A quick ceremony in the backyard and a long, relaxed meal with close family – a simple wedding at it's finest, captured by Morgan Roberts.
Funnily enough neither of us can remember when or how we came to the decision to get married – it was kind of a gradual thing and then suddenly we were in the throes of planning a secret ceremony!
We tried to come up with one favourite part and to be totally honest we just couldn't – it was all even better than we had imagined! If we had to pick a couple of things they would be: having our family there – it was really special to have each of our siblings be our official witnesses; and exchanging our beautiful rings custom made for us by our friend Welfe – they're a lovely symbol of our love and commitment.
It was a pretty low key affair – Georgia's family all live out of town so we hired a beautiful house that we could all stay at and arrived the day before so that we could prepare the food ourselves. On the day it was just our immediate families, our celebrant, Lamson, and photographer, Morgs, for a quick ceremony in the back yard followed by a delicious, long lunch.
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South Carolina DOC Coughs Up $920,000 for Prison's Water and Sewer Bill
Loaded on May 16, 2022 by Ashleigh Dye
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Clean Water Act. Location: South Carolina.
By Ashleigh Dye
In October 2021, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $920,000 to settle a four-year-old lawsuit filed against the small town of Ridgeland after it threatened to cut off water and sewer service over unpaid bills owed by DOC's prison there, Ridgeland Correctional Institution (RCI).
The massive bill arrived when DOC's sixteen-year-old agreement for water and sewer services expired with the town in 2017. Ridgeland then raised the water rate 400% and sewer services 300% for RCI, also levying a one-time, new-user impact fee of $1.4 million to go toward a $10-million new wastewater treatment plant for the town. The town justified the increased rates and the fee by claiming RCI had gone over the maximum water usage allowed under its old contract.
Current state law allows government-owned water systems to determine what their rates will be with no stipulations or restrictions. This lack of checks and balances, according to DOC Director Bryan Stirling, could mean that other towns might hit prisons with similarly legal-but-high rate hikes. No other users were charged the rate hike and impact fee.
When Stirling protested the rates and fee were exorbitant, he had to sue the town in 2018 to keep it from shutting off water and sewer service to some 1,000 prisoners at RCI. The settlement to end the suit was approved by the state Fiscal Accountability Authority in December. Ridgeland administrator Dennis Averkin reported that DOC will pay $312,682 for past-due bills and $605,000 in water and sewer capacity the prison used over its contractual peak capacity.
In a December 2021 Opinion Piece, the Editorial Board of the Charleston Post and Courier admitted the town had DOC over a barrel, since "…it's unlikely that the Legislature would provide funding [to DOC] to pick up and move [its prison] away just because the utility costs are too high." But it urged state lawmakers "to explore whether other state agencies have had similar problems and to consider creating a regulatory route for appeals when a municipal utility singles out a captive customer for special treatment – good or bad."
Sources: Bluffton Today, Post and Courier, SC Lawyers Weekly, U.S. News
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Even as U.S. Jail Population Declines, Average Length of Stay Rises, Sept. 1, 2022
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$177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail, Aug. 1, 2022
The Insidious Nexus Between Law Enforcement Budget Increases and Misdemeanor Policing, Nov. 15, 2022. Police Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems.
Rifles, Tasers and Jails: How Cities and States Spent Billions of COVID-19 Relief, Oct. 31, 2022. COVID-19, Cost of Prison Systems.
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Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay, Sept. 1, 2022. Cost of Prison Systems, Staffing.
Despite $200 Million Bond Sale Shortfall, Alabama Moves Forward with New Prison Construction, Aug. 5, 2022. Cost of Prison Systems, Rural Prisons.
Private Prison Space in Louisiana Contracted But Unused by ICE Costing Taxpayers $8 Million a Month, June 27, 2022. Cost of Prison Systems, Immigration Law/Offenses.
U.S. Prison and Jail Populations Flat or Rising Again After 2020 Decline Spurred by Pandemic, June 1, 2022. Cost of Prison Systems, Overcrowding.
Florida Sheriff's Version of Fiscal Responsibility— 'We Prefer' Homeowners Shoot Burglars to 'Save Taxpayer Money', May 1, 2022. Cost of Prison Systems, State Legislation, Home Invasion.
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Football superstar Lionel Messi wins his sixth Ballon d'Or
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Lionel Messi won a record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, beating Liverpool duo Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane to take the honours.
Now aged 32, it is Messi's first Ballon d'Or since 2015 and his sixth overall as he moves one ahead of his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi succeeds Luka Modric, the Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder who won the prize last year following the 2018 World Cup.
Gracias a @francefootball y a los periodistas que me votaron. Este premio no lo podría haber ganado sin la ayuda de mis compañeros, tanto del @fcbarcelona como de la @afaseleccion, por eso también es de todos ellos. Y por supuesto es de mi familia, a quienes también se lo dedico, y que tanto me apoyan cada día.
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Meanwhile, the United States World Cup icon Megan Rapinoe won the women's prize. Rapinoe, 34, succeeds Norway's Ada Hegerberg, the inaugural winner of the women's prize last year, after starring on and off the field as the US retained the World Cup in France in July.
"It's been an incredible year," said Rapinoe in a recorded video message having been unable to return to France to collect her award due to playing commitments.
This year has been the craziest of them all. I don't even really know how put into words how special this has been. The TEAM shook the world, and continues to. Yes the 23 players on the field, yes the coaching staff, and extended staff for the team, but the TEAM I'm talking about goes far beyond those who are lucky enough to wear the crest. The TEAM is our family, friends, girlfriends and boyfriends, wives and husbands. The TEAM is the thousands of fans who cheered for a team that asked them to care more about just the game of soccer, more than just themselves, more than just people who looked like them, more than just winning. For that, I am forever grateful. I think this World Cup win, and all the subsequent wins, both personal and team, feel so special because for the first time in a long time, it feels like WE ALL WON. And while I am truly honored to win @francefootball Ballon D'Or, I'd like to accept this on behalf of us ALL. WE DESERVE THIS. I am forever grateful to my beautiful family❤ I know for a fact I wouldn't be here with out you @sbird10 I love you forever 🦖
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"I want to say a huge thank you to my team-mates, the coaches, the US Soccer Federation, for all of the support to allow me to be who I am and do what I do on the field but also be the person who I am off the field."
Rapinoe, who plays club football for Reign FC in the US, added: "I'm so sorry I can't be there. I was looking forward to mixing it up with everyone but I'll do my best to get back there next year."
Rapinoe was one of four members of the US side that lifted the World Cup to be nominated for the prize, along with Tobin Heath, Rose Lavelle and Alex Morgan.
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Remittances and the SDGs
About the IDFR
IDFR 2020 Campaign
#FamilyRemittances
The campaign #FamilyRemittances2030 – Supporting one billion people reach their own SDGs, aims to recognize the fundamental contribution of migrant families towards the achievement of their own Sustainable Development Goals.
The campaign encourages all actors engaged in the remittance market to acknowledge and act upon opportunities and best practices that can contribute to achieving the SDGs, and particularly SDG 10.c and Objective 20 of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).
The campaign's goals are to:
promote a more comprehensive understanding of the key role that family remittances play on sustainable development;
create an enabling environment for unleashing the potential of these flows for the wellbeing of migrants' communities; and
enhance financial inclusion for migrants and their families through increased access to – and use of – financial services, particularly in remote, rural areas.
For 2019, the #FamilyRemittances2030 campaign highlights the contribution of remittances towards the achievement of the SDGs, presenting recommended strategies which the public and private sectors, and the civil society could adopt and engage in.
Remittance families contribute to achieving SDGs
The SDGs provide a unique opportunity to create a convergence between the goals of remittance families, government development objectives, private sector strategies to tap underserved markets, and the traditional role of the civil society to promote positive change. In particular:
Financial inclusion and literacy for remittance-recipient families can increase opportunities for formal savings and investment. In turn, these mechanisms can build the human capital of remittance families and improve their living standards through better education, health and housing.
Migrant investments beyond remittances can change the development landscape of local communities, if given appropriate options.
Improved remittance markets through an adapted legal and regulatory framework, as well as greater transparency and competition, can lower costs and provide additional resources to remittance families.
As private flows, migrant remittances do not in any way reduce or supplant the need for additional resources, both public and private. However, the potential development impact of migrant remittances and investments can only be fully realized in partnership with coherent and realistic public policies and priorities coupled with private sector initiatives.
The GCM is an opportunity to build on the growing recognition that the remittances sent by migrants to their families back home are fundamental for governments, international organizations and other partners in realizing their sustainable development objectives.
Remittances can contribute to reaching the SDGs in a variety of ways:
At household level. By recognizing the positive socioeconomic impact of remittances on families' wellbeing (SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
At community level. By supporting policies and specific actions to promote synergies between remittances and financial inclusion, encourage market competition and regulatory reforms, and mitigate any negative impact resulting from climate change (SDGs 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 13).
At international level. By ensuring that the revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development – as outlined in SDG 17 – and the GCM promote collaboration across all sectors involved in remittances.
Household level
SDG1, no poverty
SDG2, zero hunger
SDG3, good health and well-being
SDG4, quality education
SDG5, gender equality
SDG6, clean water and sanitation
SDG7, affordable and clean energy
SDG8, decent work and economic growth
SDG10, reduced inequalities
SDG12, responsible consumption and production
SDG13, climate action
SDG17, partnershisp for the goals
Financing Facility for Remittances
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FFR Programme Manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44 – 00142 Rome, Italy
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Chilling photos of the abandoned Shawshank Redemption Prison and other 19th-century dungeons give a rare glimpse into a darker part of human history.
by Andrew Fischer Nov 9, 2015, 1:29 pm
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Lorton Reformatory. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
The District of Columbia's Lorton Reformatory is a maximum-security prison built in 1920 by lower to mid-level prisoners as part of an experimental program aimed at deterring individuals from breaking the law. The theory was that if would-be-criminals knew their sentence could include hard work outside in the elements, they would think twice before engaging in petty crimes. The prison was shut down in 2001, at which time it was purchased by Fairfax County. It remains standing today, but redevelopment plans have been proposed at various points since its shutdown. For the time-being, it stands, despite its deteriorating state.
An empty hall of dust and peeling paint. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
Built in response to inhumane conditions at the District of Columbia's jail in Washington, the Lorton Reformatory was part of a new-wave in prison architecture aimed at providing inmates a decent stay. Built as a workhouse reformatory, the primary goal of the Lorton Reformatory was to reform inmates into contributing members of society. Upon the completion of the prison, inmates worked various jobs on site, including metalwork, farming, construction, and even making clothing.
Files, documents, and books lie strewn about. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
As Cindy explored this prison, she walked into more than one invisible wall of black mold stench. She noted that some of the notoriously wetter interior areas of the prison were so moldy that she found herself either holding her breath or skipping the area entirely. In one case, as she entered the kitchen, the thickness of black mold in the air was so pungent that she was immediately overcome with a feeling of sickness literally entering her body. She still managed to get the shot, however, which can be seen below.
What is left of the kitchen. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
Instead of the traditional cell blocks utilized in other prisons built in the early 1900's, cells in this prison were built with more of a dormitory style in mind. This design contributed to a better team-based atmosphere necessary for the prison's workhouse nature.
The Lorton laundry room. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
Disintegrating decals and posters adorn the cell walls even to this day (not pictured). Images of the Washington Redskins logo, female pop stars, Jesus Christ, and even old Mercedes Benz advertisements kept inmates' dreams alive in a place where many held onto little hope of release.
A hall of empty prison cells where inmates once resided. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
In addition to the daily labor required by most prisoners at the facility, those wanting to push things even further were given access to weight machines and workout equipment. At least one such machine remains incarcerated at this abandoned facility, as seen below.
Prisoners here had access to weight machines. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
During the Cold War, an underground portion of Lorton Reformatory was used as a government communications bunker should the United States find itself at war with the former Soviet Union.
A caution sign adorns a door leading to a utility room. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
For reasons unknown, the designers of Lorton Reformatory utilized unconventional colored paint in their utility rooms. This doesn't exactly give off the "dungeon vibe" most older prisons are known for, but certainly leaves a memorable impression upon its guests.
Lorton Reformatory utility pipes are non-traditionally colorful. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
Despite being built in the early 1900s, Lorton Reformatory's construction has held up quite well. In fact, as part of the redevelopment plan currently being proposed, the once-prison will actually be converted to apartments, offices, and shops. As of the date these photos were taken, this process has not begun, however, and the nauseating smell of mold is still is rampant within the compound. How the state plans to convince people to come here by their own choice still remains to be seen.
One smiling resident remains to this day. (Photo Copyright © 2013 Cindy Vasko)
Throughout history, society's ever-looming question of "what do we do with criminals" has been answered with countless differing schools of thought. Aside from what is portrayed in books and movies, the stories of loneliness and despair from 19th and 20th-century prisons are difficult to relate to in today's world of more civilized penitentiaries. Cindy's work allows us to experience the shadows of history like never before. For her, visiting these prisons as a photographer has given her a new perspective on life. She told PopMalt that she emerges after each shoot feeling more blessed to have never suffered the harshness of these real-life dungeons.
Cindy's award-winning work has aptly captured an unusually beautiful, yet mysterious part of history. In fact, when contrasted with actually being there in person, she feels the photographs themselves better capture the aura and mood of these abandoned locations. At times, being on site at such a shoot is dangerous, rancid, and generally uncomfortable. Photos allow the viewer to step out of reality and into the experience of being there in a surreal way. With photographs, viewers can remain lost in these frozen moments as long as they wish without being constantly jolted back to reality by other tourists, sounds, smells, and yellow caution tape — much like watching a movie is typically more immersive than being on set as it's being filmed. We as humans, after all, don't want to see the photographer or the cameras; we want to pretend these things don't exist. In the case of these prisons, for instance, we want to be fooled into believing what we are seeing is genuine. We want to experience the first-hand awe of being the first person to peer into a lost time capsule; thanks to photographers like Cindy, we can.
Did you enjoy these photos? Make sure to check out Cindy Vasko's official website for more of her work. You can also find her on flikr. All images in this article are Copyright © Cindy Vasko 2013-2015 and are used with permission.
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Astronomers Surprised by Lingering X-rays Years After Landmark Neutron Star Collision
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An artistic rendition of two neutron stars merging. Credit: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State/A. Simonnet
New, most complete start-to-finish view of neutron star merger rewrites the way scientists understand these events.
It's been three years since the landmark detection of a neutron star merger from gravitational waves. And since that day, an international team of researchers led by University of Maryland astronomer Eleonora Troja has been continuously monitoring the subsequent radiation emissions to provide the most complete picture of such an event.
Their analysis provides possible explanations for X-rays that continued to radiate from the collision long after models predicted they would stop. The study also reveals that current models of neutron stars and compact body collisions are missing important information. The research was published on October 12, 2020, in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Researchers have continuously monitored the radiation emanating from the first (and so far only) cosmic event detected in both gravitational waves and the entire spectrum of light. The neutron star collision detected on August 17, 2017, is seen in this image emanating from galaxy NGC 4993. New analysis provides possible explanations for X-rays that continued to radiate from the collision long after other radiation had faded and way past model predictions. Credit: E. Troja
"We are entering a new phase in our understanding of neutron stars," said Troja, an associate research scientist in UMD's Department of Astronomy and lead author of the paper. "We really don't know what to expect from this point forward, because all our models were predicting no X-rays and we were surprised to see them 1,000 days after the collision event was detected. It may take years to find out the answer to what is going on, but our research opens the door to many possibilities.
The neutron star merger that Troja's team studied — GW170817 — was first identified from gravitational waves detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory and its counterpart Virgo on August 17, 2017. Within hours, telescopes around the world began observing electromagnetic radiation, including gamma rays and light emitted from the explosion. It was the first and only time astronomers were able to observe the radiation associated with gravity waves, although they long knew such radiation occurs. All other gravity waves observed to date have originated from events too weak and too far away for the radiation to be detected from Earth.
Seconds after GW170817 was detected, scientists recorded the initial jet of energy, known as a gamma ray burst, then the slower kilonova, a cloud of gas which burst forth behind the initial jet. Light from the kilonova lasted about three weeks and then faded. Meanwhile, nine days after the gravity wave was first detected, the telescopes observed something they'd not seen before: X-rays. Scientific models based on known astrophysics predicted that as the initial jet from a neutron star collision moves through interstellar space, it creates its own shockwave, which emits X-rays, radio waves and light. This is known as the afterglow. But such an afterglow had never been observed before. In this case, the afterglow peaked around 160 days after the gravity waves were detected and then rapidly faded away. But the X-rays remained. They were last observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory two and a half years after GW170817 was first detected.
The new research paper suggests a few possible explanations for the long-lived X-ray emissions. One possibility is that these X-rays represent a completely new feature of a collision's afterglow, and the dynamics of a gamma ray burst are somehow different than expected.
"Having a collision so close to us that it's visible opens a window into the whole process that we rarely have access to," said Troja, who is also a research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "It may be there are physical processes we have not included in our models because they're not relevant in the earlier stages that we are more familiar with, when the jets form."
Another possibility is that the kilonova and the expanding gas cloud behind the initial jet of radiation may have created their own shock wave that took longer to reach Earth.
"We saw the kilonova, so we know this gas cloud is there, and the X-rays from its shock wave may just be reaching us," said Geoffrey Ryan, a postdoctoral associate in the UMD Department of Astronomy and a co-author of the study. "But we need more data to understand if that's what we're seeing. If it is, it may give us a new tool, a signature of these events that we haven't recognized before. That may help us find neutron star collisions in previous records of X-ray radiation."
A third possibility is that something may have been left behind after the collision, perhaps the remnant of an X-ray emitting neutron star.
Much more analysis is needed before researchers can confirm exactly where the lingering X-rays came from. Some answers may come in December 2020, when the telescopes will once again be aimed at the source of GW170817. (The last observation was in February 2020.)
"This may be the last breath of a historical source or the beginning of a new story, in which the signal brightens up again in the future and may remain visible for decades or even centuries," Troja said. "Whatever happens, this event is changing what we know about neutron star mergers and rewriting our models."
Reference: "A thousand days after the merger: continued X-ray emission from GW170817" by E. Troja, H. van Eerten, B. Zhang, G. Ryan, L. Piro, R. Ricci, B. O'Connor, M. H. Wieringa, S. B. Cenko and T. Sakamoto, 12 October 12 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2626
Additional authors of the paper from the UMD Department of Astronomy are Faculty Assistant Brendan O'Connor and Adjunct Associate Professor Stephen Cenko.
This work was partially supported by NASA (Chandra Award Nos. G0920071A, NNX16AB66G, NNX17AB18G, and 80NSSC20K0389.), the Joint Space-Science Institute Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (Award No. 871158). The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations.
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French painter, sculptor, photographer, film maker, writer and installation artist of Algerian birth. Born to Spanish parents, he was much affected by North African as well as Southern European culture. He trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre. Despite a pervasive and diverse use of media, Alberola often stressed the coexistence of his different artistic practices as leading to painting alone. His paintings relied heavily on evocative narratives, at once personal and 'historical'. Alberola conceived of his role as a storyteller, on the model of African oral cultures. Convinced that narratives could not be renewed, he argued that a painter's main task was to reactivate his work through contact with his pictorial heritage. The main points of reference for his paintings of the early 1980s were Velázquez, Manet or Matisse, whose works he quoted in a personal way. In the early 1980s he undertook a series of paintings inspired by mythological subjects, which he combined with his own history as the principal subject-matter of his work. The biblical story of Susannah and the Elders as well as the Greek myth of Actaeon provided his most enduring subjects, both referring to the act of looking as taboo, as in ...
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30 Japan Firms to Collaborate on Private Digital Yen: Reuters
A group of Japanese companies plans to develop and test a private digital currency that would work alongside cash.
Nov 19, 2020 at 8:58 a.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 10:32 a.m. UTC
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A group of Japanese companies has said it will develop and test a private digital currency that would work alongside cash.
Reuters reported Thursday that about 30 firms from sectors such as telecoms, utilities and retail will carry out the trials in 2021.
The digital yen would be built on a common settlement platform and issued by banks during the trials, later possibly being issued by other entities.
"We don't want to create another silo-type platform. What we want to do is to create a framework that can make various platforms mutually compatible," Hiromi Yamaoka, chair of the group and formerly an executive at the Bank of Japan, told Reuters.
The overarching aim would be to encourage people in the cash-loving country to use a digital form of money, the group said.
The Bank of Japan, which is the nation's central bank, has also said it would work on a national digital currency and hold tests next year.
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Overview & Philosophy
Value-added Capabilities
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Active Investments
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At Excellere Partners, our professionals are immensely grateful for the opportunity to assist our platform companies in pursuit of their aspirations.
Spend enough time with Excellere and you will notice that there is something different about us. This is intentional. We built an organization around individuals who have backgrounds, skill sets, and attitudes that enhance and perpetuate the firm's unique, entrepreneur-centric culture and philosophy.
Prior to joining Excellere, each of our investment professionals and staff had diverse backgrounds and a history of success and achievement. As importantly, we have assembled a team with character and a unique passion for excellence and service to others.
Further reinforcing our differentiated approach, the phrase Strive for Excellence graces the back of Excellere business cards, a wall in our headquarters, and our collateral materials. Strive for Excellence reflects the manifestation of our commitment to a higher standard of service – to our investors, portfolio company managers/partners, lenders, intermediaries, and service providers.
Tyler Ashley
Mr. Ashley joined Excellere Partners in 2019.
Mr. Ashley is responsible for the strategic execution and management of Excellere's origination efforts which includes the sourcing and evaluation of new investment opportunities. Previously, he worked as an Associate for JMC Capital Partners, a middle-market buyout firm investing in industrial products and technologies. There he focused on sourcing new transactions and building relationships with intermediaries. He also has prior experience in new business generation in the media and technology industries.
Mr. Ashley earned an MBA from Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Business from Wake Forest University.
tashley@excellere.com
Mike Bringgold
Mr. Bringgold joined Excellere Partners in 2019.
Previously, Mr. Bringgold worked as an Analyst for Harris Williams, a middle-market investment bank, in the Healthcare & Life Sciences group where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments.
Mr. Bringgold earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Minnesota.
mbringgold@excellere.com
Nick Coleman
Mr. Coleman joined Excellere Partners in 2013 and has been a key team member on LucidHealth, Medlogix, and Biocare Medical. He is responsible for evaluating and executing new investment opportunities, arranging debt financing, and supporting value creation initiatives and portfolio company management.
Previously, Mr. Coleman worked as an Analyst for Northwestern Mutual Capital, LLC, the private investment manager for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, providing mezzanine debt and equity co-investments for private equity sponsor backed portfolio companies. His primary responsibilities included structuring, underwriting, and monitoring investments across a variety of industries and asset classes.
Mr. Coleman earned his Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.
ncoleman@excellere.com
Brad Cornell
Brad Cornell is a Managing Partner with Excellere and is a member of the firm's Investment Committee and Management Committee. Mr. Cornell oversees the sourcing, evaluating, and executing of new investments and supports management teams on value creation initiatives at existing portfolio companies. Mr. Cornell has over 20 years of experience in private equity investing, mergers and acquisitions, and financing of middle market companies across a number of industries, including pharmaceutical services; engineering, industrial, and infrastructure services; and technology enabled solutions. He focuses on the (i) pharmaceutical and pharmacy services, (ii) industrial and infrastructure services, and (iii) business services industries. Mr. Cornell currently serves on the boards of directors of Parcelshield Holdings and G2 Integrated Solutions, and prior to their sales, served on the boards of directors of TL Life Sciences Solutions (Two Labs Pharma Services), TrialCard, Personable Insurance, and Integrated Petroleum Technologies.
Prior to Excellere, Mr. Cornell served as a Director at Lake Capital, an operationally oriented private equity firm investing in a wide range of entrepreneurially owned and operated services businesses. During his time with Lake, he executed numerous buy-and-build strategies and served on the boards of directors of five portfolio companies. His past experiences include leveraged finance with GE Capital, investment banking with William Blair & Company, and corporate finance with First Chicago Corporation (now known as JPMorgan Chase). Mr. Cornell earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Finance and a BA in Finance from James Madison University.
bcornell@excellere.com
Bailey Cox
Mr. Cox joined Excellere Partners in 2021.
Previously, Mr. Cox worked as an Analyst for Piper Sandler, a middle-market investment bank, in the Info-Driven Healthcare group where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments.
Mr. Cox holds three Bachelors of Science in Business degrees from the University of Minnesota.
bcox@excellere.com
Mike Forsyth
Mr. Forsyth joined Excellere Partners in 2016 as an Associate and has been a key team member on portfolio companies Two Labs Pharma Services and G2 Integrated Solutions, and on the Healthcare Business Services industry team.
Previously, Mr. Forsyth worked as an Analyst for Harris Williams & Co., a middle-market investment bank, in the Energy, Power & Infrastructure group where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments.
Mr. Forsyth earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from the University of Richmond.
mforsyth@excellere.com
Mike Geldart
Partner, Chief Compliance Officer
Michael Geldart has more than 30 years of experience in executive leadership, operations, health law, regulatory compliance, and corporate development. Most recently, Mr. Geldart was the Chief Operating Officer of BioTelemetry (Nasdaq:BEAT), the leading provider of cardiac monitoring, cardiac monitoring device manufacturing, and centralized cardiac core laboratory services. Previously, Mr. Geldart was the Chief Operating Officer of MedExpress, a leading multi-state urgent care provider and former portfolio company of Excellere Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Geldart was the Chief Operating Officer and EVP of Corporate Development of CCS Medical, a national provider of Medical and Pharmacy supplies for patients suffering from diabetes, respiratory and other chronic conditions. Mr. Geldart began his career practicing healthcare law at Holland & Knight, LLP, a global law firm, and was promoted to Partner and served as the Co-Chair of the firm's National Health Care Practice Group.
Mr. Geldart received a Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law, and is a member of the Florida Bar. He received a Master of Science in Cybersecurity and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from the University of South Florida.
Mr. Geldart is a member of the American Bar Association and serves on the Board of the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation in Denver Colorado.
mgeldart@excellere.com
Ryan Glaws
Ryan Glaws is a Managing Partner with Excellere and is a member of the firm's Investment Committee and Management Committee. Mr. Glaws oversees the sourcing, evaluating, and executing of new investments and supports management teams on value creation initiatives at existing portfolio companies. With more than 18 years of healthcare-focused private equity investing experience in the middle market, Mr. Glaws focuses primarily on (i) pharmacy and pharma services, and (ii) medical products and diagnostic tools. Mr. Glaws currently serves on the board of directors for AIS Healthcare, Concord Technologies, Biocare Medical, Parcelshield, and SCA Pharma, and previously served on the board of directors for AxelaCare Health Solutions and Mentis Neuro Health.
Prior to Excellere, Mr. Glaws was Assistant Vice President for GE Capital's Healthcare leveraged finance group. Mr. Glaws began his career with Bank One's Capital Markets Group. Mr. Glaws earned his Bachelors of Business Administration, cum laude, from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio with a major in Finance and a minor in Economics. Mr. Glaws was awarded his CFA Charter in 2005.
rglaws@excellere.com
Brenda Goscha
Director of Accounting and Administration
Ms. Goscha joined Excellere Partners in 2007 and is responsible for the firm's accounting, operations and administration. Ms. Goscha has more than 21 years of private equity experience in administration and operations.
Prior to joining Excellere Partners, Ms. Goscha was Administrative Director with KRG Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity group. While at KRG, Ms. Goscha was actively involved and responsible for administration, operations, and event coordination. Ms. Goscha's prior experience includes entrepreneurship, accounting, and banking.
Ms. Goscha earned a BA in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from the University of Denver.
bgoscha@excellere.com
Ross Gundry
Mr. Gundry joined Excellere Partners in 2016 and is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments and supporting management teams on value creation initiatives. He has over 12 years of experience supporting entrepreneurs in private equity investments, operations and financings in emerging growth companies. Mr. Gundry primarily focuses on healthcare and business services opportunities, with a focus on i) IT and cybersecurity, ii) compliance and regulatory risk management and iii) payor services. He is currently on the Board of Directors at ADVENT and Medlogix.
Prior to joining Excellere, Mr. Gundry was an investment professional at Riverside Partners, a middle market healthcare- and technology-focused private equity firm. During his tenure with Riverside, his responsibilities included evaluating and executing new investment opportunities, arranging debt financing, and supporting portfolio company management. He began his career as an analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Gundry earned a Bachelor of Science in Management and Business, magna cum laude, from Skidmore College.
rgundry@excellere.com
Matt Halverson
Mr. Halverson joined the Excellere team in February 2014 and has been a key team member on AIS Healthcare, SePRO, SCA Pharma, and Mentis Neuro Health prior to its sale. He is responsible for evaluating and executing new investment opportunities, arranging debt financing, and supporting value creation initiatives and portfolio company management.
Previously, Mr. Halverson worked as an Associate for Pfingsten Partners, an operationally-driven private equity firm focused on manufacturing, distribution and business services companies. His past experience also includes two years as an investment banking Analyst with Lincoln International.
Mr. Halverson earned his Bachelors of Business Administration, with high honors, from the University of Iowa.
mhalverson@excellere.com
Matt Hicks
Mr. Hicks is a Managing Partner with Excellere and is a member of the firm's Investment Committee and Management Committee. Mr. Hicks oversees the sourcing, evaluating, and executing of new investments and supports management teams on value creation initiatives at existing portfolio companies. Mr. Hicks has more than 28 years of experience in private equity investing and financing entrepreneurial-owned and managed businesses. Throughout his career, Mr. Hicks has partnered with numerous entrepreneurial-owned businesses across a number of industries, including (i) physician services, (ii) healthcare services, (iii) pharmacy products and technology, (iv) outsourced insurance services, (v) outsourced marketing services, and (vi) industrial services and products industries, and supported those organizations in buy and build growth strategies. Mr. Hicks currently serves on the board of directors of Advent, MedLogix, and SePro and previously served on the board of directors of AIS Healthcare, Advanced Pain Management, MTS Medication Technologies, Mentis and PhyMed Holdings prior to their sales.
Prior to forming Excellere Partners, Mr. Hicks served as an investment professional at Stone Arch Capital, LLC ("SAC"), an Upper Midwest focused middle-market private equity firm and at George K. Baum Merchant Banc, LLC ("GKB"), a private equity firm focused on a buy and build investment strategy primarily within the food and beverage, consumer products and business service industries. Prior to SAC and GKB, Mr. Hicks began his career as both an investment professional and financing professional in Bank of America's private equity subsidiary, BankAmerica Capital Corporation and Continental Bank's Leveraged Finance Group, respectively.
Mr. Hicks earned an MBA with a concentration in entrepreneurship, finance and strategic management from The University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business and earned a BS in Finance from the University of Utah.
mhicks@excellere.com
Eric Mattson
Mr. Mattson brings to Excellere over 25 years of merger & acquisition, strategic consulting and senior operations experience. Prior to joining Excellere, he was Executive Director at United BioSource Corporation (an Express Scripts company). During his tenure with UBC, a global provider of pharmaceutical support services, he was responsible for several acquisitions/integrations and the start-up and growth of multiple new business activities.
Prior to that, Mr. Mattson was Executive Vice President with HealthStar Communications, an international medical communications company, where he was responsible for business optimization across several subsidiary operations. Key aspects of each of Mr. Mattson's past two roles include executing acquisitions and divestitures, acquisition integration and developing growth strategies. In addition, he also has advised companies in the areas of strategic planning, marketing and corporate value enhancement. From 1989 to 2002, Mr. Mattson was a Vice President and Managing Director of the Southeast regional practice of Citi Capital Strategies (and predecessor Geneva Capital Markets), the middle-market investment banking division of Citigroup. During his 12-year career at Geneva/Citi, he was responsible for all areas of origination, valuation and M&A transaction management and execution, advising more than 200 clients across a broad range of industries.
Mr. Mattson began his career in corporate finance for Paradyne Corporation, a then NYSE-listed manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Mr. Mattson serves on the board of Parcelshield Holdings and TL Life Sciences Solutions (Two Labs Pharma Services) prior to its sale. He earned a degree in Business Administration with majors in Finance and Economics from the University of South Florida.
emattson@excellere.com
Patrick O'Keefe
Mr. O'Keefe is a Managing Partner with Excellere and is a member of the firm's Investment Committee and Management Committee. Mr. O'Keefe oversees the sourcing, evaluating, and executing of new investments and supports management teams on value creation initiatives at existing portfolio companies. Mr. O'Keefe has 20 years of experience in private equity investing, mergers and acquisitions and financing, of middle market companies across a number of industries, including (i) healthcare, (ii) specialty chemicals, (iii) business services and (iv) industrial services. He focuses on the healthcare business services, provider services, industrial growth and specialty chemical market segments . Mr. O'Keefe currently serves on the board of directors of LucidHealth, SePRO, and G2 Integrated Solutions and, prior to its sale, served on the board of directors of U.S. Water Services.
Prior to Excellere, Mr. O'Keefe was an investment professional with H.I.G. Capital, a middle market private equity firm and an Analyst at JPMorgan in their mergers and acquisition group. Mr. O'Keefe earned an MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a major in finance and strategy. Mr. O'Keefe graduated cum laude with a BS in analytical finance from Wake Forest University.
pokeefe@excellere.com
Grant Rahja
Mr. Rahja joined Excellere Partners in 2021.
Previously, Mr. Rahja worked as an Analyst for William Blair, a middle-market investment bank, in the Services and Industrial group where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments.
Mr. Rahja earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.
grahja@excellere.com
Ryan Revolinski
Mr. Revolinski joined Excellere Partners in 2020.
Previously, Mr. Revolinski worked as an Analyst for Houlihan Lokey, a middle-market investment bank, in the Healthcare group where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments.
Mr. Revolinski earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a specialization in Alternative Asset Management from Southern Methodist University.
rrevolinski@excellere.com
Justin Unertl
Mr. Unertl joined Excellere Partners in 2010 and is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments and supporting management teams on value creation initiatives. He has over 15 years of experience supporting entrepreneurs in private equity investments, operations and financings in emerging growth companies. Mr. Unertl primarily focuses on healthcare and business services opportunities, with a focus on i) IT and cybersecurity, ii) compliance and regulatory risk management and iii) outsourced insurance services. He is currently on the Board of Directors at Biocare, LucidHealth and Medlogix. Prior to their sale, Mr. Unertl was active in several Excellere platforms including AxelaCare, Personable Insurance and PhyMed Healthcare Group.
Prior to joining Excellere, Mr. Unertl was an operating executive with Arrowhead Health, a multi-specialty healthcare service provider where he served as its Chief Financial Officer and also carried business development responsibilities. He began his career in leveraged finance at GE Capital and Freeport Financial, with a focus on middle-market private equity buyouts.
Mr. Unertl earned a Finance degree from the University of Wisconsin.
junertl@excellere.com
Mike Vieth
Mr. Vieth joined the Excellere team in 2014 as an Associate and is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments and supporting the management teams of existing portfolio companies. Mr. Vieth currently serves on the board of directors of ParcelShield Holdings and serves as a key team member on Concord Technologies and, prior totheir sales, TrialCard Incorporated, and TL Life Sciences Solutions (Two Labs Pharma Services). Mr. Vieth has over 12 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and previously worked as an Associate for Maranon Capital, LP, a provider of mezzanine and senior debt to middle-market companies, where he was responsible for evaluating and executing investments across a variety of industries. His past experience also includes two years as an Analyst with Harris Williams & Co., a middle-market investment bank, where he advised clients on sell-side mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Vieth earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelors of Science in Business from the University of Minnesota.
mvieth@excellere.com
Jacob Woodring
Mr. Woodring joined Excellere Partners in 2021.
Previously, Mr. Woodring worked as an Associate for Lazard, in the Business Services and Industrials group where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory assignments.
Mr. Woodring earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Denver.
jwoodring@excellere.com
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DIEMEN, Netherlands, Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Plume [®] , the Silicon Valley based creator of Adaptive WiFi™, announced the availability of its smart home services bundle in the Netherlands through Tele2, a leading telecom operator. Designed to address a number of pain points including inconsistent Wi-Fi coverage and performance, Plume learns the needs of the home to make Wi-Fi faster, safer and more reliable.
Plume memberships are available to all Tele2 internet subscribers for €5.00 per month. The service bundle, called "Slimme WiFi," includes Adaptive WiFi™, HomePass [®] , advanced parental controls, the Plume app and a 3-pack of Plume Pods. Customers must have a Tele2 internet subscription to add Plume. For more information, visit https://www.tele2.nl/thuis/internet/slimme-wifi.
The elegantly designed Plume Pods plug directly into regular wall mounted power sockets, can be set up in only minutes using the Plume app for Android [TM] and iOS and extend smart and fast Wi-Fi to every corner of the home.


Lien claims can be very effective in assisting claimants to collect unpaid compensation. A good knowledge of the applicable lien law is critical to both enforcing and defending against a claim of lien. Knowledge of the lien law starts by understanding the available statutory procedures to identify, preserve, subordinate and waive lien rights.
Adverse possession refers to circumstances under which one may lawfully lay claim to ownership of property not originally one's own. Legitimate adverse possession claims are rare. Rather than happening as a singular event, they tend to accrue incrementally over the years without notice or fanfare. Classic adverse possession claims include the family that gradually takes over the empty lot next door to their home, or the rancher who has fenced in an adjoining tract and pastured his cattle there for a decade.
Boundary and title disputes at best are very unpleasant and at worst, very hostile. Such disputes can occur from flawed deeds, unmarked boundary lines, unwritten title transfer or from previous owners who did not raise any objection to a property infringement. Easements, when not properly documented or adhered to, can also turn into a contentious issue between the property owner and the business or individual who needs access over the property.
A suit to quiet title is often confused with the legal claim trespass to try title. In a suit to quiet title, the claimant seeks to remove a defect in his or her chain of title. For example, this can take the form of an improper deed, improper lien or an adverse possession claim.
It is not unusual for a person to claim some interest or right in a piece of real property. And it is not uncommon for another person to dispute that claim by claiming it is invalid or unenforceable. Such claims range from a claimed ownership interest in all of the property or a part.
Sometimes it is an assertion of a lien or other encumbrance against the property. The disputed claim is said to create a "cloud" on the title. To settle the dispute and clear the title, the circumstances may leave the title holder with few remedies. One remedy is an "action to quiet title," also known as a suit to remove a cloud from the title.
A real property owner can bring a trespass to try title case to dispute ownership of property. Requirements for a trespass to try title suit are explained in Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 783. The only issues involved are title and possession. The claimant must rely on the strength of his or her own title and not any weakness of the defendant's title. The claimant should seek an order that voids any adverse claim to vest clear title in the name of the claimant.


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His debut album came out in 1960 and was titled Lucky Devil.
His album Tale of Two Cities reached #35 on the US Country charts.
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Toledo Christian Academy Belize (TCA) is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian school founded in 1994. The Toledo Church and Bible Center, a group of missionaries, stepped out in faith and began a primary school with only 22 students. For the last two decades, TCA has been a light shining in the surrounding villages, teaching and equipping the next generation of Belizean citizens. In recent years, the leadership of TCA has been transferred into local hands. Emerson and Juliana Mangar, both of whom had previously been involved with TCA, took on the roles of Ministry Directors and School Administrators. Meanwhile ministry partners from abroad retained their involvement by sitting on a Board of Directors alongside Belizeans.
TCA serves children grades Pre-school through Standard VI (equivalency of 8th grade). We use the A Beka Book curriculum, a God-centered, American based educational program that is internationally used and respected. Additional materials are supplemented where necessary, particularly for teaching national history and culture. We intentionally keep our classes small, averaging 15 students per class in order to optimize learning and student engagement. We have an annual enrollment of approximately 115 students. The teaching and administrative staff is composed primarily of Belizeans. Our staff is chosen based on their commitment to the children and their desire to bring glory to God.


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Q: REST Framework: how to serialize objects? I want to create a ListView with a array of nested objects. Here what I've tried so far:
rest.py
class GroupDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Group
        fields = (
            'id',
            'num',
            'students',
        )

@permission_classes((permissions.IsAdminUser,))
class GroupDetailView(mixins.ListModelMixin, viewsets.GenericViewSet):
    serializer_class = GroupDetailSerializer

    def get_queryset(self):
        return Group.objects.all()

models.py
class Group(models.Model):
    office = models.ForeignKey(Offices)
    num = models.IntegerField()

    @property
    def students(self):
        from pupils.models import Pupils
        return Pupils.objects.filter(group=self)

But it returns a type error:

<Pupils: John Doe> is not JSON serializable

I guess I need to use another serializer on my students field, but how?

A: Error is because your model is not json serializable.
you can see @yuwang comment to follow nested serializer http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/#dealing-with-nested-objects
or for now, particular for this case you can change your code to:
@property
def students(self):
    from pupils.models import Pupils
    return list(Pupils.objects.filter(group=self).values())

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NS Pharma Submits New Drug Application to FDA for Viltolarsen to Treat DMD Amenable to Exon 53 Skipping
By Jeanene Swanson | Monday, October 7, 2019
On Oct. 2, NS Pharma Inc. (a wholly-owned US subsidiary of Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.) submitted a rolling New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its exon-skipping therapy under development, viltolarsen (previously NS-065/NCNP-01), to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) amenable to exon 53 skipping. On Sept. 26, Nippon Shinyaku completed its NDA submission to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan.
Following the completion of the rolling NDA submission, Nippon Shinyaku and NS Pharma will work with the FDA to confirm that the application meets the requirements for review.
The NDA submission follows NS Pharma's announcement last October of encouraging results from its phase 2 clinical trial in the US evaluating the safety and optimal dosing of viltolarsen over the course of 24 weeks. Preliminary findings suggested clinical improvement in boys with DMD who received the drug compared to natural history study data. This was measured by timed function tests, including time to run/walk 10 meters (TTRW), time to stand (TTSTAND), and the six-minute walk test (6MWT).
Last week at the 24th Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS) held in Copenhagen, Denmark, interim data presented from the 144-week open-label extension study in which treatment was given for 73 weeks appeared to support further development of viltolarsen. The drug is also being tested in a phase 1/2 trial in Japan, for which interim results show an increase in muscle strength as a secondary endpoint in the higher dose cohort of patients given the drug, as reported at WMS.
Exon-skipping strategy
DMD is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene (DMD) on the X chromosome that result in little or no production of dystrophin, a protein essential to keeping muscle cells intact.
Exon skipping is a treatment strategy in which sections of genetic code are "skipped" (spliced out, or left out) during the protein manufacturing process, allowing cells to create shortened but partially functional dystrophin protein, the muscle protein missing in DMD. Exon skipping is not a cure for DMD but potentially could lessen the severe muscle weakness and atrophy that is the hallmark of the disease.
In September 2016, the FDA approved Sarepta Therapeutics' Exondys 51, which was the first disease-modifying drug to treat DMD in patients amendable to exon 51 skipping. It's estimated that 13% of boys with DMD could benefit from Exondys 51. Just as individuals with DMD caused by a mutation amenable to skipping exon 51 could benefit from treatment with Exondys 51, those with DMD caused by a mutation that would be amenable to skipping exon 53 could potentially benefit from treatment with viltolarsen.
Viltolarsen was granted Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD), Orphan Drug, and Fast Track designations by the FDA, and SAKIGAKE and Orphan Drug designations from the MHLW in Japan. (SAKIGAKE is a system that enables research, development, and application of innovative pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and regenerative medicines in Japan.)
A phase 3 placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy and safety of viltolarsen in ambulant boys between 4 and 7 years old with DMD amenable to exon 53 skipping is now recruiting. To learn more, visit ClinicalTrials.gov and enter "NCT04060199" in the search box.
To learn more about the completed phase 2 trial, visit ClinicalTrials.gov and enter "NCT02740972" in the search box. To learn more about the open-label extension trial, enter "NCT03167255" in the search box.
To learn more about the NDA submission, read NS Pharma's press release.
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TAGS: Clinical Trials, Exon Skipping, Research, Research Advances
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Pierre Bourdin (Vincennes, 8 januari 1994) is een Frans voetballer die als centrale verdediger speelt. Hij speelt sinds 2018 bij Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen.

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Bourdin komt uit de jeugdopleiding van Paris Saint-Germain, waar hij aanvoerder was bij de reservenploeg. In 2014 werd hij gecontracteerd door Cercle Brugge. Hij debuteerde voor de Bruggelingen op de eerste speeldag van het seizoen tegen AA Gent. In mei 2018 ondertekende Bourdin een contract bij tweedeklasser Beerschot Wilrijk.

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Bolivia: Spanish, Chilean lawmakers meddled in local affairs
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Spanish lawmaker said Wednesday he was formally kicked out of Bolivia as he was getting ready to leave the South American country after he had traveled there to demand the release of opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho.
The foreign affairs ministry said it filed diplomatic complaints against the Spanish lawmaker and a Chilean counterpart accusing them of meddling in Bolivia's internal affairs. They came to demand the release of...
The foreign affairs ministry said it filed diplomatic complaints against the Spanish lawmaker and a Chilean counterpart accusing them of meddling in Bolivia's internal affairs. They came to demand the release of Camacho, the governor of the Santa Cruz region who was detained a week ago on "terrorism" charges.
Víctor González, a right-wing lawmaker from the Spanish party Vox, published on Twitter the document he allegedly received from Bolivian authorities moments before he was set to depart.
"When I was already inside the plane, two agents very politely informed me that I had been expelled from Bolivia," González wrote on Twitter. "Cuba, Nicaragua and now Bolivia are the countries that deny me entry."
González and a conservative Chilean lawmaker, Luis Fernando Sánchez of Chile's Republican Party, arrived in Bolivia over the weekend and were first in Santa Cruz and then the capital of La Paz.
Sánchez's whereabouts Wednesday could not be determined.
The Civic Committee of Santa Cruz invited González and Sánchez to Bolivia to get a first-hand look at the situation following the detention of Camacho.
A judge on Friday ordered four months of pre-trial detention for Camacho after prosecutors alleged the governor in 2019 orchestrated what they describe as a coup while leading mass protests following elections that the Organization of American States said were marred by fraud. The unrest resulted in 37 deaths.
The opposition, which characterizes Camacho's detention as a "kidnapping," has long disputed the government's characterization of the 2019 unrest as a coup. It argues that the events were legitimate political protests that led to the resignation of then-President Evo Morales.
Camacho's detention has sparked protests and clashes with law enforcement. Leaders in Santa Cruz, the country's wealthy agribusiness center that is widely considered to be Bolivia's economic engine, have called for a blockade to prevent goods from reaching the rest of the country.
Gónzalez and Sánchez attempted to visit Camacho in the Chonchocoro jail outside La Paz but were denied entry.
The two foreign lawmakers entered Bolivia as tourists but later claimed they were part of a special mission, although "they didn't have authorization from their congresses," Freddy Mamani, Bolivia's deputy foreign minister, said Wednesday.
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"We formalized a communication yesterday via diplomatic channels to formally elevate this complaint," Mamani said, adding that the lawmakers "took on a political role of intrusion in domestic affairs."
The lawmakers were not the only ones denied entry to see Camacho.
Fátima Sánchez, Camacho's wife, traveled to the maximum security prison with a committee of Santa Cruz leaders but was also initially denied entry, with authorities claiming the opposition leader was in isolation.
"I've come to visit him, to see what kind of conditions he's in, to check up on his health," Sánchez told reporters at the airport.
Later in the day, the head of Bolivia's prison system, Juan Carlos Limpias, said Sánchez was allowed inside the prison and would be able to spend the night.
Camacho's family and allies have raised concerns about the governor's health due to pre-existing chronic conditions but the government insists he is receiving the necessary treatment.


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INTELLIGENT NUTRITION means having your body get all essential macronutrients in the form of a healthy and organic diet every day (not only for x-mas, birthdays or weddings) so that it can turns into macronutritients. Only when the body (engine) receives all the macronutrients it needs, this is INTELLIGENT NUTRITION. How to eat intelligent, to speed up and to hold your efficiency for lifetime.
WHY IS THE RIGHT DIET SO IMPORTANT FOR EMPLOYEES?
How the right diet has a positive effect on the performance of your staff.
Do you recognize the mid-afternoon energy slump?
With a balanced diet during working hours you can avoid that inertia after lunch. This is also to the benefit of the entire company.
A healthy diet not only leads to more focused employees, but in the long-term they will also be much healthier. With a staff lacking in concentration, your losses in turnover can be immense.
Today, we already know that the health crisis will be ten times more severe than the financial crisis.
Meaning that promoting a healthy diet immediately increases your turnover by means of productive and concentrated staff.
A good, healthy lunch is unknown in most German canteens. In a survey carried out by the magazine, "MEN'S HEALTH", 41% declared that the canteen food, if it was provided, was "mediocre" or "really bad". Only 20% received "good" meals while 39% didn't have a canteen at all. It is hardly surprising that most of them feel tired (38%) during work, bloated (26%) or simply uncomfortable (12%). A majority eats their lunch off-site. However, the canteen is the first venue for most of the staff. 44% eat there while 34% would rather go to a diner, and 28% prefer a restaurant.
I'm not surprised at that, as I often hear from my clients: "I cannot eat our canteen food, it is a disgrace." I mentor companies investing in a healthy cuisine by only buying high-quality ingredients. Their sickness absence rate is nearly zero. Delicate food keeps people's mood up and it champions their sociability. There is no other measure which allows you to improve the office climate more than good, healthy food. A healthy and delicious lunch pays off, both for the staff and the company.
It makes staff fat, sick and unfocused. There is simply too much fat, sugar and chemicals in canteen food.
37% say that it is too fatty and 36% complain that there are too many flavor enhancers and additives (pure chemicals) in the meals.
Although everyone should be familiar with the risks of malnutrition, most of the canteens seem not to have tackled this issue yet.
It is no longer a secret that for staff to remain productive it is possible to have an influence by means of an adequate dietary praxis on a job which is dominated by time pressure, stress, appointments and meeting marathons. A balanced diet contributes to handling the increasing requirements in every day life in a better and fitter way. But what does "balanced" actually mean?
Not this, for sure: too fatty, too salty, too sweet.
If you shove empty calories (sugar and fat) into your mouth you will never get the feeling of being full because your body is not getting essential vitamins. Here is where the vicious circle starts – in the unhealthy foodstuff that is eaten.
That afternoon sleepiness becomes an afternoon coma because it puts a strain on your body's digestive system; it works at full blast and the well-known sleepiness attacks kick in. The meals should be fresh and low in fat with a wide range of vegetables. Salad is not a vegetable!
The essential carbohydrates should be consumed in the form of pasta and potato dishes. But this doesn't mean pasta with cream sauce or potatoes or croquettes fried in a lot of oil, or sweet cakes from the bakery around the corner. Such dishes harm our health and our condition because all our blood supply goes to the digestive tract which makes the brain go easy on working.
The meals should be light and easy to digest and at the same time provide your body with the essential energy it requires. A light meal allows you to work in a much more relaxed way. The same is true for the desserts, sweets and mousse high in calories. Cakes are also counter-productive for the performance curve in the afternoon. The required energy intake rule is that those who work physically require more energy than those working in a sedentary occupation.
It is every employee's own responsibility to eat more healthily, but companies can inspire and support their staff in many ways.
It is not good enough to get a cheese sandwich from the bakery around the corner. This is not a wholefood meal. It is also not an alternative to say "I will eat in comfort at home in the evening and skip lunch." Plus, you tend to make up for what you haven't eaten during the day. This is not healthy and doesn't feel healthy either.
Snacks are not a meal, or a replacement for a meal. Snacks which are consumed during the course of the day stress our digestive organs as they have to work (digest) without a break. Insulin is permanently produced which is very unhealthy.
It is healthy to eat three main dishes at certain times and 1-2 snacks at a maximum.
Unfortunately, many staff lack the discipline to eat healthily or to place emphasis on a healthy dietary behavior. There are many reasons for that, but one of the main reasons is that an unhealthy diet is already taught in childhood at home. It takes a lot of effort to change our diet as grown-ups. Malnutrition takes up the same time as eating healthily.
But it is inconvenient to change your diet – a true challenge.
Work is mostly already quite stressful and if you want to nourish yourself with good food, it requires preparation which takes time. Many probably dread the effort and don't take good care of themselves. The consequences cannot be seen and felt immediately, but at the age of 35 at the latest or even earlier, the first symptoms become apparent.
I haven't become acquainted with anybody still healthy at the age of 40.
About 1.5bn meals are prepared in German canteens annually, yet the food there is anything but healthy. But it is in the staff's control to not make themselves dependent on fast food prepared on an assembly line. Everyone can do something for him and herself. Nutrition doesn't only have to do with food – it is an attitude towards a conscious and healthy life.
One in two people does not drink water or not enough. As with food, it is the same with drinking water; it is all about making a habit of it. If we are not used to drinking, we drink less or not at all. Unfortunately, our eating and drinking habit is often adjusted and subordinated to the office routine instead of to our bodies and health.
The brain needs sufficient liquid in order to remain capable of focusing and performing. Adults should drink at least 2 liters of clean potable water, if they are healthy. When they are sick, at least 3 liters are required. However, if under pressure, many people drink too little or not at all.
The consequences: the brain lacks crucial nutrients such as potassium and phosphate. Our brainpower decreases and we often get headaches. Dehydration is pure stress for our organism.
WHY DO COMPANIES NOT OFFER HEALTHY FOOD IN CANTEENS?
The basic precondition for the establishment of healthy food in the office is the awareness by the management of the importance of it and an affirmative attitude of the company. It is also significant that the offer of a good diet is not provided separately from other measures. It should be incorporated in a long-term concept of an operational health management.
What role do organic products play?
From a nutritional point of view the quality of ecologically produced products is ten times less polluted than conventionally produced products.
Meanwhile we live in a highly polluted environment and all we can do is perform damage control. Fish from the oceans, for example, is so highly polluted with heavy metals that I, as a nutritionist, cannot recommend fish any longer. For ethical reasons, products from fair trade shall be taken into account.
It is crucial that the balance of nutrients and energy is right.
I have developed special workshops, "INTELLIGENT NUTRITION", so that your staff eat intelligently in the office. The workshops will inspire your staff to eat well in both the long and short-term. This is a wonderful win-win situation for everybody.


FUTURE CHORUS, formed in the summer of 2017 as a way of addressing the fallout of the political moment after the 2016 presidential election. Still going strong today, the chorus is made up of an ensemble of over 25 friends, artists and musicians who sing original and cover songs that are incantations to the forces that drive transformative socio-political resistance movements, offering messages of hope, resilience and empowerment to forge a better future.
FUTURE CHORUS continues to perform into 2018 at demonstrations, public spaces and art events throughout the Bay Area.
FUTURE CHORUS MEMBERS: Myisha Battle, Jessica Baer, Ezequiel Calderon Jr, Cedre Csillagi, Stevie Ann DePaola, Gee Hahn, Koralie Hill, Erica Horowitz, Colter Jacobson, Ivy Jeanne, Jaime Knight, Rumi Koshino, Terri Loewenthal, Muwazu Misquitta, Neil Nisbet, Claire Plumb, Corinna Press, Lily Rachles, Amy Rathbone, Laurian Rhodes, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, Laura Rose Sanford, Daniela Sea, Silky Shoemaker, Sarah Simon, Kate Sweeney, Andrew Berg Sweeney, Hannah Weiss, Hazel Klein Wolff & more. Guests Mona Martinez and Will Schwartz from LA.
The Song is Love, Artist Residency, de Young Museum October 31 to December 2, 2017.
During a month-long residency at the de Young Museum, The Song is Love tapped into the transformative power of art and collaboration to generate empathy in a moment of political disaster in the United States after the 2016 presidential election. Through multiple collaborations with artists, musicians and the public, the residency upheld collective creative activity as a force capable of turning the tide away from hate and callousness, toward wider affirmative forces of love, imagination and inclusivity. For the duration of the project, Wolff's studio was set up as an intimate space within the museum and visitors were invited to send letters of solidarity into the wider world at an art and letter-writing station made by local woodworker Nobuto Suga. In addition to the development of new work and letter writing activities, FUTURE CHORUS practiced weekly and performed at the museum on December 2nd, along with dance by choreographer Lauren Benjamin and a prelude by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs.


Been seeing a few posts on here about building a deck of cards, so I figured I'd work it out in C++.
So, I was thinking about OOP and inheritance, and I got to thinking about a new construct in OOP where you specify dominant and recessive properties/methods like with real inheritance.
I read a pretty cool project idea the other day where you're to read in some polynomial and do operations on it. I figured that this is a pretty nice project to apply my newly acquired knowledge of grammars on. It might be overkill, but it'll be fun none the less.
What you do with this information is up to you. I personally see no use for most of it.
Anyway, I'm working through Introduction to the Theory of Computation (3rd) by Michael Sipser.
Sometimes you have a project to complete that has a clear implementation strategy, and requires very little design, but most of the time you have multiple related features of varying difficulty.
There may come a point in your programming adventures where you are forced to write code against a set of tests which cannot be seen by you. This is most likely in an academic setting, since they don't want students coding to tests.