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According to the newly released Harvey Nash Trump Effect on Asia survey, Trump's victory could result in some positive outcomes for the workforce in the APAC region.
36% of respondents believe there will now be an increased focus on local leadership in APAC.
35% foresee Asian nationals returning in greater numbers from the US.
24% expect to see a slowdown in talent migration.
While this might be a positive outcome for the workforce, the majority of APAC leaders think the long-term impact could be negative for the region. The survey found that 71% of respondents believe that Trump's victory has not yet affected their business; 15% report a negative impact, while 8% say it has had a positive impact on business.
Additionally, the majority of APAC business leaders expressed concern about the lasting impact of a Trump presidency. 29% expect a long-term negative impact on APAC business profits, while 19% are assessing their existing trade deals with the US, and 7% have cut budgets as a result of Trump's victory.
The survey also revealed that businesses in the region were mainly unprepared for the election result. 65% had no plan in place for a Trump victory, 19% had prepared a business contingency plan, and less than a tenth (9%) of respondents were fully prepared, with both a response and plan to deal with this outcome.
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Quotable: Olidort and Sheff on textbooks that teach terror
"Quotable: Olidort and Sheff on textbooks that teach terror," publicdiplomacycouncil.org
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Sunday, July 17th 2016
"IS textbooks and guidance literature promote an originalist, exclusivist Sunni identity and a Salafist interpretation of Islam . . . . At the same time, many of these books attempt to indoctrinate readers with priorities and beliefs unique to IS: namely, an apocalyptic worldview and an emphasis on rebuilding the Caliphate, founding a Salafi Islamic state, and employing extreme violence."
This was one topic at a policy forum held by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on July 13, 2016. Key comments by Jacob Olidort of the Washington Institute and Marcus Sheff (the CEO of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education [IMPACT-se] in Jerusalem) were summarized in an article on the Washington Institute's website, "Teaching Terror: The Islamic State's Textbooks, Guidance Literature, and Indoctrination Methods" on July 15, 2016. The website also provides the full video.
Also, "This promotion of IS priorities is what makes the group's indoctrination uniquely lethal and distinct from the religious intolerance promoted in Saudi religious textbooks."
Marcus Sheff's comments include brief reviews of textbooks in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, and the United States. Here are a few key points made by both scholars:
JACOB OLIDORT
The battlefield of ideas is a vital theater of conflict for the Islamic State (IS). The organization has expended significant efforts to develop its own publishing office, separate from its propaganda arm, with the goal of indoctrinating a diverse audience.
Called "Zeal Press," this office seeks to cement the group's authority as the heir to legitimate Islamic tradition by publishing everything from children's textbooks to guidance literature on personal piety to long commentaries on scholarly works.
Yet this two-tier approach to indoctrination necessitates compromises that leave IS vulnerable to ideological challenges -- a weakness policymakers should consider exploiting.
On one level, IS textbooks and guidance literature promote an originalist, exclusivist Sunni identity and a Salafist interpretation of Islam that relies solely on the Quran and the hadith (sayings ascribed to the Prophet Muhammad).
At the same time, many of these books attempt to indoctrinate readers with priorities and beliefs unique to IS: namely, an apocalyptic worldview and an emphasis on rebuilding the Caliphate, founding a Salafi Islamic state, and employing extreme violence.
This promotion of IS priorities is what makes the group's indoctrination uniquely lethal and distinct from the religious intolerance promoted in Saudi religious textbooks.
IS children's books are explicitly designed to raise a "jihadi generation," with subjects ranging from the proper Islamic family unit to weapons skills.
The group's guidance literature similarly adds a unique IS twist to traditional Islamic concepts. For example, to properly carry out the concept of hijra (migration), the group's publications declare that Muslims must travel to the physical territory of the Islamic State. Its literature also argues that the charitable contributions required of all Muslims must be paid to IS, since the group regards itself as the only true bastion of Islam.
Zeal Press publications also rebrand historical Islamic figures and texts as parts of the IS tradition, particularly the works of Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab, the forefather of Salafist thought in Saudi Arabia.
For the most part, the aim of such literature is to discredit the Saudi state and religious establishment, though some publications are issued as more straightforward reference materials (e.g., grammar treatises and hadith collections).
Yet in publishing textbooks that cater to its unique priorities, IS has to make ideological tradeoffs in its sourcing. For example, in assembling Islamic treatises on state-building, the group has referenced works by Sufi and medieval scholars that other jihadis would typically find reprehensible.
In light of these and other factors, policymakers have a number of opportunities to break the Islamic State's ideological indoctrination.
First, they should recognize that the group is exploiting very real education gaps in the region for its own nefarious purposes, and that these gaps are exacerbated by current conflicts. IS fills these gaps not only through its textbooks, but also through mobile apps, visual aids, and other materials. The United States can compete with such efforts by providing greater educational access to local communities.
In terms of fighting the group's ideas, while America lacks an authoritative voice on the matter, it can encourage religious figures in the region and elsewhere to reclaim those traditions being appropriated by IS publications.
Finally, U.S. efforts to counter violent extremism should make greater use of a key tactic: promoting the narratives of those who have fled IS-controlled territory and are disillusioned by its ideology.
MARCUS SHEFF
The Islamic State understands the importance of education for indoctrinating those living in areas under its control and elsewhere. Thus the most important tool to puncture extremist influences and root out extremist narratives is in children's brains.
A study conducted by IMPACT-se shows that in areas of the Middle East not under IS control, the manner in which school curricula address issues such as tolerance and identity exhibits progress in some places, but stagnation in others.
In Egypt, for example, new history books characterize the peace accords with Israel as good for the Egyptian economy and show pictures of Menachem Begin shaking hands with Anwar Sadat. Additionally, bilateral relations are described as friendly rather than merely "normal," and the conflict/peace ratio has shifted in favor of peace.
Elsewhere, the secular curriculum in Tunisia has served as a bulwark against Muslim Brotherhood influence. In Morocco, the government is reassessing its education system, while in Lebanon, the discourse challenging Hezbollah's narrative has grown.
In the Palestinian Authority, official textbooks do not mention peace with Israel, but they do address civil and gender issues more favorably than they used to.
In Iran, curricula and textbooks are rather troubling. While many schoolbooks encourage creative and critical thinking, they also promote a culture of militarism and Iranian hegemony. Paranoia and hostility toward foreigners are also encouraged, as is blind obedience to the Supreme Leader. And in an unwelcome gesture of egalitarianism, some Iranian textbooks extend the culture of martyrdom to girls.
IMPACT-se has also assessed Islamic studies curricula in the United States. Currently, five main curricula are published in America, for use in 272 educational institutes throughout the country.
Four of the five meet the standards issued by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regarding peace and tolerance -- these curricula are free of imagery and ideologies that generate contempt for others.
Yet the fifth -- issued by Bilal Philips, originating from Saudi Arabia, and believed to be taught at roughly a dozen institutes in the United States -- does not meet the UNESCO standards. Rather, it rejects more liberal strains of Islam (including Sufism), makes references to jihad, and fails to mention LGBT issues.
Author: Donald M. Bishop


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Q: How to make a keras layer accept different shaped tensors How to write a keras LAYER that accepts multiple inputs? For example, I want to build attention to scale an LSTM layer, in a way that the LSTM layer takes attention and a previous time-features "(batch_size, step_dim, feature_dim) shaped" as arguments? And it has to be done INSIDE the layer, not outside.
For example I want something like 'the_layer' :
x = Input(shape=(max_sentence_length))
word_embeddings = Embedding(...)(x)
attention = attention()(previous_feature)
lstm_scaled_with_attention = the_layer(return_sequence=True)(word_embeddings, attention)

So far I've tried adding an argument to the LSTM layer's call() function but the LSTM derives from Layer class which says it has to take only one input. This is probably not the way to do it.
I also tried concatenate([word_embeddings, attention]) then feed but the tensor has to be aligned in shape or somewhat. I can't get them to go in at the same time. Any ideas how to do this?
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To find out what happens if you use it like it's a layer from _Merge, I also tried this
x = Input(shape=(max_sentence_length))
word_embeddings = Embedding(...)(x)
attention = attention()(previous_feature)
lstm_scaled_with_attention = Bidirectional(LSTM(hidden_units, return_sequence=True))([word_embeddings, attention])

In this case, the 'attention' is interpreted as the second argument for LSTM(), which is the initial_state for the LSTM.call function. here's the declaration :
def __call__(self, inputs, initial_state=None, constants=None, **kwargs):

And the error
ValueError: When passing `initial_state` to a Bidirectional RNN, the state should be a list containing the states of the underlying RNNs. Found: [<tf.Tensor 'input_2:0' shape=(None, 72) dtype=float32>]

Actually I think the argument can be added here, since passing a list kinda means passing multiple arguments, I guess.

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INTERNATIONAL GUIDO D'AREZZO POLYPHONIC CONTEST
»Il Polifonico is not an end, it is a means: a means to popularize polyphonic music as much as possible.« (Luigi Colacicchi)
The International Guido d'Arezzo Polyphonic Contest dates back to 1952 when a group of citizens and music lovers dreamed to bring new life to the polyphonic tradition.
Guido d'Arezzo, Benedictine monk and inventor of the notation method, is universally considered to be among the personalities that deeply influenced the Western music culture. Even so, Renaissance polyphonic music was in need of a breath of fresh air when in 1950 the Roman Polyphonic Choir of Accademia di Santa Cecilia was invited to hold an event in Arezzo. The enthusiasm shown by the public in that occasion was an inspiration to the founders of the Contest. Two years later the first edition's success surpassed all expectations; the initiative was replicated and already became International in 1953.
During the 1950s and 1960s, »il Polifonico« saw the participation of names such as Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Luigi Colacicchi, W. S. Gwynn Williams, Hans Gillesberger, Benjamin Britten and obtained national and international fame, setting an example for the similar contests held in Gorizia and Debrecen, Tolosa and Tours.
While being a beacon for musicians around the world, the Contest contributed to the diffusion of a new interest for choral music with classes and conventions, also thanks to the Fondazione Guido d'Arezzo, founded in 1985. Since then the Foundation has kept expanding its offer with new projects: the School for Choral Conductors, the Guidoneum, the magazine »Polifonie«.
To this day, il Polifonico remains a unique experience of musical excellence, artistic research and hospitality.
The International Guido d'Arezzo Polyphonic Contest is held in some of the most important monuments of the city, all of them of considerable historic and artistic value: the Medieval churches and the Francesco Petrarca Theatre. The Festival of Folk Music is set around the charming Duomo.


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With recipes handed down from owner Craig's mother, he and partner Lois have added their own little twist, using all local and organic ingredients, and making almost everything in house (except for the vegan cupcakes, which are made by local business, Miss Mabel's Cakes).
Appealing to every sort of sweet tooth, they do everything from cupcakes and cheese cakes, to cookies, brownies, slices and truffles, and even some sweet meringue tarts. We hear they also have Pavlova so that's us sold.
Opening only recently, they have also just launched range of alcoholic goodies, such as cocktails infused with desserts, shakes with a touch of alcohol, and edible shot glasses. These include a Drunkin' Donut, rum and coffee, and hazelnut coffee loaded thickshake cocktails, but will be changed over time through various seasons.
One that sounds super interesting are the edible shot glasses, which include a chocolate or cereal based shot glass, which you can have a munch on after you've finished your shot. How perfect is that?
You can of course indulge in all the usual suspects as well, with a range of coffee, teas, frappaccino's, iced beverages, and kid-friendly shakes.
Twisted is desserts with a twist, with one of the aims being to entice people to find their inner kid and just enjoy themselves. You can't really argue with that!
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Shivering Timbers in Michigan's Adventure (Muskegon, Michigan, USA) ist eine Holzachterbahn des Herstellers Custom Coasters International, die 1998 eröffnet wurde.

Die 1640,7 m lange Strecke beschreibt ein Out-&-Back-Layout und erreicht eine Höhe von 37,2 m. Der First Drop, auf dem die Züge eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 91,7 km/h erreichen, besitzt ein Gefälle von 53°. Zusätzlich ist die Strecke mit einem 30,5 m und einem 29 m hohen Hügel ausgestattet. Als weitere Besonderheit wurde ein Trick-Track genanntes Element verbaut. Dabei handelt es sich um ein quergeneigtes Stück Schiene auf gerade Strecke, welches in den 1920ern durch Harry Travers bekannt wurde. Weiter wurde noch eine Helix verbaut. Die Kosten für die Bahn beliefen sich auf rund 4,5 Mio. US-Dollar.

In den Jahren 2002 und 2004 erreichte die Bahn Platz 1 in der Liste der besten Holzachterbahnen von Mitch Hawker's Internet Poll.

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Shivering Timbers besitzt zwei Züge des Herstellers Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters mit jeweils sechs Wagen. In jedem Wagen können vier Personen (zwei Reihen) Platz nehmen. Als Rückhaltesystem kommen individuell einrastende Schoßbügel und Sicherheitsgurte zum Einsatz.

Weblinks

 Shivering Timbers auf der Parkwebsite (englisch)
 Daten und Bilder auf RCDB

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I would guess that a high percentage of SCBA members vote. At least, I would hope so. I wonder how many voters actually understand exactly what determines what district we vote in, and why. It's called gerrymandering.
All states, regardless of size, have two Senators who go to Washington. In the House of Representatives, each state has a different number, from Montana with 1 to California with 53. Why is that? How are the 435 members assigned?
Every 10 years, there is a national census. Right now, the number of people living in the United States is about 330 million. The government takes the total number of people and divides it by the number of seats in the House of Representatives. So we divide 330 million by 435 and come up with 758,620. Each state will get ONE Representative for every 758,620 residents. Maryland, with 6 million residents, has eight, for now, based on the 2010 census. That could change after the 2020 census.
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In the 1880's, there was a governor of Massachusetts named Elbridge Gerry. After one census, he influenced the division of the districts assigned to Massachusetts by drawing a map. Even though the number of PEOPLE for each district was correct, he split the state so that it would give the advantage to his party. When you looked at the map of districts, some were SO distorted that they looked like a SALAMANDER. Thus, Gerry + Salamander = Gerrymandering. It simply means that the map is drawn to the advantage of a particular party as opposed to simply geography.
Of the 435 districts in the United States today, Maryland is the SECOND WORST in Gerrymandering. A case will soon go to the Supreme Court to see if it can be simplified, eliminating Gerrymandering as much as possible.
Whomever is Governor in 2020 will supervise how districts are drawn in Maryland. How you vote in 2018 will determine how those districts are drawn.


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"I would like to register the name of our company. Although we are not currently using the name, we plan to use it over the next few months. The name will be for a tech startup company."
Finding the best trademark attorney in San Francisco is crucial when registering a trademark and protecting the value of intellectual property. Filing applications to obtain registrations from the USPTO is a great place to start. Having a trademark attorney in SF on the team with a track record of successfully navigating the complicated world of licensing, strategic branding counseling, entity formation, corporate compliance, and domain name strategy can quickly take a company to the next level of success.
In a new company, a trademark attorney works with founders to assist with developing brands, marketing products or services, developing advertising campaigns, and clearing marks. When disputes arise, the attorney will have the knowledge and background to help untangle them and advise the team as to how they should proceed.
When a brand is threatened by a competitor or when counterfeit items enter the marketplace, the trademark lawyer can manage the initial steps that need to be taken to stop the threat. They can even help the firm hire a specialty lawyer or outside counsel if the problem becomes complicated or outside their scope of knowledge.
They also review instructional materials, manuals, promotional materials, and advertising for compliance and consistency. The trademark attorney's job is essential to the company's ability to protect their valuable trademarks as well as their ability to leverage the startup's brand identity.
A San Francisco trademark lawyer provides their clientele with a competitive advantage by protecting intellectual property and trade secrets. In this constantly changing marketplace, businesses rely on their trademarks to provide revenue streams through licensing royalties. Intellectual property may also serve the business as collateral for loans.
If a startup founder believes their trademark is being infringed upon by another person or company, they have several choices. First, they'll need to prove infringement. A lawyer with experience in trademark enforcement can help with this process.
The owner of the trademark can ask for an injunction demanding the defendant cease using the mark immediately. They may also request that the items that bear the mark or infringe upon the trademark be destroyed or forfeited immediately.
If a court grants those requests, a trademark attorney may also advise their client to seek monetary relief that includes the costs of the action and the defendant's profits. Monetary relief may also include any damages the plaintiff requests for damages sustained by the defendant's actions.
What Services Does a San Francisco Trademark Attorney Provide to Emerging Companies?
There are many services that San Francisco trademark attorneys provide to help startups properly register their trademarks. The cost of filing a trademark and the time it takes to complete the process varies widely. While individual circumstances determine the time span and cost of a trademark, most take between one and three years from application to registration.
A trademark attorney will provide a trademark search report including a legal opinion that includes a review of any similar marks found during the search. Most trademark attorneys will search the US Trademark Office registrations, Canadian IP Office Trademark registrations, domain names, unregistered marks, and US state registrations.
Applications can be filed with the USPTO office either electronically or on paper. There is a reduced filing fee for electronic trademark applications. After the application is evaluated by a USPTO attorney, more documentation may be required, and the trademark attorney can handle these communications, as well.
Keeping a patent registration alive requires regular filing of maintenance documents with the USPTO. If a business fails to properly file these documents by the deadlines, their U.S. trademark registration will be cancelled. This worst-case-scenario could be catastrophic for a new company that depends heavily on the value of its intellectual property. Depending on the type of patent, the owner may be required to file a Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse under section 8 of the Trademark Act between the 5th and 6th year of owning the patent or between the 9th and 10th year of owning the patent.
Common mistakes that startups make when filing their Affidavit of Use After Registration include improperly updating ownership information and verifying that the goods and services included in the registration are actually in use and that any goods and services not in use are deleted.
Filing required paperwork at intervals set forth by the USTPO office is crucial to the life of the patent in question. Business owners and founders must be aware of these requirements and handle them in a timely manner. The process can be time consuming, so it's a great idea to turn the matter over to an experienced San Francisco trademark lawyer. Failure to file the affidavit of use results in cancellation of the U.S. trademark registration.
The initial filing deadlines, depending on the type of trademark registration, or between five and six years or between nine and 10 years. There is a six-month grace period during which the business can handle any inquiries sent by the USTPO.
What's Going on in San Franciso's Startup Communitty?
One of the hottest areas of the world for entrepreneurs, the San Francisco area has a lot to offer aspiring business founders. By some estimates, there are as many as 11,000 startups in San Francisco competing for the area's resources.
One way to get a feel for what's going on in the San Francisco startup scene is to attend one of their many startup events. LaunchScale is a great place to meet other startup founders and gain inspiration.
Held in the fall of each year, this dynamic conference attracts the world's best founders, growth experts, and investors.
Other notable startup events include the Silicon Valley's Lean Startup Conference Tour, The Startup World Cup, Startup Grind Global Conference, Post Seed, FunnyBizz Conference, and Silicon Valley Open Door Technology Investment Conference.
San Francisco helps make startup founders' dreams come true every day. Home to giants like Airbnb and Uber, the Bay Area offers much in the way of resources for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Living in the SF area can be expensive when compared to other popular startup hubs. The average rent for a modest two-bedroom apartment in 2015 was over $4,000 per month. Even the suburbs are expensive. The national Zillow rent index in 2015 was $1,364. In San Francisco, the Zillow rent index was $3,162. It's important to fully understand the cost of living in this area before deciding to relocate. Most renters in the area spend between 45% and 65% of their total take-home pay on housing.
Renting a corner in a popular coworking space like NextSPace, PARISOMA, SOMAcentral, Citizen Space SF, Metamoki, or The Hattery is a great way to meet like-minded and well-connected startup founders. Choose a coworking space with other renters who are working in a similar niche and remember to contribute to the culture of the place by participating in as many events as possible.
Some coworking spaces, like Mind the Bridge in the popular SoMA neighborhood offer additional resources to entrepreneurs like advice, mentorship programs, and introductions to angel investors.
Meetup.com is a good place to start when trying to navigate the networking terrain in SF. Starting online is a great way to hone in on local hot spots for like-minded entrepreneurs.
Girls in Tech (San Francisco Circle) helps women network, find mentors, and recruit other women in technology fields.
Black Founders is an organization that is committed to fostering economic growth and stimulating tech entrepreneurship.
General Assembly San Francisco offers paid and free classes for startup founders.
Y Combinator invests $120,000 in a large number of startups twice each year.
Tumml offers a four-month educational program for companies that aim to solve urban issues.
Plug and Play offers co-working spaces, funding, investment opportunities, and incubators across Southern California.
Dev Bootcamp is an educational program that takes beginning programmers to full-stack web developers in 19 weeks.
Founder Institute offers a part-time four month program that is focused on hands-on learning.
Women's Start Up Lab offers 2-week and 2-month startup programs for female business owners and founders.
Creative Convergence Silicon Valley is a 2-day event that offers interactive demonstrations, networking opportunities, and speakers.
Pitchforce is a monthly fundraising event geared towards companies in social, big data, finance, biotech, clean tech, medtech, software, and mobile sectors.
There are many aspects to starting a business in San Francisco. Among hot competition, it can be difficult to navigate the terrain of startup resources and make the right decisions for a brand-new business. An expert trademark attorney in San Francisco uses experience and expertise to protect valuable brands and help their clients bypass the expensive and painful trial-and-error method many entrepreneurs and inventors take for granted.
Startup founders should choose a San Francisco trademark lawyer with experience with local and regional laws and use them as a resource to take their business to the next level of success.
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Our experienced San Francisco trademark attorneys & lawyers represent individuals and businesses with everything they need to secure and protect their trademarks. Our attorneys can help individuals with everything from trademark clearance searches to determine whether the desired mark is available for adoption, use, and registration. By reviewing the search reports thoroughly, they can conclusively determine the extent to which a mark is already being used and the potential success of filing a trademark.
Trademark licensing can be complex, but our trademark attorneys have experience drafting agreements on behalf of both licensees and trademark owners - thus allowing you to capitalize on your valuable intellectual property. Our San Francisco trademark attorneys can also draft and file your trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including Intent to Use and Use in Commerce applications.
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A trademark is an original symbol or saying that sets apart one product or company from another. Registering a trademarked slogan will make the connection between your message and your brand for customers. This can aid your marketing efforts and add value to your business.


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It has been a very busy couple of months, which is why this website has not seen any updates for some time. In that time, RetroDigital has seen some changes; We have added lots of new items; Some retro and some not.
Check out our Gallery and have a look at the new pictures in the RetroDigital Lab album.
One great 'new' (to us) item we have come across is our IBM PS/2 Model 70. It sports a 386DX / 20 Mhz processor. 4MB memory on board and 4MB memory on a memory expansion card.
Currently it runs DOS 6.22 / Windows 3.1. We have not changed anything on it in terms of software as of yet since we are waiting for a network card to arrive. Why is a network card an important component with regard to software, you ask? Well that's part of the fun; If a machine is in the Retro Lab, we want to be able to set it up and add it to our network.
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Xcelsius 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 files cannot be imported into Xcelsius 2008.
4.5, then import the files into Xcelsius 2008.
in certain features not functioning.
visualization cannot be opened using an earlier version of Xcelsius.
difference is a matter of a few pixels.
The Spreadsheet Table component differs in size and formatting.
to the cells in the spreadsheet.
Xcelsius on a Macintosh (MAC)?
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I have found that Xcelsius 2008 does not support a feature that was supported in Xcelsius 4.5.
In xc4.5, you could have a table of observations with items driven by other values and when you called upon the observations (via an accordian menue), the drivers would still work on the selected observation.
In xc2008, the drivers don't work on the selected observation.
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Tea Rose Home: I am back!
Some people might have guessed by the pictures from my last post... that's right my family has been gone the entire week last week! We went to Disneyland! At one point we thought that we might have to cancel the family vacation, but thankfully, my husband got a job offer soon enough that we were able to carry on with our plans.
We visited Disneyland for two days. I did some research on what to do and which attractions are fun for my kids' age group and such.
There was so much to see, and so much to do. There was no way that we could cover the whole park in just two days. Although, we were able to hit most of the attractions and rides we wanted to experience. We all had a blast.
The second day, we saw the fireworks and fantasmic (light and water show at night). I espescially loved the fireworks. Watching that I understood why people keep going back to Disneyland.
We also went to a beach. I lived closer to the beaches until I moved to Utah. Sitting at the beach, watching the waves, and feeling the wind made me realize how much I miss being near the ocean.
The rest of the week, we played in the pool at the hotel we stayed at, had dinner at Mideval times (Dinner & show where mideval knights wwould fight, and show off their skills, the kids LOVED this too).
Also, my husband totally dedicated one day for me to do a Japanese store shop-hop. That was so sweet of him! There are many Japanese grocery stores and book stores in the area. Oh... I was in heaven!!! I love books, and I read some books in english, but it's nothing like reading a book in your own language. In Utah, there are no Japanese book stores. If I buy them online, the cost of shipping is more than the actual price of the book.
I went to three Japanese book stores and one of them was a very large chain used-book store that I used to go to with my mom and my sister. I always have stack of books by my nightstand to read. There I found many books that I wanted to read for $1 each! I was soo excited!
Eventhough I love where I live now, I really wished that I could live right next to the beach and the Japanese bookstores.
On Saturday, we got home at 3:30 AM. And by late afternoon, we headed out to our Fourth of July family picnic.
We were sad to see our fun family vacation come to an end. Although, as I was tucking Rachel in bed she said "I missed my bed..."; I felt the same way. It is good to be home.
I guess we can enjoy our vacation because we know we have a place to go home to.
A wonderful uplifting, heartfelt article. So pleased you were able to keep the vacation, that your husband has a job so soon, that each member of your family found something to delight them on the trip. And that there is still "no place like home."
Sounds like a wonderful family vacation that your children will remember for years to come. Visiting Disney is like magic for a child.
PS if you are ever in Toronto, be sure to visit our wonderful Japanese shops! PPS The Japan / Paraguay game was so exciting - I was rooting for Japan.
Sounds like fun! I'm glad you guys got to go.
Love the Jedi Academy! When we went my kids insisted we go three times just so they could all get the chance to be a Jedi.
Thanks for letting us vicariously tag along.
So glad you got to go on your vacation. I know how hard it is to have to cancel a trip. My son would love that Jedi Academy!
Your vacation sounds a lot like the vacations we take to California. My husband is half Japanese. We have list of stores we go to. I love going to Japanese dollar stores. I find THE best carrot pealers there.
That looks like so much fun! The Jedi academy is great!
What a fun vacation and so glad it worked out for you. Good thing you went when you did - yestarday & today are gloomy days here in OC.
ohh girlll. im a california girl through and through. i love going home to the ocean and the people and smells and even the traffic. but utah is home for now, and just like you said, its nice to sleep in your own bed too. im so glad u guys got to go!
Beautiful Post. What a wonderful vacation and I'm excited for your book finds. I don't know how I could live without lots of books at my disposal. So I'm very happy for your books and your fun trip and to come home to your own bed... yay!
Great pictures! Brings back fond memories we took our girls to DisneyWorld last May for my daughter's 8th birthday. I don't think we ever get too old for Disney, we love it! Have a great week!
Seems like you guys had a great time! I am glad!
Look at what I found at Old Navy, that reminded me of your blog!
That is so sweet of you to let me know about what happened at church! It is always nice to hear that people enjoy reading or making stuff off my blog.
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Jersey's trust sector – latest developments and trends
Carey Olsen partner Keith Dixon provides an overview of the island's fiduciary sector, examining the latest developments and why clients continue to choose the jurisdiction.
The challenges now facing all international finance centres (IFCs) are many and varied. Since the financial crisis of 2008 there have been several significant world-wide developments, including Brexit, increasing volatility in key overseas markets, the threat of trade wars and many major international regulatory and fiscal initiatives, which have tested each IFC's resilience and integrity.
For its part Jersey's private client sector has faced up to these challenges by cleverly adapting to change, identifying and investing in opportunities and creating new markets in all parts of the world. The island's trust industry has sought to provide innovative, industry-friendly products, to make best use of its good reputation and extensive global links, to offer a strong and nimble regulatory framework, and to invest in its digital and physical infrastructure.
Legislative development
Jersey's solid reputation as a leading jurisdiction in the field of private client trusts is due in part to its well-developed legislation. Not wishing Jersey to rest on its laurels, the island's Government ensures that the main financial statutes are regularly reviewed and updated so that they remain current, up-to-date and in tune with the ever-evolving demands of industry. For instance, the Trusts (Jersey) Law, 1984 was amended in 2018 following a lengthy consultation exercise. The latest round of changes (which include a new provision dealing with the disclosure of information to beneficiaries, the extension of the amount of indemnification which a trustee and its officers and employees are entitled to receive and a revision of the rules governing the accumulation of income) have been warmly received by trust practitioners.
There has been a recent innovation within the employment and pension sector too. On 6th December 2018 the States of Jersey approved the introduction of International Savings Plans (ISPs) by Jersey financial providers with effect from 1st January 2019 and it is hoped that this change will encourage large multinational and international companies to set up tax-efficient savings plans in Jersey for their non-resident employees.
Further, in a ground-breaking move, in late 2018 Jersey's Companies Law was amended to permit the demerger of Jersey companies, that is to say that subject to certain conditions and requirements a Jersey company may now become two or more Jersey companies (which may or may not include the demerging company). Jersey is the first IFC which has a corporate demerger regime and it is hoped that the flexibility afforded by it will attract new corporate business to the island.
There has been more modernisation in relation to charities. Jersey's law was recently overhauled specifically to ensure that the island has a robust and modern legal framework capable of supporting all types of international philanthropic activity. The final sections of the legislation, the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014, came into force in 2018 and Jersey now has its own Charity Commissioner, a register of charities and a new, wide definition of "charitable purposes" which includes community sporting activity. It is hoped that in time the new regime will encourage high net worth benefactors to establish sizeable charitable structures in the island.
The island's legal framework for international private client services has been bolstered by the coming into force of the Capacity and Self-Determination (Jersey) Law 2016 on 1 October 2018. This statute has introduced lasting powers of attorney to Jersey. The provisions of the law are modelled on the UK's Mental Capacity Act of 2005 and will for the first time enable a Jersey resident to exercise his/her right to self-determination notwithstanding subsequent mental incapacity.
Jersey's Royal Court has played its part too in ensuring that Jersey remains a top-flight IFC. It has determined many novel and interesting trust law points in the past and it has an excellent reputation in this area; Jersey trust law judgments are routinely cited in, and followed by, the courts of several Commonwealth jurisdictions. Most recently a series of cases came before the Royal Court which concerned several so-called "insolvent trusts" (known collectively as the "Z Trusts case", the latest judgment in the series being [2018] JRC 119). The Z Trusts case raised some important issues about the impact of insolvency on trust structures, including the ranking of the different liabilities incurred by former and successor trustees. There was little or no judicial authority on these issues in Jersey or elsewhere. The Royal Court, undaunted by the prospect of a voyage through largely unchartered legal waters, has now produced helpful guidance which will be of great use and comfort to current trustees, former trustees with continuing liabilities, and creditors alike.
An attractive option
Whilst all aspects of the island's private wealth industry continue to expand steadily, practitioners report a noticeable upswing in the number of family offices which are either being established in Jersey or relocating to Jersey. This is perhaps no great surprise as the island has a number of features which make it ideally suited as a location for a family office including the jurisdiction's political stability, tax-neutrality, convenient location, reputable courts, well-established and comprehensive legal system, robust regulatory regimes, and good communications and transportation links. Moreover, it is relatively easy for any high net worth individuals (HNWIs) wishing to establish a family office for himself or herself to find and recruit appropriately qualified staff. The number of Jersey residents working in the island's finance industry now stands at over 13,000 – the largest of any Crown Dependency or Overseas Territory – providing genuine choice, expertise, and substance for potential employers.
Although referrals of work from intermediaries and contacts in the United Kingdom continue to form the backbone of the island's private client industry, in recent times one has seen an increasing amount of interest in Jersey and its private wealth structures from further afield. By way of example, recent figures published by Jersey Finance, the not-for-profit organization which promotes Jersey as an IFC of excellence, suggest that at least 50% of new business attracted to Jersey now originates from outside of its traditional market, the City of London. Over time Jersey is steadily evolving from being a hub for Euro-centric deals into a leading facilitator of business worldwide.
Looking at the current workflow region-by-region, enquiries from HNWIs in the Middle East grow year on year, and anecdotal evidence would suggest that this trend is due in part to heightened concerns on the part of HNWIs about the potential for civil unrest and political instability. The island has also seen a steady stream of new trusts settled by clients based in North America, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In recognition that Jersey is now attracts business from a much wider pool of countries than before Jersey Finance has representatives permanently based in Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai and Shanghai and it is expected to open an office in New York at some point in 2019.
Structure choice
Whilst the most well-known and well-established private wealth holding structures, such as Jersey proper law trusts and Jersey incorporated limited liability companies, remain evergreen and popular, a significant percentage of private clients and their advisors are now willing to consider other, newer vehicles. For example, over 400 foundations have been incorporated in Jersey since 2009 when the Foundations (Jersey) Law was first enacted. Fiscally transparent entities such as limited partnerships are also becoming increasingly popular by dint of the fact that they usually benefit from a simple and straightforward tax treatment in the private client's place of residence.
Another noticeable trend concerns the number and profile of trust company businesses (TCBs) which operate in Jersey. When the registration of TCBs was first introduced in Jersey in 2001 there were approximately 110 separate regulated businesses. At that time there were a handful of large TCBs owned by banks/major financial institutions and many, much smaller, manager owned enterprises. Since then the market has matured considerably. The number of TCBs has reduced to around 85, mainly through consolidation (for example, in 2018 Ocorian (formerly Bedell Trust) acquired Capco Trust, FCM Trust acquired Guardian Asset Management and JTC Group acquired Minerva Trust & Corporate Services) and the ownership profile has changed dramatically as several TCBs have been purchased by private equity firms.
Lastly, in a rare occurrence there will be several changes within the island's top judicial and regulatory positions over the course of a single calendar year. In September 2018 Sir William Bailhache indicated that he will retire as the Bailiff of Jersey, the president of the Royal Court and the States Assembly of Jersey, in October 2019. He will be succeeded by Timothy Le Cocq, the current Deputy Bailiff. The Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission, John Harries retired in July 2018 after a period of twelve years in office. His successor, Martin Maloney, will become the new Director General in February 2019. Lastly, the longstanding CEO of Jersey Finance, Geoff Cook is stepping down to take up a new role in private practice early 2019. These retirements and appointments are not expected to prompt any radical departures from past practice and policies though.
In summary, the general sentiment in Jersey's private client industry is one of cautious optimism. Being a top-flight financial services provider in an ever-changing world will never be an easy task, but nevertheless Jersey's trust practitioners and professionals, by embracing innovation, remains confident about its future.
An original version of this article was first published by Offshore Red, April 2019.
© Carey Olsen 2019.
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Jersey – a natural home for family offices


A selection of health policy news from Oregon, Maryland and California.
Oregon would restore $4 million in the next biennium to fund a loan repayment program that assists primary health care providers willing to work in rural areas, under a bill being pushed by Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaverton. The program ran for nearly two decades before it was cut in 2009 in the depths of the recession (Gray, 2/12).
If a disease outbreak swept over Oregon like this winter's flu pandemic or the whooping cough epidemic declared in Washington last April, children under 11 could not get shots at pharmacies under current law without a prescription. Senate Bill 167, pushed by the Oregon State Pharmacists Association, would give the state public health director the right to lift that restriction in case of an epidemic (Gray, 2/12).
The University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center failed a critical federal inspection and has been unable to collect what is likely millions of dollars in Medicare reimbursements from the federal government since Dec. 1. As part of its takeover of the troubled St. Joseph that day, the University of Maryland voluntarily gave up a certification needed to bill Medicare and applied for a new one. The university health system wanted to disassociate itself from problems the hospital faced under its previous owner, Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives. A federal inspection days after the acquisition turned up shortcomings at St. Joseph. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could not issue what is known as a Medicare provider agreement to St. Joseph. As of Tuesday, it could not be determined why St. Joseph failed the inspection (Walker, 2/12).
One source of funding for pediatric trauma care could get a boost from a new bill being introduced in the state Senate, according to the author of SB 191, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima). "Pediatric trauma care is still not widely available in California," Padilla said, referring to the 14 pediatric trauma care centers in the state. "SB 191 would provide essential funding for emergency care and pediatric trauma care throughout California." The pediatric trauma care bill makes permanent a temporary penalty imposed by counties on vehicle code violations, at a rate of $2 for every $10 in fines. That penalty is due to expire at the end of 2013. Padilla wants to eliminate a sunset date and make it permanent (Gorn, 2/13).


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Jen Shah, a cast member of the reality series "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City." Photo: Chad Kirkland/Bravo via AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Two members of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" reality television show were arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging that they used a business to cheat hundreds of people nationwide over a 10-year period in a telemarketing scheme.
Jennifer Shah, 47, of Park City, Utah, and Stuart Smith, 43, of Lehi, Utah, were arrested in Utah on charges including conspiracy unsealed in New York City, authorities announced.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss noted in a release that Shah portrays herself as a wealthy and successful businessperson on television, while Smith was cast as her first assistant. Shah is in the main cast of the Bravo program, which completed its first season in February.
The prosecutor said they "allegedly generated and sold 'lead lists' of innocent individuals for other members of their scheme to repeatedly scam. In actual reality and as alleged, the so-called business opportunities pushed on the victims by Shah, Smith, and their co-conspirators were just fraudulent schemes, motivated by greed, to steal victims' money."
Authorities said the fraud scheme ripped off hundreds of victims nationwide for a decade.
It was not clear who would represent Shah and Smith during an initial appearance in federal court in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Deadline Hollywood provides more information on the details.
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EVENTS ABOUT MANIFESTO ARCHIVE
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Selections from the Social Practice Archive, 2011–2014
October 12–November 9, 2019
Saturdays, 12–4pm
Saturday, October 12, 1pm
Most Saturdays at 1pm (see below for details)
Reading Ours presents Landfill: Selections from the Social Practice Archive 2011–2014, organized by Elyse Mallouk, an exhibition of items remaining from ephemeral social practice art projects.
Landfill's collection was initiated by Mallouk, and Ted Purves, for the purpose of arts research. These items were redistributed through their publication Landfill Quarterly. Reading Ours will exhibit items produced by artists Fallen Fruit, Ghana Think Tank, The Llano Del Rio Collective, Los Angeles Urban Rangers, Michael Parker and Alyse Emdur with Audrea Rena Jones and Gregory Gibson, San Francisco Bureau of Urban Secrets, Santiago Sierra, Allison Smith with Southern Exposure, and Brindalyn Webster Chen. The selection of objects includes announcements, offset and xeroxed posters, maps, t-shirts, patches, letters, performance documentation, and booklets.
Leftover objects do not explain themselves. Unlike other forms of documentation, the power of ephemera lies in their unabashed inability to depict past events. It's this failure that enables things originally intended to serve a distinct purpose to retain an unruly sort of narrative potential, a kind of flexible agency that otherwise erodes in direct proportion to a document's illustrative success. Even the most commonplace things, from park benches to paint on pavement, help to define a set of potential exchanges that can occur in their orbit.
— Elyse Mallouk, What We Want Is Free (2nd edition), Suny Press, 2015
Between 2011 and 2014 Landfill collected things made in relation to socially engaged artworks, and developed a network to recirculate these objects as a kind of mail art. Five issues of the Landfill Quarterly were produced during the project's four years of existence. Issues of the journal were mailed to subscribers with a selection of objects. These objects were discussed in the publication, along with writings considering the nature of the archive and related topics. Landfill created a secondary area of resonance for artworks that were largely between people, relational, fleeting, experienced as live activities.
Along with a variety of social, political, and economic forces, the histories contained in the objects of the Landfill archive are a product of an era of social practice art partly influenced by Ted Purves, the founder of California College of the Arts Social Practice Art Program, and collaborator Mallouk. The items in the archive reflect on art practices that sought to intervene in cities through poetic and meaningful actions.
This exhibition Landfill: Selections from the Social Practice Archive, 2011–2014 provides us the opportunity to reconsider the artworks in the exhibition, and the distinct history of social practice art reflected in the archive itself.
Saturdays, 1pm
Los Angeles-based artists, organizers, and thinkers, some represented in the exhibition, have been invited to spend a half-hour at Reading Ours to discuss Landfill and reflect on the artwork, and histories of Social Practice Art.
October 12: Michael Parker on his contribution
October 19: Matias Viegner will chat about waste
October 26: Therese Kelley of the Los Angeles Urban Rangers
November 9: Courtney Fink on Cries of San Francisco and Bay Area Social Practice
Image caption: Landfill Quarterly, issues 3 (2011) and 4 (2014)
Millie Wilson: Errors of Nature
May 18–June 15, 2019
Saturday, May 18, 5–8pm
Talk with Susan Silton
Saturday, June 8, 1pm
Silton will talk about her book design projects from the 1990s, including All But the Obvious (LACE, 1990), Altered Egos (Santa Monica Museum of Art, 1994), and Pervert (UCI University Art Gallery, 1995), among others
Closing Reception
Saturday, June 15, 11am–3pm
However, Millie has provided her notes from the production of her artist book Errors of Nature (1992), which we'll be delighted to share with you if you stop by Saturday. These notes include a number of "errors" culled from mid-century pulp psychology books on lesbianism that were not included in the final edition.
Please join Reading Ours for Millie Wilson: Errors of Nature, a solo exhibition of the esteemed artist and CalArts Faculty Emeritus. Bringing together three works by Wilson from the 1990s, this exhibition highlights the artist's mining of lesbian history and consistently deft wordplay.
Organized by David Evans Frantz, the exhibition takes its title from Wilson's artist book Errors of Nature, published in 1992 by New Langton Arts in San Francisco. This small edition lists "symptoms" of lesbianism culled from mid-century pulp psychology and sexology books. On each page four statements, dangled without subjects or predicates, are arranged to form a mysterious portrait of a deviate individual. Copies of this artist book will be available for purchase at Reading Ours.
Wilson's queering of appropriated text is similarly presented inTwisted Love. Conceived in 1990 and exhibited for the first time at Reading Ours, this wall installation lists the sensational titles of lesbian pulp novels as an ordered grid.
Much of Wilson's practice is rooted in imagining queer futures through fictive extrapolation and historical misinterpretation. For a 1989 installation at LACE she invented the persona of "Peter (A Young English Girl)," an imaginary early-twentieth century lesbian painter who took her name from Romaine Brooks' 1923–24 portrait of the artist Gluck. Both Brooks and Gluck would inspire Peter's backstory and uncompromising demeanor. In her poster Wanted (1997), presented at Reading Ours, Wilson appears as a dapperly dressed Peter in a photograph by Catherine Opie. The image is presented alongside a text highlighting Peter's artistic struggles, personal tribulations, and historical erasure.
These three works are on view alongside a selection of exhibition catalogues and books of Wilson's works.
Millie Wilson: Errors of Nature is organized by David Evans Frantz. This exhibition could not have been mounted without the care, enthusiasm, and trust of Millie Wilson.
Millie Wilson is an artist whose work has been exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Rome, Olso, Oporto, and Melbourne. Her work is in numerous public and private collections, including those of the UCLA Hammer Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Orange County Museum of Art, The Henry Art Gallery (Seattle),The Disney Corporation, Eileen Harris Norton and Peter Norton. She has received numerous grants, including an NEA Visual Artists Fellowship, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, City of Los Angeles Artist Grant, California Arts Council Fellowship, Art Matters, Inc.Grant, and a LACE Artists Projects Grant. She has been published in a variety of contexts, and has taught and lectured throughout the U.S. and Europe. She joined the faculty of the Program of Art at the California Institute of the Arts in 1985 and retired December 31, 2014.
David Evans Frantz is Associate Curator at the Palm Springs Art Museum. From 2011 to 2018 he was the curator at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries. His curatorial projects examine alternative art movements, queer politics and culture, historical erasure, and archival practices in contemporary art. At ONE he founded a visual arts program that presented historical exhibitions and commissioned artists to respond to ONE's collections. In 2017 he co-curated with C. Ondine Chavoya the exhibition Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., a collaboration between ONE Archives and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Axis Mundo is currently traveling to multiple venues in the United States in an exhibition tour organized by Independent Curators International. The project has been the recipient of numerous awards, including an Award for Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) for the exhibition catalogue.
Image caption: Millie Wilson, Errors of Nature, 1992. Artist book, edition of 1000, 6 ⅞ x 4 ⅛ inches. Published by New Langton Arts, San Francisco, in conjunction with the solo-exhibition of Wilson's work Living in Someone Else's Paradise, 1992. Courtesy of the artist
Sunny Mirrors
Mark Allen and Emily Joyce
April 6–May 4, 2019
Backyard Silkscreen Workshop
Saturday, April 20, 12–3pm
Mark likes to mix it up, make a mess, throw it all in the air and see where it lands. Emily fancies herself an amateur geometrician, art historian, and stand up comedian who doesn't make a move without a clear plan.
Mark has spent the last year since he closed Machine Project gleefully designing and printing posters. Emily's first book of visual poetry, A Cigar Caught in the Lilies, is fresh off the Hesse Press.
Selections from Mark's blossoming romance with printmaking will be on display alongside two large Emily Joyce prints created to accompany her new book.
Emily and Mark will also bring us master printer Maggie Lomeli to give a workshop on backyard screen printing. See details below and be sure to RSVP as space is limited.
Mark Allen is an artist, educator and curator based in Los Angeles. He was the founder and executive director of Machine Project, a non-profit art space which produced over 1500 events between 2003 and 2018, including shows with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum at UCLA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Walker Museum in Minneapolis and the Tang Teaching Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Emily Joyce was born in 1976 in Illinois and educated at the Glasgow School of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 1998). Joyce has exhibited her abstract paintings and participated in projects at Human Resources (Los Angeles), Machine Project (Los Angeles), Inman Gallery (Houston), David B. Smith Gallery (Denver), The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley), The Tang Teaching Museum (Saratoga Springs), and the Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and more. Her work can currently be seen in the exhibition "Aftereffect: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Painting" at the MCA Denver. Her book of poetry, A Cigar Caught In The Lilies, was published by Hesse Press (Los Angeles, 2019).
Image: Emily Joyce, Sunny Mirrors, 2017. Xerox transfer and collage on paper, 12 1/4 x 9 in. Photo by Ian Byers-Gamber
The Making of Past/Forward:
The LA Phil at 100
February 9–March 9, 2019
On color: February 23, 1–3pm
On type: March 2, 1–3pm
Content Object and Reading Ours were pleased to present an exhibition accompanied by a series of conversations and workshops celebrating the making of Past/Forward: the LA Phil at 100.
Conversation and Workshop: Color
Saturday, February 23, 1–3pm
A conversation by Doug Goodwin and Tony Manzella followed by hands-on experimentation of color relationships.
Explore color through the lens of quantum mechanics, additive and subtractive color, emotion and color space, and question how it defines the world around us. How do we balance creative thinking with the standards necessary for order and production? How do we face the constraints of the medium? Is making a book more like aesthetic reproduction or creating something new?
Materials supplied. No experience necessary. Please RSVP at readingours@gmail.com as space is limited.
Conversation and Workshop: Type
Saturday, March 2, 1–3pm
Type is everywhere—omnipresent and invisible all at once. It's historical references embedded into every nook and cranny of each character and every space in between. Who makes these marks? Who gets to decide what it looks like, what standards of legibility should be observed, and who reads it?
We'd like to introduce you to Philip. Philip is a younger cousin of Frank*. Philip is very playful, very musical, and very new. Its disparate shapes intend to speak to players in the orchestra; parts of a whole. Each character is a bit of an instrument, or a player. Certain dotted characters connote notation: tiny staccato gestures. Legible stencil forms hide small unexpected moments that flirt with experimentation and challenge our understanding of those otherwise familiar forms / instruments (or type).
Please join us as we discuss the development of Philip and explore the language of typography through historical reference and practice, and participate in a pencil to paper exercise with designer Benjamin Critton.
Materials supplied. Please RSVP as space is limited.
Reading Ours with
Kimberly Varella and Jessica Fleischmann—
Saturday, March 2, 11am–3pm
If you can't make it to the opening or either event, be sure to stop by February 16th to join designers Kimberly Varella and Jessica Fleischmann to explore the archival images, interviews, a multi-layered history, brief essays, photos, and artwork commissioned by the LA Phil in Past/Forward: The LA Phil at 100.
About Past/Forward: LA Phil at 100—
Designed by Content Object, Kimberly Varella and Jessica Fleischmann (still room), and published on the occasion of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's centennial, Past/Forward: The LA Phil at 100 is a two-volume book that revisits the history of the LA Phil, meditates on its relationship to Los Angeles and beyond, and speculates on the future of live orchestral music and its continued relevance in contemporary culture.
The voices of John Adams, Gustavo Dudamel, Elkhanah Pulitzer, Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock, Peter Sellars, Yuval Sharon, Josh Kun, LA Phil musicians, YOLA students, and others imagine possible transformations of orchestras in the coming century.
Varella and Fleischmann worked together with visual curator Aandrea Stang to include commissions by L.A.–based artists Charles Gaines, Christine Sun Kim, and Lucky Dragons to visualize this speculative future drawn out in the Forwardvolume.
Additionally, the designers collaborated with Benjamin Critton to create a custom typeface for the Forward volume and Tony Manzella of Echelon Color to create special image treatments for both volumes. The illustrious pages feature 4-color LED UV offset printing plus five Pantone colors in Past, fluorescent ink and holographic foil edges in Forward, presented in an open-ended slipcase in hopes to express an effervescent quality of listening to live music (both inside the concert hall or out in the streets).
Through this publication's design, Varella and Fleischmann aimed to create a structure that challenges how we explore our roles as listeners, audience members, book readers, and designers, long after the pages of the book are closed and the vibration of the last note has faded.
Please email readingours@gmail.com to RSVP for the workshops and for location information.
Participant Biographies—
Benjamin Critton is a designer, type designer, and art director based in Los Angeles. He received his BA from Hamilton College in 2006 and his MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2011. Benjamin Critton Art Department was established in 2012 is an art and design practice / service whose client-based collaborations and commissions are supplemented by independent an interdependent initiatives in publishing, writing, editing, and curation.
Jessica Fleischmann is the founder and creative director of Still Room. Her work has been recognized by the AIGA 365 and AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers, and British Book Design and Production Awards. She has held teaching positions at UCLA, Otis College of Art and SCIArc and is co-founder of X Artists' Books – a publisher of high-quality artist-centered books.
Doug Goodwin is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work investigates the mechanisms by which language and other technologies mediate our perception of reality. Goodwin's work has been shown at many media venues including REDCAT, Toronto Film Festival, London Film Festival, Pacific Film Archive, Frankfurt Film Museum, SIGGRAPH, Eyebeam, and Dorkbot. Before earning an MFA in experimental writing at CalArts, Goodwin served as creative director for Portland's Oracle Theater, and as a board member of the Changing Scene in Denver, CO. He currently teaches the theory and history of digital media at CalArts, Emerson College and Massachusetts College of Art.
Tony Manzella creates art at the intersection of structure and chaos. His photographs depict abstracted planes and gritty surfaces of his hometown, while his sculptures incorporate found objects from the streets and alleys he travels on a daily basis. Manzella's retouching and color separations company, Echelon Color, is one of a handful of companies in the world which handles color separations for art catalogues for the likes of SFMoma, Gagosian Gallery, and the Menil to name a few.
Kimberly Varella is an artist, graphic designer, and founder of Los Angeles-based design studio, Content Object (founded in 2012). Her work has been recognized by AIGA & Design Observer 50 Books / 50 Covers, American Alliance of Museums (AAM), Book Industry Guild of New York, among others. Varella has been highlighted in the New York Times, Cooper Hewitt Design Quarterly, KCET Artbound, and AIGA's Eye On Design. Varella earned an MFA in art from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 1999 and a BFA in printmaking and new genres from San Francisco Art Institute in 1996.
Pochette D'Allumettes:
A Matchbook Collection
Matchbook Making Workshop
Book Kitten at Reading Hours Pochette D'Allumette a collection of matchbooks. Organized by Juniper Herbst (age 9).
Sam Gould:
Zen Anarchist Garage Sale
November 3–December 1, 2018
"Free as in Nowhere, from Ayler to Anarchism"
with Bradford Baily
An artist, writer, and activist, Sam Gould cofounded artist collective Red76 and currently acts as editor for Tools in Common, an expanded publication platform. Interested in ideas about publication as an act of public making, his work often focuses on sociality, education, and encountering the political within daily life. Beyond Repair, a Tools in Common publication he edits, functions as a long now site of questioning within the 9th Ward of Minneapolis.
Gould has taught within the graduate department for Social Practice at the California College of the Arts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He has written, as well as lectured extensively within the United States and abroad.
Bradford Bailey is writer who has divided the last 15 years between New York and London. He is currently enjoying an extended stay in Mexico City. In addition to writing liner notes and texts for a number of outlets and applications, he also runs The Hum, a blog dedicated to the exploration of historical and contemporary to music existing outside of mainstream interest.
Photos by Ian Byers-Gamber


High blood pressure and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are two emerging health problems related to the epidemic of childhood obesity. In a recent study, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine sought to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure in children with NAFLD, which places them at risk for premature cardiovascular disease.
The study, published in the November 24 edition of PLOS ONE, found that children with NAFLD are at substantial risk for high blood pressure, which is commonly undiagnosed.
NAFLD – the inappropriate storage of fat droplets inside liver cells – is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the United States and affects nearly 10 percent of all children. Although children with chronic liver disease often have no symptoms, some children with NAFLD will have fatigue and/or abdominal pain. The initial evaluation for NAFLD is via a blood test and diagnosis is ultimately based upon a liver biopsy. The disease is most common in children and teenagers who are overweight and can develop in conjunction with other health problems, such as diabetes.
The study, conducted by the National Institutes of Health Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network, enrolled 484 children with NAFLD between two-and-17-years-old. The participants' blood pressure was assessed at enrollment and at 48 weeks. Nearly 36 percent of the group had high blood pressure at baseline; 21 percent had persistent high blood pressure almost a year later. In comparison, high blood pressure was present in two to five percent of all children and 10 percent of obese children.
"Along with being at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, we found that children with NAFLD who had high blood pressure were significantly more likely to have more fat in their liver than children without high blood pressure. This could lead to a more serious form of liver disease," said Schwimmer.
Researchers also found that compared to boys, girls with NAFLD were significantly more likely to have persistent high blood pressure.
Currently, there are no approved and effective treatments for children with NAFLD. However, there are treatments for high blood pressure.
Co-authors include Anne Zepeda and Kimberly P. Newton, UC San Diego; Cynthia Behling, Sharp Medical Center; Erin K. Hallinan, Michele Donithan and James Tonascia, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Stavra A. Xanthakos, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
The study was supported in part by the NASH Clinical Research Network and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (grants U01DK061718, U01DK061728, U01DK061731, U01DK061732, U01DK061734, U01DK061737, U01DK061738, U01DK061730, U01DK061713); the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (grants UL1TR000439, UL1TR000077, UL1TR000436, UL1TR000150, UL1TR000424, UL1TR000006, UL1TR000448, UL1TR000040, UL RR031980, UL1TR000100, UL1TR000004, UL1TR000423, UL1TR000058, UL1TR000067, UL1TR000454); and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Cancer Institute (grant 8TL1TR000098-03).


I write since I was 18 years old, from fairy tales to science fiction novels, still I am not a writer, I …scribble funny cartoons. I did it for 5 years proficiently for two of the most popular Greek magazines, but I am not a painter. I am writing lyrics and music, I actually sang once a song in front of millions TV viewers on a contest, but I am not a musician. I was for 10 years the head of a marketing department in the largest CD-DVD manufacturer in Greece, but I am not a marketer. I finished a fashion designer school, but I never made a single clothe… I am 62 years-old now and I am trying to find what am I. Maybe you can help me find out. My name is George Kalatzis and I still live in Greece. Maybe this is the answer for all this mess above.


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The 8 Best Islands In The World
Jennifer Polland
Nov. 5, 2012, 6:05 PM
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Now that the weather is turning cold, people in the northern hemisphere are dreaming about heading south to lie on a tropical beach somewhere warm.
But with so many incredible islands around the world, it can be difficult to decide which island to visit this winter season. That's where the readers of Condé Nast Traveler come in.
Condé Nast Traveler recently released their list of the Top Islands in the World as part of their 2012 Readers' Choice Awards. The magazine's readers voted for their favorite islands around the world, from the Caribbean to the Pacific and beyond.
#8 Bozcaada and the Turkish Aegean Islands
Condé Nast Readers' Choice Rating: 80.8
Located in the Mediterranean off the coast of Turkey, Bozcaada is an island on the Aegean Sea that has pristine beaches, quiet fishing villages, and Greek and Roman ruins. Plus there are great hotels and restaurants.
Source: Conde Nast Traveler
#7 Bali
Bali is an incredibly diverse and dynamic island that has gorgeous scenery—from verdant rice terraces to surfer-friendly beaches—a rich culture and history, and phenomenal food.
#6 Vancouver Island
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Vancouver is known for being incredibly safe, clean and generally pleasant.
The Canadian island, which includes the city of Victoria, has great shops and restaurants, as well as gorgeous natural scenery.
#5 Nevis
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This small Caribbean island has sandy beaches, crystal clear waters and a volcano at its center, which means there are also volcanic hot springs.
Fun fact: Alexander Hamilton was born and raised in Nevis.
#4 Maldives
Located in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives consists of 26 tropical atolls.
With its high-end resorts that have stellar service and private villas, it's the perfect place to relax.
#3 Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Bora Bora is the quintessential exotic escape.
The remote island is famous for its high-end resorts that tout accommodations that are built directly over the water on stilts.
#2 Bermuda
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Located about 640 miles east of North Carolina, the island of Bermuda feels like it's worlds away from America's east coast.
The small and charming island embodies British culture with its pubs, historic sites and quaint English shops. The island is famous for its pink-sand beaches, turquoise waters and exceptional golf courses.
#1 Maui, Hawaii
Maui has all the beauty of a tropical paradise with the modern amenities of American culture.
The Hawaiian island has gorgeous beaches, mountainous terrain perfect for hiking and waters teeming with whales and other marine life.
Interested in cities instead?
Here are the top cities of 2013 according to Lonely Planet >
More: Destinations Island Caribbean Pacific Islands


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J. MooreMilton J. Moore, 87, of Wilson, died Saturday, July 31, 2016.Funeral to be held Tuesday, 2 p.m., Forest Hills Baptist Church, with a time of visiting to follow. Interment, Wednesday, 10 a.m., Maplewood Cemetery, Section B, with his wife, Judy, who died in 2013.He is survived by his daughters, Susan Currie, and husband, George, of Wilson and Kathy Moore of Charlotte; grandson, Colton Sterling Perkins.Flowers are welcome or memorials made be made to Forest Hills Baptist Church Building Fund, 1407 Forest Hills Road NW, Wilson, NC 27896-1576.Arrangements are by Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive N, Wilson, 237-7171, www.wilsonmemorialservice.com.Harvis Lee EdwardsSOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.— Harvis Lee Edwards, 79, of South Plainfield, New Jersey, passed away on July 30, 2016.Funeral services are incomplete at this time and will be announced at a later date.Arrangements are by Stevens Funeral Home, Wilson.All condolences may be posted to www.stevensfamilyfuneralhome.com or faxed to 252-991-5849.THE WILSON TIMES publishes brief death notices at no charge. Full obituaries are published on a paid basis. The obituary deadline is 4 p.m. the day before the obituary is to be published. Contact Lori Parrish at 265-7816 with questions.


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