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MOVE 2019
Conference sessions and activities will take place at the Henry hotel unless otherwise noted in the session description. Session details can be found in each session description by clicking the plus sign next to the title. To see MOVE 2017 highlights, click here.
Pre-Conference Workshops and Activities
Please join us for our Thursday night welcome reception at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) with Yemeni themed beverages and heavy appetizers, music and dancing, and networking.
Opening Plenary – 9:00am to 10:45am
Kick Off all Women's Plenary Panel
Women have always been leaders in social movements despite the countless barriers they have faced. In this opening panel, talented and tenacious women representing the arts, advocacy, and philanthropy will share their stories and strategies for breaking through the glass ceiling, inspiring us to build a better society for Arab Americans and all marginalized people.
Breakout Session 1 – 11:00am to 12:15pm
Women Leading Non-profits: Overcoming Bias and Barriers
In the nonprofit workforce, women are underrepresented in executive and leadership positions. When they are (finally) in these positions, women report feeling ignored and undervalued, facing increased scrutiny, and experiencing judgment from male counterparts or board members. Before we talk about solutions, we first need to talk. This session offers an open, safe space for women to have honest, even vulnerable, discussions about their experiences as nonprofit leaders.
Lessons from Detroit: History and Working Towards Equitable Revival
There's a wealth of knowledge to be learned from people who worked tirelessly to advocate for Detroiters during the economic downturn and subsequent upturn. This session will touch on the inspiring stories of those working to ensure that Detroit's revival does not come at the cost of displacing the generations that have built the city. Join us in hearing equitable and sustainable solutions through the work of artists, activists, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs from Detroit.
Time, Talent, and Treasure: Elevating Your Voice Through Giving
We can all make an impact with our generosity, no matter the size of our gift. Hear from a panel of inspirational Arab Americans as they share stories of supporting causes they care about, utilizing unique giving methods, and leveraging community support to elevate Arab American voices and make a greater impact.
Friday Lunch Plenary – 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Keynote Address: Your Voice, Our Future
During this highly anticipated keynote address, Marc Lamont Hill—a policy advocate, professor, journalist, and tireless activist—will address how we can raise our voices, work together to address issues impacting marginalized groups, and energize our communities to take action in the midst of a challenging and critical time.
Breakout Session 2 – 2:15pm to 3:30pm
Refugees in the United States: A Community Approach to Supporting New Americans
New Americans face unique challenges when it comes to building a better future for themselves and their children. Thankfully, there are many ways that we can effectively support these families as they settle into life in the U.S. This session will cover the current state of refugees in our country and discuss several community-based approaches to supporting New Americans.
Palestine in the U.S.: This Generation's Anti-Apartheid Movement
The current state of affairs for Palestinian advocacy in the U.S. is a gamble; many organizers and students advocating for Palestinian rights are faced with suppression and backlash. This session discusses our right to support justice in Palestine by using and protecting our voices in the process, while also highlighting and learning from the movements before us, and the dynamic solidarity from the Movement for Black Lives.
Creative Exchange: Artist & Presenter Share-Out
Join us for a sharing opportunity for Arab American artists and arts presenting organizations. This is a venue to exchange ideas, including works-in-progress, touring, and presenting plans to a network of like-minded Arab artists and arts programs across America. Each presenter will have up to 5 minutes to share.
The State of Hate: Confronting Systemic Issues
Join the conversation on the systemic issues our community must confront in order to see a more just and equitable society for all. In this workshop, facilitators will equip attendees with the heart, the grit, and the tools necessary for effectively combating issues of hate in our communities.
Counting the Community: Arab Americans and the U.S. Census
Join this panel of experts who will give us a historical overview of the census and the fight for a Middle Eastern North African (MENA) category. From a data and research standpoint, attendees will learn what this means for the community and where we can go from here.
National Policy Update: Health and Education
Join this session to hear the latest updates on ACCESS' two major national policy priorities. Speakers will provide an overview of why access to healthcare and education are critical to uplifting the Arab American community, and give attendees tips and strategies for supporting this work on the ground.
Entrepreneurship and Social Change
This cross-sector session, led by entrepreneurs, will share tools and resources to empower the audience to bring their business ideas to life while shifting perceptions, building community and effectively impacting social change. Following the panel, the audience may sign up for an opportunity to meet for 30 minutes with one entrepreneur.
Friday Night Signature Event
Our Friday night signature event features a reception – including a strolling dinner and beverages – and an original storytelling theater performance called Undesirable Elements/Dearborn at the iconic Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Breakout Session 4 – 9:00am to 10:15am
Undesirable Elements/Dearborn Talkback
Following Friday evening's performance, the Arab American National Museum and Ping Chong + Company will host a discussion with the performers of Undesirable Elements/Dearborn. The talkback will focus on the power of uplifting individual voices to tell a larger narrative, internal Arab American community criticism, the process of creating the show, and performer experience and impact.
Reclaiming the Narrative and Changing Perceptions
How can we craft our narratives as Arab Americans and share those stories broadly to change perceptions? What are creative ways to engage with media to get our stories out? Learn the innovative and unique ways that Arab Americans—and especially the next generation of Arab American storytellers—are documenting their histories and taking control of their stories.
The Greatest Impact for the Greatest Good: Philanthropic Tools and Strategies
Giving can be creative, too. Hear from innovative and impactful organizations and philanthropists who are making the most out of their giving. This panel will highlight unique approaches and tools such as giving circles, donor-advised and impact area funds and other non-traditional forms of philanthropy.
Everyday Advocacy: Systemic Oppression and Individual Impact
This session will share tactics for confronting oppressive systems and empowering Arab Americans and allies to fight back on issues negatively impacting immigrants & refugees. During this panel, speakers will broaden and boost community engagement by providing accessible advocacy skills that are easy to implement and yield greater results.
Making an Impact Overseas
What are the best approaches for supporting humanitarian relief, especially internationally? Is it better to support immediate or long-term relief? How can you ensure your donations are effective and impactful, particularly as it relates to giving in the Middle East? This session will address these questions and more to ensure attendees are making the greatest possible impact when giving overseas.
Arab American Identity, Race, and Racism
This facilitated discussion dives deep into issues of identity and race related to Arab Americans. Participants will explore both inter- and intra-manifestations of racism and colorism, focusing on the layers of identity that Arab Americans hold, and how the community overall can be more inclusive, equitable and open.
Leadership Through Board Service: How to Get Involved
Serving on a board is a great way to build your network while making a significant impact, yet Arab Americans are underrepresented on boards, commissions, and coalitions across the country. This session will address the responsibilities of board service, barriers and challenges that come up, and where to begin when it comes to getting involved with a board or commission.
Art as Resistance
Art is engaging and healing. Art is provocative and revealing. Art sends a message. From political hip hop to visual art, this session will emphasize art's relationship to resistance and explore the ways that art is utilized in organizing spaces, such as performances at demos, murals on mock walls and cultural boycott tactics that incorporate visual art and performance.
Saturday Lunch Plenary – 12:00 to 2:15pm
Saturday Lunch Plenary
Every day, Arab Americans are finding innovative ways to challenge the barriers facing their communities to reach a similar goal: a more just and equitable society for all. No matter who you are, you have a role to play in our future. This panel will touch on how we can reach across disciplines and work together to find creative solutions. The audience will leave with the tools they need to take action in building a more just and equitable society.
The Case for Support: Effective Fundraising Through Storytelling
Between foundations, corporate giving, and individual donors, the funding landscape has never been more robust or diverse – but how do you make the case for these institutions to support your work? During this session, funders will disclose what compels them to give and how grassroots organizations can better tell their stories to make a strong case for support.
Show Us What Democracy Looks Like: Arab Americans Getting Civically Engaged
This panel explores ways Arab and Muslim Americans can get involved strategically with the upcoming 2020 election & Census. What avenues are available to get engaged and how can we make an impact? As a community, what shared goals can we uplift? Learn how to get out the vote, get out the count, and advocate for issues you care about.
SWANA Futurism
Your auntie's sitting room 50 years in the future. All your cousins are there – the artists, engineers, city planners, gas station owners, the ones whose jobs we don't have names for yet, and their kids. Conversation sways between neighborhood gossip and the politics of the interstellar federation. Tea and cookies are served. Drawing from art, literature, activism, and contributions collected during MOVE, we will facilitate an interactive space for envisioning what SWANA futurism could, might, and will be.
Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Mental Health Townhall
Our community is in crisis from issues related to substance use, addiction, and mental health. We must come together to move the needle for our community and find meaningful and inclusive solutions to these issues that have historically been viewed as taboo. Staff from ACCESS' Community Health and Research Center will share best practices and engage the community in a discussion about accessible and culturally sensitive resources that are available to better support our impacted friends and neighbors.
Membership for Good: Leading Community Change Through Professional Organizations
Arab Americans are leading change at all levels of society, including through their professional networks. A panel of leaders from Arab American professional organizations will share their models for supporting the professional growth of their members while giving back in communities and inspiring the next generation of leaders.
MOVE is powered by ACCESS and jointly hosted by its three national institutions: Arab American National Museum, Center for Arab American Philanthropy, and National Network for Arab American Communities.
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Western State Hospital
Western State Hospital General Information
History of Western State Hospital
Established - 1871
Western State Hospital is located on the site of historic Fort Steilacoom. Fort Steilacoom served as a military post from 1849 to 1868 when the federal government abandoned it. The Washington territory purchased the fort with the intent of turning it into a hospital for the insane. The new hospital, called the "Insane Asylum of Washington Territory," opened in 1871 with 15 men and 6 women patients transferred in from Monticello, Washington.
The period between 1871 and 1875 was very difficult for the new hospital. A local businessman had contracted with the legislature to look after the daily needs of the patients. At the same time, a resident physician was hired to provide psychiatric treatment and medical care. Unfortunately, patient neglect became so bad at the hands of the businessman contractor, that the Medical Society of the Washington Territory had to intervene. The Medical Society was instrumental in influencing the legislature to abandon the dual-management system and to place total care of the patients with a medical superintendent.
Statehood in 1889 brought about another change to the hospital: the name was changed to Western State Hospital. When the number of patients reached 200, a committee was selected to locate an accessible location for a second state hospital. Medical Lake in eastern Washington was chosen as the site for Eastern State Hospital, as it was only eight miles from the main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and was on three stage routes.
As times changed for the new State of Washington, so did methods for treating the mentally ill admitted to Western State Hospital. Hydrotherapy was the early treatment of choice. Wet packs, hot tubs and showers were used for nearly 50 years to create a calming effect for the patients. Insulin therapy was started in the mid 1930's, followed by electric shock therapy. A surgical procedure called the frontal lobotomy was used for a period of time. It was later replaced with psychotropic drugs, counseling, and behavior modification therapies which are all still used today.
WSH - Information for: Clients
WSH -- Information for: Family and Friends
WSH -- Information for: Providers
WSH -- Information for: Staff
Graduate Practica & Internships
Western State Hospital Administration
Western State Hospital -- Patient Care Centers
Western State Hospital - Hospital Services
Western State Hospital Internship Program
Western State Hospital Internship Staff
Systems Improvement Agreement
Child Study and Treatment Center
Office of Forensic Mental Health Services
Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Special Commitment Center

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Q: Retrieve user from existing table User I'm really new to Symfony and I'm learning how it works.
So I have a DB and a table on it called USER with the fields name,username,password etc etc.
I'm trying to create a login form that will take the user from that table.
I've already created my enity User
I've read the doc here, but it's not what I want, because as i said my entity it's still there.
Should I use FOS user bunble? I've read the doc here of this bundle, but I didn't get the final part (step7).So my question is, can I use my User Entity with FOS user Bundle? If the answer is no, there is another solution to that, sicne I don't what to change my DB table?
Thank everyone in advance
P.s I generated the User entity following this dochere and this is the resulting class
namespace LocalWorker\BackendBundle\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
/**
 * Utente
 */
class Utente
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $uNome;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $uCognome;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $uUsername;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $uPassword;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $uEmail;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $uRuolo;

    /**
     * @var integer
     */
    private $uStatus;

    /**
     * @var \DateTime
     */
    private $uDateIns;

    /**
     * @var \DateTime
     */
    private $uDateActive;

    /**
     * @var integer
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    private $uId;

    /**
     * Set uNome
     *
     * @param string $uNome
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUNome($uNome)
    {
        $this->uNome = $uNome;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uNome
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getUNome()
    {
        return $this->uNome;
    }

    /**
     * Set uCognome
     *
     * @param string $uCognome
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUCognome($uCognome)
    {
        $this->uCognome = $uCognome;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uCognome
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getUCognome()
    {
        return $this->uCognome;
    }

    /**
     * Set uUsername
     *
     * @param string $uUsername
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUUsername($uUsername)
    {
        $this->uUsername = $uUsername;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uUsername
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getUUsername()
    {
        return $this->uUsername;
    }

    /**
     * Set uPassword
     *
     * @param string $uPassword
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUPassword($uPassword)
    {
        $this->uPassword = $uPassword;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uPassword
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getUPassword()
    {
        return $this->uPassword;
    }

    /**
     * Set uEmail
     *
     * @param string $uEmail
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUEmail($uEmail)
    {
        $this->uEmail = $uEmail;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uEmail
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getUEmail()
    {
        return $this->uEmail;
    }

    /**
     * Set uRuolo
     *
     * @param string $uRuolo
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setURuolo($uRuolo)
    {
        $this->uRuolo = $uRuolo;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uRuolo
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getURuolo()
    {
        return $this->uRuolo;
    }

    /**
     * Set uStatus
     *
     * @param integer $uStatus
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUStatus($uStatus)
    {
        $this->uStatus = $uStatus;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uStatus
     *
     * @return integer
     */
    public function getUStatus()
    {
        return $this->uStatus;
    }

    /**
     * Set uDateIns
     *
     * @param \DateTime $uDateIns
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUDateIns($uDateIns)
    {
        $this->uDateIns = $uDateIns;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uDateIns
     *
     * @return \DateTime
     */
    public function getUDateIns()
    {
        return $this->uDateIns;
    }

    /**
     * Set uDateActive
     *
     * @param \DateTime $uDateActive
     * @return Utente
     */
    public function setUDateActive($uDateActive)
    {
        $this->uDateActive = $uDateActive;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get uDateActive
     *
     * @return \DateTime
     */
    public function getUDateActive()
    {
        return $this->uDateActive;
    }

    /**
     * Get uId
     *
     * @return integer
     */
    public function getUId()
    {
        return $this->uId;
    }
}

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Our marine biologist Matthieu Petit had recently the privilege to be invited as speaker at the last TEDx Event in Papeete. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).
The TEDx Event organized by TEDx Papeete on March 7th 2018 was the opportunity of the 3 speakers to talk about the tourism. Matthieu, our guide, which works since 10 years to the promotion of the ecotourism in French Polynesia, talked during 15 minuts about his idea: How to swim with marine wildlife ?
The opportunity to share his passion for the ocean and marine wildlife conservation but also to tell more about one of his most incredible underwater encounters. This photo of our partner Caine Delacy (see photo below) taken during one of our expeditions has totally hypnotized the public as the behaviour of the three species there has never been observed before.
Video of the TEDx talk available in the next weeks on our Youtube Channel.


Since the mid-1990s, Spanish dramas have blown U.S. shows out of the water on local free-to-air primetime TV. Now Spaniards are plunging into an ever-building format export market.
As a finished product, Spanish TV dramas already boast solid international presence, with Boomerang's epic drama "The Time in Between" and Diagonal's historical fiction "Isabel." Both sold to over 75 countries, and Bambu's period skeins "Gran Hotel" and "Velvet" were acquired by key international buyers such as Hulu and Netflix.
A recent phenomenon, TV adaptation right sales, particularly to the U.S, suggests a qualitative leap in terms of ambition.
To date, three Spanish drama formats have seen English-language remakes Stateside. Aired in 2014 on CW, sci-fi romance "Star-Crossed" was adapted by CBS Studios from an original idea by Madrid's Isla Producciones. Also in 2014, Fox remade Filmax's dramedy "Red Band Society." More successfully, "The Mysteries of Laura," now in its second season at NBC, is a Boomerang drama produced by Warner Bros. in the U.S.
Televisa USA is teaming with Lantica Media to produce an English-language "Gran Hotel," and Lionsgate is working on a U.S. redo of "Velvet." Thriller "Personal Motives," which ABC Studios and Ellen Pompeo are developing, adapts a 2005 Boomerang hit, aired by Mediaset Espana's Telecinco. More recently, former Fox Television Studios chief Emiliano Calemzuk optioned redo rights to RTVE's sci-fi series "The Ministry of Time," per Gonzalo Sagardia at Onza Partners.
Option rights give Spanish rights holders $8,000-$15,000 and $50,000 for a a pilot episode. But the biz really takes off if a season is greenlit and the original producers tap returns from a U.S. version, including possible international/syndication revenues. A 13-episode season broadcast by a network could generate $600,000 for Spanish producers.
"We've earned more with other TV adaptations but U.S. remakes obviously open other markets," says Ivan Diaz, Filmax international head, whose long-awaited "I Know Who You Are," produced with Mediaset Espana was selected for MipDrama Screenings.
In general, "international sales are already generating an interesting account, not just prestige as they did before," says Sonia Martinez, head of fiction at broadcaster Atresmedia.
Cultural affinities turn Latin America and the increasingly bilingual U.S. into preferential markets for Spanish dramas.
Spanish free-to-air broadcasters receive 70% of local TV fiction formats' international sales and 30% go to indie TV producers says Cesar Benitez, co-founder of Plano a Plano, which made Atresmedia's comedy "Down Below" and Mediaset Espana's thriller "El Principe," Spain's top primetime shows.
Acquired last year by France's giant Lagardere Active, Boomerang is developing two TV fiction projects in Chile, one a nonstop daily-soap for Mega.
Grupo Secuoya has operations in Colombia, Chile and Peru and launches free-to-air channel Ten this month in Spain. The plan is to adapt hit Spanish series and co-produce dramas, says Secuoya's head of international Jose Miguel Barrera.
Spain's TV dramas are moving from local comedies to more universal subjects: Mediapro's Globomedia and Bambu, for instance, plan separate Galicia-based drug traffic skeins, respectively "Oeste" and "Farina," latter for Atresmedia.
"TV fiction has become the new manna," says Javier Mendez, head of content at Mediapro, who's teaming with HBO, Sky and Canal Plus on high-end series "The Young Pope," starring Jude Law.


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Origins of the website
Greatefulness
Balloon Launches
Launches by Year
Launches by Site or Base
Detailed mission reports
Balloon Encyclopedia
Stratopedia
An encyclopedia about the who, what, when, where and why of scientific ballooning
KENNEDY, Gregory P.
Gregory P. Kennedy is an internationally known expert in aerospace history and informal educator.
He was born in Washington DC and as a teenager he used to hang out at the Smithsonian Institution whenever he had off from school. This led to his first job in the museum field, at the National Air and Space Museum where he worked 14 years (with a three year break to serve in the US Army). After that he moved to New Mexico. At the Air and Space Museum, he was Associate Curator for Manned Space Flight, and became Executive Director of the International Space Hall of Fame.
He also managed other museums in Texas, Kansas and Pennsylvania, all of them related to aviation and space flight, including the American Airlines C. R. Smith Museum; and No.1 British Flying Training School Museum. He has authored, co-authored, or edited eight books on space history.
It was during his tenure at the Smithsonian that he became fascinated with Project Manhigh and the contributions of high-altitude ballooning to space exploration. At the Space Center (currently known as the New Mexico Museum of Space History) in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Mr. Kennedy met many Project Manhigh personnel. This would led years later to the publication of "Touching Space: The Story of Project Manhigh", the best documented book about the project which was released by Schiffer Publishing Company of Atglen, Pennsylvania.
Today, he lives in Philadelphia and work at The National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center in Southampton, where he conducts training for commercial spaceflight participants and suborbital scientists, along with various workshops and summer-camp programs which he has created for teachers and students.
Recently, he was selected by Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, to join four other citizen-astronaut candidates who are training to fly in the near future as payload operators on the Lynx spacecraft, currently under construction by XCOR Aerospace in Mojave, California.
Touching Space. The story of Project Manhigh (Book)
Books by Gregory Kennedy - at Amazon website
Greg Kennedy joints citizen astronaut corps - announcement at Citizens in Space website
Gregory Kennedy profile - at NASTAR center
About StratoCat
Some Statistics
+ 2000 pictures, many historical ones
+ 20 articles from different contributors
+ 12.400 balloon launch records already published
+ 13.600 balloon launch records in the full database
StratoCat is a non-profit, educational and informative website created, developed and programmed by Luis E. Pacheco. It is based on an idea first conceived by the author in 2001 and is online since September 17th, 2005.
This website is an independent initiative, and thus is not endorsed, supported or have any relationship with any governmental or private agency or company in the balloon field.
Page generated on 25-Feb-2018 - 01:05:25pm © StratoCat 2005~2017 - All Rights Reserved.


Managing a number of portfolios within both domestic and international markets this employer of choice has a strong reputation within the market for delivering sustainable and progressive business solutions. To support a major implementation project, the opportunity has arisen for an astute Senior Accountant to join the team on a fixed term contract for 6 months to assist in an increase workload brought about by the implementation project.
We are looking for a candidate who is competent in embracing the challenges of a new role and who can independently navigate new systems and new reporting requirements in a relatively short timeframe. Ideally you will have experience with an accounting role with an investment focus or have similar experience within financial services. A degree in a relevant discipline – Accounting or Finance is essential and ideally you will be CPA or CA qualified with a minimum of 5 years commercial experience.
You will be given the opportunity to work in one of Queensland's leading organisations in a central CBD location. In return, you will be rewarded with an inclusive and high performing culture in a fast paced and dynamic environment.


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Sue Ciaramicoli, Volunteer Curator of the Little Red Shop Museum in Hopedale, MA, gets ready to greet new visitors.
Leading. Teaching. Giving.
Our volunteers provide a vital link between the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the communities that are included within its boundaries. These passionate individuals foster a sense of pride and a concern for the Blackstone Valley of the past, present and future.
The Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program is a highly respected program of the National Park Service and is administered locally by Blackstone Heritage Corridor, Inc. (BHC). The VIP program aims to create a mutually-rewarding experience for the volunteer and the National Park Service by matching individual interests with the many different venues, groups and events.
BHC provides program coordination, recruiting, training, and networking opportunities for volunteers that support both the National Heritage Corridor, the new National Historical Park, and any of our dozens of partners. With over 200 volunteers, the Volunteers-In-Parks program is a dynamic part of the fabric of the Blackstone Valley.
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer?
Interested in learning more about BHC's Volunteer program? Please provide contact information:
Name (ex: Jim Smith):*
Phone (you will only be contacted by phone if no email is provided above):
Please contact us with any of your questions.
Contact information for the VIP program:
Email: volunteer@BlackstoneHeritageCorridor.org
Blackstone River Bikeway Ambassadors
Blackstone Valley Paddle Club
How to Become a VIP
Volunteer Hours Make a Difference!
Corporate Volunteer Opportunities


Washington, DC - April 10, 2018 - REQ's work for Ampeer has been selected as an Official Honoree in the Websites: Real Estate category in the 22nd Annual Webby Awards.
Washington DC - March 9, 2018 - FierceCEO featured REQ and CEO Tripp Donnelly on the importance of reputation in building a successful brand.
Award-winning digital marketing and brand management company RepEquity today announced its rebrand as REQ.
In 2016, we worked with CSRA, a Virginia-based leader in government and technology contracting, to develop a new brand tagline: "Think Next. Now." CSRA debuted the tagline in their 2017 Super Bowl commercial, which aired in the greater Washington region.
RepEquity today announced that CFO and COO Kyong Choe has been named by the Washington Business Journal as a 2016 CFO of the Year Award recipient.


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The latest thing in Europe is "to have an existence." I noticed this phrase often coming up while half-following the French election campaign. They now have a thirty-nine year old technocrat for president, named after a diacritical mark in Latin and Hungarian. That makes him, I think, a long vowel, or a heavy syllable. I shall think of him poetically, with breves on either side. On checking, I see that he may also have an existence in Livonian, Samogician, school Arabic, and various Polynesian languages.
Indeed, I wondered why they declared him the victor with the vote from Tahiti not yet in. Have they no existences there, too?
His wife is sixty-four, as everyone must know. They've been "an item" since he was fifteen. That would be when she was thirty-nine, I calculate. But they are married, now: him for the very first time. He and his step-daughter were classmates; "Ms Trogneux," as she calls herself, their teacher. Drama is what she taught, I gather. And in a Jesuit school. She says that Macron was "precocious." She was an heiress to a wealthy chocolatier, married to a banker at the time. (They had other children.) A lot of interesting things are possible under French law. Here in America, she might have been prosecuted, instead. One sees that sort of thing a lot in Fox News.
Suddenly I remember a girl of fourteen. Her surname is lost to memory, but she had the same given name as this new first lady of France: "Brigitte." Long tumbling auburn hair, sun-bleached, tied into a ponytail while working. Sharp features, and a beautiful slight assymetry. Piercing blue eyes. We were picking grapes together in the Médoc. (You could get these jobs easily, during the harvest, even if you were an illegal like me, just travelling through.) The girl looked older; "precocious" I would say. I was myself already an old man, some months past twenty.
Everyone drank wine, from big tumblers, just to quench our thirst; all ages. This in a shack in the fields, to which one retired, thirsty and exhausted. Good red "table wine," as I recall; better than the stuff they export. Perhaps that had something to do with it.
Confusing myself with Henry V, and the young lady with Catherine of Valois, I asked if we could be married. My French was as bad as Henry's. (It is worse now.)
It turned out that we could, under French law.
But she said that her father would not approve. (He didn't like "Anglo-Saxons.") And as she was plentifully supplied with big brothers, I decided not to press my suit.
Apparently, this Macron's parents didn't approve, either. But I would guess he is more wilful than I.
Everyone "has an existence," as I have said, from my attentive reading of the European fashions. This includes everyone I've mentioned. And they have a philosophy, called Existentialism, over there. It says that everyone has an existence, and develops through acts of will, not only by thought but by "feelings," in a world that is perfectly absurd. Ah, Europe. (Perhaps Existentialism is out of date, I must check.)
It doesn't really matter who is President of France. The country has never been governable. I didn't like her much, but thought that "Marine" Le Pen would have been more entertaining. I would not go so far as to say that she doesn't have an existence any more; only that it must be diminished.
Everyone has an existence, you know. And a will, too, that's what I've found. And these days anyone can marry anyone, it seems. That's because they "have an existence."
It's all in a book I was reading, back when I was picking grapes: L'Être et le néant, by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Goes well with big tumblers of wine.


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-Thanks
Vijay

A: No, it won't.  The directives within one virtual host only apply to that host.
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Photo 1. Soleimani delivering address today, according to Iranian media.
Qassem Soleimani, the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) extraterritorial branch the Qods Force, appears to be in Iran after a separate trip to Syria last month.
Soleimani delivered an address today at a martyrs commemoration ceremony, according to Iranian media, during which he discussed "the advances of Islam's corps and back-to-back defeats of Global Arrogance [West]" in the Middle East.
Soleimani credited the leadership of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who is "assisted with divine approval," as "the primary factor of power" for important victories. The lack of such leadership is the "enemy's primary weakness," according to Soleimani.
"We all wish that our lives are lessened moment by moment and added to the life of the dear leader of the revolution," he declared.
Approximately three weeks ago, photographs surfaced on social media showing Soleimani in eastern Aleppo and by the Old Aleppo Citadel after the Syrian government and its military partners conquered the area. Western and Iranian media outlets widely circulated the images.
Several days after those images appeared from eastern Aleppo, IRGC-backed Iraqi Shiite militia Harakat Ansar Allah al Awfiya ("the Movement of the Loyal Partisans of God") posted images of Soleimani on Dec. 21 apparently visiting the group's Syria contingent, Harakat Ansar Allah al Awfiya fi Souriya, near Aleppo (photos 2, 3, 4, and 5 below). The exact date the images were produced was not immediately clear.
Tasked with executing Iranian strategy in Syria, Soleimani leads a Shiite foreign legion waging jihad under the call of defending the Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Damascus. The international expeditionary force also fights on behalf of the embattled President Bashar al Assad.
Soleimani's travels outside of Iran violate an international travel ban in effect until 2020, under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorses the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Re: the exalted Supreme Leader … about a decade ago, a section was set up inside Khamenei's office for "researching the deepest meanings" of Khamenei's writings. Problem was, except for translating other men's works, he hadn't published anything. Especially compared to the late Montazeri, he's a back-country preacher, and he knows that.
Soleimani's praise is interesting – a further deification of the old man who's done so much to help his friends and supporters in the IRGC.


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Julio Casero gave us a warm and heartfelt introduction to delegates in the Teatro Principal on the Thursday morning of the Congress and noted that we had mounted a crowdsourcing campaign to attend as visual artists. He also explained that we were donating my beetle gallery silkscreen prints and a selection of archival reproductions of Claire's art to the University of Valladolid. Since it has a Sustainable Forestry Institute, the UVa seems like a perfect place for our art to reside!
Bill and Claire at the Teatro Principal podium following their presentation; photo courtesy of Cristina Prieto.
Photo of Claire in her studio by Annerose Georgeson.
Claire's first solo exhibition of her pine beetle based work at Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, 2009.
Dead standing Lodgepole pine on the left reveals beetle galleries below the bark; Edgeworthia "paperbush" at Vancouver's Van Dusen Gardens (photo courtesy of Kathy Kinakin).
The late Nicaraguan artist, muralist and teacher, Boanerges Cerrato, making Espadillo paper with Bill at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Managua, 1986.
Thanks again to Chris Harris and Annerose Georgeson for allowing us to use some of their photos.
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This large eddy simulation captures the start of knocking combustion in the CFR engine. The green iso-surface represents the corrugated turbulent flame front. Blue regions depict end-gas auto-ignition ahead of the flame. Velocity contours are shown on the horizontal cut plane.
The fuel and engine community has been using Cooperative Fuel Research (CFR) engines for nearly a century to quantify a fuel's "knocking" propensity, or the likelihood that it will autoignite in the engine under typical operating conditions. But there is a lot behind this standardized test method for internal combustion engines that scientists don't yet understand.
That could soon change now that researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a virtual model of the actual "hardware" CFR engine.
This new, three-dimensional engine simulation tool can help researchers probe how a fuel's chemical kinetics translate into its octane rating.
Their project is part of a broader DOE initiative called the Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines, or Co-Optima, which is co-funded by the Bioenergy Technologies Office and the Vehicle Technologies Office of the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Co-Optima aims to simultaneously transform both transportation fuels and vehicles, helping researchers identify and develop engines designed to run more efficiently on affordable, scalable and sustainable fuels.
Pinaki Pal's modeling work and the experimental campaign led by Christopher Kolodziej, highlight the value of both hardware and virtual experimentation — and how each is augmented by the other.
Engine "knocking" signals abnormal combustion, caused by violent chemical reactions and pressure dynamics that can damage critical engine components such as the cylinder head and pistons.
A fuel's knock resistance is reflected in its octane rating, characterized at local gasoline stations by a pump octane number of 87, 89 or 91-93. If the number is high, the fuel is less likely to autoignite or knock during combustion, but these values are becoming less predictive for modern downsized boosted spark-ignition engines.
With the new model, researchers can begin computerized experiments using any fuel they like.
"We can come up with new fuel formulations and readily assess their performance using simulations," Pal said.
Now is the time to take action, he added. A better understanding of fuel octane rating, Pal said, "is crucial to improving the efficiency of modern boosted engines and designing novel fuels to reduce petroleum consumption and emissions." Improved fuel efficiency benefits national security, domestic competitiveness and eases the burden on the household wallet.
The researchers used Argonne's Laboratory Computing Resource Center and the HPC center at the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy supports early-stage research and development of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies that make energy more affordable and strengthen the reliability, resilience, and security of the U.S. electric grid.


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Chippin' Away at Brain Cancer
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On September 28th, at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton, IL, family, friends and community supporters will gather again to honor the life of Ryan J. Hanrahan, and all those affected by brain tumors, at the 3rd Annual Grabowski Scramble.
Ryan was diagnosed with an inoperable astrocytoma in July 2015. This type of tumor, while considered rare (< 200,000 U.S. cases per year), is notorious for its high level (grade 4) malignancy classification, highly aggressive growth rate and ability to spread rapidly within the brain. Ryan put up a courageous fight to extend his life however, on December 14, 2015, at the age of 30, Ryan lost his battle with brain cancer.
"While Ryan may not have won his individual battle, we will help him win the war against brain cancer," his family states. "In just two short years, the Grabowski Scramble has raised over $87,000 to support families impacted by brain cancer and fund research towards finding a cure.
If Ryan's last name was Hanrahan, why is the scramble called Grabowski? And furthermore, what is a Grabowski?
Chicago is a town based on hard work. Throughout its history, people come to Chicago from other parts of the country and world to work hard. No matter the job, blue collar, white collar, menial, servile or powerful. Chicagoans work hard. They're Grabowski's. The term Grabowski was brought to national attention by former Chicago Bears Coach, Mike Ditka who, in speaking about his 1985 Bears, said, "Some teams are fair-haired. Some aren't. Some teams are a Smith, some are a Grabowski…we're a Grabowski." According to Ryan's family, he loved this quote so much, his nickname became "The Grabowski" because of the values inherent in Chicago are what Ryan embodied throughout his life.
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Easy-to-use techniques for eliminating negativity in the workplace.
Let's start with the bottom line first. If you have lazy teammates, cranky customers, bossy bosses or rigid co-workers, then Bad Apples is for you! Bad attitudes in the workplace can deteriorate morale, lower productivity, and increase costs. This program can give supervisors, managers and employees some practical, easy-to-use techniques for eliminating negativity in the workplace. Like the saying "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch", one person with a bad attitude can have a negative impact on the entire team or company! Bad Apples is a learning experience to help people understand how attitudes impact relationships and provides a process for overcoming attitudes that may be stifling their individual and team performance. Bad Apples can help the bad apples shine!
Recognize and describe the characteristics of a bad attitude.
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Developed in the 1960s in California, the Esalen Massage melds classical oil massage with slow, flowing long strokes on the whole body, often with pressure of the forearms. It uses a wide variety of stretches, joint mobilizing, rhythmic movements, conterbalance, deep tissue detail and energy work. The undressed client is covered by a sheet, with only the area being worked on exposed.
The practitioner works with the receiver, rather on him, responding to his/her breath, allowing him/her to change postures and to move during the massage, supporting the emotional processes arising.
Principles behind Esalen Massage involve resonance, intention, listening, breath, and innate body intelligence. Giving, as well as receiving, an Esalen Massage is a relaxing and regenerating experience.
The major benefit of Esalen massage therapy is relaxation. The therapist makes a point to listen to the client, and adjusts her strokes based on signs of relaxation and comfort.
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Place: Breitenrainquartier in Bern. Length: about 90 minutes plus an exchange about your wishes and state before and after the massage. An Esalen Massage costs 130.- Frs (120.- Frs for low incomes). If you just want a local massage (60 min., including anamnesis), it will cost you Frs 100.- (for low incomes: Frs. 90.-). I am recognized by the EGK insurance (if you have the complementary insurance there). You can also order me a voucher to make a present (+5.- mailing tax).


The Granite City budget was $51.32 million for its 2017 fiscal year, or $3,944 per household.
That's a decrease of 2.6 percent from 2016, when the city spent $52.70 million, or $4,049 per household.
Granite has 13,014 households and a population of 28,908.
Since 2001, the Granite City budget has grown by 50.7 percent, from $34.05 million. The city population has fallen 7.1 percent over the same period, from 31,101.
Salaries accounted for 31.4 percent of city spending in 2017. Granite property taxpayers paid $16.10 million for 230 full-time employees and 83 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 225 full-time employees and 27 part-time employees, and spent $15.34 million.
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'Everything is going wrong' Jeremy Clarkson left frustrated over bad day at the farm
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Jeremy Clarkson, 61, is currently filming for the second series of Prime Video's Clarkson's Farm. The former Top Gear presenter took to Twitter today to tell his followers about his bad farming day with "everything going wrong".
Today isn't one of them.
Jeremy bought a farm in Oxfordshire in 2009, and took the farm over himself in 2019 when the farm keeper died.
The presenter has had his work cut out for him with this latest business venture, but has made a successful TV series out of it.
Jeremy however has admitted that not every day goes as you would expect at the farm.
In view of his 7.6 million followers, he penned: "Some days in farming are very good fun.
"Today isn't one of them. Everything is going wrong simultaneously."
Many took to the comments to share their concerns with the star and also share their concerns.
JoDawn said: "As long as it's not going as wrong as my dog walk went yesterday, you'll be fine.
"My dog ran sideways into my leg and dislocated the kneecap!"
DaveSimon10 added: "What does not kill you, makes you stronger… apparently."
Peach4593 commented: "Been quite a mild dryish winter in the Cotswolds, Jeremy.
"Is that good or bad for you?"
Jeremy recently received a health and safety warning due to his promotional pictures for his show's latest series.
In the promotional photo in question, Jeremy can be seen driving a tractor with his co-star Kaleb lying in the weight box at the front.
Stephanie Berkeley, manager of the Farm Safety Foundation, told Farmers Weekly that Clarkson's Farm could have encouraged more responsible use of farming equipment.
She stated: "This programme could be a great way to help improve this, so it is a pity that they chose to use this photo displaying such poor safety behaviour.
"Agriculture continues to have the poorest safety record of any occupation in the UK and we are working hard to change that."
Elizabeth Creed, farm safety consultant at the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, said it was "highly disappointing" the photo had featured in the promotion for the new series.
She said: "It is frustrating that the team at Clarkson's Farm did not recognise that their platform has a huge potential for influencing and encouraging a positive safety culture in farming.
"We have suffered a number of fatal incidents this year."
A Clarkson's Farm spokesperson has said in a statement to the Daily Star: "Our first series showed Jeremy has great respect for the farming community.
"However, its remit (or the programme) is not a 'how to guide' to farmers who already know far more than he does."
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That Time I Went to Film Camp
Posted on November 11, 2017 November 11, 2017 by Betty
The summer I turned sixteen, I went to the same film camp as Steven Spielberg's son. We weren't in the same cohort – he was in the 4-week program and I in the 6-week – but I wondered if, by our programs' respective ends, we reached similar conclusions about ourselves.
That summer I learned two things about myself. The first was that I didn't have what it took to be a filmmaker. I had grossly underestimated the amount of work making a movie entailed, even the 3-5 minute short we were required to produce by the program's end. I thought the whole thing was, for lack of a better word, a hassle.
I learned that with student films the director was often also the writer, producer, editor, and props, music, and casting departments. Taking all these things into consideration, along with the beating Los Angeles sun, I tailored my script to be as hassle-free as possible, and mostly taking place indoor. It was hastily-written, poorly-thought out, and haphazardly-produced. The kind that makes one's film instructors scratch their heads and wonder why a student of such low caliber – or why parents of a student of such low caliber – would agree to spend the $5000 it cost to enroll, not including fees for room and board. Looking back though, this was petty cash compared to what it cost for my repeat performance twelve years later in my MFA program.
The plot of my story escapes me now, but I do remember a woman ends up hanging herself. Probably a lover's spat. I shot the final scene by asking the actress (I hope she's since been presented with much meatier roles) to hang by her hands from a fire escape on the backlot of Universal Studios and filmed just her gently swaying feet from the knees down. For the soundtrack I used Sinead O'Connor's "Lullaby for Cain", which I'd happen to bring along with me, as part of the soundtrack to The Talented Mr. Ripley, a movie I found both elegant and disturbing.
When the movie was "screened" at the program's end, I could practically hear my classmate's disparaging thoughts. But in reality they probably didn't think much at all, so focused was everyone on the "reception" of their own films. The fact that I remember some of my classmates' films better than my own hopefully indicates that my film was neither terrific nor abominable, just bland and forgettable in ways early attempts at any craft are.
The second thing I learned about myself was, compared to the rest of the self-proclaimed "auteurs" at film camp, my taste was pretty mainstream. Or as the cool kids say today, basic.
This was a different feeling altogether. To live to the age of sixteen and have always prided myself at being somewhat different from my peers and to, at least on the surface, seem obsessed not with boys, clothes, or makeup but with movies, and to declare the summer after sophomore year that I was going to take my obsession to the next step and go to film camp, I thought that made me pretty unique. A special flower from Orange County, California.
But in film camp it became clear that I was a suburban bumpkin with preferences to match (e.g. The Cheesecake Factory). I didn't really know too much about film or its history. At least not compared to my classmates, many of whom seemed to come from big cities – New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles, where our program was held because, Hollywood – I felt I knew next to nothing about film and its history.
Their tastes seemed both more mature and varied, and to span decades that predated us all, when I didn't even know film technology existed. They had been exposed to a much larger catalogue of films than I'd ever been. From them I observed that my love for film wasn't love at all, but a middling interest. It wasn't about watching Access Hollywood for celebrity updates and being willing to wait in line at the local AMC to buy tickets of whatever big budget blockbuster was being released at the time. It was to take the time to devour all the films that had come before, to peruse the middle sections of Blockbuster and even, to read about films and their makers, especially the ones that paved the way for the more recent, still living directors we aspired to be.
But at the tender age of sixteen, I was already well settled in my tendency to half-ass things. To see the tip of the iceberg and wave it away.
"I think I have a good sense of the rest, thanks."
My classmates however, came with intellectual guns blazing, spewing forth film titles and auteur names as though they'd crammed for the program by memorizing the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time and some other countries' lists as well.
In most of our classes, we were asked to introduce ourselves and name our favorite films.
"Citizen Kane and Breathless."
"The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction." Over half the guys in my cohort mentioned at least one of these movies in their lists.
"Oh my god how can you even choose," a particularly precocious kid from Chicago said, "I'm a big foreign film guy so…" – he rubbed his still hairless chin – "Ran by Kurosawa, The 400 Blows, 8 1/2, Delicatessen…"
Other classmates seemed to nod along while I immediately disliked the person and thought, "What is all that."
As my turn drew closer I remember thinking really hard about the most obscure and possibly highbrow movies I had seen but drew a blank. Did Fight Club count? I really really enjoyed it. And wasn't Edward Norton sort of like the actor's actor and like it was cool to say his name? But we weren't talking about respected actors, we were talking about classic films and people were going to judge me for the rest of the six weeks depending on what I said today because clearly, it matters what your taste in movies is especially if you're at freakin' film camp and Jesus why didn't I do a little more research before coming here and watching a few more "classic" movies so that I wouldn't have to tell the truth?
"Jurassic Park," I said, "And Indiana Jones one and three. I really like Steven Spielberg."
The instructor nodded, his expression one of "basic, but ok. No complaints from me."
"Spielberg is, well, Spielberg," he said.
The kid from Chicago said, "Third Encounters of the Close Kind is sick."
Great, I thought, I haven't seen that one.
But my anxiety lifted a little. Yet even though it seemed that after me, the unspoken ban on listing mainstream, commercial success stories was lifted, it was clear that Scorcese, Tarantino, de Palma and anyone foreign and/or dead were way cooler directors to cite than Spielberg.
I wish I could say that that summer, I transformed into a true film buff. Or someone who took the learning of any craft as seriously as I took changing into comfortable pants before settling in to watch a good movie. But instead, like a handful of students, I embarked on a fleeting sentimental education.
I saw kids my age smoke for the first time, holding cigarettes in the world-weary way I'd later see college students do at NYU, and talk matter-of-factly about blowjobs and drugs.
I met a very smart sixteen year-old Asian kid from New York whose parents worked on Wall Street and who walked around with a copy of Ginsberg's Howl in the back pocket of his expensive jeans. He only crushed on petite, blonde girls who clearly did not see him in the same romantic light and, even more than scripts, wanted to write poetry. He said without irony that poetry wasn't going to make him any money, which is why he was also into film. When he showed me some of his work, I found it long and disappointing. It didn't rhyme. Because of him, I haven't yet cracked into Ginsberg.
My roommate was a 15-year old girl from Connecticut whose mother called every day to see if she needed anything. If she did, it would mean that she'd forgotten to pack it in one of her three large suitcases and one carryon, which was filled exclusively with underwear. I don't remember her name but can still see her large forehead, bulging eyes, and the almost translucent paleness that she attempted over the next six weeks to radiate away with the California sun.
And I met a guy named Bart from Kansas who made me laugh and laugh and in a very chaste but odd display of physical intimacy, would roll my hands and then suddenly crack my knuckles. By the end of the six weeks we had stayed up late many nights talking – about what I remember none of it – but never kissed. At "graduation," he brought me over to meet his parents and we exchanged addresses so we could write each other.
There were plenty of rich kids like the Asian kid and the Italian princess from Connecticut, but there were too a handful of not-so-rich kids who came on scholarship or a payment plan or their grandparents helped them with tuition.
One of the better films our cohort produced was by a girl whose grandma had paid for her. Her airfare and lodging she paid for by herself, from her part-time job as a waitress. She was social but intense, and poured hours into her script and editing while the rest of us – or I should say them – were secretly getting drunk or calling cabs to go to clubs with fake IDs or, like me, just hanging out with the nerdy, actual film nerds who wanted to talk more about movies than to make them, and I was cool with listening and laughing.
After the screenings – well, now years after the screenings of our films – I only remember hers – a simple, comedic short about a girl trying to hide her smoking habit from her disapproving boyfriend. In the end when it seems like he's about to get serious and leans in for a kiss, all of her hidden cigarettes come tumbling out. The acting was fine, the editing precise, and the music well-selected. Looking back, I marvel that she was smart enough not to overstuff the film with her ambition, as many of us did, with forgettable results.
At the program's end, I had watched a few scenes of The Godfather – indeed very good, I made a note to watch the whole movie on my own – and discovered a new black and white favorite in Sunset Boulevard, which made me feel somewhat legitimized as a film student with blossoming tastes. Also, the program had taken the whole class to the ArcLight see the latest Spielberg film, Minority Report. I loved it and judging by my classmates' enthusiastic responses, they did too.
At the program's end, my parents came to pick me up and asked me if I still wanted to be filmmaker.
"I heard USC has a good program," my dad said, "You wouldn't have to go far."
I nodded. I'd heard many of the kids talking about using their films as part of their college applications to the prestigious film school, but I was mostly thinking about Bart. Would I ever see him again? And what what the heck was I going to study in college if not film?
Bart and I exchanged two or three letters. Years later, he moved to California for a graduate program in film and messaged me via Facebook. Did I remember him? We should go get a coffee, he wrote, once I was back in town. I was in my first year at Berkeley at the time, having gone through not one, but three colleges and was still, struggling to make it through the Art History major.
"I'm not that interested in Art History." I wrote, "I sort of regret not taking a creative writing class or two, or just majoring in Comparative literature – I'm thinking about pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing."
We never met up, but a few years later, applying to grad school, I messaged him about Kansas University. He had studied journalism before going to grad school.
He responded five months later. "Sorry I missed this message," he wrote, "KU is awesome. I think you'd dig it."
By then I'd already submitted all my applications – KU not among them – and a month later, heard back from Columbia. Every couple years or so, I go to Bart's Facebook and see what he's up to.
Between going to concerts and national parks with his girlfriend, he's making shooting music videos and commercials. It makes me smile. A film camp success.
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NWRC to host 5k event in aid of Foyle Search and Rescue
Local people are being asked to sign up for a special 5k fundraising Walk/Run organised by North West Regional College (NWRC) in aid of Foyle Search and Rescue. The event will take place on April 4, beginning at the Clock Tower at Ebrington Square at 7.30pm, taking participants over the city's iconic Peace Bridge and finishing at NWRC's Foyle Building at the quayside. The event will also mark the end of NWRC's annual couch to 5k ten-week (c25k) course, part of the College's Health and Wellbeing programme. The 5K Rescue Run on April 4 will mark the first event full 5k run for the NWRC group but the event is open to everyone in the North West. Chief Executive and Principal of NWRC Leo Murphy said: "We want as many local people as possible to come out and support what promises to be a fantastic evening. The event is not just for runners, we want to encourage walkers to get involved. It's all about staying active and fit. At the same time, the College will be supporting Foyle Search and Rescue in the valuable work they do, not only as an emergency service but within their education and outreach programmes." Stephen Twells, Chair of Foyle Search and Rescue asked as many people as possible to come along and support the walk/run on April 4. He said: "On behalf of everyone at Foyle Search and Rescue I would like to thank the staff at North West Regional College for their work to organise the event, and for the energetic fundraising they have organised in the past year adopting Foyle Search and Rescue as their Charity of the Year. "We, as a charity would like to see as many people get behind the run and join in what we believe will be a hugely successful event."The event costs just £10 to take part and every participant will have a chipped time, receive a special commemorative medal, T-shirt, Water bottle, and a goodie-bag. Refreshments will be served afterwards in NWRC's Foyle Building. It's easy to sign up just register for the Walk/Run by following the link: https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/NWRC5RiverKRescueRunandWalk?fbclid=IwAR0PpjZyPxZQVPCMVCEaZ-AiezruNYXaWKYRd4Q_bAXNkS5mQZmQrKfv5NE Online registration closes on April 2, however you can register on the night at the Foyle Building of NWRC from 5.30 – 6.45p.m. Looking forward to seeing you all on April 4.


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The first ever bridge banner in UAE was installed for HSBC for a month long campaign by ENG Outdoor in 1999 and from then on, the media caught the fancy of advertisers.
The municipal tax for advertising was charged at Dhs 2,400 per month.
The campaign was extended at a municipal tax of Dhs 4,200 per month.
By the 3rd month, the municipality has raised the municipal tax to Dhs 10,000 per month.
Bridge advertising gained momentum nevertheless with a host of blue chip clients innovating with the media followed by govt depts and others in the private sector.
It reached a stage where Govt depts enjoyed the monopoly on this medium due to lack of advertising fees for all govt dept at the dismay of private clients.
In a bid to increase advertising tax revenues and bring more partiality, the Municipality decided to tender all the locations they had to the highest bidders.
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Bridge Banners now attract a lot of attention wherever they are installed and especially more so, in areas of high vehicular traffic and denser consumer areas.


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From a pending humanitarian crisis to attacks on Afghan journalists, a myriad of ongoing developments in Afghanistan cannot be ignored.
As it approaches a month since the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15, media coverage of Afghanistan has begun to wane from headlines after a dramatic few weeks following the Taliban's victory, highlighting the chaos that engulfed the withdrawal of US troops from the country on August 31.
Apart from the rare occasions of investigative reporting from veteran journalists like Anand Gopal, or the New York Times' report on a US drone strike, media coverage has tended to reproduce "disaster porn", most evident in the evocative scenes of Afghans desperate to flee the conflict-stricken country in a stampede-like frenzy on the tarmac in Kabul airport.
Meanwhile, pundits often presented their sweeping analysis through the prism of geopolitics or wallowed over the optics of American withdrawal than centring on the tragic circumstances Afghans have endured and how their lives have been impacted.
Here are five reasons why Afghanistan still matters, each of which are issues that are not going away anytime soon:
Already one of the poorest countries in the world plagued by insecurity, corruption, mismanagement, diminished revenues, and the pandemic – the Afghan economy will now be facing several challenges in the aftermath of the Taliban's triumph.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) last week warned that about 97 percent of Afghanistan's population may slip below the poverty line unless the country's economic and political crises are firmly addressed.
As a new Afghan government takes shape, the Taliban's actions could greatly exacerbate or remedy the current economic crisis.
The international community's response also risks worsening an already abysmal situation.
The US Federal Reserve has frozen all of Afghanistan's $7 billion in foreign exchange reserves, in an attempt to block abuse of funds by the Taliban. Both the IMF and World Bank have chosen to freeze access to resources that the Afghan government could have deployed to manage its development financing and balance of payments issues.
Meanwhile, China announced last week that it intends to send $31 million worth of grain, medicines and three million Covid-19 vaccines that could be a life raft for the government.
If the country's cascading financial situation is not addressed quickly, catastrophe looms around the corner – with the UN warning that 18 million people are already facing a humanitarian disaster.
Last week, international aid agencies warned of an "impending humanitarian crisis", with medical charity Doctors Without Borders saying the country's battered healthcare system was on the verge of "potential collapse".
Even before the Taliban's takeover last month, Afghanistan was heavily aid dependent, with over a third of its GDP drawn from foreign funding.
While a refugee exodus has not yet begun, the country requires humanitarian aid to prevent major upheaval, the UN said on Friday.
With half a million people displaced in recent months, the UN said it's a number which would grow if health services and the economy further disintegrate.
"In reality we have not seen at this point large movements of Afghan people towards the borders of the country," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said. "What we continue to see is a very dramatic phenomenon of internal displacement."
According to a worst-case scenario laid out by the UNHCR, up to a half a million Afghans could leave the country by the end of the year.
On Sunday, higher education minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani laid out new policies at a news conference stating women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and include a compulsory dress code.
Haqqani emphasised the group does not want to turn the clock back 20 years. "We will start building on what exists today," he said.
The Taliban have been under scrutiny by the international community to see to what extent they act differently from their first time in power during the late 1990s, when they banned girls and women from education and excluded them from public life.
While the Taliban have suggested they have changed since that era, since their return to power women have been banned from sports and violence meted out against female protesters demanding equal rights.
Meanwhile, an all-male Pashtun-dominated government was formed despite initial statements that they would invite broader representation.
While the Taliban have promised to uphold press freedoms, countless journalists have reported being harassed, assaulted or prevented from covering protests to their rule.
In recent weeks, reports emerged that the Taliban have physically abused journalists, raided their homes, and forced female state TV anchors off the air. As they seek safety, Afghan journalists have gone into hiding and deleted their social media presences to avoid being targeted.
Last week, two Afghan journalists from Kabul-based media outlet Etilaatroz covering a protest were severely beaten by the Taliban, with evidence of their torture spreading on social media.
Since the Taliban took control, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has registered and vetted the cases of nearly 400 journalists in need of evacuation and is reviewing thousands of additional requests.
Despite the Taliban having seized control of Panjshir, the Resistance Front has vowed to declare a parallel government in the country, as sporadic clashes still take place in the restive valley that has been the last province holding out against the group.
Since then, there have been reports that the Taliban has carried out extrajudicial executions of civilians and food control.
Afghanistan's former vice president Amrullah Saleh last week urged the UN to intervene in a large-scale humanitarian crisis that was brewing across the province, with three districts in Baghlan experiencing an economic blockade and telecommunications blackout by the Taliban.
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Sometimes when I feel like doing something really random, I will write poetry.
I found some old files on my hard drive that included a whole bunch of stuff I had written in the past.
I've broken them down into catagories mostly because I didn't want an insanely long page, but also just because I can.
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Santarus Announces Co-Promotion Agreement for Fleet Phospho-soda EZ-Prep System
SAN DIEGO--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNTS ), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a one-year co-promotion agreement with C.B. Fleet Company, Incorporated, a privately held healthcare and personal products company, relating to the Fleet® Phospho-soda® EZ-Prep(TM) Bowel Cleansing System, a complete system for simple, effective bowel preparation. Bowel cleansing products are generally used prior to a medical procedure or examination, such as a colonoscopy. Gastroenterologists and their medical professional staff provide direction to patients concerning appropriate products to use to prepare for these procedures. The Phospho-soda EZ-Prep system is currently sold in the U.S over-the-counter market by Fleet Laboratories, a subsidiary of C.B. Fleet Company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Fleet will pay Santarus to promote the Phospho-soda EZ-Prep system to gastroenterologists and their medical professional staff based on a set fee per sales call, subject to a minimum and maximum number of sales calls. Santarus is eligible to receive co-promotion fees of up to approximately $3 million over the term of the one-year agreement, subject to reduction in the event of any early termination of the agreement. Santarus will also have the opportunity to earn bonus payments if unit sales exceed predetermined baselines. Santarus did not pay an upfront fee and does not expect to incur any material incremental expenses associated with its promotion of the Fleet product. Fleet will be responsible for providing all training materials, promotional literature and product samples throughout the term of the co-promotion agreement.
"We believe our co-promotion of the Phospho-soda EZ-Prep system will allow us to further leverage our sales organization and generate revenue, without associated incremental costs, starting in the fourth quarter and over the next year," said Gerald T. Proehl, president and chief executive officer of Santarus. "We are pleased to gain a well-respected partner in Fleet and we will continue to look for additional opportunities to leverage our sales organization."
Santarus plans to begin training its sales force in September and to commence Phospho-soda EZ-Prep promotional activities in the fourth quarter of 2007. The Santarus sales force will promote the Phospho-soda EZ-Prep system to gastroenterologists and their associated medical professional staff currently called on by Santarus. ZEGERID® (omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate) brand products will continue to be promoted by the Santarus, inVentiv Health and Otsuka America field sales representatives in the primary detail sales position to targeted gastroenterologists and primary care physicians.
About C.B. Fleet
C.B. Fleet is a privately held company located in Lynchburg, Virginia with major business categories that include gastrointestinal, feminine hygiene and skin care products that are sold in the U.S. and in over 80 countries throughout the world through distributors and company-owned international operations.
About Santarus
Santarus, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing proprietary products that address the needs of patients treated by gastroenterologists or primary care physicians. The company's current marketing efforts are primarily focused on ZEGERID Capsules and Powder for Oral Suspension. These products are immediate-release formulations of omeprazole, a widely prescribed proton pump inhibitor. More information about Santarus is available on the company's Web site at www.santarus.com.
Santarus cautions you that statements included in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by Santarus that any of its plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in this release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in Santarus' business, including, without limitation: risks related to the co-promotion arrangement with Fleet (including Santarus' ability to generate revenues and increase market demand and sales to achieve any bonus payments; adverse side effects or inadequate therapeutic efficacy of the Phospho-soda EZ-Prep product and Fleet's other Phospho-soda products and any resulting product liability claims or product recalls; and the potential for termination of the co-promotion arrangement); difficulties or delays in manufacturing and marketing of, and maintaining regulatory approvals for, Santarus' ZEGERID brand products; and other risks detailed in Santarus' prior press releases as well as in public periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and Santarus undertakes no obligation to revise or update this news release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Fleet® is a trademark of C.B. Fleet Company, Incorporated and Phospho-soda®, and EZ-Prep(TM) are trademarks of C.B. Fleet Investment Corporation. Santarus® and ZEGERID® are trademarks of Santarus, Inc.
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