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India's top Twitterers
Published: Jul 12, 2009, 08:18 IST | Alpana Lath Sawai |
Forget celebrity bloggers. These Indians are followed by people of substance worldwide
The day we email Chethan R, he is amongst the world's top 100 twitterers No 92, to be specific. Barack Obama isn't in the top 100; neither is Oprah Winfrey. They may both have more followers than Chethan but a complex value-based ranking system launched by Twitter says Chethan's followers have more value than Obama's. Quality triumphs over quantity.
By the weekend, 21-year-old Chethan has already become No 36 in the world and No 1 in India. Meanwhile, other names we'd pulled up on the top 10 have already been shuffled up and down the top hundred ladder too many times. It keeps changing depending on how much you're tweeting and also how often your tweets are retweeted and by whom. Which means that 13-year-old Monik Pamecha from Mumbai who was in our original top 10 list from India, has been nudged off India's top 50. But his is a great story, so we included it anyway.
There are many grading systems. Some look just at numbers. But Twitter Grader looks at the quality of those numbers. US-based NRI Dharmesh Shah, a serial software entrepreneur who created the Twitter Grader, says, "Simply following a bunch of people (just so some follow back) doesn't help much with increasing your grade.
Twitter Grader rewards people that can "engage" others. It encourages "good" behaviour by boosting their
grade when they say something useful/interesting. Quality always matters more than quantity. Good grading algorithms take this into account. Twitter Grader ranks you on how many people are following you, and how powerful/ authoritative they are."
So the road to being amongst the world's top twitterers is littered with talent, generosity and freebies. Chethan, India's No 1 twitterer, knows this well. He says, "I try to provide my followers with value. I don't tweet about my breakfast, lunch and dinner..." What he does is create web designs that people love. He is happy to share. So is he Mr Popular? "It's not a popularity contest," he protests. He does have 19,000 plus followers though. And gets a lot of hits even if they are mostly work-related. But which 21-year-old wouldn't want that?
Chethan R is No. 36 in the world and No. 1 in India
Chethan, from Manipal in Karnataka, is a freelance web designer and web-based solutions provider. He says, "I get most of my project clients through Twitter." Chethan has been hired by a few British designers for feedback and to provide support to their teams and is hobnobbing with the online world's celeb web designers; this makes him a geek, being online all day.
Offline, he's like any aam aadmi, says Chethan. Of course, as this story will show, the aam aadmi online is a very different story these days. Gone are the days of covert chatroom operations. Being a geek no longer means a sleazy net avatar. These twitterers are all young some just 13 years old. And they don't get their hijinks from talking dirty online. Instead, they have channeled their creativity into online social media, reading voraciously, offering up free web apps, creating web-based solutions and providing the same to their followers.
Mumbai's youngest Twitterers
'My goal is to study law'
Farrhad Acidwalla, 15 No 45 in India, 6,244 followers
Entrepreneur and blogger
Acidwalla's just finished his ICSE from Bombay Scottish. He's active on a blog that gets 25-38,000 monthly visits. He is also part of a community for website owners from around the world. But before all this, Acidwalla was just another boy wasting his time with games. Then he read an article on creating websites — and within a week, he had his own up. He continued his journey online. And won his parents over by getting good grades too. Life offline is just as hectic. Acidwalla is passionate about aeromodelling, playing the guitar, reading and writing.
'I love using gadgets'
Monik Pamecha, 13
Ranked 10,162 worldwide, has 15,087 followers
Blogger and social media enthusiast
Pamecha goes to Lilavatibai Podar High School. He's been online for about four years now. He likes to blog about technology and also designs websites. One of these is iluvtech.org, a social networking website. "I love using gadgets," he admits. "I am also interested in Online Marketing, especially Social Media and I am running campaigns for a few companies. It's just a start; I hope to make it big later." He's thankful his parents give him the freedom to be online as often as he likes. He says, "Everyone in my family is curious about what I am doing..." When not posting, Pamecha plays soccer and table tennis.
Mumbai ranks 31 out of top 50 tweeting world cities
India is in the top 5 countries by sheer number of Twitter users, behind the US, UK, Canada and Australia but way ahead of others like China
Half of the people on Twitter have NO followers
The average user tweets .97 times per day
Number of tweets peaks on Thursday and plummets on Saturday
All data and ranking from Twitter Grader, which has information on over 4.5 million Twitter profiles as of June 2009
'One day I got a tweet from my wife to pick up our kid...'
Kalyana Sundaram, No 3 India, 37,370 followers
27-year-old CEO of a Bangalore company that specializes in web and mobile development
Sundaram has been building his company's portfolio through Twitter. Life offline has followed him online. He says, "One day I got a tweet from my wife to pick up our kid from school, another to buy some groceries while back from work. But it's also a place to exchange love, affection, excuses and stay connected."
'Offline, you can't "unfollow" someone if you want to'
Mani Karthik, No 5 India, 10,011 followers
Professional blogger and SEO (search engine optimizer) and social media consultant from Cochin, Kerala
Karthik quit his job about four years ago. Now, Facebook and Twitter help him connect. "It has helped build my brand and given me the chance to reach out to people across the globe. Twitter keeps you more "on the edge" with a focus on content and not necessarily who's giving it to you."
'My family does not understand what I do'
Paritosh Sharma, No 18 India, 4,532 followers
A 24-year-old social media evangelist; a consultant for online marketing. Also the youngest Indian to be featured by the NASSCOM EMERGE community
Delhi boy Paritosh Sharma started out as a software testing engineer at a leading IT company in Bangalore. He chucked it to return to Delhi and become an entrepreneur. "I had no money in my pocket and could not afford to fall back on my family," he says. The social media scene was kicking in then and this helped him survive. He started working as a consultant and soon got invitations to guest lecture at universities across India like Symbiosis Pune, BITS Pilani, Amity, Jamia, IMI and IMT Ghaziabad. Paritosh is now helping others market their brand too.
'I promote my photography'
Priyanka Sachar, No 22 India, 2,086 followers
A Delhi-based project manager in a software organisation, she is now known online as Twilight Fairy. She is also a photographer, blogger and founder of "Delhi bloggers bloc"
Priyanka is mad about photography and has used social media to further her passion and engage people with it. She says, "I use social media to promote my photography which is also a partial profession I have, since I do exhibitions, sell fine art prints."
'Twitter is great for quick straw polls'
Kiruba Shankar, No 24 India, 22,787 followers
With 14 years of internet experience, Shankar is also the founding member of Wikipedia's India chapter. He also teaches in colleges and writes tech columns
Kiruba Shankar is authoring a book on a phenomenon that has already been talked about much in the west: crowdsourcing. His book, titled Crowdsourcing Tweet, is about the wisdom of crowds. He says, "I asked in Twitter for contributions to the book and was amazed at the kind of response I received. Twitter is a wonderful sounding board. And great for quick straw polls."
'Blogs and Twitter also encourage conversation'
Prem Panicker, No 32 India, 1,509 followers
Panicker is a journalist, and has worked with Indian Post, Mid Day, and Sunday Observer. He is currently Editorial Director, India Abroad (Rediff's New York-based newspaper)
Panicker is an old hand at blogging. And while he'd registered for Twitter quite a while back, he began using it only after the terrorist attack on Mumbai on 26/11. He says, "There was considerable nonsense on TV and I used Twitter as a means of filtering out the rubbish and getting facts and pertinent information out there."
Panicker is a voracious reader, and like all popular twitterers shares interesting links with people who read him. "People read, get interested; in turn, they send you links to things you might otherwise miss. Blogs and Twitter also encourage conversation..."
'I am connected...'
Shashi Tharoor, ranks 4,800 worldwide, moves in and out of India's top 50, 14,125 followers
Author, former UN Under-Secretary General, now MOS for External Affairs, Govt of India
Shashi Tharoor was one of the first Indians to catch media attention for his tweets. Says Tharoor, "Twitter is a good way of engaging with a wide variety of people, sharing thoughts and receiving feedback. It takes me only 15 to 25 minutes a day to post my updates, but it helps me stay connected to a broad public. Thanks to the Blackberries I carry with me everywhere, I am connected to the web throughout the day. I get and respond to some 400 emails a day and occasionally check cricket scores as well."
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RSC Desktop Seminar with Dalton Transactions
We are pleased to announce an upcoming webinar in the RSC Desktop Seminar series that will be hosted with Dalton Transactions.
The free, 1 hour webinar will be chaired by the Editorial Board Chair of Dalton Transactions, Professor Russell Morris (University of St Andrews, UK), and will feature two research talks on the field of metal-organic frameworks:
Professor Sascha Ott (Uppsala University, Sweden; Dalton Transactions Editorial Board member) : "Electron hopping charge transport and molecular electrocatalysis in metal-organic frameworks"
Dr. Ilich Ibarra (UNAM, Mexico; Dalton Transactions Advisory Board member): "Chemically stable supramolecular candidates for the capture of SO2 and H2S: from the oxidation of SO2 to the unusual formation of polysulfides"
The webinar will be held on November 10th, at 9 AM CST/3 PM GMT. To register for the event, follow this link to the RSC Events page for the webinar.
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Polymer Chemistry Lectureship Webinar
The Polymer Chemistry Lectureship webinar will be held on August 17th at 19:00 BST (1:00 PM CT) and feature talks from Prof. Brett Fors (Cornell University) and Prof. Emily Pentzer (Texas A&M University).
Register here to attend the webinar and hear from these fantastic speakers! If you aren't able to attend live, just register as well and a recording will be sent to you after the event.
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RSC Desktop Seminars with Brazilian Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Division
RSC Desktop Seminars in Organic Chemistry with the Brazilian Chemical Society 2020 are an initiative from the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Brazilian Chemical Society to bring cutting-edge research directly to you!
Covid-19 has exposed us to a new reality where the virtual world is much more important than before. In order to keep our students engaged at the frontiers of Organic Chemistry, we have organized a weekly webinar series that is a joint collaboration between the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Organic Chemistry Division of the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ). It is an alternative way to share work and interact with potential collaborators.
The sections will alternate between Brazilian and international speakers, in some cases with the opportunity for a selected Brazilian early career researcher to engage with the audience by presenting their recent independent career developments.
Program 24 September 2020 | 11:30 (BRT) | 15:30 (BST)
11:30 Introductions and welcome
11:35 Early Career presentation with Q&A
11:55 Main Presentation with Q&A
12:55 Closing remarks
Registration: https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/45400/rsc-desktop-seminars-with-brazilian-chemical-society-organic-chemistry-division-24-sept
RSC Desktop Seminars in Organic Chemistry with the Brazilian Chemical Society will happen every week at 11:30 (BRT) and we will keep you updated about the registration links and program. We already have confirmed the following speakers and dates.
NEXT Speakers
1 October 2020 (Exceptionally at 15:00 PM at BRT)
Closing webinar. This one will not be recorded
Those who registered received a link of the recording. Check your e-mail!
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Medicinal and Catalysis Chemistry in Brazil: New Directions ⇔ and Beyond
The Royal Society of Chemistry office in São Paulo recently supported and sponsored two events in Brazil that sound like opposites to each other. Similarities appeared on two fronts: difficulties in keeping science running, such as promoting events, and the role of Women in Science, both live discussions. Pirinópolis in Goias State with its historical landscape and natural beauty hosted the 9th edition of the Brazilian Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, BrazMedChem. The region is known for its falls, food and local culture, which includes "Cavalhada".
Carvalhada parade during the meeting
More and more, the natural products and computational fields are embracing medicinal chemistry. It was interesting to see how the discussion about gender equality, career progress and interactions with pharma companies were inserted into the program. The conference benefited from a panel discussion on "Women in Medicinal Chemistry: Why so Few?" with Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Maria Cristina Nonato, Vanderlan Bolzani and Gunda Georg. All of them talked about their own experiences and actions to overcome the difficulties in teaching MedChem to young female students and conducting research in the area as a woman.
Prof. Garneau-Tsodikova gave an emotional testimonial about balancing motherhood and research when she saw another professor in the audience with her baby in a sling. It was a sign that everything is possible and having a family is a natural part of women's lives.
M. Cristina Nonato, G. Georg, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova and Vanderlan Bolzani
Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova and and Vanderlan Bolzani
Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova giving her scientific talk.
Prof. Garneau-Tsodikova's scientific talk was "Towards understanding, engineering, and developing novel nonribosomal peptide enzymes" and she was also pleased to see local schools invited to take part of the event, with some experiments to showcase what chemistry can do and call their attention to science in general. RSC engaged with the meeting in different ways: Prof Gonçalo Bernardes officially received his Lectureship certificate from Prof. Garneau-Tsodikova, an RSC Medicinal Chemistry (formerly known as MedChemComm) Associate Editor, right before giving his talk:
Prof. Gonçalo is part of the Advisory Board of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC). We also co-supported an Early Career Award for Prof. Luis O Ragasini from USP-RP:
At the final ceremony, RSC offered four poster prizes (as book vouchers and electronic subscriptions) and the proud winners are shown below:
Guilherme M. Silva (USP-RP) receiving his OBC poster prize from Prof Angelo de Fátima (UFMG)
Micael Cunha – USP.SP receiving his RSC Advances poster prize from Prof Vanessa Pasqualotto (UFG)
Francisco L. de Oliveira supervisor (Prof G. Zanatta – UFC) receiving the MedChemComm poster prize from Prof Alexandre Orsato (UEL)
Daniel Carvalho Santos – UNIFESP receiving his MedChemComm poster prize from Prof Gustavo Trossini (USP)
We also had the opportunity to see the interactions of many institutions and companies with the researchers, such as DNDi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who were present to discuss the future of drugs for neglected diseases.
This brings me to the next event that happened almost at the same time, the 20th edition of the Brazilian Congress on Catalysis, CBCat in São Paulo. The organizers managed to engage both catalysis companies and energy ones as well. If Brazilian researchers keep up these interactions, the research landscape will change, as well as the way academia communicates with industry and the other way around. It is past time to break the barriers of innovation. During the Catalysis Congress, the main goal was to show how catalysis can be applied to different fields, from organic synthesis to fuels. Again, the discussion around CO2 used as a feedstock or as an energy building block brought together different views.
At the final ceremony and with the support of two of our Editorial Board Members, RSC was able to provide four poster prizes (as book vouchers) from the following journals:
…and the proud winners are shown below:
Thatiane Veríssimo Dos Santos (UFAL-AL) receiving his RSC Advances poster prize from Prof Heloise Pastore (Editorial Board member, RSC Advances – UNICAMP)
Christian Carlos De Sousa (UFF-RJ) receiving his ChemComm poster prize from Prof Javier Perez-Ramirez (Editor in Chief, Catalysis Science & Technology – ETH Zurich)
Wesley F. Monteiro (PUC-RS) receiving his Dalton Trans./New J. Chem. poster prize from Prof Javier Perez-Ramirez (Editor in Chief, Catalysis Science & Technology -ETH Zurich)
Letícia Rasteiro (IQSC/USP-SC) receiving his Catalysis Science & Technology/PCCP poster prize from Prof Javier Perez-Ramirez (Editor in Chief, Catalysis Science & Technology -ETH Zurich)
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Congratulations to the ACS Reaction Mechanisms Conference poster prize winners!
We want to say congratulations to the winners of the RSC poster prizes at the recent ACS Reaction Mechanisms Conference, hosted by University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada!
Juliet Macharia won the prize from Catalysis Science & Technology. Juliet is originally from Kenya and is now a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the field of organic chemistry at the Binghamton University in New York. Juliet says her career in science was led by curiosity. She wants to understand how and why things happen the way they do to provide a "path to illumination of the many mysteries of the universe."
Juliet Macharia with her poster
Juliet's current research focuses on the chemistry of a class of compounds called "arylboronic acids". These molecules are widely used in fine chemical, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and modern-material industries due to their stability, easy preparation and environmental benign nature. The key step in many reactions employing arylboronic acids involves carbon-boron (C-B) bond cleavage. Due to the relative inertness of the C-B bond, the in-situ generation of a more reactive 'boronate' species is considered to be vital to the success of these reactions. Her goal is to determine the exact mechanism of C-B cleavage in reactions using a physical organic tool, Kinetic Isotope Effects (KIEs) at natural abundance. In the future, she will utilize the mechanistic information from these studies for the rational design and development of new catalytic processes.
Anna Lo, who works with Professor Jared Shaw at UC Davis, was the winner of the Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry prize. She says that she decided to pursue a career in chemistry to take advantage of the creative thinking and liberty in the practice of organic synthesis.
Anna Lo
Anna's work focuses on two goals: (1) to elucidate conditions that provide reliable selectivity for additions to a-chiral imines, (2) to develop a mechanistic rationale for the deviating selectivity trends her research group observes. Stereoelectronic models such as the Felkin-Ahn model and Cram's rules have been used as powerful tools in the asymmetric synthesis of complex synthetic targets. Due to their robust utility, Felkin-control and chelation-control have been generalized to imine stereocontrol, despite fundamental differences in reactivity between N-substituted imines and their carbonyl analogues. Recent work has illuminated a class of a-chiral aldehyde derived imines that deviate from previously well-established stereoelectronic models. This illuminated a gap in understanding of existing stereocontrol models, specifically when applied to N-substituted imines, which Anna is now investigating.
This conference sounds like it was a great event, and we're glad to support young researchers as they build their careers!
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Certified Excellent: Congratulations Winners!
We are happy to announce the recipients of the 2018 Certificate of Excellence! Back for its second year, this special program was developed to recognize outstanding students who have shown special achievement in the chemical sciences. Join us in congratulating these stellar students who are being honored by their departments for their achievements. We first introduced the Certificate of Excellence in 2017 as a way to recognize the younger generation of students who have shown interest and curiosity and a passion for learning in the chemical sciences. If you're interested in getting your department involved in future Certificate of Excellence programs, please contact us at americas-editorial@rsc.org.
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Meet the Royal Society of Chemistry at ACS National Meetings
We always enjoy meeting new people and catching up with familiar faces at ACS National Meetings, most recently in New Orleans. We packed our schedules with talks during the day, learning about the latest and exciting developments across the chemical sciences. Many of us attended sessions related to the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water theme, which also aligns with the global challenges the RSC aims to support.
It was a good opportunity to congratulate Chemical Science Associate Editors Professors Kit Cummins and Mircea Dinca at MIT in person as they received ACS awards for their achievements. Editor-in-chief Professor Daniel Nocera, Executive Editor Dr. May Copsey, and many other Chemical Science Board members discussed some exciting developments for our flagship journal – stay tuned for updates on the website and learn more about the Associate Editors!
Dr. May Copsey, Executive Editor for Chemical Science, Dr. Sam Keltie, Executive Editor for the Environmental Science journals, and Dr. Jenny Lee, Assistant Editorial Development Manager, meeting attendees at the RSC booth during opening night of the Expo.
While it's challenging to keep up with the conference programming, we wanted to spend some time to meet conference attendees at the booth and organize separate gatherings. Larger conferences are great since colleagues travel from our Cambridge, UK office. The Meet the Editor event involving Executive Editor Dr. Sam Keltie and the Editor-in-chiefs for the three sister Environmental Science journals was a nice chance to talk about publishing, and to also continue the conversation with the environmental chemical sciences community during happy hour.
Meet the Editor event with Dr. Sam Keltie, Executive Editor of the Environmental Science journals, Prof. Kris McNeill, Editor-in-chief of Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Prof. Peter Vikesland, Editor-in-chief of Environmental Science: Nano, and Prof. David Cwiertny, Editor-in-chief of Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
We also were glad to connect with a few RSC Advances Associate Editors, Editorial Board member Professor James Batteas, and Executive Editor Dr. Andrew Shore where we discussed ideas to continue developing the latest Gold Open Access option within the RSC journals. While these are only a few highlights of all the events we organized throughout the conference, we appreciated the many opportunities to hear everyone's thoughts to guide our future activities.
RSC Members' Reception with Dr. Guy Jones, Executive Editor for Data, pictured in the foreground.
We'd love to meet you at a future ACS National Meeting – you can usually catch most of us at the booth on the opening night of the Expo so we hope to see you soon!
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Northwestern University: Spotlight on Women in Science & Modern Career Paths
Women in Science Career Panel, from left to right: Dr. Stacey Tobin, Dr. Sadie Wignall, Dr. Stephanie Knezz, Dr. Dimitra Georganopoulou, and Dr. Jen Griffiths.
We recently visited the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University, where we hosted a day of educational activities for graduate students and postdocs, including a career panel of women in science who chose to follow a range of traditional and alternative career paths. Dr. Jen Griffiths from our Washington, DC office shared insights into the world of scholarly publishing and was joined by Northwestern alumni in traditional and non-traditional careers. During this engaging, informal session, attendees were able to ask questions, learn about challenges and opportunities the representatives had encountered, and hear some great advice and tips from successful women in science.
"I realized fairly early on that an academic career wasn't for me, and I started seeking out seminars and roundtables on 'alternative careers.' "
Dr. Stacey Tobin noticed that unlike a lot of her peers, she really enjoyed writing as a graduate student. "I realized fairly early on that an academic career wasn't for me, and I started seeking out seminars and roundtables on 'alternative careers,'" she said. "One focused specifically on science writing, and the entire panel was made up of PhDs who found careers in various types of science writing—from journalism to regulatory writing, continuing medical education to advertising." She also joined professional organizations as a student member, including the American Medical Writers Association and the Council for Science Editors, to take advantage of their educational programs and sought outside opportunities to write. "I contributed articles to the department newsletter, and took any opportunity I could to write and edit." Stacey built up her reputation as a skilled writer and knowledgeable scientist before starting her own firm, The Tobin Touch.
"When I discovered that I wanted my career to focus on teaching, I found my campus program that focuses on STEM teaching opportunities for graduate students and post-docs."
One common thread of the discussion was the importance of pursuing opportunities outside the lab to both discover interests and talents, as well as to gain practical experience. Dr. Stephanie Knezz, Assistant Professor of Instruction and Co-Director of General Chemistry Laboratory at Northwestern University says, "When I discovered that I wanted my career to focus on teaching, I found my campus program that focuses on STEM teaching opportunities for graduate students and post-docs. I was able to implement a project at a local community college "flipping" a traditional chemistry class and working on the corresponding curriculum development for a few lessons in the course." She says that the experience not only gave her a better idea of the duties of an instructor and but also inspired a renewed motivation to continue her degree now that she could focus on a specific career goal.
"I've found that networking can be a great way to learn about career possibilities, and that informational interviews can be very helpful for learning about day-to-day aspects of a career."
Dr. Sarah Kamper now oversees intellectual property protection for various chemistry and materials technologies as Invention Manager at the Innovation and New Ventures Office (INVO) at Northwestern. "I learned about IP law through attending a career panel focused on careers outside of academia or industry." she says. "It sounded like a great way to stay connected to science while transitioning into more translational aspects away from the bench." Sarah also realized the power of networking by talking with former members of her lab who worked at law firms in tech transfer. "I've found that networking can be a great way to learn about career possibilities, and that informational interviews can be very helpful for learning about day-to-day aspects of a career." Sarah also suggests looking to campus groups as a way to begin networking: "If anyone is unsure of where to start, some organizations have student or young professional networking events where you can efficiently meet many people in a few hours!"
"My best piece of advice is to figure out what aspect of your science you are most passionate about, find opportunities where you can get first-hand experience delving into that aspect, and use careful time management to make it work with your research."
We also asked the panelists what actions they recommend students take or what was especially helpful to focus on for graduate students and postdocs. Stephanie suggested spending some time and effort to uncover your interests and finding ways to take advantage of related opportunities. "My best piece of advice is to figure out what aspect of your science you are most passionate about, find opportunities where you can get first-hand experience delving into that aspect, and use careful time management to make it work with your research." And she added, "If you are doing something you love (even if it's not at the bench), you will almost definitely be more efficient in the lab than if you're coming to lab everyday with the primary goal of just 'getting through it.' "
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Jen Ervin : The ARC "Soft milky light seeps through trees, bubbles roll across ponds, and children immerse themselves in the nature surrounding them. The world presented in Jen
Jen Ervin : The ARC
"Soft milky light seeps through trees, bubbles roll across ponds, and children immerse themselves in the nature surrounding them. The world presented in Jen Ervin's photographs show a dreamy escape, removed from society." — Cassidy Paul, Time Lightbox (Aug 16, 2016)
Jen Ervin's recent work, The Arc, bridges polaroid with experimental filmmaking to create a rhythmic exploration of place. Her project was born out of time spent with her family at their historic family cabin set deep in the woods of South Carolina, and continued over a period of six years, 2012-2018. Ark Lodge, their cabin of refuge, is a place where time stands still. While their ancestors built the cabin itself over 70 years ago, it rests between two black rivers in a secluded landscape that has managed to escape modernization for centuries.
Atmospheric and poetic, Ervin's work reveals a private world rich in symbolism, history and mysticism. With their imperfections and changeability, her polaroids evoke a vulnerability relatable both to the human condition and the evolution of memory. Ervin's films offer an extension of the experience to the viewer, drawing in on universal archetypes and the fluid, transient nature of life.
Jen Ervin (b.1971, New Jersey) is a painter, graphic designer and photographer. She became interested in photography during her graduate studies at Boston University (MFA, Graphic Design, 2002) under the tutelage of Alston Purvis, a mentee of Walker Evans. She was a Redux Studio Artist from 2011 – 2013. Her work has been shown in both solo and group shows at galleries and museums across the country including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The Redux Contemporary Art Center, The Center for Fine Art Photography. She was a Critical Mass Finalist in 2016 and a Critical Mass TOP 50 Finalist 2018. Ervin's work has been featured on numerous international publications including TIME Lightbox , Feature Shoot , Lenscratch , Ain't–Bad, Fotopolis, Grain de Photographe, and Don't Take Pictures . Ervin's first book, The Arc, was published by Ain't–Bad in March of 2019. Ervin is the curator of Redux's current photography exhibition, "The Arc | Illumination, Ritual, Reflection". She currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, Francis, and their three daughters.


These rusty barn stars leaves the impression of a rustic rugged look that is sure to fit in your home decor perfectly.
Rusty barn stars offset all the colors in your country decor. These stars are a wonderful accent piece.


Most everybody has heard the phrase "Walk softly and carry a big stick". Today's Rugged Rigs inductee has that same mentality when it comes to adventure.
Chris bought his 2010 Wrangle JK two-door 2-½ years ago in "lightly used" condition with a mere 52k miles on the display. Knowing his new addition had already been properly broken-in, Chris wasted no time increasing his elevation by driving his newfound JK directly to the top of Pikes Peak that very same day! His love for his Jeep and the possibilities it put within his grasp was evident right away and the pair have never looked back.
While page upon page could be written about the places he's seen and gone in his JK, Chris prefers to let the pictures do the talking. It's impossible to view these pictures and not want to follow Chris' lead. Turn in all your unused vacation time, load up the Jeep and hit the road. If Your Jeep. Your Adventure was a confusing concept to comprehend, this guys photos make it perfectly clear.


Born and residing in Sydney, Australia. An underpinning of Design education has led Grant to become a versatile Fine Artist, graduating from the renowned National Art School. The graphic quality and boldness detected in his work derives from a love of drawing the figure. Long before Grant understood what the words Design or Art meant he was an avid draughtsman and this is still at the core of his work.
Grant has participated in two Solo Exhibitions at Mars Gallery, Melbourne and several group exhibitions including the Westpac Charity Auction Artist, Sydney 2015, .M Contemporary Gallery, Sydney 2013, and the Ticino Gallery, Switzerland.
Guy Peppin is a Sydney based interdisciplinary artist and writer who has recently completed his Masters of Fine Arts at Sydney College of the Arts. Peppin has previously held solo exhibitions at Liverpool Street Gallery as well as internationally, and was a recipient of the Storrier Onslow National Art School Paris Studio Residency in 2010. Writing and making visual art have both become equally important to his art practice, Peppin's research initially began as a project to understand the relationship between writing and art making in contemporary art. Through research into historical and cultural ideas on colour theory he developed a colour wheel based on colour and emotion in order to translate his poetry into a series of chromatic fade artworks.
Naro is a collage and digital artist who lives and works in his native Spain. His work mixes art history references, contemporary culture and fashion, with a dose of whimsy and, quite often an element of humour.
Art is divided into stages, styles, trends, movements etc., all in order to understand the world and its certain characteristics. Contemporary art came to destroy barriers and mix everything and this is how my collages are born. I use this artistic technique with more than 100 years of history together with art considered classic and elitist, to become something profane.
Murat is a Turkish born Australian artist living and working in Sydney. George Melly wrote that attempting to define camp was 'self-defeating'. Recalling a story about a woman asking Louis Armstrong to define jazz, Armstrong is supposed to have said 'Lady, if you've got to ask, you'll never know'. Even when drawing as a child, the girls I drew always had huge bouffant, bee-hive hairstyles.
My cowboys always had big, dark, puppy-like eyes and wore shirts with the longest and most vibrantly golden fronds imaginable. Camp or what?!? So today my paintings grow from what Susan Sontag described in her essay 'Notes on Camp', as a love of the unnatural, of artifice and of exaggeration; they celebrate exuberance in colour, light and texture, like Sontag's dress made of three million feathers.
Paul is a performance artist, choreographer/dancer and life model. Based in Sydney, Australia, Paul has an interest in presenting dance and movement through visual mediums such as drawing, photography and film. In February 2013, he and Ivey Wawn founded United Movement, a collective that shifts the role of the model within the life drawing studio to forge bonds between dance and drawing.
Paul's performance work looks to explore the subject/object relationships between art object/artist/environment/audience. In particular, he is currently interested in the body of the artist being a sculptural material, or a vessel that is filled with, and responds to, the environment it is within.


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Broncos 3rd & long: derp derp derp
The offense produced some of the worst play that I have witnessed in my 35 years as a Bronco fan. The defense played extremely well outside of the opening drive.
By Joe Mahoney@ndjomo76 Oct 17, 2016, 7:19am MDT
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Last season our defense led the league by allowing 4.38 yards per play (ypp). After the safety, the Broncos had run 39 plays for 106 yards on Thursday - 2.71 ypp. League average last season was 5.48 ypp. Meaning that for three quarters of the game we made a haggard, depleted Chargers defense that came into the game as one of the worst in the league look like one of the best defenses of all-time. Since the merger, the best all-time is the 1970 Vikings who allowed 3.44 ypp. This makes two games in a row where our offense made bad defenses look good. You can make excuses if you want (Paxton Lynch's first start, Trevor Siemian's injury), but at some point our coaches are going to have to do something to change things up. Defensive coordinators around the league have figured out how to stop our offense. We know what they are doing to stop our offense, now it's time to see what our coaches can come up with to counter that.
I'm going to make a brief statement about the officiating. They were not calling the game evenly. There were twelve penalties called on the Broncos and three called on the Chargers. Five of the penalties against the Broncos were offensive holding. San Diego was not called for holding once, despite multiple plays when there should have been a holding penalty on the Chargers. As a former offensive lineman, I understand that holding happens on just about every play, but you can't turn a blind eye to the holding done by one team and call it against the other. The holding penalties were a huge obstacle to our already sluggish offense. CJ Anderson must have been livid about them. CJ Anderson is credited with 10 carries for 37 yards. CJ also had four catches for 34 yards - so he had 71 yards of total offense. He had 47 yards worth of runs negated by holding penalties (12, 15 and 20 yard runs). He also had the beautiful 20 yard catch and run for the TD called back because of holding. That's 67 yards of offense and one TD negated by holding penalties - at least two of which were bullshit calls because the refs weren't making the same calls on the Chargers OL when they did the same things. CJ had almost as much yardage negated by penalty as he had actual yardage in this game.
I'm not sure what is going on with our defense on the other team's opening drive but I don't like the trend.
Game 1 - TD
Game 2 - FG
Game 4 - INT
Our team has allowed 108 points in 6 games - 31 of those have come of the opponent's opening drive. Five out six opening drives against us have led to points (and TB scored their lone TD on their second drive). Our defense has allowed ten TDs this year, five of those have come in the first quarter. In direct opposition to that, our offense has exactly one first quarter TD and nine of our fifteen TDs have come in the 4th quarter. Our defense has faced fifteen drives this year that at least started in the first quarter, we have allowed scores on eight of those fifteen drives (53.3%). Three of those drives chewed up huge chunks of the clock (10:03, 7:00 and 6:46) Scoring % is the percentage of drives that result in a score by the offense. The Falcons currently lead the league in scoring % at 52.7% overall - meaning that our defense is making every offense look like the best offense in the league during the first quarter. Overall this year 35.2% of all drives result in a score. On drives against us that start in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th quarter, teams are scoring on 29.2% of their drives.
Defensive performance on 3rd and Long
Again this week, the defense did it's job on third and long for the vast majority of the game. Exactly like the previous game, the Chargers were able to convert their first attempt on 3rd and long and then they were shut down the rest of the game.
Quarter Time Down ToGo Location Detail
1 11:32 3 8 DEN 38 Philip Rivers pass complete short right to Antonio Gates for 10 yards (tackle by T.J. Ward)
2 12:45 3 11 DEN 30 Philip Rivers pass complete short right to Dexter McCluster for 10 yards (tackle by Brandon Marshall)
2 10:59 3 10 DEN 19 Philip Rivers sacked by Von Miller for 0 yards
3 7:59 3 8 DEN 18 Philip Rivers pass complete short right to Dexter McCluster for 5 yards (tackle by Will Parks)
3 4:07 3 10 DEN 20 Philip Rivers pass complete short middle to Tyrell Williams for 6 yards (tackle by Chris Harris)
4 12:57 3 10 DEN 44 Kenneth Farrow middle for 6 yards (tackle by Todd Davis)
4 6:46 3 9 SDG 26 Philip Rivers sacked by Jared Crick and Shane Ray for -12 yards
We held them to one of seven on 3rd and long and three of thirteen on 3rd down overall. For the season we have now allowed conversion on 14 of 45 (31.1%) 3rd and long plays - including conversions by penalty. That puts us roughly in the middle of the league. Excluding penalty conversions, Joakland is leading the league in this stat allowing conversion on only 11.5% while WAS is still worst in the league at 45.5%.
Stopping the Run on First Down
We had another game were we did a decent job at this with the exception of one play. That 48 yard run came on first down. Overall the Chargers were able to gain 72 yards on 16 first down carries (4.6 ypc). We did have three TFL's and one stop for no gain. If you remove that 48 yard run, we allowed 24 yards on 15 carries. It's amazing how one bad play can completely mess up an otherwise stellar effort against the run. For the season we have now allowed 352 yards on 85 first down carries (excluding kneel-downs) - 4.14 ypc - that ranks 16th. Green Bay continues to lead the league at 2.29 ypc and WAS continues to be worst at 5.53. To put that in perspective, Washington has allowed 18 rushing first downs on first down while Green Bay has allowed 2.
Moving Forward (unless the refs flag us for holding again)
The Broncos offense is reeling. It has been stymied by two teams who hadn't really been able to stop any offense before they played us. Thankfully our offense will not have to face J.J. Watt, but that hasn't seemed to make a difference in the past two games. The Falcons had no healthy linebackers and the Chargers were down to their 7th string CB. It didn't seem to matter. Our offense has derped all over the field for two straight weeks. Will we solve things this week? I hope so. Many of us thought that getting Stephenson and Green back in the lineup would be some kind of panacea for the offense. It wasn't. Much like last season, the offense is causing the ship to take on water. Last year the defense was able to plug the holes in the boat and keep us floating all the way to the Lombardi trophy. Will the offensive turnaround happen this week? The offense doesn't need to become world-beaters, an improvement to mediocre should be enough to get us a win against an energized Texans team.
Broncos 13, Chargers 21: Thursday Night Football
What the #@!& is wrong with the Broncos defense?
Broncos struggles amplified in San Diego
Much-needed change is brewing for the Broncos Change is definitely needed, and it's coming. Quickly. Only time will tell if it's the change needed to get the Broncos back to contention and relevancy.


In the world of yacht racing, reducing battery weight is everything. By stripping the weight of a man (~75kg) permanently from the vessels makes the boat faster, simple as that.
The challenge was to integrate the two batteries into the vessel as a working system and ensure everything worked as before and also incorporate a new electric sheet winch into the design.
The catamaran has two motors, a Diesel inboard motor and a petrol outboard motor. They are used for different purposes but both being started from the single start battery. The current 25kg lead based start battery was replaced with a lightweight LBS 12V Start Battery which weighed under 8kg but still packed ample punch to start both engines. A special feature was incorporated into the design so that even if the start battery was too flat to turn on, a special Anderson key can unlock the last blast of power. This is the equivalent of a reserve fuel tank in the battery for emergencies. The current system of being able to put the house and start circuits in parallel also meant you could start the motors from power in the house battery. This gave a Plan B and Plan C. Every yachtsman will tell you, the more contingency plans in place the better for when the situation turns foul.
The catamaran had 4 permanently fixed solar panels and the current Victron Solar controllers were left in place. It was broken into 2 strings with a controller per string.
The house circuit supplied power to all the standard loads on a yacht of this type including lighting, communications and navigation equipment. The previous batteries were 3 x 120Ah AGM batteries (100kg). These were replaced with similar usable capacity in the form of a 200Ah lithium house battery (25kg). This is where the majority of the weight reduction was able to come from.
A new electric sheet winch that draws up to 100A under load was part of the upgrade. The power to this new winch and was supplied by the new Lithium house battery. The house circuits had the ability to be put into parallel with the start circuits and accept charge from the alternators of the two motors when underway or from the solar panels. This vessel had a good ratio of collection to storage and a good ratio of storage to load usage. It could maintain full functionality for many days without requiring incoming charge.
The remote monitoring screen was mounted in the main cabin to provide a simple fuel gauge of the battery storage and other information including time to empty or time to full.
Chris studied Chemical Engineering at University of Queensland and has spent 30 years in IT including 20 years as a senior regional manager at Cisco Systems.


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Les Championnats de France d'athlétisme en salle 1986 ont eu lieu les 25 et  au Stade couvert régional de Liévin.

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During a Thursday press conference, the Washington D.C. college student who was chased, tackled, and injured by police earlier this week gave the explanation ironically used by officers in fatal shootings — the same (and valid) declaration uttered by many in communities of color when encountering those sworn to protect them.
He feared for his life. So he ran.
The statement is a familiar mainstay adopted by officers in cases where they use fatal or brutal force — and many times, wrongly so — but it's not hard to believe that 18-year-old Jason Goolsby indeed thought he might die when a police SUV sped towards him and White officers jumped out with guns and pepper spray. Especially in the wake of a number of highly publicized police brutality incidents; one of which occurred just miles away in Baltimore this spring.
"He was well aware of the Freddie Gray incident, as well as numerous other incident of police brutality. He truly believed [the officer] was going to shoot him," the teenager's lawyer, Peter Grenier, said at Thursday's press conference.
Goolsby, a musician, was just standing at the ATM, contemplating whether or not to withdraw money for a studio session. But the student and his friend "were taught that when police cars drive up on black men, they have good reason to be afraid," DCist reports. So the only logical thing for the University of the District of Columbia student to do was run.
And that's what he did. But had the White woman who he opened the door for at the bank not felt "uncomfortable" at his mere presence, the incident might not have happened in the first place.
As the 18-year-old UDC student decided whether he still wanted to take out the cash, he saw a white couple headed toward the ATM with their baby, Grenier said. Instinctively, Goolsby opened the door for them to make it easier to get the stroller through.
Once they were inside, he didn't exchange any words with the family. Be he did think it was strange when the woman said she had forgotten something in the car and headed out without doing their clearly intended errand of taking out money.
Unaware of the call, Gooslby then left himself and was heading toward a 90 bus stop to visit his brother at Howard University when a fast-moving police SUV headed straight toward him, his lawyer said. Thinking that the car was about to run him over, he quickly jumped on the curb and was both scared and bewildered when the white police officer driving the car demanded he get on the ground.
The incident, Goolsby's lawyer suggested, was indeed about race.
"Being black is not probable cause for being arrested or detained," Grenier said, adding that they would consider filing a lawsuit after their investigation into the incident was complete. "I have zero doubt that if these young men were white, none of this would have happened," he said.
Grenier is currently reviewing whether the civil rights of Goolsby and the friend who videotaped the incident, Michael Brown, were violated after being profiled, detained for two hours, and then released.
For Goolsby, whose shoulder was injured in the melee, he just wants to make sure this doesn't happen again.
"I want to see justice," he said at the conference.
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You may have seen that New York Times report today about pricey curtains at U.N. Ambassador *Nikki Haley*'s residence, and the fact that the plans for the curtains were made while the Obama administration was still in charge.
The New York Times on Friday added an editor's note to its story on curtains.
Chopper 2 is over the Southern State Parkway where an overturned car has cause major delays in East Farmingdale.
According to SF Gate, The New York Times has introduced gender neutral bathrooms to their Manhattan, New York, headquarters.
Firefighters and utility workers are dealing with a manhole fire on East 32nd Street and two Midtown buildings have been evacuated due to carbon monoxide concerns. CBS2's Chris Wragge and Alex Denis..


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Dec. 1, 2021, 6:13 a.m. EST
Donaldson beat earnings expectations and raised outlook, as price increases helped offset rising costs
Donaldson Co. Inc. (DCI)
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Donaldson Co. Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203178592/composite DCI +1.33% reported Wednesday fiscal first-quarter profit and sales that rose above expectations and raised its full-year outlook, as price increases helped offset rising raw material, freight and labor costs. The filtration company's stock was still inactive in premarket trading. Net income for the quarter to Oct. 31 rose to $77.1 million, or 61 cents a share, from $61.9 million, or 48 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The FactSet consensus for earnings per share was 55 cents. Sales grew 19.5% to $760.9 million, above the FactSet consensus of $745.4 million. Meanwhile, cost of sales increased 21.7% to $503.9 million, as gross margin decreased to 33.8% from 35.0%. "Donaldson is increasing its fiscal 2022 sales and EPS guidance to reflect better than expected sales in the first quarter, combined with the anticipated incremental impact of additional price increases planned for the remainder of the year," the company stated. The company raised its EPS guidance range to between $2.57 and $2.73 from between $2.50 and $2.66 and lifted its sales growth outlook to 8% to 12% from 5% to 10%. The stock has dropped 16.1% over the past three months while the S&P 500 /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.05% has gained 1.0%.
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