Jeff Kinney, Christopher Paolini and David Walliams, is continuing to outpace last year's sales, with spending up 5% year-on-year last week.
Kinney's new Diary of a Wimpy Kid novel, Cabin Fever (Puffin), was once again the bestselling book in the UK last week, scoring sales of 48,393 copies. Guinness World Records 2012, sales of which were up 14% week-on-week to 44,073 copies sold, takes second position in the chart, while Jamie Oliver's Jamie's Great Britain (Michael Joseph) takes third position with a 24,315 sale. Sales of the latter jumped 20% (4,033 copies) week-on-week, but its 24,315 total sale was down some 73,026 copies on the figure scored by Jamie's 30-minute Meals in the comparative week last year.
Patricia Cornwell's 19th Kay Scarpetta thriller, Red Mist, sold 14,529 copies in its three days on sale last week and débuts in pole position in this week's Original Fiction chart. It is the first time the US novelist has topped the chart in almost three years as her previous two titles, Port Mortuary (2010) and The Scarpetta Factor (2009), both fell short of the Original Fiction number one.
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge's Tick Tock, the fourth novel in their Michael Bennett series, is the highest new entry in this week's Top 20 Mass-market Fiction chart, débuting in second position. Michael Connelly's fourth Mickey Haller thriller, The Fifth Witness, retains pole position, but only by virtue of the fact the 22,105 sales of Kathryn Stockett's The Help were split between two different editions (in fifth and eighth place in the Top 20).
Amazon starts Boxing Day sale on Christmas Day
Grisham top as children's book sales soar
Book sales soar week on week, remain down on 2010
Children's book sales soar in spring half-term break
Book sales soar with WBD effect
Thompson wins Arthur C Clarke Prize for Rosewater
Mostly Lit's Derek Owusu signs two-book deal with Stormzy imprint
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child behind the scenes book cover revealed
SPCK accused of 'cashing in' on Eddo-Lodge success in book cover row
Flame Tree signs deal for CWA crime anthology
Foyles joins forces with Jacaranda to celebrate black British writers
by David Walliams; Tony Ross
by John Grisham
I Owe You One
by Sophie Kinsella
by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson
by Heather Morris
In a House of Lies
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Nine Perfect Strangers
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World's largest campaign launched to promote sustainable work and healthy ageing for all
Last Friday in Brussels, the European Commission and the European Agency for Safety & Health at Work (EU-OSHA) in cooperation with the Netherlands EU Presidency, launched a two-year Europe-wide campaign: Healthy Workplaces for All Ages. Focusing on sustainable work and workplace safety and health in the context of the ageing workforce, the campaign provides a timely reminder that the younger workers of today are the older workers of tomorrow.
FAQs about the SDS
As most cleaning professionals around the world know, the old Material Safety Data Sheet has been replaced by the new Safety Data Sheet. In the process, numerous questions have come up as to why the old MSDS was replaced along with enquiries specifically about the new SDS forms.
Britannia Washing Systems help keep National Express Fleet in fine fettle
For a high profile brand such as National Express, image is everything.
The Group delivers services in the UK, North America, Germany, Spain and Morocco, with more than 800 million journeys annually made on its buses, trains, light rail services and coaches. It strives for operational excellence in everything it does across the organisation, from its safety and CSR policy to choice of vehicle and livery.
Oust ugly algae for good
Algae on wooden decks... on terraces and pavements... slippery, ugly and damaging. And if aesthetics are at stake - as they are on monuments, tombstones, facades, etc., the cost of algae removal can be substantial - not just in hours, but also in material damage.
Over the coming weeks, many cleaning companies will go out on site and temporarily remove the green tarnish... knowing that the algae will return in a couple of months.
Cannon Hygiene launches the Imagine collection
Cannon Hygiene has launched the Imagine collection of washroom dispensers in over 40 countries - a modern product range which showcases a fully co-ordinated design scheme to create a style-led washroom suite.
The company says that the range will inspire customers to Imagine more from their washrooms with a choice of 24 dispensers featuring a modern, striking geometric look inspired by interior design trends and the Cannon Hygiene logo.
The ultimate flat surface cleaner from Spinaclean
Spinaclean, the specialist pressure washer and cleaning equipment manufacturer, has launched New Slipstream Pro 20, a flat surface and traditional pressure washer for large areas of commercial and domestic paving, brickwork and decking.
India revises its solid waste management rules
The Environment Ministry of India has revised its Solid Waste Management Rules after 16 years, to encourage citizens to do something to prevent the waste to wealth by following 'recovery, reuse and recycle' principles wherever possible.
Intelligent call-to-action capability launched at Smart IoT London targets FM companies
ContinuumBridge, a provider of enterprise IoT (Internet of Things) solutions, has launched Spur, an intelligent call-to-action device and service aimed at service providers in the facilities management, retail, leisure and hospitality industries. It provides an intelligent, easy-to-use means for service users to initiate a request or report an issue and provides the user with an immediate acknowledgement.
SkyVac launches most powerful gutter cleaner
SkyVac has launched what it believes is the world's most powerful pole operated gutter cleaner. The company says that the SkyVac Industrial is at least three times more powerful than any other model; capable of drawing 8000 litres of air per minute and lifting water 150in. It will even remove heavy tufts of grass up to 5 kilos.
Celebrating its fifth year of UK production, SkyVac has designed this model for all situations. It has three motors controlled by a power management lever to operate on 6,500 - 8,000 litres suction per minute and to ensure economical use of electricity.
AC7Duo catalyst natural cleaner can safely sanitise a room in 15 minutes
Just imagine the air in a room being made odour free and sanitised safely and efficiently in 15 minutes... This is what the AC7Duo offers at a push of a button. No chemicals or deodorants are required as this commercial grade air cleaning system is inspired by nature - a thoughtful combination of harnessed ozone power and mobility under your control.
Fresh and clean smelling air is often critical for a company's performance and reputation, as well as for its occupants' health and wellbeing.
Safety requirements published for human robot collaboration
Eunited Robotics - the European Robotics Association - reports that the ISO Technical Specification with safety requirements for industrial human-robot collaboration (ISO/TS 15066) was finalised by the responsible international ISO working group in December 2015 and published by ISO on February 15, 2016.
The document can be ordered at ISO store (www.iso.org). ISO/TS 15066 contains requirements for the safe implementation of robots in collaborative operations and with robotics being used more and more in cleaning, the publication is timely.
Esclean offers special promotional and business opportunity for industry professionals
"The 2014 edition of Esclean was a giant leap towards the sector's objectives," say the Spanish show's organisers. "It succeeded in promoting professionalisation and guaranteed product quality, encouraged a culture of professional cleaning and hygiene, fostered the launch of actions aimed at reducing costs while improving the hygienic result of cleaning.
It also "disseminated the idiosyncrasies of a sector that creates employment and wealth and which is committed to the environment, enhanced well-being, quality of life and public health."
Handwashing gets skipped a third of the time in outpatient healthcare
Despite having policies in place to prevent infections, staff at outpatient care facilities fail to follow recommendations for hand hygiene 37% of the time, and for safe injection practices 33% of the time.
This is according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology (APIC).
Honouring World Health Day by protecting indoor air quality
Avmor, Canada's leading manufacturer of professional cleaning solutions for the Jan/San and foodservice markets, believes that the professional cleaning industry should honour this day by focusing on ways to protect human health... and at the top of its list is indoor air quality.
Med-X's Nature-Cide insecticide moves into Cannabis cultivation supply
Med-X announced this week that it has struck a deal with cultivation distribution venue GrowMinded to supply its Nature-Cide cleaning and pest control products to cannabis cultivators in several states throughout the US.
i-Robot robotic floor cleaning machines now available from Vaclensa
We can expect to see a lot more from Vaclensa in the near future and the company's large stand at the Manchester Cleaning Show gave us a taste of things to come. What caught our attention was an area being buzzed around by the new Commercial i-Robot robotic cleaning machine, which has a really low profile for cleaning under cupboards etc.
Papyrus Supplies acquires Veli Mark Oy and strengthens its position in Finland
Papyrus Supplies has acquired the family owned company Veli Mark Oy in Finland, the full service wholesaler within the professional cleaning and hygiene products sector, which uses the distinctive zebra print (and the animals themselves) in its branding.
Through this acquisition, Papyrus Supplies says it is further strengthening its Nordic position in the field of cleaning and facilities management supplies.
Airplus - the new air freshener system from Kennedy Hygiene
Kennedy Hygiene Products has unveiled its latest air-freshener system - the Airplus Ellipse - at the Manchester Cleaning Show.
A simple, battery-free, door-mounted air freshener solution for washroom cubicles, the Airplus Ellipse offers maximum ease of service with easy loading and activation of the refill: the cartridge has been designed to activate inside the dispenser using the action created by closing the cover - thus avoiding any possible fragrance spillage.
Singaporean washroom association moves closer to becoming 'Toilet Hub' in 2016
In 2015, the Restroom Association (Singapore) reached new milestones with the launch of its World Toilet Day Commemoration Fund, Happy Toilets @ Preschools Programme and Guide to Better Preschool Toilet Design, Maintenance and Education.
WFBSC announces first Berlin meeting for CMS 2017, as Thomas Dietrich takes over presidency
For the first time, the World Federation of Building Service Contractors will be gathering cleaning industry decision-makers from around the world for a meeting in Berlin.
From 18th to 20th September 2017, the Federation will be holding its congress alongside the international cleaning trade fair CMS Berlin 2017 - Cleaning.Management.Services in the German capital. The headline topic of the international conference is 'Cleaning in the digital world - processes, people, technology.'
Greyland new launches at Manchester Cleaning Show
New products seen on the Greyland stand include Cotton Fresh air freshener trigger spray, Bathroom Cleaner and Limescale Remover trigger sprays formulated with anti-limescale for hard water areas, and their 1L angle neck Spring Toilet Freshener. We'll be bringing you more detailed information on these new products very soon.
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Nothing quite underlines the fact that having decent, accessible washrooms in town centres is good for tourism and business, as the news recently of a coach firm saying it will give Newbury town centre, Berkshire, a miss when it comes to stopovers, as a result of the council closing two of its public toilets!
Up to 1,000 coach passengers a week will now no longer be stopping at the town for lunch and other refreshments or to do some shopping, as the coach company says it will be finding somewhere else to stop over in future. And that’s just one company. Just imagine the figures if other coach operators follow suit – as well as other people who’d normally spend the day (and their money) in Newbury but who will now decide to ‘go’ elsewhere…
I know it costs money to keep public toilets open, clean and stocked, but the knock-on effect on local businesses that suffer as a result of closures, impacts on their ability to pay their rents and rates and thus reduces a council’s income. Local businesses without enough income, eventually have to close down themselves, don’t they? Boarded up shops don’t do anything for a town’s image and once the rot sets in, it can be downhill all the way from then on in…
Some of the forum comments that have gone up, following the news, show that people are, generally, frustrated by the closures – and obviously this isn’t all just about Newbury but about public facilities the UK over. Some overseas posters are saying that the UK’s the worst in Europe when it comes to decent public toilet provision. Many posters are saying they’ll use other town centres instead, while some are admitting that they’re finding it harder to go out anywhere for the day, as the lack of public facilities – particularly as they get older – is keeping them in their homes.
It’s being suggested that visitors to Newbury use the library’s facilities but I understand that these are not near the coach stop-off points and will likely involve queuing. Not exactly a ‘public convenience’ then…
I do hope that before the two blocks that have been shut down are sold to developers and turned into housing, the council considers installing turnstiles and charging people, say 10p or even 20p to use them. The money will soon add up…
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UK public makes food hygiene number one priority when eating out
UK consumers are united in not tolerating poor food hygiene ratings and simply won't visit places that have had food safety issues, no matter what type of restaurant they are. Some 61% won't eat at a restaurant, takeaway, coffee shop or pub that has a low Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Hygiene Rating while three quarters (75%) said they wouldn't risk dining at a restaurant that had been implicated in a food hygiene incident, even if recommended by someone that they trust.
Brightwell Dispensers: exciting new launches
With ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam just around the corner, Brightwell Dispensers - the global independent designer and manufacturer of innovative soap, paper and chemical dispensing systems for the hygiene industry - is back with some exciting new product ranges...
2016 celebrates the release of new product ranges including the Quantura range of dishwash dosing systems, a new drain dosing system and the recently launched EcoMulti chemical dilution system. The company has chosen ISSA/ Interclean Amsterdam to preview the new ranges which will be on display at stand 01.239.
2016 is looking better than last year, says Tennant Company
In results announced this week, Tennant Company has reported net earnings of $4.4 million, on net sales of $179.9 million for the first quarter ended 31st March, 2016. In the 2015 first quarter, Tennant reported net earnings of $5.0 million, on record net sales for a first quarter of $185.7 million.
"The sluggish business environment that we encountered in the 2015 fourth quarter carried over into the 2016 first quarter, making for a difficult comparison against record sales in the prior year period," says Chris Killingstad, Tennant Company's president and chief executive officer.
Chemours to sell 'Clean and Disinfect' business to Lanxess
The Chemours Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell the Disinfectants, Oxone and Chlorine Dioxide business lines (Clean and Disinfect business) of its Chemical Solutions segment to speciality chemicals group Lanxess for $230 million in cash. The company anticipates closing the transaction within the second half of 2016, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Firms must guard against staff fatigue as fines for corporate manslaughter escalate to £20m
Imperago has published a paper outlining the importance of taking staff fatigue into account when devising staff working patterns. Major companies convicted of corporate manslaughter that have a turnover of £50m or more could now face fines of up to £20m according to guidelines by the Sentencing Council that were announced recently.
While there are many lifestyle factors that can cause fatigue, so too can work related factors such as time of working and resting periods, length and number of consecutive work duties and intensity of work demands.
Cleaning Operative of the Year winner announced
In annual awards created by British Cleaning Council members, the Association of Building Cleaning Direct Service Providers and Denis Rawlins, (which provides sponsorship), June Manley has been named Cleaning Operative of the Year 2016. June, who works at Carr Mill Primary School, St Helens, Merseyside, wins £250 of high street vouchers and a specially engraved glass trophy.
Senior EU leader to keynote session on 'Opportunities Offered by the Circular Economy Package'
Dr. Hugo-Maria Schally - head of unit Eco-Innovation and Circular Economy, directorate general for the Environment, Directorate Green Economy of the European Commission, will lead the session titled 'Redefining Innovation - Opportunities of the EU Circular Economy Package' on 12th May at the 26th edition of ISSA/Interclean in Amsterdam.
As a leading advocate of sustainability in Europe, Dr. Schally will provide attendees with an overview of the Circular Economy Package and, in particular, its potential to impact the cleaning sector by improving global competitiveness, fostering sustainable economic growth and generating new jobs.
With every generation comes new innovation!
Rosemor International has recently lined up four different generations of its customers' machines in its workshops. This shows 16 years of innovation and technical development.
The Alta 20, built in 2000 was the original model Rosemor brought from Tennant, also known as the Rotomac 300. As you can see the control panel and many other features were modernised in developing the next model, the Rotomac 330, some five years later.
British Safety Council endorses World Day for Safety & Health at Work campaign's message
On World Day for Health & Safety at Work, the British Safety Council has re-affirmed its role in the industry as a champion of health & safety at work and
its belief that proportionate and effective management of health & safety is an enabler of business activity.
Celebrated annually on 28 April and led by the International Labour Organisation, the World Day for Safety an&d Health at Work raises public awareness of the importance of health & safety at work, as well as the prevention of occupational accidents. In 2014/2015, accidents at work claimed 142 lives and caused 78,000 injuries in Britain.
Australian cleaners find United Voice helps win proper pay and conditions
Australian Union United Voice has stepped in to help a group of cleaners win the pay and conditions they deserve.
The union says that in late 2014, when cleaning contractor Pickwick won the contract for the Murray Bridge Marketplace shopping centre, it hired new workers and compelled them to provide an Australian Business Number. It says that in 2015, cleaners were paid a flat rate of AU$19 (£9.90) an hour for any day of the year and that they did not receive paid annual leave, sick leave or superannuation, so were effectively casual employees even though they were regularly rostered.
Floor cleaning company doubles size of premises
Warwickshire-based Beaver Floorcare was engaged recently through flooring manufacturer Relay Floors to clean and restore the vinyl interlocking tiles to their former glory at a Tesco store.
The call came because the onsite cleaning contractor was not delivering the desired standards for the store manager and the high level of appearance that was expected.
Cromwell uses MP's Earth Day visit to highlight range of environmental issues
Cromwell Polythene's managing director James Lee highlighted a wide range of environmental issues when local MP Nigel Adams visited the company's Sherburn headquarters, near Leeds, this week.
The Member of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty, who has consistently championed local businesses and, as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Biomass Group, is an enthusiastic supporter of biomass, appropriately chose April 22nd, Earth Day 2016, for his visit. The first Earth Day, more than 25 years ago, is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement.
Dolphin Dispensers to showcase 'high impact' Excel Range at ISSA/Interclean
Dolphin Dispensers, a leading UK-based manufacturer and global commercial washrooms solutions provider, will be launching its extended Excel Dispenser range at this year's ISSA/Interclean event taking place in Amsterdam 10 - 13th May 2016.
A master in the art of creating seamless washrooms, Dolphin Dispensers says its current Excel range can be found within landmark commercial office developments and public buildings including education facilities, airports and stations around the world.
Springfield Clinic operates Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot
Springfield Clinic has announced that it is the first Ambulatory Surgery Center in Illinois, US, to use the Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot and is among the leading outpatient surgery centres in the country to incorporate the technology.
The Xenex robot, affectionately named Louie by the Springfield Clinic Infection Control Committee, uses Full Spectrum pulsed xenon ultraviolet light to quickly and safely destroy harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi and bacterial spores. The portable system is effective against even the most dangerous pathogens, including C. diff, influenza, Ebola and MRSA.
Thrive residents play key part in selecting new contractors
Thrive Homes put its residents at the heart of the decision-making process before awarding its new communal cleaning and grounds maintenance contracts.
The housing association involved its tenants and leaseholders in every stage of the process before awarding its communal cleaning contract to Pinnacle PSG and its grounds maintenance work to Lotus Landscapes, with a sub-contract to social enterprise, Let's Talk Grounds Maintenance (LTGM).
GMB Scotland to ballot Glasgow council workers for strike action
GMB Scotland members across Glasgow City Council are being balloted for industrial action over changes to working time arrangements that could cost workers up to £500 a year. A strike ballot of over 1,500 members employed across key services such as cleansing, refuse, land and environment and social care will run from Friday 29th April to Thursday 19th May.
The dispute has been prompted by GCC's decision to convert six public holidays into annual leave, removing the ability of staff to work hours on overtime rates of pay which have been crucial in helping thousands of workers avoid the low pay trap.
Markets broaden for Regent Samsic in latest round of business wins
A spate of new contracts and additions across the UK measures the continued growth of cleaning and security services provider, Regent Samsic in the year's first quarter.
2016 sees steady brand penetration for the Coventry-based company spanning a wide range of client markets.
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Soapbox: Mike Robinson, chief executive of the British Safety Council, writes about our aging workforce and why the BSC support the new Healthy Workplaces for All Ages campaign...
The European workforce is ageing fast. By 2030, employees aged over 55 are expected to make up 30% or more of the total workforce in many EU countries. In the UK, 30% or more of the total workforce is already over 50 years' old, while 60 year and older employees constitute 23% of the workforce, and this figure is set to rise to 30.7% by 2020.
Employment figures suggest jittery employers spooked by increasing labour costs
Commenting on today's ONS Labour Market Statistics, (www.ons.gov.uk) Gerwyn Davies, labour market adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, the professional body for HR and people development, says:
"Existing employer concerns over the cost implications of the National Living Wage, pension auto-enrolment and the impending Apprenticeship Levy are starting to affect confidence amongst employers.
Reclassifying temporary staff as 'unsupervised' puts businesses and directors in jeopardy, says CXC Global
Agencies that advise employers to reclassify temporary staff as 'unsupervised' are putting both their end clients and their directors in jeopardy, according to CXC Global.
£200m Cash Injection for FM Market in 2016
A new report on the UK facilities management market from MTW Research has found that profitability is set to rise by £200 million in 2016, sustaining optimism for the market despite a slight slowdown in growth.
Hako helps historic Nottingham's streets stay sublime
Nottingham City Council has taken delivery of two new additions to its growing fleet of road-cleaning machines from Hako that is already helping to keep the historic city looking its best.
Greyland golf putting comp win could help drive new sales for Prestige Supplies
Leading cleaning chemicals manufacturer Greyland held a golf putting competition at the recent Manchester Cleaning Show, which John Wolohan of Prestige Supplies, Wigan, won by sinking an impressive 3 out of 5 putts.
Contract Cleaning Market Report Research & Analysis UK 2016-2020 just published
MTW Research has published a new Research & Analysis market report providing a fresh, comprehensive & reliable review of the public and private sector UK Contract Cleaning Market in 2016 with forecasts to 2020.
BCC delighted with visitor numbers at Manchester Cleaning Show
Event organisers, the British Cleaning Council and Quartz Media, say they are extremely pleased with attendance at the inaugural Manchester Cleaning Show.
AHCP 2016 Awards shortlist announced
The Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals has announced the shortlist for its 2016 Awards. Congratulations to all those deemed worthy of perhaps going on to become a winner!
The shortlist is as follows:
We have Mail: Brushtec writes of 'solidarity and wire side brushes'
Dear Jan,
One of the most dominating stories of the past few weeks has been the uncertain future of the Tata steelworks in Port Talbot, Wales. The closure of the plant and others like it around the UK would have far reaching negative consequences, some of which concerns Brushtec.
University of London awards cleaning, security and other contracts to Cordant
Cordant Services has secured contracts to supply a wide-range of cleaning, security and front of house services to the University of London. Dedicated teams will create a clean, safe and attractive environment within all the buildings of the University's academic and residential estate
RP Adam secures new contract with Young & Co's Brewery
Cleaning and disinfection products manufacturer RP Adam (Arpal Group) has secured a new long-term deal with Young & Co.'s Brewery, extending the existing contract to 2020.
Wellington Arch undergoes a makeover
Set in the heart of Royal London, Wellington Arch was built as an original entrance to Buckingham Palace, later becoming a victory arch proclaiming Wellington's defeat of Napoleon.
Visit by Mayor recognises business growth
Cleanall Services of Leyland, Lancashire, was recommended by North & Western Chamber of Commerce for a visit by the Mayor of South Ribble to recognise exceptional business growth in the area.
Cleaning makes BBC Breakfast!
Congratulations to all those who made it to Event City Manchester, yesterday at 06:30, to watch or take part in BBC Breakfast's coverage of The Cleaning Show. It was clearly great fun and gave the industry lots of valuable publicity - especially as it was shown regularly throughout the morning.
BCC backs Tidy Britain APPG Westminster event
Members of the British Cleaning Council have been invited to attend an event at the House of Commons this month to discuss ways of tackling the UK's growing litter problem.
Unger's Stingray - a safe and simple way to clean indoor surfaces!
Paul Sherrington really looked as if he was enjoying his work demonstrating Unger's recently launched Stringray cleaning tool to the gathered audiences packing the stand throughout the Manchester Cleaning Show - and his enthusiasm was infectious.
Contract cleaning market to enjoy £100m growth for 2016
A new report from MTW Research suggests the contract cleaning market is set for £100 million growth in 2016, despite the new National Living Wage dampening market profitability.
Show visitors in race to buy Morclean's Bin Wash
Morclean's Green Apple Award-winning BinWash machine has clearly created a stir because as the Manchester Cleaning Show's doors opened, two organisations made a beeline for the stand and asked to buy the machine on show.
A good way to teach and test driving skills...
It's all very well having state-of-the-art cleaning equipment but unless your operating skills are up to scratch, you're not going to do the best job, are you? Karcher has been running a competition at the Manchester Cleaning Show to see who can negotiate its tight course the quickest, without knocking over any of the bollards (which incurs penalties) using both walk-behind and ride-on machines.
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Analysis Racial issues White Privilege
Music educator: Teaching Beethoven over Kendrick Lamar is white supremacy
Dave Huber - Assistant Editor •May 22, 2018
An adjunct professor of music technology at New York University and Montclair State believes it is “teaching whiteness” when music educators lean towards the classics over the more youth-“valued” hip hop.
Ethan Hein, also a doctoral fellow in music education at NYU, argues the decline in school music involvement isn’t just the result of budget cuts — it also involves the stubbornness of music teachers to continue teaching “European-descended” classical music over that of “music descending from the vernacular traditions of the African diaspora.”
Of course, any good teacher would be willing to take advantage of student interest in formulating lessons. Heck, just look at how Richard Dreyfuss’s title character adjusted in “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” after all.
However, if students are to learn about music (how to read it, play it, theory, etc.) does our modern computer technology — which, as Hein says, now makes it possible “for any music class to become a thriving producer collective” — really advance that goal?
Highly noted (black) composer/musician Wynton Marsalis would argue “no”:
“Listen, I don’t have to attack hip-hop. Hip-hop attacks itself. It has no merit, rhythmically, musically, lyrically. What is there to discuss?”
Flow? Rhymes? Assonance? Scansion? Lyrical dexterity? Rhythmic complexity? The use of samples that explore African-American musical history?
“Yeah yeah,” he snorts. “It’s mostly sung in triplets. So what? And as for sampling, it just shows you that the drummer has been replaced by a loop. The drum – the central instrument in African-American music, the sound of freedom – has been replaced by a repetitive loop. What does that tell you about hip-hop’s respect for African-American tradition?”
Regardless, Hein has some whitesplaining to do.
Citing numerous sociological and race-oriented sources, the adjunct says that to accommodate hip hop instruction, music educators will have to “reorient away from large ensembles and toward small ad hoc peer groups, from performance to production, from the Western canon to the social dance music of the present, and from top-down authority to bottom-up collaboration.”
Classically trained university faculty (who are, get this — “unsurprisingly oriented toward the classical tradition”) tend to listen for “affirmations of Whiteness,” Hein says. In addition, the inherently “nice” nature of music teachers “makes the implicit racial ideology” of music education even more “insidious.”
“Eurocentric music education is the product of racism without racists,” he continues. “Rather than scrutinizing individual attitudes, then, we need to interrogate the culture of power in the music classroom. That power remains almost entirely in the hands of the Western ‘art’ music tradition.”
More from Hein’s piece:
While overt racism is no longer socially acceptable, the institutional structures and vocabulary terms created during a racist era survive intact into the present […] White music educators of the present day do not need to be racist in order to benefit from the centering of their culture in the curriculum. “Whiteness maintains power and privilege by perpetuating and legitimating the status quo while simultaneously maintaining a veneer of neutrality, equality, and compassion” (Castagno 2014, 5). To preserve white privilege, it is not necessary to be hateful; passivity and conflict aversion are sufficient. …
We can not advance democracy in the music classroom if we systematically marginalize Afrological musics. It is not simply a matter of boring or alienating students of color, but of attacking their sense of belonging to the school community at all. “It is counterproductive to our notion of critical literacy and multiculturalism to have students believe that any aspect of their language or culture is inferior and unintelligent” (McCrary 2005, 89-90). The seemingly neutral act of teaching music the way it was taught in the past therefore enacts symbolic violence against students of color. “Music teachers, simply in attempting to teach the district curriculum and affirm the truth of ‘good music,’ challenge the legitimacy of their students’ deeply felt musical experiences and therefore—whether they intend to or not—begin from the position of a threat” (Cavicchi 2009, 100) […] In the face of a school culture that does not value their musicality, it is only too understandable that so many young people come to believe that they are simply unmusical.
Hein concludes “We will not advance social justice by expanding the school music canon to include a greater diversity of musics unless we challenge the reason for the canon’s existence in the first place.”
“If we ‘use the tools of a racist patriarchy to examine the fruits of that same patriarchy,’” not much will change. “Rather than making incremental curriculum changes, we must ask how we can re-orient the mission, values and goals of music education away from the preservation of whiteness.”
MORE: Music teacher sues principals for calling her music choice ‘racist’
MORE: HS band: We’re only buying music by composers of color
Dave Huber
Dave has been writing about education, politics, and entertainment for over 15 years, including a stint at the popular media bias site Newsbusters. He is a retired educator with over 25 years of service and is a member of the National Association of Scholars. Dave holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Delaware.
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Title favourites make Brighouse suffer
Brighouse Town were beaten 5-0 in front of a bumper 1,776 crowd at South Shields last night.
Both teams had won their opening Evo-Stik NPL games of the season at the weekend but The Mariners showed why they are the title favourites with a convincing success.
South Shields, who won the FA Vase Final at Wembley in May, took the lead with a looping header from Carl Finnigan after 15 minutes and he hit the woodwork shortly after.
Barrie Smith doubled the lead on 37 minutes and Michael Richardson (54), Matty Patterson (72) and Jamie Holmes (78) added to the home tally.
It wasn’t all one-way traffic. Aaron Martin had a header cleared off the line and Tom Robinson fired wide as the visitors started the second half well.
Jacob Buchanan had a shot deflected just wide midway through the first half before Adam Jones had a good chance but was denied by ‘keeper Liam Connell.
Brighouse, who had beaten Skelmersdale United 1-0 at home last weekend, are at Bamber Bridge in the preliminary round of the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday.
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All posts in Competition
2017/12/09 · Competition, Europe, Project
TSPA participated in the Opportunity Space design-build competition organised by the a Van Alen institute. The task was challenging multidisciplinary teams to propose a temporary, mobile structure that will support economic opportunity and social inclusion in Malmö, Sweden.
Our entry OPPO is an inflatable, helium filled balloon of translucent polyurethane, in the shape of a torus. Due to its lighter-than-air nature, it can float in the night sky of Malmö. During the day, when events take place, Oppo is lowered to the ground, and serves as a meeting space. The simplicity and visibility of the object are the reason to visit the site.
See the full project presentation on our projects page.
2014/02/12 · Competition, Publication, Uberbau
Bauwelt Cover Story on ‘Metropole Ruhr’
Bauwelt’s cover story features Thomas’ and Ali’s work on Germany’s Detroit – ‘Metropole Ruhr’. In Kiosks this Friday.
2013/10/16 · Competition, Project, Uberbau
Netzwertstadt – Final Presentation for Metropole Ruhr Strategic Vision
Together with InD and BGMR, we’ll present our project ‘Netzwertstadt’, a strategic vision for the development of the Ruhrgebiet in Duisburg-Nord on 16 and 17 October as part of the 3rd future forum of the RVR.
See more on the site of the RVR.
2013/05/13 · Competition, Uberbau
Shortlisted as one of five Teams for ‘Metropole Ruhr’ Vision Competition
We were selected to take part in the ideas competition on a metropolitan vision of the Ruhr region in collaboration with bgmr and InD supported by a range of interdiciplinary consultants. We’ll will join the inception workshop on May 22nd-23rd 2013 in the SANAA Building of the Zeche Zollverein in Essen. The Ruhrgebiet – Germany’s former industrial and mining region – is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany and currently faces huge challenges due to tremendous demographic and economic transformations. A total of five competing interdisciplinary teams were selected that include design offices such as maxwan, studio urban catalyst, yellow Z, Reicher Haase architects, Kengo Kuma associates and West 8. Results are to be expected in October 2013. More info: Webpage Metropole Ruhr (in German).
Berlin Central Library & Neighbourhood Design Awarded
Uberbau (Urban Design) in collaboration with MARS (Architecture) and Treibhaus / Lavaland (Landscape) win one of eight equal prizes in the open international ideas competition ‘Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin’ for Berlin’s new central library and its adjoining city quarter. The new centre at the fringes of the projected city park on the Tempelhof airfield forms part of a larger urban regeneration scheme for the district, including a new quarter around the central library complete with a central city square. The urban design re-interprets the Berlin block and creates a permeable, non-directional public network of small public spaces organised through a mix of building types with a focus on flexible typologies for various uses and users. The library serves as a landmark that contrasts with the monumental wideness of the airfield. Concentrating the building mass into a compact cube frees up space for a public square for a variety of temporary and other uses such as community gardens. The design of the new central library achieves a highly efficient programme that can fulfil long-term logistical and practical demands.
Project documentation on competitionline
Official announcement of the senate of Berlin
Press article, Berliner Zeitung, 22 April 2013
2013/04/04 · Competition, Conference, Lecture
Europan Germany Inception Forum
Thomas gives an input lecture during the Europan 12 Germany Inception Event, where he discusses the Europan theme ‘Eco Rhythms’ and presents the winning proposal for Europan 10 in Heidelberg.
See the winning project.
Al-Adhamiya Renewal Strategy awarded in Baghdad
Uberbau’s proposal for the urban renewal of the Al-Adhamiya area in Baghdad, Iraq, was last week awarded the third price in an official ceremony in the prime minister’s office. Thomas Stellmach presented the project which will be further developed in the next phase of the project.
ZiL Pioneer awarded in Moscow
Uberbau is selected as one of two finalists for the AMO-ZiL competition. Ali presented “ZIL Pioneer” to an international jury and to Deputy Mayor Andrei Sharonov in Moscow on Friday, March 2nd, 2012. The proposal suggests the transformation of the centrally located, 280ha industrial site into a pioneering urban centre for Moscow. Among other contributions by Dutch office Mecanoo, French office Valode & Pistre and Russian office Project Meganom, Uberbau and Project Meganom were selected to further develop their proposals and to present them to Moscow’s Mayor in the coming months.
Have a look at the project.
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Minister suggests women hit by pension age change 'take up apprenticeships'
Guy Opperman’s comments enrage ‘Waspi’ campaigners – and Conservative MPs join criticism of policy
Rajeev Syal and Daniel Lavelle
Wed 5 Jul 2017 13.58 EDT Last modified on Mon 27 Nov 2017 15.39 EST
Guy Opperman’s remarks to MPs were met with cries of ‘shame’. Photograph: Richard Gardner/Rex/Shutterstock
The pensions minister is facing criticism after suggesting that millions of women in their 60s who are facing cuts to their state pension could take up apprenticeships as a route to re-employment.
Guy Opperman said the government would not change laws that have disadvantaged older women, but instead highlighted “extended apprenticeship opportunities” to get older people into work.
His comments, which were met with cries of “shame”, came at a meeting in Westminster Hall at which fellow Conservatives and members of the Democratic Unionist Party were among dozens of MPs saying that the changes were unfair.
The debate centred on the plight of the so-called Waspi women – Women Against State Pension Inequality – whose aim is to achieve fair transitional arrangements for women born in the 1950s, for whom the state pension age is being raised from 60 to 66 by 2020.
Opperman said the government would not offer concessions and instead suggested that older people could retrain, go back to work or take up an apprenticeship.
“There is a massive amount that this government has done on a progressive basis to get people back into employment in their pre-pension years.
“We have created and extended a network of older people’s champions into all 34 Jobcentre Plus districts in the country.
“We have committed to lifelong learning – over 200,000 over 60 have entered further education.
“Thirdly, we have also extended apprenticeship opportunities as one of the best routes to skilled employment for people of all ages and gender. Such apprenticeships in England for example in 2014/15 are 12% of the starting apprenticeships are for those over 45,” he said.
Graham Jones, the Labour MP for Hyndburn, raised a point of order following Opperman’s comment.
“I’m struggling to hear the debate, did the minister just say that women aged 64 could go on an apprenticeship course?” he said.
Campaigners for Waspi women took to Twitter to express their anger at Opperman’s comments. Diana Mitchell Launt wrote: “I don’t want an apprenticeship: I’ve studied enough. ILM Level 3 in Management, NHS M & H trainer. H & S. Want my pension. 45 yrs NI.
“I care for my partner who has severe heart failure. At 60 I would be gutted that I would be stealing an apprentice ship from young.”
Another, Carol Billett, tweeted: “So maybe us Waspi Campaign women can all be become sorcerers apprentices and magic a pension! Guy Opperman, you’re a disgrace!”
Mhairi Black, the SNP’s pensions spokesperson, told MPs that if the Conservatives could find £1bn to strike a deal with the DUP, they could afford to give women the pensions they are due.
“For the government to say they can’t afford to pay these women what they are owed is laughable.
“These women have had the misfortune of being female and being born in the 1950s and live under this UK government, which refuses to do the right thing.
“This is an issue of equality. The UK government must take responsibility and do the right thing for these women who are missing out on their pension,” she said.
Labour’s Caroline Harris said the government “has betrayed these women – they’ve stolen their security and they’ve shattered their dreams without time to prepare and make the necessary alternative arrangements”.
Conservative MP Keith Simpson said his own wife was affected by the changes. “She feels incandescent with rage. She had no correspondence whatsoever,” he said. Another Conservative, former children’s minister Tim Loughton, described the changes as an “injustice” and “unfair burden” made worse by “poor communications” from the government.
Sammy Wilson, a DUP MP, said his party would use its “influence, however minimal or maximum”, to push the government into changing the policy.
Public sector pensions
Women born in 1950s take fight against rising pension age to court
BackTo60 group says women were not given time to adjust to new retirement age
State pension age changes 'risk creating new inequalities'
Women struggling to reconcile longer working lives with caring would be badly hit, thinktank says
At least 1,000 women protest at changes to UK pension age
Some of the 3.8 million women affected by new laws marched on parliament under the banner ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’
State pension age rise: thousands of women expected to join march
Parliament protest comes as anger rises among the 3.9m UK women affected by the changes
Pensions rules leave women shortchanged
‘Raising the state pension age has meant hardship for many women’
Russian MPs pass unpopular bill to raise pension age
A million women £32 a week worse off thanks to pension age changes
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The Horse Hospital at St Georges Gardens
Friday 19th October8.15 - 8.45pm Magic Lantern: Michael Reeves Directs - by Mark Ferreli THE CHAPEL OF REST On the morning of February 11th, 1969, Michael Reeves, a young English horror film director, was found dead in the bedroom of his flat in Yeoman's Row, Knightsbridge, by his cleaning lady. The later coroners report stated that Reeve's untimely passing from an overdose of barbiturates was probably accidental, though most of the director's intimate circle, aware of his recent troubled personal history, believed he had commited suicide. He was twenty five. During the performance of "Michael Reeves Directs", a new work for the Victorian Magic Lantern conceived by artist Mark Ferelli, the gathering illumination of projected images, spoken word, and ambient sound, seek to summon the still resonant voice of the young director. All elements composing a haunting, elegiac portrait before its watching audience, there in a dark space. Ferelli's use of the Magic Lantern, an instrument once reaching a height of popularity in the 19th Century, represents the very beginnings of cinema, rich in its echoes of the 'phantasmagorie' of past Lanternist performers such as Robertson, Oehler and Phillipstahl. It is the almost ritualistic cycle of its operation during the twenty five minutes of the performance that governs the lyrical calling of his series of "apparitions" and their subsequent, gentle, lay to rest. Saturday 20th October 8.10pm - 9.00pm The McCarricks THE CHAPEL OF REST Performed by cellist Martin McCarrick ( This Mortal Coil, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Therapy?) and Violinist Kimberlee McCarrick. The McCarricks create a unique marriage between their dark, evocative music, and stunning projected imagery. The initial concept? to create new dynamic soundtracks for old silent movies shown in tandem with their music was hindered by increasingly restrictive rules on film usage. Undeterred, The McCarricks enlisted the talents of independent filmmakers to create new films specifically tailored for their music. The result is a startling display of abstract imagery and sound which transports the audience into a world where the boundaries between reality and fantasy collide opening a series of different dimensions and emotions. The historic Chapel of Rest in St Georges Gardens provides a wonderful setting for The McCarricks show. Like slipping down a rabbit hole, or stepping through the door of a wardrobe - the venue is diminutive, but once inside, expect to be transported to a larger than life world where slow motion contortionists dance atop towering skyscrapers, and nightmarish fairytale characters really do exist. Saturday 20th October 9.00pm - 9.30pm That Night They Said Was Last But Unfading - Tai Shani Please meet at the Chapel of Rest. Don't be late! A performance with rabbits, majorettes, lovers singing old world lust and revenge in the company of the ghost of Kurt Cobain. Like the smallest hamburger in the world! Tai Shani's performances unfold like recondite, foreboding school plays, over-spilling with familiar imagery and DIY chaos. St Georges Gardens, Handel Street entrance, WC1 www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530454&Y=182473&A=Y&Z=1 PART OF THE BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL www.bloomsburyfestival.org
LiveTai 20 October 2007
RAINDANCE ... FILM CLUB
Performance & Open House: Bloomsbury Whispers, sound & visual scape - by Veronica Puleio & Walter Koerte
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After Redmi K 20, Lenovo Z6 to be powered by Snapdragon 730 SoC
By: Meenu Rana, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi Last updated : June 24, 2019 11:39 am
With this chipset, the Lenovo Z6 will be positioned between the flagship Z6 Pro that is powered by a Snapdragon 855 processor and Lenovo Z6 Youth Edition which is powered by the Snapdragon 710 chipset.
Recently, Lenovo Group VP Chang Cheng teased some of the features of the upcoming Lenovo Z6 phone. He revealed that the phone will come powered by a powerful processor and now it has been confirmed by the company that the phone will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 chipset. It may be recalled, Xiaomi had recently launched its K-series which includes Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro. While the Pro version is powered by a Snapdragon 855 chipset, the Redmi K20 has Snapdragon 730 SoC.
The latest teaser image posted on Weibo has confirmed that the Lenovo Z6 will come with 8nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Mobile Platform. With this chipset, the phone will be positioned between the flagship Z6 Pro that is powered by a Snapdragon 855 processor and Lenovo Z6 Youth Edition which is powered by the Snapdragon 710 chipset.
The Snapdragon 730 packs in an octa-core setup which combines two 2.2GHz Kryo 470 cores and six 1.8GHz Kryo 470 cores inside an 8nm-built manufacturing process. The chipset comes paired with an Adreno 618 GPU and can support Up to 8GB memory, eMMC, UFS 2.1 storage and USB 3.1 connectivity.
Lenovo Z6 will be featuring Sony AI triple camera system. It is likely to be equipped with 6.3 -inch waterdrop-like notch display and 4,000mAh battery. The official teaser images of the phone have already confirmed that smartphone will come in two colour options, Brown and Blue.
The smartphone earlier appeared on Geekbench as per which the phone will be powered by 1.8GHz octa-core processor which will be coupled with 8GB of RAM. For the software, the Lenovo Z6 will run Android Pie out of the box. The phone scored 2556 points in the single-core and 6763 points in the multi-core test in the listing.
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First, the big picture.
"We are running out of time," manager Scott Servais acknowledged. "These games are important. I assume we will bounce back…The Twins are headed over to play the Yankees. We need help, but we’ve got to help ourselves."
Getting out of Houston is a good first step. The Mariners were 5-14 this season against the Astros who, on Sunday, got homers from Derek Fisher, Marwin Gonzalez, George Springer and Carlos Correa.
Houston completed a second three-game sweep over the Mariners in a two-week span and, in the process, clinched the American League West Division pennant.
Several Mariners stood and watched the celebratory scrum near the mound after Ken Giles recorded the game’s final out. Houston is returning to postseason for the second time in three years after losing 324 games from 2011-13.
Justin Verlander (13-8) won his third straight start since joining Houston from Detroit in an Aug. 31 trade. He gave up one run and three hits over seven innings in his first start as an Astro at Minute Maid Park.
"We knew we were going to have to keep it close," Servais said, "because we probably weren’t going to get a lot off Verlander. Obviously, he was really good again today. Unfortunately, we’ve seen him too many times this year."
The Mariners didn’t have a hit against Verlander until Ben Gamel turned on a flat 1-1 slider for a 403-foot homer to right field with one out in the third inning.
Rookie right-hander Andrew Moore (1-4) nursed that lead into the fifth inning before the Astros struck.
Yuli Gurriel led off with single up the middle before Fisher crushed a teed-up fastball for a 422-foot homer over the batter’s eye beyond the center-field wall.
"A couple of mistakes come back to bite you when you’re facing a good lineup," Moore said. "They take advantage of bad pitches. That’s what Fisher did. It was just a badly executed pitch."
The Astros led 2-1 and weren’t done.
Springer followed with a single, but Moore retired the next two batters before Servais chose to bring in lefty reliever James Pazos in order to turn switch-hitter Marwin Gonzalez to the right side.
It was the right percentage move. Gonzalez had a .312/.382/.545 slash (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage) against right-handed pitchers. Against lefties, he was just .235/.313/.426.
So much for math.
Gonzalez hit a no-doubt homer to left, and the Astros led 4-1.
Further note: Pazos had allowed just five homers in 51 2/3 previous innings — a rate of 0.9 per nine innings that ranked among the club leaders.
Yep, so much for math.
"It wasn’t the same Pazos we saw (earlier in the week) over in Texas," Servais said. "He didn’t have the same stuff today. Gonzalez had been right on Moore the last homestand at our place and again today.
"But he got a fastball from Pazos and took care of it."
A three-run lead was plenty for Verlander, but the Astros tacked on three runs against Emilio Pagan in the seventh inning on homers by Springer and Correa.
THREE TAKEAWAYS:
***Those homers haunt: The Mariners rewrote their record book by surrendering those four homers. Doing so pushed their season count to 220, which is a franchise record.
Their previous record was 216 in 1996. Last year’s club served up 213.
With 12 games remaining, the current club is on pace to finish with 238.
The MLB record is 258 last season by Cincinnati, which leads the majors again this season at 234.
***Eight times 10: Gamel’s homer in the third inning was his 10th of the season and made him the eighth Mariners player to reach double figures.
The others: Nelson Cruz (33), Kyle Seager (25), Mike Zunino (23), Robinson Cano (21), Danny Valencia (14), Mitch Haniger (13) and Jean Segura (11). The next closest is Taylor Motter with seven.
The Mariners had nine players reach 10 homers in 2016.
***Houston strong: The Astros finished with a 14-5 edge over the Mariners in the season series, including a pair of three-game sweeps in September. The Mariners are 69-62 against everyone else.
"They’re a good ballclub," Servais said. "They had our number all year. They beat us. In a number of games that were very tight, they got the big hits and made the big plays late in the game. We didn’t."
The season started with Houston winning three of four games against the Mariners at Minute Park. It seemed to set the tone for both clubs.
The Astros have a 37-20 advantage over the last three seasons.
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Topped by A’s again, Mariners will return home on 6-game losing streak
Homer Bailey shook off a rocky start to go six innings, Mark Canha and Jurickson Profar both homered twice and the A’s beat the Seattle Mariners 10-2 on Wednesday.
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Mariners’ Kikuchi attempts to build momentum after an up-and-down first half of the season
Trout, Pujols power Angels to victory over Mariners
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JOHNSON ROBERT L.
August 9, 1931 – December 29, 2015
With sadness we announce the passing of Robert L. Johnson on December 29, 2015, skipper of Silver Token fishing boat. Robert was born on August 9, 1931 on Smith Island in the village of Osland, BC. Robert had a lot of fond memories and stories of his younger years growing up in Osland. Robert started fishing at the age of 14 and it was a career he had all his life, spending 25 years of it at the Skeena Test Fishery. Spring fishing was always a favourite of Roberts as was taking his grandchildren out on the boat.
Predeceased by his parents Thuridur (Oddson) and Luther Johnson. He is lovingly remembered by his wife Margret Ann and father to Michel, Jon (Terry), Ann-Margrit (Marvin), Kristofor and Andrew. Robert was a wonderful grandfather to Mikael, Pieter, Zakarie, Kaylee, Dean, Joeseph and Lily.
The family would like to thank the staff at the Acropolis Manor for the care and kindness for Robert over the past six years.
No service by request.
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WE CAN'T KNOCKER OUR BOOBS
Famous faces including Christina Hendricks and Kate Upton reveal why they can’t get enough of their cleavage
These stars are the breast in the business and they have one thing in common – they love their boobs
By Georgette Colley
Updated: 29th March 2018, 8:35 am
THESE stars are the breast in the business and they have one thing in common – they love their boobs.
In celebration of our Bust In Britain competition, the famous faces reveal why they can’t get enough of their cleavage.
And we asked six entrants what it would mean to them to win our great Bust in Britain prize.
Our champ will scoop £5,000 and a trip to Ibiza for a glitzy photoshoot. So what are you waiting for, send us your selfies today.
What celebs think about their breasts
Christina Hendricks, 42
“Having larger breasts has made it harder for me to shop throughout the years, but I’ve learned to love it. It’s so bizarre that people are constantly asking if my breasts are real or fake. They’re so obviously real.”
Kate Upton, 25
“I love my boobs because I never used to have them, then I went through a growth spurt and they appeared.”
Katy Perry, 33
“When I was a kid I had enormous boobs, so I wore minimisers. Little did I know these things would come in handy some day.”
Kelly Brook, 38
“I have wondered where I’d be without my boobs. They’re the most consistently spoken about thing in my career.”
Daisy Lowe, 29
“I have boobs, hips, an arse, and I have thighs. Sorry. My boobs are on the bigger side, so I like sports bras, they are so comfy.”
Scarlett Johansson, 33
“I get compliments but I have my parents to thank for them. I think they could win awards, you know.”
Dame Helen Mirren, 72,
On not having to do nude scenes any more: “My pleasure pillows are purely for my husband now.”
Readers hoping theirs are pair-fect
Healthcare assistant NICOLE SEALEY, 24, from Essex, says: “I don’t have a lot of confidence but the residents I care for were telling me to enter.
Nicole says it would be a big confidence boost if she won
“My 34C boobs are perky and have a lot of natural bounce, which people like.
“It would be a massive confidence boost if I won.”
NAOMI ALLISON, 40, from Matlock, Derbyshire, wears a 36C. The fitness instructor and motorbike fanatic says: “My breasts are always centre of attention. When I am out in my biker leathers they get the most looks.
Naomi says she would treat her children with the prize money if she won
“Winning would be great, and I would use the prize money to treat my children.”
Royal Navy civil servant HOLLY EMERSON, 28, from Hampshire says: ‘My 34DD breasts are perky and squeezable, despite the small implants I had put in after I lost a lot of weight.
If Holly won, she’d start an underwear company to cater for women with big breasts
“If I won, I’d use the money to start an underwear business that caters to women with big breasts.”
CAITLIN ANDERSON is a 20-year-old care assistant from Glasgow. She says: “My 36E bust always seems to distract people, but in a positive way, of course.
Sometimes women peek at Holly’s breasts, but most of the time it’s men
“Men are mainly the ones who stare at them, sometimes women have a peek, but it’s kind of hard not to look. I’d really like to win.”
LISA JAYNE HILTON, 39, works as a sales adviser in Stockport. She said: “I’ve always thought my 34G bust is my best asset.
Lisa is turning 40 next year, and so the win would mean a lot to her
“I train hard in the gym and stay in good shape but my boobs haven’t shrunk or lost perkiness over the years.
“I’m turning 40 next year so it would mean a lot to win.”
ALISON ROBB, 48, from the South Downs, is our first wheelchair-using contestant. She says: “When I was younger, I wanted to do disabled modelling but unfortunately it wasn’t as widely available back then.
Disabled Alison Robb wants to show she’s like any other woman, and so is her bust
“I want to show that I am like any other woman – and so is my bust.”
WIN £5,000 AND A PHOTOSHOOT IN IBIZA
TO enter our brilliant Bust In Britain contest, simply fill in some brief details on the form provided and upload your best snap. You can enter as many pictures as you like.
Here are some top tips from the experts.
Take a picture with the natural lighting in front of you because it’s more flattering than behind.
Use a natural filter if necessary.
Get someone else to take the picture if you don’t want to take a selfie.
Wear sexy lingerie, a bikini or a low-cut top.
Don’t over filter the picture because we want to see your beautiful face.
Don’t crop out your forehead. Make sure your full face and cleavage are in shot.
Don’t use app gadgets that make you look like a furry animal. They may look cute but we want to see your sexiest side.
Don’t take the picture in black and white.
Don’t send in a favourite picture of yourself taken years ago. We bet you look even more beautiful today.
Competition closes April 28, 2018. Over 18, residents of UK and RoI only.
You can send as many snaps as you like to support your entry.
Entries may be published, publication does not necessarily mean entrant has won a prize.
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A Foodie’s Guide to Valencia, Spain
Michele Buster, who sources artisanal products for ForeverCheese.com, shares her favorite food spots in Valencia, Spain.
By Brooke Porter Katz
Anil Riard
Paella 101: “The base of Spain’s quintessential dish is always sofrito—tomato, garlic, and onion. Other than that, ingredients vary, because people personalize it. The most traditional in Valencia, Spain, has chicken, rabbit, and a white bean called garrafón, but you’ll also find mussels, snails, even lobster. Only have paella at lunch; it’s too heavy to eat at night.”
Where Locals Eat: “For the most authentic paella, I go to Casa Roberto (19 Maestro Gozalbo; 34/96-395-1361; lunch for two $50), filled with Valencianos. Call ahead to order and make sure to ask for yours with socarrat, the crispy, burnt rice on the bottom of the pan. It’s not real paella unless you have that. It’s fun to put the pan in the middle of the table and dig in.”
Signature Drink: “Agua de Valencia is served in pitchers like sangria—it’s super convivial. Don’t bother asking Café de la Seu (7 Calle Santo Cáliz; 34/96-391-5715; drinks for two $12) for their recipe (they won’t give it out), but the basic ingredients are cava, orange juice, vodka, gin, and sugar. Head over on a Sunday afternoon with a group of friends.”
Must-Buy Souvenirs: “Saladitos, or ‘salty things,’ are extra-virgin-olive-oil crackers that are shaped like tongue depressors. You can find them in any corner store. Other popular snacks are hand-pressed fig cakes, which used to be around only during the holidays, and old-fashioned Marcona almond nougat. The kind by Túrron de Jijona melts in your mouth.”
Best Market: “Built in 1928, Mercado Central de Valencia (Avda. Barón de Cárcer; 34/96-382-9100) is light and airy; its tiles and stained glass were just restored. Check out Charcutería Solaz for jamón ibérico and other cured meats. And at Manglano, you can find autor, a regional cheese made with raw goat’s milk that gets its shape from a pasta colander.”
Don’t-Miss Street Food: “The most well-known type of empanadas in Spain have tuna, peppers, and tomato—but I’m addicted to the ones in Valencia, Spain, made with spinach or kale. It’s fun to try a few at the market, and the mom-and-pop Pastelería Horno García (6 Avda. del Regne de Valencia; 34/96-373-8128), in the Gran Vía neighborhood, is also one of my go-tos.”
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Chevy Spark
The Chevy Spark may be compact in size, but that doesn't stop it from having an intrepid spirit. As nimble as it is intelligent, the Spark navigates busy city streets with ease while you crank up the tunes for an enjoyable adventure that's anything but ordinary.
The Sonic compact car makes a lasting impression anywhere it goes thanks to its remarkable technology and impressive fuel efficiency. Add in an array of personalization possibilities to make your ride uniquely you, and you've got one stand out ride.
Whether you choose a stylish sedan or hot hatchback, the Chevy Cruze is one compacts who knows a thing or two about style. With a unique combination of smart tech features, impressive efficiency and available advanced safety features, this sporty compact car helps you get where you’re going without missing a beat.
Midsize and made to be loved. the Malibu is the perfect choice for families across the country. This sedan offers impressive safety, exceptional efficiency and seamless connectivity, and is thoughtfully engineered to bring you and your family only the best in cabin comfort.
Chevy Impala
The 2017 Chevrolet Impala has something for everyone. Including a spacious interior, innovative available safety features and advanced phone integration. It’s no wonder the U.S. News & World Report named the 2017 Impala “Best Large Car for the Money.”
Chevy Volt
The Volt is a plug-in hybrid that can run of a combination on gas and battery as well as battery-only, meaning you can fuel your car in a way that's best for your daily drive. Running to work or the grocery store? The Volt can travel up to 53 miles of pure electric charge. Going across country on a business trip? The Volt goes an astounding 420 miles on a full tank of gas and full battery charge.
Chevy Bolt EV
Want a Chevy that runs purely on an electric charge? Then go with the Bolt EV, which features a battery and engine combo that allows drivers to go up to 238 miles on a single full charge. This vehicle also has a beautifully sculpted exterior and spacious interior, reinventing what an electric vehicle can be.
Chevy SS
What happens when you combine sports car performance with the sophistication of a luxury sedan? You get the 2017 Chevrolet SS. Its 6.2L V8 delivers 415 horsepower and 415 lb.-ft. of torque, taking you from 0 to 60 in just 4.7 seconds. Not to mention, the refined, elegant interior will keep you comfortable while you get there.
The new Corvette lineup is something you have to see to believe. Whether you are showing off in the Corvette Stingray, hugging the turns in the Corvette Z06, or maximizing your power output in the Corvette Grand Sport, this vehicle will surely keep you in the edge of your seat.
2018 Chevy Corvette Grand Sport
Chevy Trax
When you want the style and space of an SUV but aren't willing to compromise on price and efficiency, the Trax is the perfect solution. This compact SUV has a pioneer spirit and comes standard with plenty of modern technologies that make discovery easy and cargo space that molds to your lifestyle.
The Equinox can do it all, like carting your family across country in a safe and efficient manner while pulling an extra trailer of equipment behind it. From style and technology to performance and safety, this versatile crossover offers the complete package. The Equinox even offers a Turbo-diesel engine, so the ultimate decision in power and efficiency.
Mid-size and meticulously-crafted, the all-new 2018 Traverse is for anyone who finds meaning in the everyday drive. Because no matter where you’re headed, this midsize SUV has the technology, safety and capability to take you there. Its standard V6 engine has the power to tow while the 9-speed automatic transmission offers the smooth shifting you want and the fuel economy you need.
Inside and out, the new Tahoe was designed to make an impression. Its sculpted exterior and confident, athletic stance command attention, and its superb blend of advanced technology, bold styling and powerful performance win it the title of America’s best-selling full-size SUV year after year and the Most Dependable Large SUV title from J.D. Power's 2017 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study.
What happens when you combine the utility of a truck, versatility of an SUV and amenities you’d find in a luxury vehicle? You get the ever-capable 2017 Suburban. With best-in-class highway fuel economy of 23 MPG,† this bold SUV gets you where you want to go and is built to accommodate your family’s needs. It’s no wonder Suburban is part of America’s best-selling family of full-size SUVs.
The Colorado is the truck you choose when you need the capabilities and style of a full-size truck but would prefer to drive something that doesn't take up as much space. Filled with ingenious technology, safety and versatility, Colorado is a leap forward for the midsize pickup segment.
vs 2018 Nissan Frontier
Strength, capability and advanced technology are all words that fit the description of the new Chevy Silverado 1500. This truck has it all, from available best-in-class fuel economy of 23 MPG on the highway to best-in-class 305 lb.-ft. of torque at 3,900 RPMs to available best-in-class towing of 12,500 lbs when properly equipped.
vs 2019 RAM 1500
Chevy Silverado HD
The Silverado 2500HD and 3500 HD takes your work as seriously as you do. With the new available Duramax Diesel that generates more torque than ever before, giving you the confidence to tow and haul the big loads with ease. Add to that Silverado HD is the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickup on the road, so you know you'll always have a reliable vehicle to have you back.
The Chevy Camaro really knows how to get the blood pumping thanks to its 4 available powertrain options and trim choices that all offer something different to their driver. This legendary muscle car has been around for years, and the best just keeps getting better.
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Predictors of Neck Disorders
This study hoped to determine what factors influenced the prognosis of neck disorders (ND) in 568 subjects (294 in the intervention and 274 in the control). The patients were four different types of workers—hospital, airport, warehouse, and office. The predictive factors that were evaluated were: a disorder for more than 30 days, any treatments the patient sought, and a specific visit to a healthcare professional for ND. The authors used Langer's questionnaire that evaluates psychosomatic and psychological aspects, and the Nordic questionnaire, which assesses musculoskeletal symptoms over six months. The subjects took the Nordic again after 12 months.
During the initial evaluation, 40.5% complained of ND in the previous 6 months. The rate was more frequent among women and those with psychological distress. Nurses reported a higher incident rate than did warehouse workers. Women were also more likely to seek medical treatment.
Statistically, the follow-up did not differ significantly—40.8% still reported ND—but the authors claim there were differences on an individual level. They write, "The situation at the time of the first questionnaire was predictive of the situation at the time of the second questionnaire." Here's how:
Subjects who didn't have symptoms, but did have a history of ND at the first questionnaire were more at risk than patients without a history.
Subjects without symptoms at the first questionnaire were less at risk than subjects with a prevalent disorder at the first questionnaire.
52 subjects reported ND for more than 30 days at the first evaluation. A year later, 6 completely recovered, 19 reported they suffer less than 30 days, 27 reported the pain persisted for more than 30 days. But there were no major changes; for instance, if a subject did not report ND initially, there were no new chronic problems reported.
Gender and age predicted the occurrence of any ND and patients seeking treatment. Also psychological distress, psychosomatic disorders, and headaches heavily predicted neck disorders. The authors also state that psychological distress plays a role in various dimensions of the neck disorder:
"There may be several underlying mechanisms between psychological distress and musculoskeletal disorders: increase of muscle tension, increase of the perception of pain, less control on occupational constraints, and less compliance with treatment."
Occupation did not emerge as a predictor. Work satisfaction, however, seemed to protect the patient from the incidence of ND, but it did not protect the persistence of ND.
Leclerc A, Niedhammer I, Landre M, et al. One-year predictive factors for various aspects of neck disorders. Spine 1999;24(14):1455-1462.
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Eduardo Ansorena Artieda
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Autores: López, María Jesús; Martinez-Irujo, Juan J; et al.
Título: Role of AGAP2 in the profibrogenic effects induced by TGFbeta in LX-2 hepatic stellate cells
Revista: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
ISSN 0167-4889 Vol. 1866 Nº 4 2019 págs. 673 - 685
Liver damage induces hepatic stellate cells (HSC) activation, characterised by a fibrogenic, proliferative and migratory phenotype. Activated HSC are mainly regulated by transforming growth factor ß 1 (TGFß1), which increases the production of extracellular matrix proteins (e.g. collagen-I) promoting the progression of hepatic fibrosis. AGAP2 (ArfGAP with GTPase domain, ankyrin repeat and PH domain 2) is a GTPase/GTP-activating protein involved in the actin remodelling system and receptor recycling. In the present work the role of AGAP2 in human HSC in response to TGFß1 was investigated. LX-2 HSC were transfected with AGAP2 siRNA and treated with TGFß1. AGAP2 knockdown prevented to some extent the proliferative and migratory TGFß1-induced capacities of LX-2 cells. An array focused on human fibrosis revealed that AGAP2 knockdown partially prevented TGFß1-mediated gene expression of the fibrogenic genes ACTA2, COL1A2, EDN1, INHBE, LOX, PDGFB, TGF¿12, while favored the expression of CXCR4, IL1A, MMP1, MMP3 and MMP9 genes. Furthermore, TGFß1 induced AGAP2 promoter activation and its protein expression in LX-2. Moreover, AGAP2 protein levels were significantly increased in liver samples from rats with thioacetamide-induced fibrosis. In addition, AGAP2 silencing affected TGFß1-receptor 2 (TGFR2) trafficking in U2OS cells, blocking its effective recycling to the membrane. AGAP2 silencing in LX-2 cells prevented the TGFß1-induced increase of collagen-I protein levels, while its overexpression enhanced collagen-I protein expression in the presence or absence of the cytokine. AGAP2 overexpression also increased focal adhesion kinase (FAK) phosphorylated levels in LX-2 cells. FAK and MEK1 inhibitors prevented the increase of collagen-I expression caused by TGFß1 in LX-2 overexpressing AGAP2. In summary, the present work shows for the first time, that AGAP2 is a potential new target involved in TGFß1 signalling, contributing to the progression of hepatic fibrosis.
Autores: Garde, N.; et al.
Título: NADPH oxidase 5 promotes proliferation and fibrosis in human hepatic stellate cells
Revista: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
ISSN 0891-5849 Vol. 126 2018 págs. 15 - 26
NADPH oxidase (Nox) variants Nox1, Nox2 and Nox4 are implicated in the progression of liver fibrosis. However, the role of Nox5 is not yet known, mainly due to the lack of this enzyme in rat and mouse genomes. Here we describe the expression and functional relevance of Nox5 in the human cell line of hepatic stellate cells (HSC) LX-2. Under basal conditions, three long (Nox5-L: Nox5 alpha, -beta, and -delta) and a short (Nox5-S or Nox5 epsilon) splice variants were detected, which were silenced with specific siRNAs for Nox5. The most abundant isoform was Nox5-S, accounting for more than 90% of Nox5 protein. Overexpression of Nox5 beta generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the presence of calcium, as judged by the production of hydrogen peroxide, L-012 luminescence and cytochrome c reduction. Nox5 epsilon did not generated ROS under these conditions, and a reduced ROS production was observed when co-expressed with Nox5 beta. In contrast, dihydroethidium oxidation was increased by Nox5 beta or Nox5 epsilon, suggesting that Nox5 epsilon induced intracellular oxidative stress by an unknown mechanism. Functional studies showed that both Nox5 beta and Nox5 epsilon stimulated the proliferation of LX-2 cells and the collagen type I levels, while Nox5 siRNAs inhibited these effects. Interestingly, TGF-beta and angiotensin II upregulated Nox5 expression, which was reduced in cells pre-incubated with catalase. Further studies silencing Nox5 in TGF-beta-treated cells resulted in a reduction of collagen levels via p38 MAPK. Collectively, these results show for the first time that Nox5 can play a relevant role in the proliferation and fibrosis on human HSC.
Autores: Pejenaute, Álvaro; Ansorena, Eduardo; et al.
Título: Nox 5 overexpression induces the activation of the unfolded protein response in human aortic endothelial cells
ISSN 0891-5849 Vol. 120 Nº Supl. 1 2018 págs. S101 - S101
Autores: Garde, N. ; et al.
Título: Expression and functional relevance of NADPH oxidase 5 in human hepatic stellate cells
ISSN 0891-5849 Vol. 120 2018 págs. S86 - S86
NADPH oxidase (Nox) variants Nox1, Nox2 and Nox4 have been implicated in the progression of liver fibrosis. However, the role of Nox5 is unknown, mainly due to the lack of this enzyme in rat and mouse genomes. Here we describe the expression and functional relevance of Nox5 in the human cell line of hepatic stellate cells (HSC), LX-2. Under basal conditions, these cells expressed a long (Nox5L) and a short (Nox5S) variant which were silenced with specific siRNAs for Nox5. Overexpression of Nox5L generated ROS in the presence of calcium, as judged by the production of extracellular hydrogen peroxide, L-012 luminescence and cytochrome c reduction, while Nox5S did not generated ROS under these conditions. In contrast, dihydroethidium oxidation was increased when either Nox5L or Nox5S were overexpressed. Functional studies revealed that both Nox5L and Nox5S stimulated the proliferation of LX-2 cells and the synthesis of type I collagen, while Nox5 siRNAs inhibited these effects. Interestingly, TGF-beta and angiotensin II induced Nox5, and silencing Nox5 reduced collagen production stimulated by TGF-beta. Collectively, these results suggest for the first time that Nox5 can play a relevant role in HSC proliferation and fibrogenesis.
Autores: Montaigu, A.; Oeljeklaus, J.; Krahn, J. H.; et al.
Título: The root growth-regulating brevicompanine natural products modulate the plant circadian clock
Revista: ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
ISSN 1554-8929 Vol. 12 Nº 6 2017 págs. 1466 - 1471
Plant growth regulating properties of brevicompanines (Brvs), natural products of the fungus Penicillium brevicompactum, have been known for several years, but further investigations into the molecular mechanism of their bioactivity have not been performed. Following chemical synthesis of brevicompanine derivatives, we studied their activity in the model plant Arabidopsis by a combination of plant growth assays, transcriptional profiling, and numerous additional bioassays. These studies demonstrated that brevicompanines cause transcriptional misregulation of core components of the circadian clock, whereas other biological read-outs were not affected. Brevicompanines thus represent promising chemical tools for investigating the regulation of the plant circadian clock. In addition, our study also illustrates the potential of an unbiased -omics-based characterization of bioactive compounds for identifying the often cryptic modes of action of small molecules.
Autores: Navarro, A.; Ansorena, Eduardo; et al.
Título: Unfolded protein response induced by Brefeldin A increases collagen type I levels in hepatic stellate cells through an IRE1¿, p38 MAPK and Smad-dependent pathway
ISSN 0167-4889 Vol. 1863 Nº 8 2016 págs. 2115 - 2123
Unfolded protein response (UPR) triggered as a consequence of ER stress has been shown to be involved in the development of different pathologies, including fibrotic disorders. In the present paper we explore the role played by UPR on a key fibrogenic parameter in the liver: collagen type I levels in activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC). Using Brefeldin A (BFA) as an ER stress inducer we found that UPR correlated with enhanced mRNA and protein levels of collagen type I in a cell line of immortalized non-tumoral rat HSC. Analysis of the three branches of UPR revealed the activation of IRE1¿, PERK and ATF6 in response to BFA, although PERK activation was shown not to be involved in the fibrogenic action of BFA. BFA also activated p38 MAPK in an IRE1¿-dependent way and the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580 prevented the increase in collagen type I mRNA and protein levels caused by BFA, suggesting the involvement of this kinase on this effect. Analysis of Smad activation showed that phosphorylated nuclear levels of Smad2 and 3 were increased in response to BFA treatment. Inhibition of Smad3 phosphorylation by SIS3 prevented the enhancement of collagen type I levels caused by BFA. Pretreatment with IRE1¿ and p38 MAPK inhibitors also prevented the increased p-Smad3 accumulation in the nucleus, suggesting an IRE1¿-p38 MAPK-Smad pathway to be responsible for the fibrogenic action of BFA on HSC.
Autores: Garbayo, Elisa; Ansorena, Eduardo; et al.
Título: Brain delivery of microencapsulated GDNF induces functional and structural recovery in parkinsonian monkeys
Revista: BIOMATERIALS
ISSN 0142-9612 Vol. 110 2016 págs. 11-23
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) remains the most potent neurotrophic factor for dopamine neurons. Despite its potential as treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), its clinical application has been hampered by safety and efficacy concerns associated with GDNF's short in vivo half-life and with significant brain delivery obstacles. Drug formulation systems such as microparticles (MPs) may overcome these issues providing protein protection from degradation and sustained drug release over time. We therefore sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of GDNF delivered via injectable biodegradable MPs in a clinically relevant model of PD and to investigate the mechanism contributing to their beneficial effects. MPs were injected unilaterally into the putamen of parkinsonian monkeys with severe nigrostriatal degeneration. Notably, a single administration of the microencapsulated neurotrophic factor achieved sustained GDNF levels in the brain, providing motor improvement and dopaminergic function restoration. This was reflected by a bilateral increase in the density of striatal dopaminergic neurons 9 months after treatment. Moreover, GDNF was retrogradely transported to the substantia nigra increasing bilaterally the number of dopaminergic and total neurons, regardless of the severe degeneration. GDNF-MP injection within the putamen elicited no adverse effects such as immunogenicity, cerebellar degeneration or weight loss. MPs are therefore a safe, efficient vehicle for sustained protein delivery to the brain, supporting the therapeutic benefit of GDNF when encapsulated within MPs for brain repair. Overall, these findings constitute important groundwork for GDNF-MP clinical development.
Autores: Andueza, A.; Ruiz de Galarreta, M.; et al.
Título: Oxidation pathways underlying the pro-oxidant effects of apigenin
ISSN 0891-5849 Vol. 87 2015 págs. 169 - 180
Apigenin, a natural flavone, is emerging as a promising compound for the treatment of several diseases. One of the hallmarks of apigenin is the generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), as judged by the oxidation of reduced dichlorofluorescein derivatives seen in many cell types. This study aimed to reveal some mechanisms by which apigenin can be oxidized and how apigenin-derived radicals affect the oxidation of 5-(and-6)-chloromethyl-2',7'-dichloroclihydrolluorescein (H2DCF), a probe usually employed to detect intracellular ROS. Apigenin induced a rapid oxidation of H2DCF in two different immortalized cell lines derived from rat and human hepatic stellate cells. However, apigenin did not generate ROS in these cells, as judged by dihydroethidium oxidation and extracellular hydrogen peroxide production. In cell -free experiments we found that oxidation of apigenin leads to the generation of a phenoxyl radical, which directly oxidizes H2DCF with catalytic amounts of hydrogen peroxide. The net balance of the reaction was the oxidation of the probe by molecular oxygen due to redox cycling of apigenin. This flavonoid was also able to deplete NADH and glutathione by a similar mechanism. InLeresLingly, H2DCF oxidation was significantly accelerated by apigenin in the presence of horseradish peroxidase and xarahine oxidase, but not with other enzymes showing peroxiclase-like activity, such as cylochrome c or calalase. We conclude that in cells treated with apigenin oxidation of reduced clichlorofluorescein derivatives does not measure intracellular ROS and that pro- and antioxidant effects of flavonoids deduced from these experiments are inconclusive and must be confirmed by other techniques.
Autores: des Rieux, A.; De Berdt, P.; Ansorena, Eduardo; et al.
Título: Vascular endothelial growth factor-loaded injectable hydrogel enhances plasticity in the injured spinal cord
Revista: JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
ISSN 1549-3296 Vol. 102 Nº 7 2014 págs. 2345 - 2355
We hypothesized that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-containing hydrogels that gelify in situ after injection into a traumatized spinal cord, could stimulate spinal cord regeneration. Injectable hydrogels composed of 0.5% Pronova UPMVG MVG alginate, supplemented or not with fibrinogen, were used. The addition of fibrinogen to alginate had no effect on cell proliferation in vitro but supported neurite growth ex vivo. When injected into a rat spinal cord in a hemisection model, alginate supplemented with fibrinogen was well tolerated. The release of VEGF that was incorporated into the hydrogel was influenced by the VEGF formulation [encapsulated in microspheres or in nanoparticles or in solution (free)]. A combination of free VEGF and VEGF-loaded nanoparticles was mixed with alginate:fibrinogen and injected into the lesion of the spinal cord. Four weeks post injection, angiogenesis and neurite growth were increased compared to hydrogel alone. The local delivery of VEGF by injectable alginate:fibrinogen-based hydrogel induced some plasticity in the injured spinal cord involving fiber growth into the lesion site.
Enlace DADUN: http://hdl.handle.net/10171/38953
Autores: Garbayo, Elisa; Ansorena, Eduardo; Blanco, María José;
Título: Drug development in Parkinson's disease: From emerging molecules to innovative drug delivery systems
Revista: MATURITAS
ISSN 0378-5122 Vol. 76 Nº 3 2013 págs. 272 - 278
Current treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) are aimed at addressing motor symptoms but there is no therapy focused on modifying the course of the disease. Successful treatment strategies have been so far limited and brain drug delivery remains a major challenge that restricts its treatment. This review provides an overview of the most promising emerging agents in the field of PD drug discovery, discussing improvements that have been made in brain drug delivery for PD. It will be shown that new approaches able to extend the length of the treatment, to release the drug in a continuous manner or to cross the blood-brain barrier and target a specific region are still needed. Overall, the results reviewed here show that there is an urgent need to develop both symptomatic and disease-modifying treatments, giving priority to neuroprotective treatments. Promising perspectives are being provided in this field by rasagiline and by neurotrophic factors like glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor. The identification of disease-relevant genes has also encouraged the search for disease-modifying therapies that function by identifying molecularly targeted drugs. The advent of new molecular and cellular targets like ¿-synuclein, leucine-rich repeat serine/threonine protein kinase 2 or parkin, among others, will require innovative delivery therapies. In this regard, drug delivery systems (DDS) have shown great potential for improving the efficacy of conventional and new PD therapy and reducing its side effects. The new DDS discussed here, which include microparticles, nanoparticles and hydrogels among others, will probably open up possibilities that extend beyond symptomatic relief. However, further work needs to be done before DDS become a therapeutic option for PD patients.
Autores: Ansorena, Eduardo; et al.
Título: A simple and efficient method for the production of human glycosylated glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor using a Semliki Forest virus expression system
Revista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
ISSN 0378-5173 Vol. 440 Nº 1 2013 págs. 19-26
Human glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (hGDNF) is a very promising protein for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The present work describes a quick and simple method to obtain a high amount of purified hGDNF using a mammalian cell-derived system. The method is based on the high expression level provided by a Semliki Forest virus vector and its ability to induce a strong shut-off of host-cell protein synthesis in mammalian cells. As a result, hGDNF is the only protein present in the supernatant and can be efficiently purified by a single chromatographic step. Using this system it was possible to eliminate other secreted proteins from the culture medium, like insulin-like growth factor-5, which are hard to remove using other hGDNF production methods. Purified hGDNF presents a complex glycosylation pattern typical of mammalian expression systems and is biologically active. This protocol could be extended to other secreted proteins and could be easily scaled up for industrial purposes. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Autores: Ansorena, Eduardo; De-Berdt, P.; Ucakar, B.; et al.
Título: Injectable alginate hydrogel loaded with GDNF promotes functional recovery in a hemisection model of spinal cord injury
ISSN 0378-5173 Vol. 455 Nº 1-2 2013 págs. 148 - 158
We hypothesized that local delivery of GDNF in spinal cord lesion via an injectable alginate hydrogel gelifying in situ would support spinal cord plasticity and functional recovery. The GDNF release from the hydrogel was slowed by GDNF encapsulation in microspheres compared to non-formulated GDNF (free GDNF). When injected in a rat spinal cord hemisection model, more neurofilaments were observed in the lesion when the rats were treated with free GDNF-loaded hydrogels. More growing neurites were detected in the tissues surrounding the lesion when the animals were treated with GDNF microsphere-loaded hydrogels. Intense GFAP (astrocytes), low betaIII tubulin (neural cells) and RECA-1 (endothelial cells) stainings were observed for non-treated lesions while GDNF-treated spinal cords presented less GFAP staining and more endothelial and nerve fiber infiltration in the lesion site. The animals treated with free GDNF-loaded hydrogel presented superior functional recovery compared with the animals treated with the GDNF microsphere-loaded hydrogels and non-treated animals.
Autores: Danhier, F.; Ansorena, Eduardo; Silva, J. M.; et al.
Título: PLGA-based nanoparticles: an overview of biomedical applications
Revista: JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
ISSN 0168-3659 Vol. 161 Nº 2 2012 págs. 505 - 522
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is one of the most successfully developed biodegradable polymers. Among the different polymers developed to formulate polymeric nanoparticles, PLGA has attracted considerable attention due to its attractive properties: (i) biodegradability and biocompatibility, (ii) FDA and European Medicine Agency approval in drug delivery systems for parenteral administration, (iii) well described formulations and methods of production adapted to various types of drugs e.g. hydrophilic or hydrophobic small molecules or macromolecules, (iv) protection of drug from degradation, (v) possibility of sustained release, (vi) possibility to modify surface properties to provide stealthness and/or better interaction with biological materials and (vii) possibility to target nanoparticles to specific organs or cells. This review presents why PLGA has been chosen to design nanoparticles as drug delivery systems in various biomedical applications such as vaccination, cancer, inflammation and other diseases. This review focuses on the understanding of specific characteristics exploited by PLGA-based nanoparticles to target a specific organ or tissue or specific cells.
Título: Brain drug delivery systems for neurodegenerative disorders
Revista: CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN 1389-2010 Vol. 13 Nº 12 2012 págs. 2388 - 2402
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) are rapidly increasing as population ages. However, successful treatments for NDs have so far been limited and drug delivery to the brain remains one of the major challenges to overcome. There has recently been growing interest in the development of drug delivery systems (DDS) for local or systemic brain administration. DDS are able to improve the pharmacological and therapeutic properties of conventional drugs and reduce their side effects. The present review provides a concise overview of the recent advances made in the field of brain drug delivery for treating neurodegenerative disorders. Examples include polymeric micro and nanoparticles, lipidic nanoparticles, pegylated liposomes, microemulsions and nanogels that have been tested in experimental models of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Hungtinton's disease. Overall, the results reviewed here show that DDS have great potential for NDs treatment.
Autores: Garbayo, Elisa; Ansorena, Eduardo; Lanciego, José Luis; et al.
Título: Long-term neuroprotection and neurorestoration by glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor microspheres for the treatment of Parkinson's disease
Revista: MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Background: Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor is a survival factor for dopaminergic neurons and a promising candidate for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. However, the delivery issue of the protein to the brain still remains unsolved. Our aim was to investigate the effect of long-term delivery of encapsulated glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor within microspheres. Methods: A single dose of microspheres containing 2.5 mu g of glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor was implanted intrastriatally in animals 2 weeks after a 6-hydroxydopamine lesion. Results: The amphetamine test showed a complete behavioral recovery after 16 weeks of treatment, which was maintained until the end of the study (week 30). This effect was accompanied by an increase in dopaminergic striatal terminals and neuroprotection of dopaminergic neurons. Conclusions: The main achievement was the long-term neurorestoration in parkinsonian animals induced by encapsulated glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor, suggesting that microspheres may be considered as a means to deliver glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor for Parkinson's disease treatment.
Autores: Ansorena, Eduardo; Garbayo, Elisa; Lanciego, José Luis; et al.
Título: Production of highly pure human glycosylated GDNF in a mammalian cell line
ISSN 0378-5173 Vol. 385 Nº 1-2 2010 págs. 6 - 11
The administration of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has emerged as a promising strategy for the treatment of several diseases of the nervous system as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord injury and nerve regeneration as well as ocular diseases and drug addictions. A procedure for the purification of human recombinant glycosylated GDNF using a mammalian expression system as the source of the protein is discussed in the present paper. The neurotrophic factor was purified using cation exchange chromatography and gel filtration. A human cell line was chosen as the source of therapeutic protein, since a recombinant protein with a structure and glycosylation pattern equivalent to the native form is desirable for its prospective therapeutic utilization. The activity of the highly pure protein obtained was confirmed with a cell-based bioassay. The purified protein is suitable for its in vivo evaluation in animals and for possible subsequent clinical application.
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San Quentin cooking class trains inmates for life outside
By Matthew Pera, The Mercury News
Four days before his scheduled release from California’s oldest prison, Daniel Martinez was covered in flour in a San Quentin kitchen, beating eggs, kneading dough and chopping nuts.
Huw Thornton, center, leads a groups of inmates in while working in the kitchen of H-unit at the California State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Jeremy Portje/ Marin Independent Journal)
Next week, when his seven classmates graduate from the Quentin Cooks program, Martinez plans to be at home with his wife in Sacramento, following up on a few job opportunities he’s been connected with through the prison’s culinary training course.
“I’m very ambitious,” he said Wednesday, pausing from the flow of washing dishes, “very determined to succeed out there.”
Martinez, who has been inside San Quentin State Prison for the past 16 months, signed up for the 12-week cooking class series in part because he wants to keep up with his wife in the kitchen at home after he’s released.
“She’s a great cook,” he said.
A former restaurant manager, Martinez was also eager to learn skills that would boost his understanding of back-of-the-house operations. He plans to jump back into the service industry.
“I just wanted to enhance my skills and have more options to provide for my wife and I,” he said.
Martinez is confident that he’ll find a job quickly. That confidence is what Helaine Melnitzer envisioned when she co-created the Quentin Cooks program in 2016.
“We’re giving them phenomenal skills,” she said.
Melnitzer, a food industry veteran, saw an opportunity to benefit both Bay Area restaurants, many of which are often starving for employees, and formerly incarcerated people, who sometimes struggle to find employment after they are released from prison.
She assembled a team of volunteer chefs to teach weekly classes to San Quentin inmates scheduled for release. At the end of the course, graduates take the ServSafe exam and, if they pass, they receive a food handler certificate, a credential that many kitchens require.
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Four new tales of sibling taboo...
December 02, 2017 / Veronica Sloan
Good morning, my dirty darlings! Let me ask you a personal question: Do you like brother/sister taboo? I mean, do you REALLY like it? Because I just wrote a LOT of it. Stories of brothers falling in lust with their sisters, sisters getting uncontrollable urges to fuck their brothers, and maybe there’s a magic hot spring in one of them. Get ready for four brand spanking new shorts about dirty, dirty incest, because it’s time for Sibling Affairs, Part 2!!!
This bundle includes the following stories:
The Big Bad Wolfman - Aaron is a brilliant young scientist on the cutting edge of genetic engineering. When an accident in the lab merges Aaron's DNA with a wolf's, his increased aggression threatens to drive him insane. Fortunately, his big sister Michelle has made a career of managing his outsized ego. She knows exactly what to do to soothe the savage beast.
The Hangover Slut - What's the sluttiest thing I've ever done? Ass to mouth. I know it's dirty and disgusting, but I just couldn't help myself. By the time I finish telling my story, I don't think you'll mind the ickiness. Know why? Because if you read this story to the end, you're the same kind of dirty as me...
His Sister, His Slave - Susan's addicted to submission. She likes being chased, she likes being held down, and she likes being spanked. The thing is, she only likes submitting to these humiliations when her brother is the one in charge. The addiction was subtle in the beginning but now it's too strong to be denied...
Three Girls, a Guy, and a Magic Sex Spring - Magic isn't real...right? That's what Marissa thought before she stepped into the hot spring behind Cody's cabin. As her emotions bubble to the surface, she realizes something supernatural is going on. Her friends, Steph and Sara, can feel it too, and soon the trio is helplessly consumed by lust. The only man who might satisfy their craving is Marissa's twin brother Don. Well, he can satisfy Steph and Sara, but not Mari. That would be incest! And it's not like Mari's always had a secret crush on her brother...right?
This collection of taboo shorts is 34,000 words and for readers 18 and up.
From the first story, “The Big Bad Wolfman”
With my enhanced senses I could smell the chemical disinfectant used in the bathroom, and several more unpleasant odors. Fortunately, the strongest scents were pleasant ones: Michelle's perfume, and the natural odor of her body underneath it. It was a warm, light smell, something you might notice after exercising in a room with someone for several minutes. For me, it was overwhelming. My other senses raced to catch up, amplifying simple sensations to extreme heights. I couldn't stop rubbing the glossy texture of the plastic stall, I shivered at the wet trails of sweat crawling down my back, shuddered at the uncomfortable tightness of my socks and the webs of hair shooting out of my thighs. The soft shift of my boxers against my penis was almost unbearable now. The head drove against the front of my slacks and I moaned in frustration.
"Jesus, you look like somebody shot you."
"Not...helping."
Her eyes traced my face. Then she wet her lips, and nodded. "Pull down your pants."
"Huh?"
"I'm not joking. Aaron, you looked like you were going to kill somebody out there. If your testosterone levels keep climbing then you'll...well, what will you do?"
"It'll be bad," I said. "I wanted to tear out the cashier's throat for looking at me funny."
"I'm looking at you funny."
"It's different."
"Thank God for that. Now let me help."
I pushed at the stall walls (and was unsettled to feel them give beneath my palms). "What are you going to do?"
Her cheeks turned red. "Um."
A fresh boost of adrenaline thrummed through me. I had to shut my eyes and hunch forward. "Just do it," I said. "Whatever." I bit back the rest of my thoughts as the aggression bent me like a question mark.
I gasped when Michelle touched my waist. The sensation was so vivid to my heightened senses that I jerked back. She reached for me, more gently this time, and undid the button on my pants. Her slender, purposeful fingers opened the flap to get at the zipper. Then she was pulling it down. Then...my pants were at my knees.
My dick was stuck upright in my boxers so she had to fight the elastic to get it free. When it popped out, Michelle gasped. "Oh my God! Is...is that normal?"
I looked down, terrified of what I might see. What I found produced mixed emotions.
I had never been the biggest guy in the locker room, but the WGH-1 raised hormone, testosterone and adrenaline levels, increased blood flow and more than tripled libido. The genetic cocktail bonded to my DNA to make me thicker, bigger and stiffer than I'd ever been. My cock was being pumped full of angry red blood cells; consequently, what Michelle pulled out of my pants with her soft, feminine hands was a very red, very swollen penis. It was almost purple, the head practically bulging. My balls were also nearly twice their normal size. Despite the pain, the primate in me had to admire the sight (and the way Michelle stared at it, open-mouthed).
"Aaron..." she said slowly.
"Yeah?" I grunted.
"That looks like it hurts."
"You have no idea. It feels like my skin's about to split apart."
She raised a hand to her mouth, horror pulling at the lines of her face. "Is that possible?"
I had to admit the awful truth. "Yes." That fear did nothing to quell my massive hard on. It was physically impossible. Deep inside me, the desire to use it on someone fought its way to the surface. "No matter how horny I've ever been in the past, my body's just not used to this kind of strain," I explained. "Even the muscles in my arms could tear."
Micky studied my penis like a concerned scientist. Without warning, she slipped her fingers around the shaft. "It's so...thick," she said.
The instant contact of her skin on my naked dick sent a surge of euphoria up my nervous system. The WGH-1 immediately kicked back with a hunger for more. The kick made me roll my hips and push the shaft through her hand. "Ah!" I gasped.
She stared up into my eyes, panicked. "Is that okay? Does it hurt?"
"Yes," I said. "No." It hurt too much not to roll my hips forward and push my dick through her hand. My penis was so swollen she could barely fit her fingers around it. But she understood the dire need and, always handy in a crisis, pumped her fist down on me.
"Should I squeeze?" she asked.
"God, yes." My boxers and pants stuck around my knees, I rocked my hips forward and felt the first intense wave of sexual excitement.
She let out a nervous laugh. "I can't believe I'm doing this," she said. "We're doing this. I'm giving you a handjob in a public bathroom."
She said it casually enough, but there was naughtiness in her observation. Her eyes met mine and shyly crinkled. A soft smile broke out, flashing her small, white teeth. I pushed my cock through her hand in appreciation.
She reached for my hip to get a better grip on me and continued to pump me with the other. Her palm was sweaty, and even that small lubrication sent shivers up my rioting nervous system. It felt good. I feared, however, that it wasn't enough.
"I can feel you getting bigger," she whispered, fascinated by the sight of my thrusting red cock.
"I need you to spit on it," I panted.
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Jessie Reyez Is Using R&B to Deal With Old Demons
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The outbreak of war in September 1939 trapped more than three million Jews in German- and Soviet-occupied Poland. Only a tiny minority would escape the terror that culminated in the Holocaust. In late 1940 and early 1941 – just months before the mass killings of the Holocaust began – 2,100 Polish Jews fled to the Far East and points beyond. The long flight took them 6,000 miles east from their first refuge in Lithuania aboard the Trans-Siberian Railroad and steamer to Japan. For many of them, the final exile was in Shanghai.
Few of these refugees could have reached safety without the tireless efforts of many individuals. Several Jewish organizations and Jewish communities along the way provided funds and other help. But the most critical assistance came from unexpected sources: representatives of the Dutch government-in-exile and of Nazi Germany’s ally, Japan. Their humanitarian activity in the summer of 1940 was the pivotal act of rescue for hundreds of Jews taking refuge in Lithuania.
“We had memorized atlases and the globe and had become experts in outlining to ambassadors and consuls the most intricate travel routes. Where no route existed, it was for us to create one — if only on paper, for the time being.”
—Refugee leader Zorach Warhaftig, postwar memoir
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Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska, MS, PhD
Name: Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska, MS, PhD
USU Department of Primary Appointment:
Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics
Faculty Rank:
Research Full Professor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
1) Development of safe and effective medical countermeasures that can protect military personnel and civilians against nerve agent toxicity and lethality, including nerve agent-induced seizures, brain damage, and associated long-term morbidity.
2) Physiology and pathophysiology of the amygdala; implications for epilepsy and neuropsychiatric diseases, with emphasis on anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and autism. 3) Mechanisms of learning and memory at the systems- and cellular/molecular level.
vassiliki.aroniadou-anderjaska.ctr@usuhs.edu
1991: Ph.D., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio
Major: Neuroscience; Minors: Neurophysiology, Reproductive Endocrinology
Thesis Title: Long-term potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD) in primary visual cortex of juvenile and adult rats: the role of NMDA receptors.
1987: Master’s degree, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Major: Exercise Physiology
Thesis Title: Effects of exogenous growth hormone and heavy-resistance exercise on rat skeletal muscle during developmental growth.
1982: B.A., University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dr. Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska has been working for 30 years in Neuroscience research making great contributions to the fields of a) mechanisms of synaptic plasticity underlying learning and memory, and their age-dependency, b) the nature of intra-columnar and inter-columnar synaptic interactions in the cerebral cortex, c) physiology of the olfactory bulb, with high-impact discoveries such as the dendro-dendritic self-excitation of mitral cells and the presence of GABA-B heteroreceptors in the olfactory nerve terminals, and d) physiology of- and synaptic plasticity in the amygdala, with discoveries that have major implications in understanding the molecular/cellular mechanisms underlying stress and anxiety, as well as seizure generation. Since 2006, the primary aim of Dr. Aroniadou-Anderjaska’s work has been to discover novel compounds that can effectively terminate status epilepticus induced by acute nerve agent exposure, and protect against brain damage and the accompanying long-term neurological, cognitive, and emotional deficits. These research efforts have resulted in the discovery of LY293558 (Tezampanel), as a highly efficacious and safe anticonvulsant and neuroprotectant, and have led to the creation of a new company (Proniras), funded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to perform both basic and clinical studies that will advance the development of LY293558 as a new countermeasure against nerve agents.
Detailed Biography:
As a PhD student (Department of Neurobiology, NEOUCOM; mentor: Dr. Timothy J. Teyler), I worked on Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission (the cellular mechanism believed to underlie learning and memory functions) in neocortical areas. I was the first to report that LTP can be induced in the visual cortex of both young and adult rats, without manipulating the neuronal circuitry by pharmacologically reducing synaptic inhibition. I found that induction of LTP in the adult neocortex was NMDA receptor-independent, and involved L-type, voltage-gated calcium channels. The importance of voltage-gated calcium channels in synaptic plasticity, in neocortical and other brain regions, was later confirmed by other investigators.
As a post-doctoral fellow (1993, Department of Anatomy, USUHS) in the laboratory of Dr. Asaf Keller, I used electrophysiological and anatomical techniques to study intra- and inter-columnar synaptic interactions and synaptic plasticity, as well as inhibitory pathways in motor and somatosensory/barrel cortex of rats and mice. I demonstrated the capacity of intrinsic synapses in motor and somatosensory cortex to undergo LTP, in both young and adult animals. My studies supported the view that more than one mechanism may participate in the induction of LTP.
As a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine /Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, I studied synaptic physiology and plasticity in the rat olfactory bulb. I discovered, for the first time, the presence of GABA(B) heteroreceptors on olfactory nerve terminals. I showed that despite the absence of conventional synapses between GABAergic neurons and glutamatergic olfactory nerve terminals, the presynaptic GABA(B) heteroreceptors are activated –via a paracrine mechanism– by GABA released from juxtaglomerular cells, and mediate both tonic and phasic inhibition of sensory input to the olfactory bulb. In addition, I was the first to present evidence of dendrodendritic self-excitation of mitral cells in the olfactory bulb; this finding provided strong support to the emerging realization that neuronal communication is effected not only via conventional synapses, but also via autocrine and paracrine actions of neurotransmitters (including “fast neurotransmitters” like glutamate).
In 2000, I joined the Department of Psychiatry at USUHS, where my research focus has been in the amygdala, the brain structure that plays a most central role in epilepsy, as well as in emotional behavior and neuropsychiatric diseases. I was the first to demonstrate that field potentials can be recorded from the amygdala, in in vitro brain slices, despite that this structure does not have a laminar organization, and, therefore, it does not generate strong extracellular current dipoles during population activity. Using this preparation, I demonstrated the capacity of the external capsule to basolateral amygdala (BLA) synapses to undergo input-specific LTP and depotentiation. In 2001, in collaboration with Dr. Maria Braga and Dr. He Li, we discovered a novel effect of the anticonvulsant lamotrigine in the amygdala, which could explain the effectiveness of this drug in certain psychiatric illnesses. Our studies on the modulation of GABA release by presynaptic GluK1 (GluR5) kainate receptors in the BLA were part of our efforts to understand the mechanisms regulating neuronal excitability in this brain region, which is central to seizure generation/epilepsy, as well as emotional disorders such as PTSD. Our finding of the reduction of the α1A adrenoceptor-mediated facilitation of GABAergic transmission in the BLA following exposure to stress, provided important insights into the mechanisms that may underlie the hyperexcitability of the amygdala in certain stress-related disorders such as PTSD, the antiepileptogenic effects of norepinephrine in temporal lobe epilepsy, and the stress-induced exacerbation of seizure activity in epileptic patients.
My most recent research efforts, in collaboration with Dr. Braga, have been focused on finding effective antidotes against nerve agent-induced seizures and brain damage. The discoveries from this research have been exceptionally promising and may soon lead to FDA approval of a new anticonvulsant and neuroprotectant against nerve agents, that is effective even if administered with a delay after the exposure; anticonvulsant efficacy at delayed post-exposure time points is particularly important considering that control and monitoring of status epilepticus by medical personnel may not be immediately available in an emergency situation with mass casualties. At the same time, we continue research on the physiology and pathophysiology of the amygdala, with an emphasis on the mechanisms regulating neuronal excitability in the BLA (abnormal excitability of the BLA network is a characteristic feature in anxiety disorders). We have found that activation of GluK1 kainate receptors in the rat BLA facilitates both GABA and glutamate release, but the facilitation of glutamate release prevails, and, therefore, activation of these receptors can have an anxiogenic and seizurogenic net function. In contrast, we found that α(7)-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are active in the basal state enhancing GABAergic inhibition, and their further exogenous activation produces a transient but dramatic increase of spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents in principal BLA neurons, which may underlie the anxiolytic effects of nicotine. We further demonstrated that acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) also contribute significantly to inhibition of the BLA in the basal state, and activation of these channels produces anxiolytic effects. Most recently, we discovered that the NMDA receptor subtype that contains the GluN2A subunit plays a central role in the regulation of rhythmic inhibition in the BLA, a finding with potentially significant implications for the treatment of schizophrenia, autism, and depressive disorders.
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
Aroniadou-Anderjaska V, Figueiredo TH, Apland JP, Prager EM, Pidoplichko VI, Miller SL, Braga MF. (2016) Long-term neuropathological and behavioral impairments after exposure to nerve agents. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1374(1):17-28.
Miller SL, Aroniadou-Anderjaska V, Figueiredo TH, Prager EM, Almeida-Suhett CP, Apland JP, Braga MF. (2015) A rat model of nerve agent exposure applicable to the pediatric population: The anticonvulsant efficacies of atropine and GluK1 antagonists. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 284:204-216
Apland JP, Aroniadou-Anderjaska V, Figueiredo TH, Rossetti F, Miller SL, Braga MF. (2014) The Limitations of Diazepam as a Treatment for Nerve Agent-Induced Seizures and Neuropathology in Rats: Comparison with UBP302. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 351:359-72.
Apland JP, Aroniadou-Anderjaska V, Figueiredo TH, Green CE, Swezey RR, Yang C, Qashu F, Braga MF (2013) Efficacy of the GluK1/AMPA Receptor Antagonist LY293558 Against Seizures and Neuropathology in a Soman-Exposure Model without Pretreatment and its Pharmacokinetics after Intramuscular Administration. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 344:133-40
Figueiredo TH, Aroniadou-Anderjaska V, Qashu F, Apland JP, Pidoplichko V, Stevens D, Ferrara TM, Braga MFM (2011) Neuroprotective efficacy of caramiphen against soman and mechanisms of action. British J. Pharmacol., 164:1495-505.
Williams LR, Aroniadou-Anderjaska V, Qashu F, Finne H, Pidoplichko V, Bannon DI, and Braga MFM. (2011) RDX Binds to the GABAA Receptor-Convulsant Site and Blocks GABAA Receptor-Mediated Currents in the Amygdala: a Mechanism for RDX-Induced Seizures. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119:357-363.
Aroniadou-Anderjaska V, Figueiredo TH, Apland JP, Qashu F, Braga MF. (2009) Primary brain targets of nerve agents: the role of the amygdala in comparison to the hippocampus. Neurotoxicology 30:772-6.
Braga, M.F.M., Aroniadou-Anderjaska, V., Manion, S.T., Hough, CJ and Li, H. (2004) Stress impairs alpha1A adrenoceptor-mediated noradrenergic facilitation of GABAergic transmission in the basolateral amygdala. Neuropsychopharmacology. Vol. 29, 45-58.
Braga, M.F.M., Aroniadou-Anderjaska, V., Xie, J. and Li, H. (2003) Bidirectional modulation of GABA release by presynaptic GluR5 kainate receptors in the basolateral amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience. Vol 23, 442-452.
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School Psychology emphasizes collaboration, culturally-responsive practice, leadership development and data-based decision making. School psychologists work with teachers, school administrators, parents, and other mental health professionals to ensure that every child learns in a safe, healthy and supportive environment. School psychologists understand school systems, effective teaching and successful learning. They help evaluate student and classroom needs and develop systematic interventions when needed.
Fully accredited by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), our program ensures graduates have strong skills in data-based decision making, school interventions, consultation, collaborative problem solving and culturally-responsive services. To learn more about school psychologists, click here.
For additional information about being a graduate student at UW-River Falls, see the Graduate Studies homepage.
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"The UW-River Falls program provided me the ability to work full-time while allowing me to fulfill a dream to work in education as a school psychologist. The comprehensive programming in the areas of a multidisciplinary approach to academic and mental health interventions, consultation and collaboration, cultural responsiveness, and assessment prepared me for the varying dynamics of the school psychology profession. Additionally, the support and encouragement offered by both the faculty and my cohort members were key in making me the professional I am today."
Employed by – Milwaukee Public Schools (WI)
"I decided to join the UW-RF School Psychology Program because, after meeting with the faculty and staff, it was evident that I would not simply be joining a "program." Rather, I left with the feeling that I would be joining a cohesive-team of faculty that would be committed to supporting me in succeeding throughout my graduate studies. As a result of my decision, I am now working as a licensed school psychologist with the skills and knowledge that are required to implement culturally competent practices, data-based decision making and an amalgam of other vital roles."
Employed by – South Washington County School District (MN)
"The School Psychology program at UWRF taught me many skills required to fulfill my job duties as a school psychologist. I learned how to effectively evaluate student needs, collaborate with educators and parents, counsel students with various mental health issues and to enjoy this ever-changing, fast-paced, career."
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"The School Psychology Program at UWRF prepared me for the field of school psychology and helped me hone my leadership skills, guiding me to work cross-culturally, to create and direct the Hmong Culture and Language Program, and to serve in various state and national leadership roles including the Presidency of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)."
Employed by - Concordia University, St. Paul (MN), Professor
"As an alumna of the UWRF School Psychology Program, I am very happy with my choice for graduate school. The professors were supportive, knowledgeable, and responsive. There were multiple leadership and involvement opportunities locally, statewide, and nationally. I know the program's strong reputation was an advantage when applying for internships and post-graduation positions in both Wisconsin and Minnesota."
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"My experience discovering the UWRF School Psychology Program was similar to that of many. I made the short trip from St. Paul to River Falls to meet the faculty and discuss what a career in school psychology would offer. I was immediately impressed with the individualized attention I received, and enthused by the faculty's dedication and excitement for the profession. The program has a rich history of mentorship, collaboration, research, and a fundamental goal to help improve the lives of others. My decision to join the UW-River Falls program led to a career in education and psychology that matched my professional goals of working directly with children, adolescents, caregivers, and other professionals."
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"The UW-River Falls School Psychology program gave me the skills required to be an effective school psychologist. The focus on assessment, cultural sensitivity, collaboration and consultation, counseling techniques, multi-tiered systems of support, and school intervention strategies fully prepared me for the obstacles many children, families and educational professionals face. I continue to value the strong relationships I established with former colleagues and professors during my time at UWRF; these relationships have allowed me to grow personally as well as professionally. I am forever grateful for the opportunities that have been offered to me as a result of the quality education provided through the UWRF School Psychology program."
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Progressive curriculum includes new courses in school crisis prevention and intervention, public policy and advocacy, advanced school interventions, and pre-practicum opportunities.
FOR STUDENTS STARTING IN 2018 OR BEFORE: See complete course sequence here.
FOR STUDENTS STARTING IN 2019 OR AFTER: See complete course sequence here.
Students attend classes in two convenient locations - the main campus in River Falls (30 minutes from St. Paul) and at the Hudson Center (20 minutes from St. Paul).
Evening-based courses provide flexibility, with classes typically beginning at 4 p.m. or later. Many students find the structure to be integral to their success, allowing time to maintain daytime employment and/or time for other obligations as needed.
Students receive varied and diverse field experiences in urban, suburban and rural schools. See the program's Values Statement Addressing Diversity.
Graduates experience numerous career opportunities while benefiting from a network of hundreds of alumni working in Western Wisconsin, in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, and beyond. One-hundred percent of UWRF program interns have secured school psychology positions since 2002.
Department Open House events for prospective students are held twice annually (spring and fall). The next department Open House will be held on Thursday, April 25th, 2019. This event will be held in the Wyman Education Building, Room 119. You may come and go any time between 5:00 and 6:30. Open House events are designed just for prospective graduate students in School Counseling or School Psychlogy. They are great opportunities to meet current graduate students in the department and talk to faculty members, all in a small group or individualized atmosphere. Parking for the open house is available nearby in Pay Lot 2 (adjacent to Lot F) or Pay Lot 1 (adjacent to Lot Q). See the campus map to find parking options and the Walker Wyman Building. Contact the program director, Dr. Scott Woitaszewski, for additional details.
The 2019-2020 School Psychology Program Policies and Procedures Handbook (i.e., "The Student Handbook") has been updated and is now available HERE. The handbook covers everything from applying to the program to getting a license after graduation (and nearly everything in between!).
scott.woitaszewski@uwrf.edu
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National lawmakers urge support for sewer overflow grant program legislation
Pennsylvania Sen. Raphael J. Musto said the winter thaw and spring rains soon will lead to more than 1,300 combined sewer overflows (CSOs) across the state polluting water and threatening public health.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 30, 2001 (PRNewswire) — Pennsylvania Sen. Raphael J. Musto said the winter thaw and spring rains soon will lead to more than 1,300 combined sewer overflows (CSOs) across the state polluting water and threatening public health.
Musto (D-Luzerne) said CSOs often contain high levels of suspended solids, pathogenic micro-organisms, toxic pollutants, floatable debris, nutrients, oil and grease, and oxygen-demanding organic compounds.
He joined state Reps. Tom Tigue and Tony DeLuca at a press conference in support of legislation which would establish a Combined Sewer Overflow Grant Program to be administered by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST), funded with a $1 billion bond, subject to voter approval.
"We are experiencing a serious problem in Pennsylvania. Raw sewage is actually flowing into our rivers," said Musto. "Unless significant state resources are devoted to the CSO problem, ratepayers will face significantly higher sewer bills as wastewater treatment plants upgrade to comply with new federal mandates."
"Municipalities are really in a bind because a tremendous amount of money needs to be spent to address this problem and they simply do not have it," said Musto. "Sewer rates in communities with CSO problems will skyrocket without financial assistance from the state and federal government.
"And while $1 billion may seem like a great deal of money, it's only the beginning."
According to a federal needs assessment, Pennsylvania would require almost $4 billion to correct all of its CSO problems.
The senator said the problem began years ago, when the infrastructure was being built. Sewage systems were designed to carry stormwater and municipal sewage in one pipe, which was acceptable technology at the time. However, increases in wastewater and stormwater in a combined system now often exceed the capacity of the sewage treatment plant. Ultimately, excess wastewater is directly discharged into rivers and streams.
"The industrial Midwest and Northeast have a concentration of CSOs, but the problem is particularly severe in Pennsylvania," said Musto.
According to Musto, PENNVEST would administer the grant program and would also have responsibility of establishing criteria for awarding the grants. Municipalities would apply for the bond money to control and eliminate CSOs in their communities.
"This legislation is absolutely essential for several reasons," said Musto. "Water quality in our rivers and streams will improve, public health will be protected, sewer rates will be lower and it will enhance recreational and economic opportunities in Pennsylvania."
SOURCE: Senate Democratic Information Office
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"Treasure" Discovered Buried Beneath Chichén Itzá May Rewrite History
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Archaeologists discover secret tunnel to "treasure trove" deep beneath Chichén Itzá
Artifacts in the cave may reveal clues about the rise and fall of the ancient Maya city.
Nat Geo explorer Guillermo de Anda and a team from the Great Maya Aquifer Project discovered a sanctuary untouched for over 1,000 years, Newsweek reports.
The entrance was sealed with stones and archaeologists had to fend off a venomous snake, which locals claimed was guarding the entrance.
Past the stones and the snake lay a cave of wonders.
De Anda told National Geographic:
“I couldn’t speak, I started to cry. I’ve analyzed human remains in [Chichen Itza’s] Sacred Cenote, but nothing compares to the sensation I had entering, alone, for the first time in that cave. You almost feel the presence of the Maya who deposited these things in there.”
The cave system, called Balamkú, which means "Cave of the Jaguar God," is located deep underground, 24 meters beneath the surface and filled with over 150 ritual artifacts, including incense burners, food, seeds, jade, conch shells, and bones.
An incense burner featuring the face of the rain god Tlaloc
According to De Anda, these artifacts are treasures, more valuable than gold, because of what they can tell us about the Maya civilization and Chichén Itzá itself.
Pyramid at Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá, located on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, was one of the largest and most diverse Maya cities before it was abruptly abandoned after 1440 AD. De Anda believes this find will "rewrite history," helping to shed light on the "dark side" of Chichén Itzá.
De Anda says:
“Balamku can tell us not only the moment of collapse of Chichen Itza, it can also probably tell us the moment of its beginning."
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Edinburgh Festival virtual reality show Frogman comes to London
Frogman combines Virtual Reality headsets and live theatre in ground-breaking theatre
Edinburgh Festival’s 2017 must see virtual reality show Frogman will play play London’s Shoreditch Town Hall
The coming-of-age, supernatural thriller combines Virtual Reality headsets and live theatre, to submerge audiences deep into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in a truly ground-breaking production.
Three years in the making this new re-worked version will have an increased capacity of 50 audiences members, all simultaneously in VR, blending the lines between reality and fiction, the physical and the virtual.
The production features Georgina Strawson performing live on stage with voice work from Johnny Flynn, Anna Procter, Kate Shenton and Russell Woodhead.
The VR cast features four non-professional young actors – Ava Ryan, Indiah Morris, Sol Castanho, Milla Webb – from schools in Brisbane, Australia.
Frogman is directed by Jack Lowe and is a co-production between curious directive , Hull UK City of Culture 2017 , The Deep Aquarium and The Old Market
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Frogman will play London’s Shoreditch Town Hall from 4 to 14 April followed by further UK and international dates.
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NAFDAC shuts down ponmo factories which uses chemical for embalming corpses for preservation
Matthew Okache
Three factories which specializes in importing hides popularly known as ponmo, located along Unity Avenue, Ijagemo; Sosanya Street, Ijegun; and Adedayo Ayodeji Street, WAZOBIA Bus Stop, Abaranje, all in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, have been shut down by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC.
The ponmo factories were accused of using a chemical for embalming corpses for preservation. One of the facilities’ owner, Isaac Nwaebo was arrested after he tampered with the agency’s seal on his premises. Confirming the arrest, Deputy Director, Intelligence Unit, NAFDAC, Mr Francis Ononiwu said;
“When we first called at Nwaebo’s factory last week, there was a large quantity of hides; it appeared as if he just had his delivery. We decided to lock up the place and placed our seal on the door. When we came to check the place on Tuesday, the hides had all been removed. He has to explain how and why the hides disappeared from the place we locked up.
“There are so many imported hide factories in Lagos. The hides are preserved with the same chemical used for embalming corpses. They are not safe for human consumption. We have been fighting them and we will get to them anywhere they are.”
It was further gathered that residents of Adedayo Ayodeji Street, had protested the continued activities of one of the factories in their area. Punch reported that they said the stench from the hide processing was unbearable.
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No One Wanted to Watch Ryan Seacrest Get Ignored on the E! Oscars Red Carpet
By Jackson McHenry@McHenryJD
Seacrest. Photo: Noam Galai/FilmMagic
E!’s Oscars red-carpet coverage with Ryan Seacrest wasn’t much fun to watch, and in seeming correspondence with that, not that many people tuned in. Per The Hollywood Reporter, ratings for E!’s Live From the Red Carpet fell 35 percent from 2017, further than ABC’s ratings dip for the ceremony itself (those fell significantly as well, but only 15 to 20 percent). The red-carpet coverage drew 1.3 million viewers, and only 0.4 million in the 18-to-49 demo.
The network has been in upheaval as Seacrest was recently accused of sexual assault by a former wardrobe stylist (he has denied the allegations), while correspondent Catt Sadler recently left over a salary dispute.
While the dip in the red-carpet ratings might seem to point to audiences souring on Seacrest, the viewership for his morning show Live With Kelly and Ryan remain high. Per THR, Monday’s episode of Live, which was filmed just after the Oscars in L.A., was the most-watched since he joined the show last May.
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HomeNews & Social MediaHainan NewsOctober floods in Hainan blamed for rising inflation
October floods in Hainan blamed for rising inflation
Wal-Mart in China is not quite like Wal-Mart elsewhere. Its stores sell live turtles and toads. It is happy for its staff to join a union. And in Kunming, a southern city in which Wal-Mart has six shops, the company, as well as several of its competitors, must now report and justify any price increases to the Chinese government 48 hours in advance.
This policing of prices is part of China’s unorthodox fight against inflation, which is running at more than 4 percent a year. Rising prices also are discomfiting Asia’s other developing economies. Policymakers in the region still fret about a repeat of the autumn of 2008, when the financial crisis struck. But a greater fear is a reprise of that year’s spring and summer, when commodity prices soared.
The source of the inflation is much disputed. Some blame bad weather, such as the October floods in China’s Hainan province, which damaged crops and helped raise food prices. Others blame deluges of a more metaphorical kind: floods of capital from abroad or floods of lending at home. A reluctance to tighten monetary policy has allowed private credit to grow by more than 20 percent a year in Bangladesh, Vietnam and India.
Asia’s policymakers remain "paranoid about growth scares from the West," argues Sean Darby, chief Asia strategist at Nomura Global Equity Research in Hong Kong. They do not want to repeat the mistake of 2008, when they were tightening as the financial crisis struck. But Asia’s economies have returned to normal faster than its monetary policies. Even as America and Europe are exporting pessimism to Asia’s policymakers, they are importing goods from its factories. America’s economy, for example, grew only 1.7 percent in the second quarter, but its imports grew by 33.5 percent.
This may be a new phenomenon, as cash-strapped shoppers turn to more affordable Asian products. Or it may be a cyclical one: Asia’s component-makers often prosper in the early stages of the Western business cycle as companies rebuild their inventories in anticipation of brighter sales to come.
Now that inventories are better stocked, American firms may be less-eager buyers. That will take some of the steam out of Asia’s exports, which may already be leveling off. Taiwan’s November shipments, for example, were up by more than a fifth from a year earlier, but they have shrunk a little since the spring. Asia’s exports may be peaking, then, even as inflation is gathering strength. With luck, the former problem will help solve the latter.
SOURCE: www.startribune.com
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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo, the main entrance to Mount Carmel West Hospital is shown in Columbus, Ohio. The Mount Carmel Health System announced Thursday, July 11, 2019 that it’s firing 23 more employees and changing leadership after investigating excessive painkiller doses given to dozens of patients who died.
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Hospital fires 23 workers in case of excessive doses, deaths
The Associated Press — By KANTELE FRANKO - Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio hospital system where excessive painkiller doses were given to dozens of patients who died fired 23 nurses, pharmacists and managers Thursday and said it is changing leadership, a sign that professional fallout from the scandal has expanded far beyond the intensive care doctor accused of ordering the drugs.
The announcement by the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System comes five weeks after that doctor, William Husel, pleaded not guilty to murder charges in 25 of the deaths, marking one of the biggest cases of its kind against an American health care professional.
The newly fired employees include five physician, nursing and pharmacy management team members, President and CEO Ed Lamb said in a statement.
Mount Carmel said the other 18 fired were among the nurses and pharmacists who had been on administrative leave during its internal review.
One employee remains on administrative leave, and 11 are being given the chance to return to work if they complete additional training, Lamb said. Mount Carmel didn't specify whether those employees are nurses and pharmacists who administered or approved the excessive doses.
Authorities have said the nurses and pharmacists involved aren't being prosecuted, though dozens have been reported to their respective professional boards for review and potential disciplinary action.
Lamb also said that he is resigning this month and that Mount Carmel's chief clinical officer is retiring in September, paving the way for new leadership that could "facilitate healing and help restore the trust of the community."
Mount Carmel fired Husel in December and concluded he had ordered potentially fatal doses for 29 patients who died over the past few years, including five who might have received the drugs when there still was a chance of improving their conditions with treatment.
The hospital system said six more patients got doses that were excessive but likely not the cause of their deaths.
His lawyer in the criminal case has said Husel was providing comfort care to dying patients, not trying to kill them.
Husel, 43, was charged with murder only in cases involving 500 to 2000 micrograms of the powerful painkiller fentanyl, amounts far larger than typical doses.
Mount Carmel has tightened its drug policies and access and publicly apologized, noting it should have expedited its investigation. It acknowledged that Husel wasn't removed from patient care until four weeks after a concern about him was raised last fall, and that three patients died during those weeks after getting excessive doses he ordered.
The hospital system has resolved some of the related wrongful death lawsuits, reaching nearly $4.5 million in settlements so far.
"We are deeply sorry for the additional grief and frustration this has caused and are working to provide reasonable settlements with affected families," Lamb said in the statement Thursday.
Twenty-two lawsuits remain pending.
In new filings this week, Husel's lawyer in the civil cases again argued they should be put on hold because of the criminal case.
A court magistrate previously declined to halt the lawsuits but did block the plaintiffs' lawyers from pursuing a sworn statement from Husel. Lawyer Gregory Foliano argues that isn't enough to protect Husel's right to a fair trial, in part because plaintiffs still can seek information from other Mount Carmel employees.
The hospital also wants the lawsuits put on hold and has filed objections to the magistrate's decision.
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Bill's Biography
Bill graduated from UBC Law School in 1990 and joined the firm in 1991. He was a partner in the firm from 1996 to 2019 and is currently associate counsel.
Bill has an M.A. in Community and Regional Planning from UBC and worked in rural, city and regional planning in Alberta and BC before attending law school. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the Canadian Institute of Planners and a member of the Planning Institute of BC. He has been extensively involved in professional development activities for planners, including frequent seminars sponsored by the Simon Fraser University City Program, where he is an Associate Member of Continuing Studies, and by PIBC's regional chapters. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches the required course in planning law. Bill is the author of the 'Planning and Zoning' title in Halsbury's Laws of Canada, published in 2008, and British Columbia Planning Law and Practice, a legal practice manual for planners published by Butterworths in 2001 and updated frequently. He is also the author of Local Government: A British Columbia Legal Handbook, published by the BC Continuing Legal Education Society. Bill’s practice focuses on land use and planning law, building regulation, aboriginal law matters and opinions on a broad range of local government issues. He served on the executive of both the Municipal Law Section of the BC Branch of the Canadian Bar Association and the CBA's National Municipal Law Section.
In 2011 Bill was awarded the Local Government Management Association’s Distinguished Partnership Award for his ongoing contribution to the work of LGMA’s Approving Officers Committee. His outstanding support and commitment to LGMA’s spirit of volunteerism were recognized again in 2017 with LGMA’s President’s Award.
Planning Law Update (with Guy Patterson) (Planning Institute of B.C. Okanagan Chapter, Penticton, June 21, 2019)
Legal Update (with Guy Patterson) (Local Government Managers Association Approving Officers Seminar, Vancouver, June 11, 2019)
Development Cost Charges (Government Finance Officers Association, Victoria, May 27, 2019)
Enforcement: The Pointy End of Regulation (with Guy Patterson and Elizabeth Anderson) (The Land Summit, Vancouver, May 8, 2019)
Financing Urban Growth: Development Cost Charges and Community Amenity Contributions (Simon Fraser University City Program, April 4, 2019)
Planning and Zoning Law Refresher (with Guy Patterson) (Simon Fraser University City Program, Vancouver, March 14, 2019)
Temporary Use Permits: Part of Your Game Plan? (Planning Institute of B.C. Annual Conference, Victoria, May 31, 2018)
Development Finance 404 (Government Finance Officers Association of B.C., Kelowna, May 30, 2018)
Legal Update (with Guy Patterson) (Local Government Management Association Approving Officers Seminar, Victoria, May 15, 2018)
Planning Law Update (with Alyssa Bradley) (Planning Institute of B.C. North Island Chapter, Nanaimo, March 22, 2018)
Legalizing Cannabis: Policy Issues for Local Government Officials (Local Government Leadership Academy, Richmond, February 2, 2018)
Planning and Zoning Law Refresher (with Guy Patterson) (Simon Fraser University City Program, Vancouver, November 23, 2017)
Planning and Development: Managing Ephemeral Land Uses (Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C., Vancouver, November 23, 2017)
Legal Update (Association of Regional District Planning Managers, Victoria, October 26, 2017)
Inclusionary Zoning in B.C. – Is It Time? ( Planning Institute of B.C. Conference, Prince George, June 2, 2017)
Basic Tools for Managing Subdivision (Local Government Management Association Approving Officers Seminar, Penticton, May 16, 2017)
Legal Update Seminar (with Alyssa Bradley) (Planning Institute of B.C. North Island Chapter, Nanaimo, May 4, 2017)
Big Ideas in B.C. Planning Law (MATI Municipal Law Course, Capilano University, North Vancouver, April 1, 2017)
Development Cost Charges Panel (Municipal Engineers Committee, APEGBC, Vancouver, March 31, 2017)
Legal Update Seminar (Planning Institute of B.C. North Island Chapter, Courtenay, October 13, 2016)
Section 5 of the Building Act – Building a Better BC (Canadian Bar Association Webinar, Vancouver, September 21, 2016)
Land Use Regulation in Vancouver (School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UBC, August 4, 2016)
Exotic Subdivisions (Local Government Management Association Approving Officers Seminar, Nanaimo, June 21, 2016)
Epic Planning Blunders: Navigating the Legal Minefield (Planning Institute of B.C. Conference, Kelowna, May 12, 2016)
Staying Within the Lines: Professionalism and Ethics for Planners (Planning Institute of B.C. Conference, Kelowna, May 11, 2016)
Board of Variance Seminar (Local Government Management Association, Richmond, May 4, 2016)
Big Ideas in BC Planning Law (MATI Municipal Law Course, Capilano University, North Vancouver, April 2, 2016)
Building Act: Local Building Requirements (Canadian Bar Association Municipal Law Section, Vancouver, February 19, 2016)
Legal Seminar (Planning Institute of BC Sunshine Coast Chapter, Gibsons, January 22, 2016)
Legal Seminar: Planning and Zoning (Planning Institute of BC Yukon Chapter, Whitehorse, September 28, 2015)
Working with the Auditor General for Local Government (Local Government Management Association, Prince George. June 17, 2015)
Phased Strata Plan Considerations (Local Government Management Association Approving Officers Seminar, Prince George, June 16, 2015)
Legal Perspectives on Aboriginal Consulation (Planning Institute of BC Webinar, May 12, 2015)
Ethics and Professionalism in Planning (Planning Institute of BC Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, April 16, 2015)
Board of Variance Guide, Local Government Management Association of B.C., 2017. This guide can be purchased at: https://members.lgma.ca/lgma-manuals/
Local Government: A British Columbia Legal Handbook, Continuing Legal Education Society, July 2015. This book can be purchased at: http://www.cle.bc.ca/onlinestore/productdetails.aspx?pid=B3078715
'Transient Voices of Reason: Reading Canadian Planners', Plan Canada, Fall 2012, Volume 52 No.3
'British Columbia Local Governments and Climate Change', Digest of Municipal and Planning Law, November 2008.
'Planning and Zoning', Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (First Edition), LexisNexis Canada, 2008. More information: www.lexisnexis.ca/bookstore
‘Phased Development Agreements in British Columbia: The Return of Contract Zoning’, Digest of Municipal and Planning Law, October 2007, Vol. 12 Issue 10.
‘Canadian Pacific Railway Co. v. Vancouver – A Very High Bar for Regulatory Takings?’, Municipal Lawyer, November/December 2006, Volume 47 No. 6.
‘The Islands Trust: 30 Years of Protecting B.C.’s Gulf Islands’, Digest of Municipal and Planning Law, March 2005, Vol. 10 Issue 3.
British Columbia Planning Law and Practice, Butterworths, 2001 (updated semi-annually). More information: www.lexisnexis.ca/bookstore
'Renovating Local Government Enabling Legislation: B.C.'s Community Charter', Digest of Municipal and Planning Law, November 2003, Vol. 8 Issue 11.
'Musings on Metalclad, NAFTA and Land Use Planning', Digest of Municipal and Planning Law, August 2001, Vol. 6 Issue 8.
Real Estate Development Practice Manual, Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. (contributing author).
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