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IRB No. 99-226-1 (Dr. Juan Salazar, PI): Cutanenous Immune Response in Secondary Syphilis and Lyme Disease
This study involved three separate sub-studies: 1) Lipopeptide injection: this component of the study demonstrated the contribution of synthetic lipopeptides in triggering the immune response in humans, these synthetic lipopeptides mimic spirochetal lipoproteins; 2) Secondary syphilis patients: this component of the study was conducted in order to better understand the pathogenesis of early syphilis and to determine how syphilis can set the stage for acquiring and transmitting HIV; 3) Healthy volunteer blood draw: These experiments are primarily conducted to study the effects of two spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum). The only portion of the study that remains open is the healthy blood draw; the international and national sites have finalized their recruitment and no patients are being followed, data from these patients is currently under data analysis.
IRB No. 10-273SFS-2 (Dr. Robert Clark, PI): The Role of Unique Lipids Derived From Common Human Bacteria in Multiple Sclerosis
IRB No. 12-188-2 (Dr. George Kuchel, PI): Impact of Aging T Cell Responses to Influenza Vaccination
Participate in our research study on the immune system looking at how we can use vaccines to protect us against infections. With aging, that system does not function as well. We think this research will provide information that could eventually lead to more effective vaccines for preventing influenza illness and potentially other infectious diseases in older people. Men and Women must be 20-30 years old OR 50 years of age and Older; Have been vaccinated in last year, but not for current flu season; Do not have any Immunosuppressive diseases or on any Immunosuppressive therapy. Participants must be willing to come in for 4 study visits where blood will be drawn at 3 visits. Standard Flu vaccinations will be given as part of the study at no charge. Monetary compensation will be provided.
IRB No. 09-185J-2 (Dr. Upendra Hegde, PI): TCR Engineered T Cells in Tumor Immunity
simple blood draw. no risk to study subject.
IRB No. 15-006-3.1 (Dr. George Kuchel, PI): Immune Response to High-Dose vs. Standard Dose Influenza Vaccine
This is a 5-year randomized study of split-virus influenza vaccine (SVV) in a high-dose (HD) vs. standard dose (SD) formulation in each of five influenza seasons to define the key determinants of vaccine-mediated protection against influenza and how these immunologic mediators may be enhanced by vaccination with a U.S. approved high-dose influenza vaccine in older people. Trial Objectives The strategic objectives of this proposal are to conduct a randomized study of the U.S. approved SD-SVV vs. HD-SVV to establish GrzB activity and the IFN :IL-10 ratio in influenza-stimulated PBMC as biomarkers of clinical protection against the serious complications of influenza infection; develop a clinical tool (frailty index) and biomarkers (CMV status and bGrzB activity) for use in point-of-care testing to predict the response to influenza vaccination and appropriately target other prevention strategies to reduce the impact of influenza illness in particularly vulnerable older people; and translate these findings to testing new vaccines for their potential to significantly enhance protection against the serious complications of influenza in older adults. In the process, we will determine whether the Frailty Index [31], as a predictor of functional decline and mortality [32], can be used as point-of-care testing in the management of influenza. Table 1 summarizes the 5-year plan. The experimental design incorporates extensive experience in measuring T-cell responses to influenza vaccination and a study design that reflects an understanding of the variables that contribute to the heterogeneity of health and frailty in older adults. The overall experimental plan is described in three sections including a) Study Populations, b) Experimental Design including the Overall study protocol and Specific Aims 1-3), and c) Tests and Assays. Study Hypothesis (Aim 1) Determine whether a high dose vaccine performs better than standard doses Study Hypothesis (Aim 2): Evaluate the association of degree of frailty to cytomegalovirus (CMV) status and bGrzB levels in resting T cells. Study Hypothesis (Aim 3): Establish predictors of vaccine-mediated protection that can be developed for point-of-care testing


Microsoft recently released the second Monthly Rollup Update for Windows 8.1 since the company switched to its new update system. KB3192404 is actually a preview of the next Monthly Rollup update and brings a series of interesting quality improvements to the OS.
Since KB3192404 is a Monthly Rollup Update, it includes improvements and fixes that are a part of the current Monthly Rollup KB3185331 released on October 11, 2016, as well as new quality improvements. The update is available for both the Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 platforms.
Addressed issue with memory leaks that occur in the ISCSI WMI Provider.
Addressed issue where printing from some applications is not possible when the cached entry for the network printer is not available in the client side rendering (CSR) registry key. The error message is "Startdocprinter Call was not issued".
Addressed issue that prevents pushed-printer connections and printer connections from trusted servers from being installed.
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server or options are missing.
Addressed issue where syncing a recycled Active Directory object causes "Server for NIS" service to crash.
Addressed issue where the user profile disk (UPD) does not get unmounted when a user logs off. Therefore, users get temporary profiles and are not able to work with their own profiles during their next logon.
For more information about KB3192404 , check out the update's official support page.


"I hurt my boyfriend's feelings." Most of us have unfortunately said this at some point. The moment when you first realize that what you did or said stung your boyfriend is the very moment you want to crawl in a hole and hide. It's horrible to hurt the person you care about the most. Even though he may tell you that he's over it, things aren't the same. Perhaps he's pulled back a bit or he's less affectionate. If you leave this unattended, he may start to resent you for the pain you caused him and inevitably that's the beginning of the end of your relationship. You have to act now if you want to smooth things over and get him to feel closer to you again.
Obviously, it goes without saying that an apology is critical if you've hurt the feelings of the man you love. How you handle the apology is very important. What most women are inclined to do is to continue to apologize after the first attempt. If he doesn't seem to be accepting the apology, don't badger him into doing so. If you've tried to make amends with him, that's all you can do. Resorting to buying him things or sending him love letters won't help. In fact, they'll damage things more because he'll feel as though you're trying to buy back his love. Just tell him genuinely and sincerely that you're sorry and leave it at that.
It's inevitable that a man will pull back if he's been hurt. All human beings do. It's part of our emotional defense mechanism. How you handle his need for space will determine the future of your relationship.
You need to draw on your maturity after you've hurt your boyfriend's feelings and give him time to process and absorb it. He may need a break from you. If you fight him on that, you're literally suggesting to him that his needs matter little compared to yours. However, if you accept that you did hurt him and to get over that he needs some space, he'll be touched that you respect him that much.
The key is to not let him slip away. Even if he has pulled back, be supportive and compassionate. Let him know that you're always available to talk with him about anything. Once he's put some time and distance between himself and the episode that hurt him, he'll be open to forgiveness. Be patient and understanding and he'll see the good in you again.
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Photographer makes history
Jessica Mugler|February 25, 2013
"Supposed to hear about #JOY results this week. #sweatingbullets"
This was tweeted by senior Kelci Davis just minutes before she heard the results for the Student Journalist of the Year award. As Davis was called to Dr. Sonny Arnel's office, a surprise was being arranged back in room 139, which is where Davis spends a good majority of her time. As Dr. Arnel led her into the room, shock filled Davis face. A banner that read "Congratulations! Student Journalist of the Year!" let Davis know that she had won.
"It's kind of funny to me because I just tweeted about it," Davis said. "It's not what I was expecting at all."
Davis is the first student from FHC to ever win this award. To receive Student Journalist of the Year, one must participate in a very fierce competition. The best journalists around the state each make portfolios of their best work and a winner is chosen. Then, each state's winner can enter the national competition, which is what Davis will do next.
"The winner of the national Student Journalist of the Year award is announced at the San Francisco convention on April 27," adviser Mr. Matthew Schott said. "It's way more competitive than the state award."
Although Davis was told that the results of the state competition would be announced later this week, Mr. Schott received an email from the president of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association with the news on Friday, Feb. 22.
"I was a little surprised, not because Kelci doesn't deserve it, but because I know there are a lot of other great journalism programs in Missouri," Mr. Schott said.
Rod Howe, a longtime journalism adviser in Omaha, Neb., judged the contest for MIPA.
"Kelci's portfolio displays an impressive breadth of journalistic skills in photojournalism, design and writing," Mr. Howe said. "Her words, visuals and photographs — the heart-tugging images from a funeral ceremony come to mind — provide readers and viewers with messages they need to read and see to have a better understanding of and compassion for the unprivileged, and the victims of discrimination, bullying, or war. Kelci is a fitting representative of all the excellence in Missouri scholastic journalism."
As for Davis, this suspense only made her more nervous. As her tweet suggested, waiting for the news was killing Davis, and her doubtfulness about winning the award added to the panic.
"I have a panic attack in any award situation," Davis said. "I had kind of convinced myself that I wasn't going to win because there were so many good journalists out there."
Davis has been on newspaper staff since she was a freshman and has been an executive editor since her sophomore year. She now has her own photography business that has allowed her to solidify her background in photography.
"She's the best photographer I've ever had come through here," Mr. Schott said. "A few of my students are now professional photographers, but she is easily the best one so far."
Davis has contributed a lot of work to FHC's publications. As Mr. Schott said, this award is a culmination of four years of hard work.
"She has given a lot of time and energy and effort to making the Central Focus and FHCToday better every year," Mr. Schott said. "This award is recognition of that."
Although Davis is a talented photographer, she is planning on studying pre-med at Missouri S&T University next year. This was a hard decision to make, but ultimately Davis chose this route because she does not want to miss the opportunity.
"I can't go back and do pre-med," Davis said. "I already have the knowledge of photography and I can do that all my life."
To congratulate her, Davis will be recognized at Friday's pep assembly and will have a chance to speak to the crowd at Mizzou's J-Day convention. Now, after the wait is over and the the suspense silenced, Davis' tweets have a different ring to them.
"I'm the luckiest, most grateful person in the world right now. #humble #SJOY"
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Free Essay About Abel P. Upshur
Topic: United States, Armed Forces, Army, Law, America, Bureau, Politics, Secretary
Abel Parker Upshur was born in 1790 in Northampton County, Virginia. His father – Littleton Upshur, a devoted Federalist- had twelve children and owned the Vaucluse plantation. Littleton Upshur also had a seat in the Virginia Legislature and Captained in the US Army in the 1812 war. Abel Upshur attended both Princeton University and Yale College but did not graduate from either after taking part in a student uprising at Princeton University. Abel studied law at a private firm in Richmond, Virginia before being admitted to the bar in 1810 (Hall 9). He shortly practiced in Baltimore, Maryland before returning to Virginia after his father's death. In Virginia, he prospered in his law practice and took an active role in state politics. Upshur's first wife, Elizabeth Dennis - whom he married in February 1817- died during childbirth in October of the same year. His second wife who he married in 1824- Elizabeth Ann Brown- bore him one daughter.
Upshur served a term in 1812 in the Virginia House of Delegates. Between 1816 and 1823, Upshur served as was Commonwealth's Attorney for Richmond. He vied for a seat in the U.S. Congress but was unsuccessful and went back to state politics from 1825 to 1827. In 1826, he was voted in to the Virginia General Court. When John Tyler was elected US president in 1841, he made Abel Upshur Secretary of the Navy. Upshur served from 1841-1843 (Lansford 23). In July of 1843, Daniel Webster resigned from the position of United States Secretary of State, and was succeeded by Upshur.
During his term, Upshur was responsible for a number of developments in his various capacities. As Secretary of State, Upshur successfully led the efforts in annexation of the Republic of Texas as a slave state. Upshur was at the forefront of secret talks between the Texan diplomats and US government leading up to the treaty.
Upshur was also at the forefront of negotiations in the Oregon boundary dispute. He advocated strongly for the inclusion of Oregon into the union. The inclusion of Oregon into the union would build a stronger United States (Ferrell and Bemis 43).
As Secretary of the Navy, Upshur grew and modernized the Navy. The Navy took on more servicemen and the numbers grew. Upshur used the Navy as an instrument to forge foreign policy.
Also, while he was Secretary of the Navy, he oversaw the substitution of the Board of Navy Commissioners with the more efficient Bureau system. The Board System was found unfit to handle the required technical aspects of the Navy. Naval control had grown to be increasingly complex in the first half of the 19th century. Specialized oversight was required. Five Bureaus pioneered the changes in the naval management system. They were the:
•	Bureau of Naval Yards and Docks
•	Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs;
•	Bureau of Provisions and Clothing;
•	Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography; and
•	Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
They were established by Act of Congress on August 31, 1842.Upshur also regularized the officer corps while in the Navy. The naval officer corps was fully engaged in their duties.
The Navy also benefited from an increased budgetary allocation thanks to Upshur's management. The navy's appropriation was increased by Congress. The Navy was consequently able to increase the quality of work.
The increased budget also saw the Navy construct new and better steam warships and sailing ships. These advances enabled the Navy to explore and gain new ground for the United States in terms of naval power for the United States.
The United States Naval Observatory and the Hydrographic Office were created under the service of Upshur. The United States Naval Observatory is among the oldest agencies that are dedicated to science in the United States. Its mission is to provide positioning, navigation and timing for the United States Navy (Mihalkanin 17).
During his term in the Navy, Upshur also sent American warships out to stop the involvement of American ships in the slave trade across the Atlantic. Due to the improvements in the Navy, the exercise was relatively a success. There were no more American ships involved in transport of slaves across the Atlantic.
Upshur was widely criticized, especially on the nature of his appointment to office. The criticism was based on the fact that he was not appointed on merit, but on the basis of his close friendship with the president.
Moreover, he was a supporter of slavery and was said to be in favour of secession of the south. The idea of the south being an independent country had been on his agenda several times.
Upshur was also against the constitution. His argument was that the constitution would lead the United States to monarchy. He reasoned that the liberty afforded by the constitution was too much for the public to handle and the powers would be concentrated in a few hands.
Upshur was also of the opinion the United States could never be united into one nation. He argued that the concept of a nation was non-existent in his interpretation of the preamble of the American constitution.
Post Term
After Upshur's death, the Oregon treaty was completed. A warship was also named after him. Upshur County, West Virginia, Upshur County, West Virginia, and Mount Upshur are all named after Upshur. Upshur's review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States remains unanswered to date.
Ferrell, Robert H., and Samuel F. Bemis. The American Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1963. Print.
Hall, Claude H. Abel Parker Upshur: Conservative Virginian, 1790-1844: the State Historical Society of. Wisconsin: Madison, 1964. Print.
Lansford, Tom. The Lords of Foggy Bottom: American Secretaries of State and the World They Shaped. Baldwin Place: Encyclopaedia Soc., 2001. Print.
Mihalkanin, Edward S. American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin
Powell. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2004. Print
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When trying to build a better body, lifestyle and environment are pretty much one and the same thing. To get the best results it cannot be achieved by the training alone. In fact there has been research to show that a common trend with increased activity is to increase calorie consumption.
Here are 3 pillars that can help towards an optimized body.
Water*. Water is essential for bodily function, in fact we are made up of approximately 60% water. The brain and heart are composed of 73% water, the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys 79% and even the bones are a watery 31%. Just being 1% dehydrated can lead to a potential 10% drop in productivity. It is also 0 calories so effectively burns calories drinking and processing it, rather than juices and sports drinks that are packed with simple sugars and can be hundreds of calories. When working out is it really necessary to drink a sports drink laden with energy if the idea is to metabolise energy one already has?
Sleep is some would argue more important than training i.e. if one is ill or physically tired then going home to bed would be more valuable than thrashing it out at the gym. When you sleep, your body recharges and restores its energy stores. However, sleep is an active state that affects both your physical and mental wellbeing. A good night's sleep is often the best way to help you cope with stress, solve problems and recover from illness. Without proper sleep Corisol levels in the body can rise high and prolonged levels of cortisol have been shown to have negative effects, impaired cognitive performance, Dampened thyroid function, Blood sugar imbalances, Decreased bone density, Decreased muscle mass, Elevated blood pressure, Lowered immune function, Slow wound healing, Increased abdominal fat, which has a stronger correlation to certain health problems than fat deposited in other areas of the body. Some of the health problems associated with increased stomach fat are heart attacks, strokes, higher levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL) and lower levels of "good" cholesterol (HDL), which can lead to other health problems. Students from the University of Colorado found that dieters consumed 6% fewer calories when they got enough sleep (8hours). For someone on a 2,000-calorie diet, that's 120 calories per day, which could amount to nearly 5kg in a year.
There is no need to snack. Unless ones lifestyle is not to have designated meals or you carry out endurance sports lasting 80 minutes or more then snacking or Grazing as some people call is a dead end it doesn't really matter how healthy or organic the snack is, its still calories that have to be burnt and if not burnt, stored. Snacking is a habit and can be broken. It takes anything up to 3 weeks to start a habit, or break one.
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George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, Dies at 94
Bush had battled the rare disease vascular parkinsonism for several years.
Don Rauf
George W. Bush said his father "was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for."Lawrence Jackson/AP
The 41st president of the United States, George Hebert Walker Bush, who devoted more than 40 years to public service and was the father of the 43rd president, George W. Bush, died November 30, 2018, at his home in Houston. He was 94.
"George H. W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for," said former President George W. Bush in a statement. "The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41's life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the condolences of our friends and fellow citizens."
Diagnosed With Vascular Parkinsonism
While the cause of death was not immediately announced, Bush had lived with the rare disease vascular parkinsonism for the past few years.
According to the Parkinson's Foundation, symptoms mimic Parkinson's disease, but the condition is not a progressive neurodegenerative disease. It is often caused by small strokes and damage to blood vessels in the brain that control movement. For about the past six years, Bush has had to use a wheelchair or motorized scooter to get around.
In 2012, Bush told Parade magazine, "It just affects the legs. It's not painful. You tell your legs to move, and they don't move. It's strange, but if you have to have some bad-sounding disease, this is a good one to get."
Baylor College of Medicine states that the disease usually involves the lower part of the body rather then the upper, and it can also be characterized by slow movements, tremors, difficulty with balance, and stiffness.
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In recent years, Bush had been plagued by a series of other ailments. He had struggled with bronchitis and shortness of breath. In 2015, he broke a bone in his neck after a fall. In January 2017, he was hospitalized for pneumonia and then readmitted a few months later for both pneumonia and chronic bronchitis.
At the end of May 2018, he was once again in the hospital, this time with low blood pressure and fatigue.
Always Positive Even in the Face of Illness
Even when dealing with health setbacks, Bush was known for his passion for life and can-do attitude.
Even though he could no longer use his legs, the former president celebrated his 90th birthday by making a tandem parachute jump — a repeat performance of a similar jump he completed on his 85th birthday.
About a week after leaving the hospital in January 2017, he attended the Super Bowl in Houston, performing the coin toss with his wife Barbara at his side.
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George and Barbara Bush had been wed for 73 years, making them the longest married former president and first lady in American history. (They met at a Christmas dance when they were teenagers.)
Barbara Bush passed away on April 17, 2018, at age 92. Reportedly, she had congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In April, she issued a statement saying she "decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care," according to an article published in April 2018 in The New York Times.
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Years in the White House
A longtime Republican leader, Bush served two terms as vice president under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989 before being elected as president in the 1988 election against Democrat Mike Dukakis. When he received his party's nomination for president in 1988, he called for a "kinder, gentler nation," a phrase that has become one of his most famous and that many turn to for inspiration today.
His presidency saw the overthrowing of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega in 1990, repelling Iraqi forces led by Saddam Hussein when they invaded Kuwait during the Gulf War of 1990–91, and supporting the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader at the time, praised Bush and told the Interfax news agency, "It was a time of great change, demanding great responsibility from everyone. The result was the end of the Cold War and nuclear arms race," according to an article published on December 1, 2018, by the Associated Press.
On July 26, 1990, Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities.
Bush's approval ratings dropped as the economy slowed in the early 1990s and entered a recession. He lost his bid for re-election against the Democratic challenger Bill Clinton.
A Life Dedicated to Service
Born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, Bush began his service to his country at age 18 when he enlisted in the Navy and served as a torpedo bomber pilot in World War II. In 1944, he was shot down in the Pacific and rescued by submarine. After graduating from Yale University in 1948, he moved with Barbara to West Texas and Midland, where he would build a lucrative business in oil.
In 1963, he became the chairman of Harris County Republican Party. Three years later he won a seat in the House of Representatives. He tried twice to run for Senator but lost both bids.
Other highlights of his career include serving as ambassador to the United Nations, chairman of the Republican National Committee, chief liaison to the People's Republic of China, and CIA director.
Later in life, he demonstrated the spirit of bipartisanship, teaming up with former president Bill Clinton in late 2004 to lead aid relief efforts for those devastated by the tsunami in the South Pacific and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Bush's coffin will arrive today in Washington, DC, where he will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until Wednesday morning. Wednesday has been designated a national day of mourning.
Bush will be buried at his presidential library at Texas A&M University on Thursday, alongside his wife, Barbara, and daughter Robin, who died of leukemia at age 3.
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Researchers hope that NASA's budgetary-challenged James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may score some good fortune with a boost from galactic alignment.
While European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are breathless with excitement at the volume of star survey data received from the Gaia satellite, NASA researchers are comforting themselves with what their big new telescope might do, should it ever actually make the trip into space.
Researchers, writing in The Astrophysical Journal, theorise that by using gravitational lensing and quite a lot of luck, it may be possible to magnify the brightness of a distant star by 10,000 times or more, making it detectable by instruments on board the JWST.
Gravitational lensing occurs when the light from a star is bent and magnified by a distribution of matter – like a cluster of galaxies – between the light source and the observer.
The effect can magnify the light by between 10 and 20 times, which was good enough for the ageing Hubble Space Telescope to image the farthest star ever seen, named Icarus, but not enough for the JWST to peer deeper.
To go further, the star, galaxies and observer must be perfectly aligned, resulting in the magic 10,000 times amplification of the star's light. The effect would only last a few months, which should be enough time to identify stars formed in the hydrogen and helium of the early universe.
The same technique may also allow researchers to see accretion disks around the first black holes. While the team expects early stars to have been short-lived – exploding into supernovae after a only a few million years – a black hole feeding on a companion star could shine for as much as 10 times longer.
Lead author of the paper Rogier Windhorst, of Arizona State University, said: "Looking for the first stars and black holes has long been a goal of astronomy. They will tell us about the actual properties of the very early universe, things we've only modelled on our computers until now."
There are, however, no guarantees of good fortune, as Windhorst observed: "We just have to get lucky and observe these clusters long enough. The astronomical community would need to continue to monitor these clusters during Webb's lifetime."


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Journal Club 3/21/22: Mental Health in the International Community
January 25, 2023 January 12, 2023 ~ Global EM Student Leadership Program
Prevalence of burnout among university students in low- and middle- income countries: a systematic review and meta analysis - presented by Jonathan Kajjimu
Burnout is a form of distress that manifests with features of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal/professional accomplishment. Emotional exhaustion or unsuccessful coping with stressors, is the fatigued feeling that develops as one's emotional energies are drained. Depersonalization refers to a student's indifference, negative or cynical attitude. Reduced personal accomplishment is a negative self-evaluation of one's abilities which manifests itself with feelings of failure. University education is an intrinsically demanding time which puts university students at risk for burnout, coupled with other burnout risk factors such as individual/personal factors and extracurricular factors. Burnout causes significant physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual damage to students.
However, from this article there had been paucity of and discrepancies in data on the overall prevalence of burnout in university students from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Students pursuing health-related programs in mostly high-income countries (HICs) had been mostly studied previously.
In this review, 55 articles were included, with a total of 27,940 (female: 16,215, 58.0%) university students from 24 LMICs. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was found to be the most widely used tool for measuring burnout in 43 studies (78.2%). The pooled prevalence of burnout was 12.1% (95% CI: 11.9–12.3; p = < 0.001). Pooled significant prevalence of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal/professional efficacy were 27.8% (95% CI 27.4–28.3), 32.6% (95% CI: 32.0– 33.1), & 29.9% (95% CI: 28.8–30.9) respectively. Burnout pooled prevalence was highest among the African region at 35.4%, followed by the Asian region at 30.2%, and the European region at 20.7%.
Figure 1: Forest plot for the prevalence of burnout in LMICs
In this review, burnout rates found in LMICS were lower than those in HICs, which the author believed to be due to publication bias. Authors further recommended low cost interventions that were needed more in low income countries than in middle income countries for managing burnout. These included mindfulness practices, yoga exercises, and group discussions. The current COVID-19 pandemic was also highlighted as having been found to put university students at a higher risk of burnout. Consequences of burnout in students include absenteeism, drop out, reduced academic performance, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, professional impairment and dissatisfaction, increased incidence of errors and near-misses.
Discussion Questions:
How can medical schools focus more on mental health of medical students?
How can we ensure that medical students always have their wellbeing in check?
Do you think medical students actually get burnt out or are they just morally injured?
Some of the great recommendations received were having wellness days, "Opt out sessions", and free counselling sessions in medical school for openly bringing out mental health issue discussions. However, one student confidently believed it would be difficult for schools to focus on mental health of students despite other discussants' optimism.
Med students can: Focus on reducing energy drain. Identify what you can change – and what you can't. Align your goals, values and beliefs. Set limits and delegate. Create new challenges that are aligned with your values. Give yourself frequent breaks. Seek support. Monitor your energy level and emotional state. Eat energy and brain foods. Pace yourself. Build problem-solving skills. Lighten the situation with humor. Having regular physical exercise.
Medical schools can: Advocate for student autonomy i.e. ability to influence student environment and schedule control. Provide adequate support services such as counselling, secretarial, administrative, social work, and financial. Encourage collegial work environments, healthy relationships and sharing of common goals. Minimize school-home interference. Promote proper work-life balance. Ensure vacation time and limit overtime. Establish mentoring. Consider periodic sabbaticals.
Kaggwa MM, Kajjimu J, Sserunkuma J, Najjuka SM, Atim LM, Olum R, et al. (2021) Prevalence of burnout among university students in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0256402. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0256402
Mental Health in the International Community - Presented by Alexander Gallaer
Mental illness is a topic that is still gaining awareness, acceptance, and understanding in many parts of the world. While western medicine, most notably the DSM-V, has sought to carefully categorize and define mental disease, the definition of what constitutes mental illness is still very much disputed globally. Unfortunately, many global populations may suffer from unaddressed mental health struggles as a result of these varying attitudes. Notably, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as defined by the DSM-V, is a disease that has an enormous global burden. As emergency physicians increasingly become the sole health care providers, especially in marginalized populations, it is important to have awareness of what groups may need special attention or follow up to diagnose or address underlying PTSD. Some of these groups include male military veterans (lifetime prevalence of 30.9% (1)), emergency healthcare providers (up to 15.8% (2)), and, most notably here, refugee populations (up to 62% in some Cambodian cohorts (3)). Early recognition of symptoms and swift referral of patients to mental health services as soon as symptoms are identified could alleviate long term disease burden and lead to improved outcomes (4). Because refugee populations are high risk, providers can consider routinely screening for symptoms.
How would you approach treating a mental health crisis in an individual who does not believe such issues exist, or that such disease processes can affect them?
How can we raise awareness of PTSD in populations with traditionally low recognition of mental illness? Should we do this?
1) Kessler RC, Berglund P, Demler O, Jin R, Merikangas KR, Walters EE. Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005;62(6):593.
2) Bahadirli S, Sagaltici E. Post-traumatic stress disorder in healthcare workers of emergency departments during the pandemic: A cross-sectional study. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;50:251-255. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.08.027. Epub 2021 Aug 14. PMID: 34416516.
3) Marshall GN, Schell TL, Elliott MN, Berthold SM, Chun CA. Mental health of Cambodian refugees 2 decades after resettlement in the United States.JAMA. 2005;294(5):571.
4) Fanai M, Khan MAB. Acute Stress Disorder. [Updated 2021 Jul 17]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-
The Unique Challenges of Mental Health and Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis- Presented by Ellen Chiang
Calculating disability adjusted life years (DALY) aims to quantify disease burden in terms of both mortality and morbidity. This calculation is an important tool in global health work and as with all tools, it has limitations. Attempts to quantify disability from mental health disorders demonstrate the constraints of the DALY.
Our understanding and definition of what classifies a mental illness is influenced by our sociocultural context. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is therefore impacted by politics and prejudice. While DALY calculations include sex and gender as weighted factors, many other social factors are not considered. Additionally, much of the medical research published in the major psychiatric journals center on Euro-American study populations, which limits the cross-cultural application of findings.
Without full consideration of what is not captured by our quantitative measurement of choice, global health interventions can have unintended, significant consequences. The book chapter highlights this by discussing the emergence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDTRB) from the implementation of the DOTS protocol in Peru, which was supported largely by the cost effectiveness paradigm.
Global health experts should understand the limitations of the DALY when using it to identify priorities and create and evaluate interventions. Remaining aware of what falls outside of the DALY can help create more context appropriate health interventions and new measurements that factor in important social dimensions of disease burden
Is it possible to create a metric for disease burden that accounts for social context?
When implementing a large-scale health intervention, what are some ways to maintain the flexibility needed to address unexpected challenges?
Ji, Jianlin, Arthur Kleinman, and Anne Becker. "Suicide in Contemporary China: A Review of China's Distinctive Suicide Demographics in Their
Sociocultural Context." Harvard Review of Psychiatry 9, no. 1 (2001): 1– 12.
Anand, Sudhir, and Kara Hanson. "Disability-Adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review." Journal of Health Economics 16, no. 6 (1997): 685– 702.
Sen, Amartya. "Missing Women: Social Inequality Outweighs Women's Survival Advantage in Asia and North Africa." British Medical Journal 304, no. 6827 (1992): 587– 588.
We thoroughly enjoyed the discussion sparked by these three mentees and are proud to be to present a brief summary of their work here! Please stay tuned for more article summaries and details about our upcoming meetings. Connect with us through one of our contact options listed below if you are interested in attending!
Thank you to our authors and presenters!
Jonathan Kajjimu, MS5
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Alexander Gallaer, MS4
Ellen Chiang, MS4
Jeff Downen, MD, MS
PGY-2 University of Florida, Jacksonville
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Bhopal gang rape: Govt takes action finally, IG Yogesh Choudhary; Railway SP removed
BHOPAL: Two senior officers have been shifted after the Bhopal gang-rape.
Inspector General of Police (IG) Yogesh Choudhary has finally been removed from his post.
Apart form him, Railway SP Anita Malviya has also been transferred to attached to PHQ.
Choudhary is being replaced by Jaideep Prasad, who has served as SP Bhopal in the past. Choudhary is the same officer who was at the helm in Bhopal when the jailbreak-cum-encounter took place.
He has been posted as IG Law and Order in PHQ. Anita Malviya's photograph, laughing when asked about the incident, was the main reason, she was shifted. After the gang rape, three TIs and two ASIs other than a CSP had faced action.
The 19-year-old girl was returning from coaching institute on October 31 night when she was gang raped. Four youths had raped her for over three hours. Later, they abandoned her near the railway track.
When she went to police stations, the police hadn't registered FIR. It took 24 hrs before police registered a case. The fourth accused is yet to be arrested in this case.


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The School of Architecture cultivates an intellectual climate embracing the concept of making" to achieve design excellence. I'm so grateful for the generosity of all these artists in contributing their work so others might learn from it. They will however have to apply on the prescribed Application Form available from the college within the period stipulated (i.e. 8th -22nd June, 2016). Cornish College of the Arts students, alumni, and faculty discussed the Microsoft HoloLens partnership at the Seattle Interactive Conference. On 3 March, 2015, in the process of NAAC Re-accreditation, Periyar Government Arts College has secured 'B' Grade status with 2.43 CGPA. Our randomly drawn winner will receive a set of 10 Collage Sheets (your choice of digital or semi-gloss paper sheets). Last weekend's New Creative Collage Techniques workshop at Rising Sun, Indiana, was fantastic. Contemporary artists also make use of various digital formats to further expand on the artistic practice.
This vibrant community of artists and arts professionals, students and staff is committed to pursuing the highest aspirations for contemporary cultural life. Using that collage on greeting cards probably would not compete with the licensing market for the photograph. Several have passed away since Creative Collage Techniques was published in 1994, but their work is still representative of good collage techniques and design. The Open College of the Arts is a non-profit educational charity whose charitable purpose is to widen participation in arts education through open and flexible distance learning methods. Collage can also include other media such as painting and drawing , and contain three-dimensional elements. Unfortunately, there is no legal rule on whether collage as a category would be fair use. For about one and a half decade, Delhi Collage of Art, a pioneer fine art institute/school, has been helping numerous students and artists from across the country achieve their dreams.
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German artist Annegret Soltau constructs collage using photographs of her own face and body, stitched with black thread, confronting explicit issues in an imaginative manner. The experimental play is a collage of sudden scene shifts, long monologues, musical interludes, and slapstick.
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Teaming up with dancer Aliya Janell, the "Chun-Li" teaser features the two sporting black latex outfits as they dance along to Nicki's second verse. The rapper then lets Janell take center stage for a bit as the dancer shows off her moves during the song's outro. While the teaser may seem like a strange music video, Minaj explains that it's not an actual representation of the upcoming video.
The previously released video for "Chun-Li" is made up selfie footage shot vertically and appears to be from the same video shoot. Nicki rocks a similar latex outfit and poses seductively in pink lighting.
Check out Nicki Minaj's Instagram post and the "Chun-Li" teaser below.


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This Competition was held over the weekend of 17, 18, 19 January 2014 at the offices of global law firm Linklaters LLP at Silk Street in the City of London. The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators is delighted to recognize the support given by Linklaters in hosting the Competition and providing amazing logistical support and the opening and closing receptions. The Company is also grateful to the other sponsors, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, which provided financial support and prizes, and ArbDB, the Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Board Chambers, which provided the Competition Mugs and also supported the Competition Bar.
Four Members of ArbDB, the Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Board Chambers, took part as Officials (judges and mediators) in the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators UK Mediation Skills Competition 2014. Murray Armes, Michael Cover, Tony Marks and Paul Rose all participated in this highly successful competition.
Whilst the Semi-Finals were running on the Sunday morning, Philippa Rowe ran a Workshop for Participants and Officials on all aspects of Private Dispute Resolution.
The Grand Final was held on the afternoon of Sunday 19 January 2014 and the mediator was Jane Andrewartha, with Katie Bradford, Master Derek Ross and Robert Gaitskell as judges. The Grand Final was between London Metropolitan and Nottingham Law School. The exciting Grand Final was extremely close and was won by Nottingham Law School.
The prizes were presented by Michael Stephens, who is not only the President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators but also a Past Master of the Company. The 40 Officials, both mediators and judges, were organized by Liveryman Chris McCardle. The ushers and timekeepers comprised students from other institutions and were organized by Jennifer Lavelle. The prize for the Winner of the Grand Final included an entry to the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition 2014 in Paris 7-12 February 2014. As Nottingham Law School already had an entry to this, this privilege was passed on to the Second Place team, London Metropolitan. Angela Herberholz of the ICC came over to present this prize and to brief London Metropolitan on their forthcoming involvement in the Paris Competition; the Company is extremely grateful for the support of the ICC on this.
All the award winners received Certificates signed by the Master, Dr Derek Ross; all the attending participants also received Certificates of Attendance signed by the Master.


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core50 » Classical » Mendelssohn / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra ; Otto Ackermann / Louis Kaufman - Concerto In E Minor, Opus 64
Mendelssohn / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra ; Otto Ackermann / Louis Kaufman - Concerto In E Minor, Opus 64 Full Album
Otto Ackermann Louis Kaufman Musical Masterpiece Society
Performer: Mendelssohn / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra ; Otto Ackermann / Louis Kaufman
Title: Concerto In E Minor, Opus 64
Label: Musical Masterpiece Society
Catalog number: MMS-7
1 1st Mvt.: Allegro Molto Appassionato
2 Band 1 - 2nd Mvt.: Andante
3 Concerto In E Minor, Opus 64 For Violin And Orchestra
4 Band 2 - 3rd Mvt.: Allegro Molto Vivace
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MMS-7 Mendelssohn / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Ackermann, Louis Kaufman Mendelssohn / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Ackermann, Louis Kaufman - Concerto In E Minor, Opus 64 For Violin And Orcherstra (10") Musical Masterworks Society MMS-7 US Unknown
MMS-7 Mendelssohn / Orchestre Philharmonique Des Pays-Bas, Otto Ackermann / Louis Kaufman Mendelssohn / Orchestre Philharmonique Des Pays-Bas, Otto Ackermann / Louis Kaufman - Concerto En Mi Mineur Pour Violon Et Orchestre Opus 64 (10", Mono) Guilde Internationale Du Disque MMS-7 France 1955
Conductor – Otto Ackermann
Orchestra – Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Violin – Louis Kaufman
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Q: Minimal Browser - HTML, CSS, JS or Wrapper? I'm making a web app and need a web browser (a wrapper) in .NET. It will run inside a wrapper like a native browser for my app.
My current goal is to make it as small as possible in size (maximum 30mb). Only features I need is html, css and js. No opengl, d3d or other rendering frameworks. It will connect to the server and display a page in this window. I would remove all browser controls to make my users navigate through the app.
I tried cefsharp. Works flawlessly but I only managed to reduce it to 120MB with all features included (opengl framework etc). Removing unused dlls of course resulted in errors. With compression might go as little as ~90-100mb but it's still huge.
Also tried open-webkit-sharp but any version resulted in errors. I never managed to compile it. And still would be close to 40mb.
DotNetBrowser is a great alternative but cost ~$1,000 and still 60MB. I would avoid paying that much money and surely for the software that doesn't fit exactly my needs.
gefofx with xulrunner never rendered all the css and js on my app since it's outdated.
The best thing would be using IE control since it's include in the .NET Framework but this thing is... Internet Explorer. Not rendering all CSS and the wort part throws security errors on version < 11 in javascript.
Firefox/Chrome browser would be an option if I could manage to make it look like a native app. I would just ask my users to install it if it's missing. But who missing a good browser nowadays. I tried writing a code to start a new window with new profile etc but can't manage it as native in many ways. Can't use it easily because it runs under parent firefox process and I don't want to mess around with the users' everyday productivity. Tried to create a new instance under new name etc but it's a pain in the back part.
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Typographer: Auguste Bry, 142 Rue du BacThe four volumes, accompanied by two atlases with drawings and lithographs from "Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée: par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie" were published for the first time in Paris, between 1840 and 1842. The work was going to be translated into several languages and was going to be published in several editions. The first volume contains the history of the Demidov expedition and offers the most detailed information about the Romanian space. The following volumes are dedicated to the scientific research in Crimea (botany, anatomy, geology etc.).
The atlas with boards owned by the National Museum of Romanian History is an edition from 1848, published at Gihaut Freres in Paris. The album has an introduction written by Demidov, the table of contents, the texts with the explanations of the images and the 100 lithographs made by Raffet. Besides the ones referring to the Romanian space, the album includes lithographs that depict people and places from: Hungary, Crimea (the first and the second part), the Voznesensk Plain (Ukraine), Turkey. Most of these lithographs are dedicated to the social types in Crimea. The last 16 boards contain the portraits of 12 of the expedition members: Demidov, Frederic Le Play, Auguste de Sainson, Alexandre Nordmann, Amédée Huot, Raffet, Jean Henri Leveille, Adolphe Du Ponceau, Louis Rousseau, Paul Kolounoff, Henri Malinvaud, Leon Lalanne.
Some text boards and some lithographs are missing from the copy at NMRH. However, most of these have been purchased separately, so the atlas could be completed. It is also worth mentioning that there are editions of chromolithographs, which are obviously rarer and more valuable from the artistic point of view.
In 1837, Prince Anatoli Demidov organized a scientific expedition, in which 22 specialists from various domains took part. The "scientific" coordinator of this adventure was Frédéric le Play, a French engineer, sociologist and economist. The results of the expedition, which cost 500000 franks, were published in four volumes, to which two lithographic albums were added, published starting from 1838 and seeing more re-edits throughout time. Quite a generous space, especially within the first volume, is granted to the territory inhabited by Romanians, Demidov describing the history of the Principalities (starting with the Antiquity), administration, institutions, education, the legal system, the monetary system, economy (subsoil resources, agriculture, livestock breeding), infrastructure, customs, mores, language, climate, demography and the social structure.
Demidov's expedition started on the 14th of June 1837, in Paris. From Budapest they traveled along the Danube, aboard the "Francisc I" ship. On the 7th of July they were at Drencova and on the 8th of July at Orşova. Near Orşova "the river route ceases to be practicable for large ships, because of the crags and the sinuous and fast currents, just like cataracts that obstruct and furrow the river bed of the Danube". They continued the journey in flat-bottomed boats that had eight oars, admiring Tabula Traiana, "an impressive memory, which you are so surprised to find in this desert, on this shore, which had been still so Barbarian before Trajan brought his legions here". At Orsova they are accommodated in "the only and shabby inn of this small town". From here they would have wanted to continue their road on land to Schela Cladovei, where the steam boat was waiting for them, passing through Mehadia, well known for its mineral water baths, known since the Roman times, but the flooding of the road ruined their plans. In Orsova, a city with "three perpendicular streets on the Danube River and two other parallel streets (...), with few residents", they visit a lazaretto, where they find an official which introduces himself as none other than the personal physician of prince Milos Obrenovici of Serbia!
They left Orsova by a new and bigger boat and passed by Ada-Kaleh, "a flat island, placed in a pleasant location, covered with grass and diverse vegetation, where groups of shacks, found in one of the saddest conditions, could be seen". From Schela they continued the journey by "Agro", a ship of the Austrian Danube navigation company, having an Italian captain and a crew made up of Romanians and Hungarians. The Romanian territory seems, at the first sight, unattractive: "a desolate and deserted plain, several huts of beaten earth covered with briars, this is the landscape seen by the traveler waiting for the departure of the steam ship at Schela". Before the departure they visit the village of Cerneti (the 9th of July), where they are struck by the very Oriental aspect of the settlement, spreading "along a winding street, lined with shops and eaves which further narrow the passage". The shops are dirty and have repulsive goods; as it was a holiday, everyone was standing "idly" – the men were smoking while crouching in front of the doors, and the women, with a "languid physiognomy", having "slow and idle" conversations. At Cerneti they witnessed a Romanian dance which was "full of character and originality". They noticed the young Romanian sergeant "with a tall and proud head", who was leading the dance and one of the "Bohemians" who were playing the violin, a character of an "admirable" beauty and which was enduring the sergeant's stick hits with a "stupid obedience".
After a journey without too many adventures they found themselves "under the fallen walls of Giurgiu" (the 11th of July), where they made demarches to gather the post horses, to take them to Bucharest. They gathered 24 horses "from a small breed, thin, without a pedigree", but which had "a special vivacity and energy and were as fast as an arrow". The horses were harnessed to two carts and headed towards the capital of Wallachia with a part of the travelers, while the others were to be transported within the second "round". For a few times they got stuck in the mud on the plain stretching between the two towns, which had few villages and travelers. However, they found the villages animated by the violins of the Gypsies, the dances of the robust swarthy peasants or by the "nasal voice of the old women who were chanting traditional songs that Dacian and Roman ears would have heard in the days of Decebalus and Trajan".
They reached Bucharest on the evening of the 12th of July and they hardly found accommodation at "the local boyar club, situated in the theater building". Shortly afterwards, they received a visit from an officer, sent by the ruler Alexandru Ghica, while a permanent guard was sent to watch over the two carts. The first location visited in the capital was the Turkish baths; on the second day, they were going to be received, for one hour, by the ruler. Prior to the visit they went through the city to see "the high society of this capital, who were having their daily ride, in their usual equipages, according to their habitual pattern".
This walk does not leave much of a good impression, because it is taking part "on a big street, full of dust and insects" where, every evening, you can meet "the whole elite of this nation which changes its mores daily, as often as they change costumes". In the carriages they notice ladies and gentlemen dressed according to the western style, along with boyars with white beards and calpacs. While visiting Alexandru Ghica, they are impressed by the qualities of the Romanian ruler, a "gentleman" with "a high spirit" and "respect and love for the public well-being".
On the 13th of July 1837 the other travelers, who had remained at Giurgiu, reached Bucharest as well. They had time to visit the city which "is a mixture of ruins and new buildings". In the center of the town, there is "a circular market, with a tall tower in the middle; this area alone is as big as Giurgiu: this is the place where shops and coffee houses are clustered, with groups of smokers seated in a circle in front of the entrance. One could also see two or three inns, with a deceiving and pathetic aspect, where the traveler couldn't find anything to eat but sherbet and nowhere to sleep but on the billiards table".
Near the town, a fair was held: "an almost endless plain, where a thick cloud of dust was rising, was almost entirely covered with tents, huts, carts and animals. And in this confusion without match, order or police, and at the same time without noise, the traders were exposing their merchandise. They were selling fabrics, clothes, furs and food, everything by the dozen". And once again they notice the Romanian dance ("you could see fifty or sixty dancers, dressed in various scenic costumes, in a circle dance").
Demidov and his journey companions have time to visit Bucharest and make observations on the people and the places. The capital reveals itself to them as "a big town, whose streets packed with people accomodate various shops, in which activity replaces luxury. A whole neighborhood is filled with fur shops and tailors workshops. The streets, which had an uneven width, are poorly lined and especially badly paved; some of them didn't even have a pavement. Most of the houses are nothing but cottages made of decaying wood, amongst which others with a more pretentious architecture are rising". The travelers are impressed by "the wide variety of costumes and figures". They visit the Museum (of Antiquities), where they leave a sample of Siberian platinum, the Library, "which owns almost seven thousand volumes" and the high school with "young students wearing a beautiful uniform". Then they visit the military hospital and the one in Pantelimon, which makes a good impression on them. On the 15th of July they attended the meeting of the Public Assembly; in the afternoon of the same day they were invited to the Ruler's residence, and in the evening they went to the theater where they watched a "very cheerful" German comedy. On the next day, they witnessed the Bucharest garrison maneuvers, being invited by the prince Constantin Ghica; afterwards, they went to a dinner party hosted by the Ruler, where, after the dinner, they watched the Romanian dances ("We were so impressed by the severe precision and the dancers' ensemble that the Ruler wanted to extend this entertainment for our pleasure; he also ordered that the musical compositions, full of a naïve and original grace,(…) which animate this Romanian dance, Hora Românească, should be transcribed for us". In the evening, they took part in a ball held by the great boyar Filipescu, where they found a society that was "purely agreeable (…) where the high spirits are constantly united with the sweetest joy". "There was a venerable symbol of this country's situation, which swiftly adopted the pleasures and free manners of the Occident. The severe boyar robe was vainly trying to oppose this invasion of modern fashion and frivolities".
According to Demidov, Bucharest had over 60000 inhabitants, over 10000 houses, 26 monasteries, 95 churches, three printing offices, two hospitals, two newspapers; the city was divided into five arrondissements – yellow, red, blue, green, black. The usual food of the population was mămăliga ("cornmeal or millet porridge, a sort of polenta"), and the "main" beverage was plum brandy.
They left Bucharest on the 17th of July, and for the rest of the journey through Wallachia, they had the support of the Ruler Alexandru Ghica, who sent word beforehand to "ensure an impeccable service for us". They crossed the Ialomita River aboard a ferry, but afterwards a storm took them by surprise on the plain that turned into a "deep marsh". They barely managed to cross the Buzau River, which was whirling because of the flood, but they couldn't cross the Ramnic River and they spent a night in the carts and in the hovel of a peasant that "had nothing to offer them but bread, which even a horse from a modest breed would have refused". On the 18th of July they reached Ramnic, where they made a stop at a house "built according to the Italian architecture", owned by the boyar Niculescu, afterwards continuing their trip to Focsani, where they were welcomed by Gheorghe Razu, the "president of the district".
In Moldavia, the convoy is accompanied by a group of gendarmes during the "oppresively monotonous" journey. They spend the night in Barlad and on the 19th of July they continue their journey into a country "even more beautiful and incomparable to that part of Wallachia that we have seen while passing by." Once they reach Iasi, they stop at the St. Petersburg hotel, "where the signs of one of the most hospitable courtesy were waiting for us". The things were not exactly like that, because the hotel, with a sumptuous exterior, did not offer the comfort desired by some tired travelers. On the 19th of July, Demidov was received by the Ruler Mihail Sturdza, on which occasion he noted "a remarkable eloquence (…), the proof of an extraordinary education". Iasi is a city which "offers a satisfying view: the modern buildings show an extraordinary taste and exterior cleanliness which the old edifices miss. Some streets are spacious and long, and in some of the districts the old wooden flooring, uncomfortable and pricy, which was once covering the public roads, was replaced with pavement (…). The main street of the town is populated by a whole lineage of merchants, usurers, courtiers, business middlemen of any kind, all of whom are Israelites…". The town has quite a few "remarkable" churches, of which the Trei Ierarhi is standing out. The Moldavian boyars pay due respect to education and "the college attended by the young people from the good families is gaining importance every day".
On the 24th of July the expedition reached the customs in Sculeni, where the travelers stopped for a few days, in quarantine. On the 4th of August they reached Chișinau, from where they would continue their journey to Crimea.
The correct and balanced attitude that Demidov had towards the Romanians (between other things, he acknowledges their Dacian-Roman origins) is to be appreciated. As Nicolae Iorga was saying, Demidov left "one of the richest sources on the organic statutes in the Principalities.
Denise Auguste Marie Raffet was born on 1st of March 1804, in Paris. His father, Claude-Marie, fought in the army of Napoleon I, and after he left the army, he dealt with commerce before becoming a postal clerk. In 1813 he was assassinated in the Bois de Boulogne woods. The period which followed was harsh for the little Auguste, forced to abandon his studies due to the financial struggle. He worked as a woodcrafter to make a living; with the money he earned he paid for painting classes, standing out through his great talent and specializing in porcelain decoration. In 1824 he was accepted into the École des Beaux-Arts in Switzerland and the next year he published his first drawing album which contained, mainly, military figures. Afterwards he worked in the workshop of the master Charlet from Moussy-le-Vieux, where he learned the art of lithography; he then moves into the workshop of Master Gros, where he realizes a series of lithographs with themes from Antiquity. He starts being more and more solicited, his drawings illustrating the books of Walter Scott, Thiers or Chateubriand.
In 1837 he accompanied the prince Anatoli Demidov in his scientific journey that was organized by him in Hungary, Romania and Crimea. A beautiful friendship was going to form between him and the Russian Prince, which would last until the end of the artist's life, Raffet was also going to take part in the expedition that Demidov organized in Spain, in 1847. Besides the published lithographs published in the Demidov album, Raffet left a multitude of other drawings as well as some journals, published posthumously, in which information referring to the Romanian space can be found.
He died at Genova, on the 16th of February 1860; he was buried in Paris in the Montpamasse cemetery.
He was part of a rich Russian family, which earned its wealth after the mining exploitations in the Urals and Siberia. His father, Nikolai Nikitici Demidov, was an ambassador in Paris and following his death in 1828, Anatoli moved abroad, rarely visiting his native homeland. He also held the nobility title of Count of San Donato, after purchasing the principality with the same name from the Duke of Toscana. He spent lots of money on goodwill actions and for supporting the Russian culture. Even so, he did not earn the appreciation of Tsar Nicholai I, to whom he dedicated the volumes published after the expedition in 1837. In 1842 he was elected as a member of the Swedish Royal Science Academy. He was married to Princess Mathilda, the daughter of Jerome Bonaparte, the former king of Westphalia during Napoleon's reign.


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For companies with lots of innovation stuffed in their products, getting the price right is a crucial decision. Stefan Thomke discusses how watchmaker A. Lange & Söhne puts a price on its 173-year-old craftsmanship.
When Stefan Thomke finished writing the Harvard Business School case study on A. Lange & Söhne, he sent it to the German watchmaker for feedback. The company's response was a first for the 25-year Harvard Business School professor: The executives had a question about photos used in a case exhibit.
Perfection and precision are at the heart of A. Lange & Söhne, which produces luxury wristwatches containing hundreds of parts. They make some of the building tools themselves because commercial ones aren't precise enough. Every watch is hand assembled, twice, in the German workshop. When the first assembly is complete (and working fine), the watch is taken apart, every part cleaned and finished again. A second assembly allows watchmakers to put the most pristine parts, screws, and oil in the perfect locations.
Prices for A. Lange & Söhne products start around $16,000 and climb all the way to $2.6 million for its limited edition platinum Grand Complication, which takes one year to craft.
The company seemed a perfect model for a study in how to price products. Mainly, how do you think about setting a price for something that is incredibly difficult to produce, full of innovation, and where only a relative few might be manufactured?
A watch connoisseur himself, Thomke had been aware of the company for many years. Not flashy and not mass produced, the watches rank among premier brands such as Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Vacheron Constantin.
Thomke and coauthor Daniela Beyersdorfer, associate director of the Harvard Business School Europe Research Center, had unfettered access to the usually secretive Lange & Söhne's operations, its executives, and the watchmaking shop. Thomke and Beyersdorfer even took turns as watchmakers. "It's really, really difficult," he says.
"It's really, really difficult." Stefan Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer try assembling watches at A. Lange & Söhne.
While conducting his research, Thomke saw company executives debating how to set the price for its latest innovation, the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds watch. The CEO, head of production, and head of product development all had an equal say in pricing the limited edition platinum watch.
The dilemma they faced is not uncommon in other industries: Underprice an innovation, and you leave profit on the table. Overprice an innovation, and you may not be able to sell it.
The perceived value of an object by buyers is essential, especially if you look at customers as relationships rather than transactions. In those situations, companies may want to "gift" some of the value and not charge as much. For innovative products, the thinking gets even more complicated.
"Underprice an innovation, and you leave profit on the table. Overprice an innovation, and you may not be able to sell it"
Often companies take the lazy way out, Thomke says. They look at their costs and the margin they need to make, and bingo, there's the price.
Even though there was no direct reference, innovations like Jumping Seconds have to follow a general roadmap. The product needs to fit into a company's price hierarchy and also the rough price hierarchy of competitors and the market in general. And in the watch's case, the fact that it was a limited edition of only 100 pieces added another wrinkle.
"Some strategic considerations need to go into this," Thomke says. He prefers not to reveal the final price settled on by the company, in order to promote a more lively discussion during class. Let's just say it's expensive.
While Thomke's case study is ostensibly about how to price innovative products, the pricing serves as a trigger point for his classes to start broader discussions about how to grow a sustainable, profitable business. They need to weigh what Thomke calls the P's: production, pricing, products, and productivity. It also raises the question of whether they want a company that is product-centric or customer-centric, and how they maintain a link to their past.
"It's one of the very few companies in this world that was started—and reached the top of its industry—twice"
That's especially true for a company with a rich history like A. Lange & Söhne., founded in 1845 in the village of Glashütte, Germany. It began making precision pocket watches that eventually became world famous. After World War II, the East German country expropriated the company and others like it. Walter Lange, third-generation watchmaker, escaped to West Germany. Some 40 years later, following the country's reunification, the then 66-year-old Lange returned to Glashütte and began again from scratch.
While the company is unique in many ways, it holds some general lessons for owners and managers, says Thomke, who used the case in executive education and plans to teach it again this fall. A top company executive plans to attend.
"The case can teach us a lot about how to create an organization that is all about perfection and excellence, an organization that values tradition and history," Thomke says. "And it also tells us something about entrepreneurship, regarding how you can take something that essentially was destroyed and within a few years make products that are among the best in the world," Thomke says.
What factors should go into pricing of luxury goods? Share your insights below.


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Home / Blog / Uncategorized / Ireland: Water, Water, everywhere – as long as you're prepared to pay!
On leaving Ireland, it was useful to look back on 3 weeks of ancient culture and magnificent scenery and reflect on the issues that were most prominent. The one that dominated all the media was the gay marriage referendum but, as we moved around the country and talked to people, observed posters on telegraph polls and listened to news reports, two others rose up to meet us at every turn: the banking inquiry and water rates.
First to the banking inquiry. Perhaps because the Global Financial Crisis bit very deeply into the Irish social fabric, the Parliament initiated an inquiry into how it could have happened, were there no warning signals and what the government could do to stop it happening again. Day after day we heard testimony to the Inquiry – a joint committee from both chambers in the parliament – from the central figures involved, most notably the Governor of the Central Bank at the time and the then banking regulator. The Governor, while apologising for what happened, said he had little power to change things and that it was the role of the regulator. The question was asked how many people were involved in monitoring the growing crisis to which he answered, "150". But there was 1000 staff employed in that section. What were the others doing?
Then it was the turn of the Regulator. He said the Irish Financial Regulator adopted a "principles led" approach to supervision which "essentially placed boards and management of banks at the centre of responsibility for the prudent conduct of business". He said his organisation relied on the Irish Central Bank, which had greater resources and more staff, to "monitor and assess the overall health of the financial system". I'm confused. Where was the point of principle? What about the responsibility to protect the consumer? Or society at large?
Most people either ignore the inquiry or simply shrug their shoulders. What is much closer to people's hearts is water. In Ireland, people haven't had to pay for water; it was something that has always been provided as a free good by the local council. But, in the spirit of the finest exponents of 'debt and deficit' economics, the government decided the people must pay for the mistakes of the bankers and now cough up for water. No referendum here; just imposed. But here is the nub of Irish society; they decided to install meters on people's property, sometimes at dead of night, and all within a few months. Resistance was futile as they had the power to force people to comply. There were serious questions raised; about the legality of the entity which won a large part of the contract about the awarding of contracts; the writing off of substantial government debt owed by the company to clear the way; the fact that the biggest entrepreneur in Ireland had acquired the company for a song only months before the contract was awarded.
The fact that the contract was awarded to the lowest price bidder and that Siemens, with specific expertise in such installation, had offered to install the meters for nothing while the company that won and was paid to install was a fencing contractor only added to people's disillusionment with the government's actions. And, of course, there were not sufficient qualified people to do the installation so they brought them in from Europe. This is a country that has 10% unemployment!
But there was and is significant resistance to the installation of meters and pricing of water. Although there was a tight deadline for installation in major cities, the rollout to regions is scheduled to take place over 2 years. There have been protests, demonstrations, attacks on meter installers and readers, burning of bills, High Court challenges and the emergence of at least 2 protest organisations, People before Profit Alliance and the oddly named "FliuchOff" (fliuch means 'wet' in gaelic).
What galls most people is the lack of transparency and openness in the decisions made since the GFC. The Irish people have well and truly lost trust in government and its major institutions and are demanding to be involved and included in decisions that affect them. Instead what they see are the 3 Cs: corruption, collusion and cronyism.


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Hooray for Funny Friday! 😀 Here's a little something to boost your writerly self-esteem.
Happy Writing Wednesday, friends! Today let's strengthen verbs. A common problem among writers is using weak verbs and adding adverbs. As an exercise, take one pen color and underline all the verbs in the first 3 pages of a current or past project. Then take another pen color and highlight all the adverbs. How many adverbs could you eliminate through stronger, more specific verbs? Strong verbs tighten your writing and create a vivid experience for the reader. Please feel free to comment with examples of strong verbs and the verb-adverb combinations they replaced.
Happy Motivation Monday, friends! Well, I'm still not feeling 100% back to myself after having the flu, and it's definitely slowing me down. I'm going to keep today's post short, but I want to make one important point: sometimes the best motivator is knowing when it's okay to rest. It's hard to rest when you have a big To Do list making you anxious, but listen to what your body is telling you. Do you need to slow down? Ease back into your routine after time off or illness or both? Take some time during the early part of this week to rest and take care of yourself, and I will do the same. Let's regroup on Writing Wednesday and talk about goals.
Happy Writing Wednesday, friends! There are only a few hours left in the day, but I'd like to take a moment to talk about point of view. I chose to write my women's fiction trilogy in multiple first person viewpoints. Apparently, I'm a masochist. One technique I used to differentiate the voices is to filter descriptions, metaphors, and similes through each character's views, interests, and passions. For example, the main character, a caterer and harpist, describes experiences through comparisons to taste and music. Her ex-husband, a radiologist, compares his experiences to medical cases, and he notices everyone's bone structure. The elderly neighbor, a doll maker, uses sewing and craft imagery in her descriptions. How would your characters experience the world? As an exercise, write one sentence from the point of view of a firefighter having Christmas dinner with his family.
Happy Motivation Monday, and Happy New Year! New Year's Eve is my favorite holiday, and I'll tell you why–the start of a new year is filled with wonder, opportunities, possibilities, and the unknown. It's a book of blank pages waiting to be filled. It's completely pure and empty of mistakes. It's a new chance to do things right. It's a time to anticipate excitement ahead. It's a new year, and a new gift to each of us.
So what are your plans for the coming year? What do you hope lies ahead in 2013? What are your fresh starts? What are your resolutions?
I know there are wonderful things to look forward to in 2013, and I can't wait to unwrap each day!