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Wrapping up Middle East visit, Ban hopes 2013 will be 'decisive' year for peace
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UN, Quartet reaffirm support for resumed Israeli-Palestinian talks
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday, on a visit to Jerusalem, stressed his full support for direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, and voiced the hope that this year will be a decisive one for peace in the Middle East.
"I am encouraged that Israelis and Palestinians have re-engaged in direct dialogue. But for these negotiations to have a chance at success, they need to be meaningful," Mr. Ban said at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"I know that when a problem has remained an open wound for decades, causing hardships and casualties on both sides, it might sometimes seem that the problem will never be solved," he continued.
"Dealing [with] the symptom might seem easier in the short term. It takes courage, vision, and creativity to decide that the long-term cost of that problem is actually too high. That is what is happening now with the Israeli-Palestinian issue."
Direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians stalled in September 2010, after Israel refused to extend its freeze on settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory. Following recent efforts by United States Secretary of State John Kerry, the two sides resumed negotiations this week.
"I am here to urge all the leaders to continue along the path to peace and to underscore a shared commitment to work together to make 2013 a decisive year for Israeli-Palestinian peace and peace in the region," stated Mr. Ban, who is visiting Israel for the sixth time as Secretary-General.
In addition to Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Ban also met with Israeli President Shimon Peres. Speaking to reporters along with Mr. Peres, the Secretary-General noted that direct negotiations remain the "single most credible path" to a solution.
He also urged all parties to avoid actions that risk undermining the negotiations. "Both sides need to sustain an environment conducive for the peace process to move forward. People need to see improvements on the ground, including economic progress for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and greater security for Israelis and Palestinians."
Mr. Ban also held meetings with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon and the Leader of the Opposition, Shelly Yachimovich. A separate meeting with Ambassador Martin Indyk, the US Special Envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, covered the resumption of direct negotiations between the parties.
In addition, Mr. Ban took part in an Israeli Model UN event at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem, at which he said students everywhere should have both passion and compassion, and lift their vision beyond boundaries. While at the UN headquarters, the Secretary-General met the new head of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), Major-General Michael Finn.
Also today, Mr. Ban visited the grave site on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who the UN chief noted lived through the war to become "a champion of peace and security" for Israel and the region.
"As Secretary-General of the United Nations it is a great honour for me to work together with the people of Israel to build upon his legacy," Mr. Ban said, adding that he hoped that both parties, Israelis and Palestinians, will remember Mr. Rabin's legacy and realize a two-State solution.
Mr. Ban's two-day visit to the region also took him to Jordan and Palestine.
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What President Trump Should Say about School Shootings
January 24, 2018 By Richard C. Young
There's a constant battle in Washington over what to do about school violence, but one solution some Democrats and Republicans have agreed on in the past is putting police in each school (even President Obama obliquely endorsed the idea in 2013).
The main benefit of having police stationed at schools is the obvious reduction in response time to any violence there. An officer at the school can immediately confront an aggressor and, if unable to eliminate the threat, focus on containing it while civilians evacuate and backup arrives.
Another benefit of a police presence at school is the intimidation factor that any aggressor will face, knowing armed resistance is on site. Rather than facing a "gun free zone" like many shooters have chosen as their targets, aggressors would immediately come face to face with a trained and armed opponent who is ready to fight.
Another practical reason for a police presence at schools is simple economics. In most towns and cities on any given day, the most densely populated area of town is the school. It also happens to be filled with the most vulnerable citizens the town has, those who are in most need of protecting. Simple economics suggests stationing a police officer near the greatest number of vulnerable people is the most efficient way to begin any plan for protecting a town or city.
The most common criticisms of police in schools are these:
it costs money, especially in towns that don't have their own police forces
it increases the amount of times students are arrested because administrators come to rely on police as disciplinarians
These are valid criticisms, but none so great that it should derail a plan to protect America's kids. Here's a solution for each in turn:
According to Forbes, America spends $100 billion on policing each year. Back in 2012 The Atlantic estimated the cost of putting police in the 2/3 of schools that didn't already have them would be roughly $4 billion a year. I suggest America use money saved by pulling its troops out of the Middle East to subsidize towns and cities that can't afford to police their own schools. The War on Terror cost America about $342 billion each year (on average) through 2016. Cutting only a fraction of war spending to protect American children seems like a reasonable trade off.
Make clear that police are at schools to combat criminal behavior for which there are no in-school disciplinary measures in place. Do not bog down police with minor infractions when their job is to focus on major threats to the students, teachers, and faculty.
The most vital part of this plan is to begin implementing it now. Don't wait until after yet another violent episode at a school with no protection.
Here's a quick story from a friend of mine in Pine Plains, New York. In 2000, Pine Plains' high school experimented with having a resource officer (a police officer stationed at the school during the day). After a few weeks the school pulled the plug on the program. In 2009, a disgruntled father of a recently suspended student stormed the school with a shotgun and took the Jr. High principal hostage.
The first policeman on the scene was a state trooper who bravely cornered the intruder and was able to keep him contained while the school evacuated. Later negotiators were able to get everyone out without any injuries. Thankfully the trooper had been nearby and was able to react quickly. But imagine what may have happened if an officer had been right in front of the deranged man as he entered the building.
My friend, who is knowledgeable about both firearms and personal security, sent along some pictures of the nearly 100 police officers who responded to the hostage situation. The brave officers were forced to work from the outside in at the school, when funding had been available to have someone stationed right in the school the whole time.
President Trump should encourage all school systems to put police officers in their buildings. The only thing that scares a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
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Sharon Packer, MD
Psychiatric Times, Vol 32 No 4, Volume 32, Issue 4
This film is a must-see for psychiatrists, not because it adds new information about the course of Alzheimer disease or its impact on families, but because it forces us to rethink issues that can affect our clinical practice.
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As she continued, she drifted off into tangents, but not in a pressured, manic way. When she made the appointment, she said that the problem was depression-because that's what the drug company commercials said. Concentration was bad, planning was poor, and now her job was in jeopardy. No alcohol, no drugs, no marital or medical problems that could contribute to her symptoms-except for one thing: her family history. Her mother died of early-onset dementia 25 years ago, at age 55.
Ms A had mentioned migraine meds, so I asked about her neurologist-and dodged expressing concerns about her cognition just then. Looking a bit embarrassed, she said that her primary care physician renewed her meds, usually by phone, to save her travel time and avoid bigger copays for specialists. I wondered how long those word-finding problems were present, but had gone unnoticed by the receptionist who answered the phone and called in refills, sight unseen. When I offered to call her neurologist myself, she looked relieved. I, too, was relieved, knowing that neurology could address awkward issues about cognition.
The next day, I saw Still Alice (2014) at the Angelika, 2 blocks from my office. The film was still on limited release, even though rumors predicted that Julianne Moore would win an Oscar for Best Actress. Those rumors proved right; Moore subsequently won an Academy Award.
No disrespect intended, but whenever I hear her name, I picture Moore seated near Ray Liotta, whose racist and sexist character was lobotomized by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), at a dinner party. The Hannibal series made an indelible impression, probably because Dr Hannibal Lecter is a psychiatrist.1
In Hannibal (2001), Moore's Agent Starling paled in comparison to Jodie Foster's rendition of the same character in Silence of the Lambs (1991). In Still Alice, Julianne Moore shines. Curiously (and perhaps not accidentally, given the insights of casting directors), Moore's Alice runs a parallel course as Liotta's FBI agent. Alice's brain is also consumed, not by cannibal Hannibal, but by early-onset Alzheimer disease (AD).
Alice is a professor, an author, and a world-renowned authority in her field. At age 50, she gropes for words as she stands at the podium and lectures. Students complain. Her department chair cannot comprehend the transformation. Outside of the university, she has a husband, 2 daughters, and a son. She lives a storybook life until the disease strikes-suddenly and swiftly. As Alice's neurologist explains, persons of high intelligence and high education decline more quickly-perhaps because they were able to push past their early deficits better than less educated peers, who cannot conceal earlier symptoms.
Alice plans for the future while she still possesses the ability to plan, but she doesn't plan well enough. She sees AD as a memory-robber that interferes with language abilities and memory (which is mostly true). She sets up memory tests on her computer to show when her illness has run its course and when it is time to suicide. Early on, she plants pills in a safe place with the intent to overdose. However, she does not foresee the effects of dyspraxia; she appears unaware that "muscle memory" also disappears in dementia. Her hand function falters as she attempts to open the bottle. Pills spill out and roll onto the floor. She is still alive (and still Alice) before the film ends. Eerily, the words "Alice" and "alive" are easy to interchange when typing, because "c" is next to "v" on the keyboard, making me curious if the author of the book that inspired the film had made such substitutions herself.
The plot is straightforward, without frills or curlycues or unexpected detours. Even the botched suicide attempt fails to add suspense-but no matter, because the film holds our attention. The plot can be called, "parsimonious," to borrow neurologists' favorite term. Neurologists practice "parsimony" when they explain the most symptoms with the shortest answer. They get to the point and so does Still Alice.
We learn that 2 of her 3 children opt for genetic tests to show whether they are or are not carriers of the mutation implicated in Alice's early-onset AD. Earlier, we heard the neurologist dig into Alice's own family history, unearthing details and reconstructing events, to hypothesize that Alice's estranged alcoholic father showed strange symptoms well before he succumbed to cirrhosis.
There is a lesson to be learned here: alcohol abuse and liver failure can coexist with a gene for early-onset AD, even though alcohol abuse and liver failure can cause neurological deficits on their own. The movie does not spell this out, but readers of Psychiatric Times will read between the lines.
We watch the older daughter cope with the news and see her make the best of this horrific situation, without showing sentiment or resentment. We understand why the younger daughter, the drama major, continues her usual course and avoids confronting reality. She refuses testing, just as she refused her parents' recommendations to choose a more "realistic" college major. We know that most persons at risk for Huntington disease did not opt for genetic testing once it became available, and so we are not shocked that one of Alice's children refuses testing. Rather, we are surprised that only one refuses.
The neurologist (Stephen Kunken) interested me as much as Alice. I studied his every word, his every movement, his crooked half-smile, his nice but not-too-neat haircut, and his nice-enough but not-too-nice tweed jacket. I wondered whether the actor rode up and down the med center's elevators or attended Grand Rounds, observing neurologists in their "natural habitat" and mimicking their appearance, their speech, and their interpersonal styles. The fact that Lisa Genova, the author of the book Still Alice, is a PhD in neurophysiology undoubtedly added authenticity.
The neurologist seems slightly shy, but not shy enough to hinder his ability to deliver a straightforward diagnosis without stammering or stuttering. It amazed me that he could speak so coherently and so directly when delivering such dire news. Is this how neurologists do it? When the neurologist facilitates a speaking engagement for Alice at an Alzheimer's Association conference, it made me rethink an APA-sponsored course about "creative boundary breaking." How would a psychiatrist approach this situation? For someone who seems standoffish in his office, the neurologist makes a point of attending Alice's lecture, applauding Alice on a job well done. He appears to be genuinely impressed.
This film is a must-see for psychiatrists, not because it adds new information about the course of AD or its impact on families, but because it forces us to rethink issues that can affect our clinical practice. Cutting-edge questions about medical ethics simmer under the surface. Most (non-geriatric) psychiatrists are accustomed to reassuring depressed patients that their perceived deficits are not so bad or are even nonexistent and are expected to pass-but there are times when someone like Ms A walks into our office. A movie like this helps us mentally rehearse our responses and prepare for the challenges of ethical as well as clinical decision making and for delivering not-nice news to a very nice person.
Dr Packer is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. She is the author of several books, including, Cinema's Sinister Psychiatrists: From Caligari to Hannibal (McFarland, 2012) and Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films (McFarland, 2015). She is in private practice in New York City. She reports that she receives royalties from Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films; A History of Evil in Popular Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal About America (ABC-CLIO, 2014); Cinema's Sinister Psychiatrists, Movies and the Modern Psyche (Praeger, 2007); and other books that do not relate to the topic at hand.
1. Packer S. Cinema's Sinister Psychiatrists: From Caligari to Hannibal. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, Publishers; 2012.
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Donate your pre-loved boots to the KFF Boot Bank.
Drop off any boots from last season (or any that you are no longer using) at the new boot bank located in the Wharfies club bar at Karori Park, Wellington.
Players who need some boots can then use the Boot bank to buy them back off the Club for a small donation (the recommended amount is $25, but it's up to you).
All cash goes towards the Karori Football Foundation.


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A very happy local resident of Alderney having a lie-in on Sunday morning.
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes). Resting and snoozing in the open, mid-day, in front of a Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus).


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Mexico lines up tax reform with leftist lean: President Enrique Peña Nieto raises income tax but not VAT in latest shake-up Plan aims to broaden the abysmally low tax base and root out corruption in public spending
Mexico president Enrique Peña Nieto has unveiled a major shake-up of the country's creaking tax system aimed at broadening the abysmally low tax base and rooting out widespread corruption in public spending. The plan would raise the top tax band from 30 per cent to 32 per cent for those earning more than 500,000 pesos (£24,000) a year, and see a new levy on stock market profits as well as the scrapping of more than half the exemptions and breaks in Mexico's fiscal code. It has also defied widespread predictions by avoiding slapping…Read more …
Latin America most dangerous place for environmentalists Green campaigners are being killed in Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru, the UN says.
As anti-mining activist Cleofe Neyra talks about the repeated death threats from anonymous callers to her cellphone, it is hard to imagine she may actually be one of the lucky ones. "They said they would be waiting for me, that they would rape and kill me," Neyra, a 53-year-old smallholder farmer from Huancabamba, in Peru's northern region of Piura, told GlobalPost. "It was traumatic, of course. You think the worst. You think about your family, your husband and your kids. You have to stay strong but it is very difficult to avoid letting…Read more …


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MEDIA RELEASE: COTA welcomes Retirement Incomes Review, which promises a holistic approach to create a fairer, better sustainable system
27 September 2019 27/09/2019
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COTA Australia has welcomed the announcement of an independent Retirement Incomes Review, which promises a thorough examination of the current policy framework in terms of the outcomes it produces for all retirees and the long-term sustainability of the system.
COTA Australia Chief Executive, Ian Yates, said he has been calling for a review of retirement incomes for the last five years, maintaining that current policies do not produce optimum outcomes for enough older Australians and are not sustainable given the changing economic climate, and an overhaul is needed to meet the challenges of an ageing population.
Other stakeholders have joined our call over recent times, including the Productivity Commission. The scope of the new review is much broader than a review of superannuation proposed by the Productivity Commission, encompassing the age pension, superannuation, and private savings; and COTA welcomes this.
Ian Yates commended the review's focus on the interaction between different retirement income sources and the long-term viability of the system.
"COTA has long called for an independent review that aims to secure comfortable retirement incomes for all older Australians," said Mr Yates. "Our current system is failing too many and has not evolved with our changing economy and demographics, as well as being unsustainable.
"This review isn't simply about one or two issues, like whether 12% superannuation guarantee is adequate or excessive, or whether the pension asset test taper is correct. These individual issues need to be viewed within a more comprehensive, outcomes focused framework.
"The retirement incomes system is complex. Many older Australians do not rely on a single income source but draw on a variety of resources to support themselves. This is an opportunity to step back and examine the system holistically and ensure that government policies are helping the greatest number of Australians achieve a comfortable retirement at a reasonable cost to taxpayers.
"I'm pleased to see a specific focus on the distributional impacts of retirement incomes policy. We need to build a policy framework that is fair to all over the long term, producing adequate incomes for all those it is intended to help.
The review will present its findings by 30 June 2020, giving the government time to consult, review and prepare a comprehensive policy response in the 2021 Budget.
"The government must be open minded and learn from these independent experts about how best to support older Australians. This review is a big first step in the right direction. I look forward to working with the review, to the review's consultation paper and final report and to working with the government to implement a system that will help secure a dignified retirement for all.
To read the joint Media Release (including Terms of Reference for the Review) please visit: http://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/josh-frydenberg-2018/media-releases/review-retirement-income-system
Media contact: Ian Yates 0418 835 439, Hannah Craft 0423 377 965
COTA Australia is the peak policy development, advocacy and representation organisation for older Australians, representing COTAs in every State and Territory and through them over 500,000 older Australians.
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Ureteric Injury Risk Varies by Type of Hysterectomy
By Kathy Kelley
In 2001 to 2010, 0.5% of women experienced ureteric injury in the year after a hysterectomy, with lower rates for benign versus malignant conditions and rates of injury increasing between 2001 and 2010, according to a study published online in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Amit Kiran, Ph.D., from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and colleagues examined the rates of ureteric injury among women undergoing hysterectomy in a retrospective cohort study. The main outcome measure was ureteric injury within 1 year of hysterectomy.
The researchers found that 377,073 women underwent hysterectomy in 2001 to 2010, of whom 0.5% experienced a ureteric injury. The rate of injury was higher in 2006-2010 than in 2001-2005 in both benign and malignant groups. After 2006, ureteric injuries were most common for abdominal radical hysterectomy for uterine cancer (10.7%). For ovarian and cervical cancer, the proportion of women having ureteric injury was similar (1.9 to 4%, depending on the procedure type). The rate of injury tended to be lower for benign conditions (less than 1%). Among this group, women with endometriosis had the highest risk (1.7% after total abdominal hysterectomy).
"The risk of ureteric injury within 1 year of hysterectomy varied by type of hysterectomy for benign and malignant condition," the authors write.
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List of sculptures of bronze by artist Fritz Wotruba
Fritz Wotruba (April 23, 1907 in Vienna – August 28, 1975 in Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent.
He was considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria.
In his work, he increasingly dissolves figurative components in favor of geometrical abstraction with the shape of the cube as the basic form.
Fritz Wotruba was born in Vienna on 23 April 1907 and trained initially as a die engraver. Between 1926 and 1929 he studied sculpture under Anton Hanak and Eugen Steinhof at the Vienna School for the Decorative and Applied Arts. Wotruba began to work in stone, producing his first limestone torso of a man in 1928.
While in exile, Fritz Wotruba met Marino Marini, Germaine Richier and Uli and Dana Becher. In 1945 Wotruba returned to Vienna, where he was given a post at the Vienna Art Academy on Boeckl's recommendation. There Fritz Wotruba taught a master class in sculpture for the rest of his life. Wotruba's "Großer Stehender" ["Large Standing Man"] marks his emancipation from anatomical configuration; thenceforward structural and tectonic considerations would govern his work. While staying in Rome and Paris in 1947, Wotruba met Giacometti, Magnelli and Zadkine, et al, also making friends with the art dealer and publisher Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler.
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Günther Heinrich Freiherr von Berg ( 27 november 1765 in Schwaigern in de omgeving van Heilbronn - 9 september 1843 in Oldenburg) was politicus en jurist. V. Berg was een "geheimrat" en adviseur van de groothertog van Oldenburg. Hij had zitting in het Oldenburgse kabinet.

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Het geslacht der v. Berg stamt af van Veit vom Berg (gelatiniseerd tot Vitus de Monte,1541-1610), pastoor van Rüdisbronn bij Bad Windsheim) in Mittelfranken.

Op 28 juni 1820 benoemde de koning van Pruisen Günther von Berg tot commandeur in de Orde van de Rode Adelaar.

Zijn verheffing tot Baron in de Oostenrijkse adelstand dankte Günther Heinrich v. Berg aan de keizer van Oostenrijk die hem op 19 juni 1838 tot commandeur in de Orde van Sint-Stefan benoemde. In die tijd bracht het bezit van een Oostenrijkse ridderorde automatisch adeldom en de verdienstelijke jurist werd tot "Freiherr" oftewel baron gemaakt. Het adelsdiploma was op de 29e augustus 1838 gedateerd. Op 7 december van dat jaar erkende zijn Oldenburgse soeverein de titel van baron.

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Günther von Berg studeerde tussen 1783 en 1786 rechten in Tübingen, leerde het vak bij de kanselarijen van de Keizerlijke Gerechtshoven in Wetzlar en Wenen en werd in 1793 hoogleraar in Göttingen. In de ambtenarij van het Koninkrijk Hannover was hij enige tijd "Hof- und Kanzleirat" en "Ministerialkonsulent".
In 1811 werd hij regeringspresident van het kleine vorstendom Schaumburg-Lippe. Na op de Wener Congres diplomatiek actief te zijn geweest trad hij in 1815 als "Oberappellationsgerichtspräsident", dat wil zeggen voorzitter van het Hof van Beroep, in Oldenburgse dienst. Tot 1821 werkte hij ook als gezant bij de Duitse Bondsdag in Frankfurt.

Vanaf 1823 voerde hij de titels Geheimrat en Mitglied des Staats- und Kabinettsministeriums. Na 1842 werd hij Staats- und Kabinettsminister. Zijn zoon Karl Heinrich Edmund Freiherr von Berg (1800-1874) maakte zich zeer verdienstelijk voor de bosbouw.

Publicaties
Handbuch des deutschen Polizeirechts, Hannover 1799-1809, 7 delen
Juristische Beobachtungen und Rechtsfälle, Hannover 1802-1809, 4 delen
Abhandlungen zur Erläuterung der Rheinischen Bundesakte, Hannover 1808, Eerste deel

Literatuur
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band I, Band 53 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1972,

Duits minister

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Kortschak Family Honored
SCA Installs the Kortschak Family Endowed Division Chair
One of the most prestigious honors that can be awarded to a professor in academia is the endowed chair. On November 7th, USC celebrated the installation of Michael Taylor as the Kortschak Family Endowed Division Chair in Film and Television Production. The event was attended by Walter, Marcia, Andrew and Sarah Kortschak, USC President C. L. Max Nikias and USC First Lady Niki Nikias, Dean Elizabeth M. Daley, newly installed Chair Michael Taylor and over one hundred faculty, staff and supporters of the School.
Andrew Kortschak, Marcia Kortschak, Walter Kortschak, Sarah Kortschak,
Niki Nikias and USC President C. L. Max Nikias
SCA currently has endowed positions from entertainment industry luminaries such as Alfred and Alma Hitchcock, Martha and Dino De Laurentiis and Microsoft, but the Kortschak Chair makes history as the first non-entertainment industry endowed position at the School. Benefactors Walter and Marcia Kortschak are SCA parents who were inspired to give because of their children's interest in the Cinematic Arts.
"It's been an interesting path for us, as parents, to watch our children explore the magic of the entertainment industry," Walter Kortschak told the crowd at the dedication ceremony. "We couldn't be happier to work with visionaries like Michael Taylor and Dean Daley. We know that the School of Cinematic Arts will remain a national treasure."
Walter Kortschak, one of the country's top venture capitalists, and Marcia Kortschak, an active volunteer for non-profit initiatives, are long-time allies of USC. In November 2010, the Kortschaks established the USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity to support USC students with dyslexia, attention deficit challenges and other learning differences with a broad array of innovative services. Their children, Andrew and Sarah, are both currently enrolled at SCA.
Michael Taylor began his career as a Motion Picture Executive at United Artists Corporation and served as UA's Head of European Production based in London, supervising movies like The Pink Panther Strikes Again and the James Bond thriller The Spy Who Loved Me. He also served as Vice President, Executive Assistant to the President of Orion Pictures Corporation, where he was involved in the financing, production and distribution of many notable films including Easy Money, Gorky Park and Amadeus. Taylor teaches in the Production Division at SCA and serves as Executive Director of the Media Institute for Social Change, which promotes and supports entertainment with positive social messages.
Taylor said it was a "gamechanger" that the Kortschaks, who have no official business ties to the entertainment industry, would support the School. "I think it's because they saw that in the twenty-first century film and television production has application far beyond its entertainment value. It's understood that in the future, film and television production have applications in all the sciences, and of course all the arts." Their support, he said, could inspire other people outside the entertainment industry to also recognize and invest in the media because of its social value.
"This endowment is extremely important to us," said Dean Elizabeth M. Daley. "Endowment is an investment in everything that we do at the School but, just as importantly, this will serve as an inspiration for everyone that walks through the door that [the Kortschak Family] believes in their talent, ability to contribute and ability to change the entertainment industry. This Endowed Chair will ensure that the Division of Film and Television Production will continue for generations to come and will be led by a talented, experienced industry professionals—like Michael Taylor."
The Kortschak Family joins a long list of endowed chairs at the School, including:
Steven J. Ross/Time Warner
Dean's Chair in Cinema-Television
Elizabeth Daley
Hugh M. Hefner
Chair for the Study of American Film
Richard B. Jewell
Alma and Alfred Hitchcock
Drew Casper
Fran and Ray Stark
Lawrence Turman
Chair in Interactive Entertainment
Tracy Fullerton
Chair in Cinematography
Judy Irola
Funded by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
Stephen K. Nenno
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Doe Mayer
Katherine and Frank Price
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Todd Boyd
Kay Rose
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Ken Wannberg
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Jack Oakie
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Jack Epps, Jr.
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Mary Sweeney
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Friday September 11th, 2020 Wednesday September 23rd, 2020 by Alícia Gonçalves
Republic of the Congo: Women used as weapons of war
Translated by: Marine El Hajji
For some of the Congolese, the wounds inflicted during the colonial era by the Belgian State have not healed to this day. The Belgian State, through extreme violence, dominated, exterminated and "civilized" an entire country. Although women were part of a minority to take up arms and go to the frontline, colonialism doubly affected them. These women's bodies, mere sexual objects for some, were experimental grounds for so many others, and have been used in many ways but mostly as weapons of war.
Before the colonists' arrival, women have been the ones in power in Africa. Which means that some governance systems were matriarchal. When they arrived, the colonists slaughtered thousands of individuals, imposed their own culture and new rules. As they were treated like slaves or people that needed to be "civilized", the Congolese suffered all sorts of atrocities. The violence perpetrated against women was different, but also crueler and more continued.
The colonial era in the Congo
The colonial era can be broken down into two distinct periods. The first one runs from 1885 to 1908. It is a bloody period during which many massacres occurred. For 13 years, the Congo was the private propriety of the Belgian King Leopold II. The colonists imposed physical dominion upon the country and killed thousands of people. From 10 to 15 million people are believed to have died at that time. The colonists also erased, or at least tried to erase, a whole culture.
During this period, the woman's body, as always in times of conflict, was seen as part of the "spoils of war". As an article of the RTBF, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (Belgian francophone Radio and Television) explains, "the body of women symbolizes just as much as anything else the 'spoils of war' taken over, by will or by force, by the Belgian colonists, thus sending a message of masculinist domination to Congolese men." Women were subjected to different types of violence than men: they were murdered, raped, humiliated, kidnapped, etc.
Even now, women suffer the consequences of these acts of violence. In the book Sexe, race & colonies, Amandine Lauro and Lancelot Arzel explain the link between the unimaginable amount of rapes in the present Congo and the colonial era: "women are the ultimate war trophy. Even if the colonial authorities do not officially legitimate these "war booties", they tacitly allow them. Taken hostage as means to force the enemy into submission, women are being subjected to specific acts of torture and rapes solely aimed at undermining the filiation and desecrating the blood lines that are at the core of these colonized societies.
The second colonial period – from 1908 to 1960 –was just as violent as the first one. King Leopold II gave the Congolese territory to the Belgian State and the Congo became a colony. It was the period of this attempt to "civilize" the country. The colonists wanted to dominate the country and to train administrative assistants – but had never intended to offer them positions which held a lot of responsibility. This obsession escalated to the point that in the 50s, the Congolese could receive, as a reward for their "good" behavior, cards or certificates "of evolved persons" – which were considered a civic achievement.
The woman's body was used – and is still being used – as a war weapon. The Congolese women became mere sexual objects for the colonists and the militia. On many postcards, with an exotic landscape in the background, the Black woman is represented topless. The exotic landscape and the Black woman merge and become one. The RTBF explains this representation: "in the Congo, these women were part of the scenery, as we [the colonists] monopolize both the land and the women with it."
Women's Dehumanization
As soon as they arrived, the colonists became obsessed with Black women. They were the subjects of many photography sessions, studies and observations from experts who used it to justify their racist comments. The perfect example is the study of their body compared to that of White people. Even today, in Belgium, the remains of skulls and bones used for these studies are still being discovered.
This example can be illustrated by the portrayal of the Congolese women depicted by the Reverend Father Vermeersch. He distinguishes three types of Congolese women. The first one is the polygamous woman. She is considered a slave. The second one is the housekeeper of the White man, and she is a sexual slave. Finally, the third one is the perfect woman who is the result of colonization: the Christian woman. This woman has been "freed" and deserves respect. The colonists make her believe that through submission, she will become the equal of the White woman.
At that time, feminism tried to be heard. The UFC, Union des Femmes Coloniales (Union of the Colonial Women), founded in 1924, was an organization that wanted to improve the living conditions of these women who followed their colonist husbands. Through this solidarity network, women helped each other. But the racial differences were still present for a vast majority of the group. Indeed, women received no education and were trained in fields seen as feminine by the colonists, such as sewing, cooking, housekeeping or childcare. Meanwhile, men were trained to be administrative assistants.
During the colonial era, women were only seen as a sexual objects or slaves. They were called "ménagères" (housekeepers) by the colonists. Rape was just another war weapon. The colonists wanted to get to the husband, the family, the community, etc, and this was a way to intimidate their opponent. An article of the French newspaper Libération speaks of a "geogenetical war". And as a matter of fact, rape was used to obtain an "ethical cleansing that resulted in the birth of thousands of children". In the magazine La Vie, in 2012, the doctor Denis Mukwege, gynecologist and human right activist in the Congo, said: "by making these women pregnant, the Interahamwe shattered the line of descent, thus creating a new 'race', a child that the husband and wife would be unable to recognize." This man witnessed the atrocities perpetrated by the colonists, not only against his own relatives, but also against the thousands of women who came to his office after a rape, an excision, and so on.
The Congolese women were hypersexualized by the colonists, to the point that the representation of Black women was not only inaccurate but varied depending on the author's fantasies. They were continuedly compared with European women, in regard to their lips, nose, hair, buttocks, breasts… The European women were seen as having perfect proportions and a more "formal" style.
The Congolese independence and the female revolution
After many wars, massacres and many other atrocities, the Congo declared its independence in 1960. This part of history unfolded but left out women. The major public figures of this period were all men, like Lumumba, Prime Minister and independence activist. Although History has forgotten them, Congolese women witnessed these atrocities. In a thesis conducted in 2006 about the involvement of women in conflict resolution in Congo Brazzaville, Maixent Cyr Itoua Ondetil explains what caused this inequality, and identifies the facts that link the colonial past to the present-day Congo.
The colonial past is still present in the Congolese society today. Social economy and pediatric trainings are exclusively undertaken by women, whereas industrial or administrative trainings are mainly conducted by men. But despite all of this, female education has been steadily increasing for the past few years, and more women are gaining access to fields with responsibility. This phenomenon involves nonetheless a small minority amongst women. They are numerous in the public sector, but not in the sectors that hold a lot of responsibilities, like the fields of medicine or engineering, and when they do work in these fields, most of the time they occupy positions of assistant or nurse.
All in all, women are slowly starting to rewrite the story of the Congo. But there is still a long way to go, and unfortunately, the wounds of the colonial era have not yet entirely faded away.
https://www.facebook.com/b823b902-6f19-4be3-90c2-7e3b1a01b1b5
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SHS/pdf/Femmes-RDC.pdf
http://www.iteco.be/revue-antipodes/ou-en-est-le-congo/article/etre-femme-au-congo
https://www.genreenaction.net/La-politique-en-RDC-quelle-place-pour-les-femmes.html
https://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/554849/au-congo-le-corps-de-la-femme-est-un-champ-de-bataille-colette-braeckman?fbclid=IwAR0hBY_fGZHUqXvkweJ29roqZym0Fhy8O15BkxVdNqh0DFJnGSiHijc2qtg
https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2017/03/09/de-la-colonisation-et-des-crimes-contre-l-humanite_1554573?fbclid=IwAR0hBY_fGZHUqXvkweJ29roqZym0Fhy8O15BkxVdNqh0DFJnGSiHijc2qtg
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Bath Recreation Ground
LETTER: Stadium for Bath concept looks horrendous not exceptional
Jack Sparrow is concerned at the height of the buildings and says new restaurants are not needed
Sam PetherickChief reporter
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I refer to your articles in your July 26 edition of the Chronicle with reference to the proposed new stadium.
My reaction is that the concept is horrendous rather than exceptional!
The buildings will be much too high. The car park is 3.8 metres below pitch level and the stands on top at least another 20m!
The proposed commercial centre on the west side is against council policy and is hardly needed when so many eating and drinking establishments are closing down.
Taking in much more of the citizens recreation ground is both undesirable and against the covenants, which exist on the entire ground, although they are not exercised on that part currently leased to Bath Rugby.
Amateur cricket, football and rugby being played in a large open space on the Rec in Bath (Image: Jack Sparrow)
Opening of the west side to the river Avon is to be desired but not in the way proposed. Simply removing the West Stand as at present constructed with an awful face to the riverside would achieve this objective without the building of a monstrosity.
There would still be more than adequate space for spectators of amateur sports in the North and South stands, without the need for any demolition or massive reconstruction.
I attach two pictures taken in 1905 and 1936 which illustrate just how the openness can be achieved and still allow all legal activities to proceed on the Rec.
An image of the Rec from 1936 shows the whole site open to the public (Image: Jack Sparrow)
The 1905 shows amateur cricket, football and rugby co-existing in a large and desirable open space.
The 1936 shows how the Rec should be with amateur rugby and the whole Rec open to the public as was agreed by the High Court in 2002.
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In which i ruin my schedule.
hye assalammualaikum, back again !
now everything is set and comfortable so i should be organised ! Go Go Go aiman !!
that was yesterday. i woke up late then i decided to broke the schedule ( yesterday only ) . hahahaha so everything start today !


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Ramesh Nair (né en 1965) est un créateur de mode d'origine indienne basé à Paris, en France. Il a conçu des vêtements pour femmes pour Hermès, sous la direction de Martin Margiela et Jean-Paul Gaultier. De 2010 à 2020, il a été directeur de la création pour Moynat Paris. Depuis 2020, il est directeur artistique de Joseph Duclos.

Début de carrière
Nair est né en 1965 dans le Kerala, en Inde, et a reçu une éducation éclectique en voyageant à travers le pays avec sa famille militaire. Après avoir obtenu un diplôme en botanique, il a intégré le tout nouvel Institut national de la technologie de la mode NIFT, à New Delhi.

Mode
Après avoir obtenu son diplôme de stylisme au NIFT et une bourse de la Fondation Inlaks pour effectuer un stage dans une maison de couture en Italie, Nair a travaillé sur des projets avec Yohji Yamamoto et a créé son propre studio de création.

En 2000, Nair s'installe à Paris pour suivre un programme de maîtrise à l'Institut français de la mode et effectuer un stage chez Christian Lacroix.

Il passe ensuite dix ans chez Hermès Paris, en tant qu'assistant de Martin Margiela pour la mode féminine, puis sous la direction de Jean-Paul Gaultier. Pendant cette période, Nair a également créé des sacs, des accessoires et des bijoux pour la collection permanente, ainsi que pour les défilés.

Maroquinerie
Fin 2010, Nair est invité par LVMH à être le directeur artistique de Moynat, une maison de malletiers et de maroquiniers en sommeil depuis 30 ans. Parallèlement aux aspects créatifs du travail, il a pris en charge toute la reconstruction de cette maison patrimoniale : recherche et reconstitution d'archives, acquisition de produits vintage, détermination du positionnement stratégique et storytelling d'une marque jusqu'alors spécialisée dans les malles automobiles.

À partir de 2020, Ramesh a décidé d'utiliser cette expérience et sa passion pour le design et le savoir-faire supérieurs pour se lancer dans une aventure unique avec la Maison Joseph Duclos afin de créer une marque patrimoniale à partir des vestiges d'une manufacture royale de cuir datant de 1754. L'ambition étant de faire revivre non seulement un nom, mais également la mémoire d'une époque où les bases de l'artisanat et du savoir-faire français étaient posées.

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Tactical Analysis : Empoli F.C. 0-1 F.C. Internazionale Milano
Venue : Stadio Carlo Castellani
Competition : Serie A 2015/2016, Matchday 18
For the first game of the new year, Roberto Mancini chose to field a side with Samir Handanovic under the posts behind a defense consisting of D'Ambrosio, Miranda, Jeison Murillo and Nagatomo (from right to left). Protecting the defense was Gary Medel with Brozovic and Kondogbia playing some meters in front of him. Adem Ljajic played mostly on the right wing but had the freedom to move centrally or create numerical advantages on the opposite wing together with Perisic. Finally, up front played Icardi as the lone striker, in a shape resembling a 4-5-1.
A few words about Empoli
Last year Empoli were up again in the Serie A and fascinated everyone in the Italian peninsula, with their high energy football and fearless mentality, playing their style of play even against the bigger teams. Their architect was Maurizio Sarri, who actually managed to keep them up despite the fact that their side was unchanged compared to the one that played in Serie B.
Their style of play included, a very horizontally and laterally compact shape in a 4-3-1-2 formation with a very high defensive line that used the offside trap when necessary. In front of defense played a regista (Valdifiori) who was the creator. Their evident lack of width was no problem, however, as their distances were enough close that quick passing combinations were easily created. Up front the two forwards were responsible for stretching their opposing defenses in order to create space for the number 10 (Saponara to run into). On their defensive phase they pressed high and for big parts of the games too.
With Maurizio Sarri leaving from Napoli though, and their primary creator (Valdifiori ) and GK (Sepe) leaving too, many were already writing them off before the start of the season , especially after hearing about the uknown Giampaolo coming as a coach.
Giampaolo, however, has done an incredible job this season. He put his ego aside and decided not to fix something that isn't broken just to implement his style of play and helped the new players learn that new style of play, molding it though to their characteristics.
This was the style of play that was seen against Inter too, as Giampaolo brought to the field a side with Skorupski as the GK with Laurini, Costa, Barba and Rui protecting him. Paredes was the defensive midfielder with Zielinski and Buchel in front of him. Maccarone and Pucciarelli played up front trying to create space for Saponara who was making runs from behind.
Empoli started the game by pressing high, forcing the Inter defenders and Handanovic to kick the ball long most of the times.
On the above example, although they let Handanovic pass the ball to one of the defenders, they immediately start the press in order to force Miranda into a long ball.
Inter's defense and their pressing problems
Empoli's lack of attacking width, enabled Inter to have smaller spaces between their players horizontally, creating a 5v3 against the 3 opposition Midfielders that were trying to receive the ball in order to build up the game. This forced Empoli to either pass the ball wide or long or choose to risk a pass through the middle. Also, Medel was cutting the passing lane to Saponara.
When it came to pressing, however, problems appeared for the Nerazzurri.
These problems were created by the fact that Icardi (as in the previous game against Lazio) had to press two players. He first pressed the CBs, but with Empoli having a 4v3 numerical superiority at the centre of the field, that meant that the opponent defensive midfielder, who Icardi was responsible to press too, was pretty much always an unmarked option who, if passed to, had the time and space to create.
As you can see in the above screenshots, Icardi has just pressed the CBs, but the DM is ready to receive the ball immediately or after 1 or 2 passes, with the Argentinian unable to reach and press him that quickly.
Icardi scores just before the half time
During the whole first half, Empoli was the only dangerous team, pressing high and not enabling Inter to keep the ball for big periods of time. The Milanese were able to have some chances only on the transition and with shots outside the area mostly.
Two minutes before the end of the first half , though , Icardi scored.
Let's take a small look at his goal:
Although, this was a very easy goal for the captain of the Nerazzurri it was another proof that he is a great scorer from inside the area and a Striker that knows very well the fundamentals of goal scoring.
As you can see Icardi runs from deep and behind the back of the CB Barba in order not to be seen. Although Barba turns his head to see the positioning of Icardi a second before this screenshot was taken, immediately after he turns to look at the ball, Icardi starts his run taking there decisive one or two steps without the defender following and freeing himself to score.
It also has to be mentioned that this goal was scored, because seconds before, the Empoli players were too passive on their pressing, allowing Brozovic, although they were 3 against 1, to pass the ball to Ljajic, who found space and passed the ball to Perisic who made the assist.
Second Half: Mancini's tactical changes lock the game
Mancini saw what went wrong during the first half when it came to his team pressing, and tried to solve that by putting Ljajic behind Icardi as the number. Inter now played with a shape that resembled a 4-3-1-2 but with only Icardi centrally and Perisic still playing at the left wing.
On the offensive part of the game, this tactical change gave D'Ambrosio a lot of space on the right wing since no one else of his teammates occupied it now.
Ljajic was closer now, too, to the other two Inter primary creators, Brozovic and Perisic and had the chance to combine much better. This good connectivity hided the lack of width, when the ball was on the left since there was no right winger on the opposite side to stretch the Empoli defense.
On the defensive side of the game, this change created a natural 4v4 on the centre of the field ( as in the image below), that forced Empoli to either play long or build from the wings, a much less dangerous area on the pitch.
Another interesting thing that was seen in the second half, was Nagatomo's positioning when the ball was on his opposite side on attack. He was moving centrally in order to be ready to press Empoli players that were ready to receive the ball in order to initiate a counter attack.
With the game coming to an end in around twenty minutes, Empoli unable to find space centrally tried to move the ball wide to Croce (who replaced Buchel) that tried to combine with Livaja who dropped from his line in order to help with the Build-Up and drag defenders with him also.
Mancini didn't stay without a response though, as his team now and for the last 10 minutes changed their shape in their defensive third in something like a 4-4-1-1 , with Ljajic in front of midfield ready to press the Empoli player who would try to recycle the possession of the ball, and Perisic protecting the defensive width on the left and being aware of runs behind Nagatomo.
Empoli lost their concentration and had no clear mind in that period, choosing to cross the ball many times, a way which was not going to bring many results especially against an aerially astute team such as Inter.
Mancini brought in Juan Jesus for the last five minutes to replace Ljajic (probably to eliminate any aerial threat on the penalty area), changing his shape to a 5-4-1 to close the game.
Another game, another 1-0 win for Mancini and Inter, who fixed the main first half problem during the break. Empoli made a great appearance but their lack of energy and concentration in many parts of the second resulted in not challenging Inter enough to make them concede a goal.
P.S. Another great game by Gary Medel who closed every open space that was created by Empoli forwards dragging Inter defenders out of line. He also eliminated the threat created by the runs of Saponara.
By Thanos Chelas
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Find out people's opinions on various types of gifts, such as fragrances, flowers, jewelry, watches, gourmet foods and more.
Online retail store that allows one to choose from over 1,500 personalized Christmas ornaments and holiday gifts.
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Online vendor of a wide variety of Christmas gifts and luxury corporate hampers, with special discounts for corporations. Choose between their champagne gift selections, fine food hampers, luxury Christmas hampers, and more.
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Buy gift vouchers or sign up for driving experiences at UK-based racing school. Experiences include high speed passenger rides, race training, skid car driving and Formula 1 driving.
Buy a share of company stock as an unusual gift for friends and family of all ages. All kits include a certificate, a frame, and a brief bio of the company of choice. This is a great gift that is suitable for all occasions including birthdays, baby showers, Hanukkah, Christmas, graduations and anniversaries. Read online testimonials.


Technology was on India's side in the Balakot air strikes, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Monday, asserting that the results would have been further tilted in the country's favour if Rafale jets were inducted in time. The Indian Air Force chief was addressing a gathering at a seminar on aerospace power of the future and the impact of technology.
"In the Balakot operation, we had technology on our side, and we could launch precision stand of weapons with great accuracy. In the subsequent engagements, we came out better because we upgraded our MiG-21s, Bisons, and Mirage-2000 aircraft," he said."The results would have been further skewed in our favour had we inducted the Rafale aircraft in time," Dhanoa said. The Air Force struck a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot area on February 26, in response to the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
The seminar on 'Aerospace power in the 2040s: Impact of Technology' was held at Subroto Park here to mark the birth centenary of the late Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh. The event was hosted by the IAF along with the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), an autonomous defence research and analysis body.
And, air power is more sensitive to technological change, he said. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week complimented the IAF for its "flawless execution" of the February 26 Balakot operation and subsequent thwarting of the Pakistani response while addressing top IAF commanders here.
An icon in the country's military history, Singh led a fledgling IAF in the 1965 Indo-Pak war when he was just 44 years old. Born on April 15, 1919, in Lyallpur in Punjab in undivided India, his father, grandfather and great grandfather had served in the cavalry. "This event is a fitting tribute to IAF Marshal Arjan Singh," Dhanoa said.


Jason Sibley (formally Burrows) has a passion for all things sales, marketing, digital and social media. Working as CEO and Head of Strategy at Creation Agency, he focuses on global clients and specialises in demand generation solutions using intelligent digital marketing, combining marketing automation, paid media and social media. Jason is also a regular speaker on Demand Generation and Sales and Marketing alignment.
With 16 years behind him as co-owner of Creation, Peter has been immersed in B2B sales and marketing programmes most of his career. Much of this time has been spent successfully leading complex client relationships to deliver integrated programmes across multiple marketing disciplines, providing a deep skill-set across strategic and tactical deployment options.
Jack has a 13-year background in sales, working in the manufacturing, tech and digital space. He is known in the social space as the 'SaaSaNova' of marketing automation and a top thought-leader in social selling. His content can be seen on LinkedIn, SalesHacker, Act-On, Convince and Convert, Forbes and multiple other top social and sales channels. Jack delivers customised social selling training for B2B companies and digital strategies, all focused on disrupting the bottom line.
In his role as Senior Vice President - North America at Creation Agency, Kevin drives sales and marketing enablement strategies and revenue growth throughout digitally-savvy organizations. Kevin brings extensive experience managing senior-level sales and marketing strategy, brand development, integrated communications, and social media content strategy for regional and national brands. A Johns Hopkins-trained data scientist, Kevin has applied true buyer intent data, predictive analytics, and data mining to the sales and marketing process for more than a decade to gain a strategic marketplace advantage for leading brands worldwide.
Sam has 33 years of marketing experience, 19 of which have been in digital, across both agency and client side with multinational blue chips and start-ups. She has a reputation for driving excellence in project delivery, developing profitable growth strategies and AGILE innovation in process design. Putting this experience to work leading our marketing operations, Sam is responsible for ensuring that projects are given the best opportunity for success and our clients delighted.
With five years' experience of marketing management in global IT services, my role is Client Delivery Director, with an emphasis on Creation's key technology clients. Here, I build and execute the overall delivery plan for anything from simple marketing projects through to complex, multi-channel demand programmes. My goal is to ensure the highest levels of client satisfaction through a seamless delivery experience and highest quality implementation.
Alicia has been instrumental in the overall strategy and growth of the US division of Creation Agency. She has a proven track record for helping build multi-channel demand generation blueprints and leading the implementation. Her expertise is in marketing automation and building out data-driven lead generation for some of the fastest growing tech companies. She has a passion for customer success and an eye for detail.
With software engineering as his background, Vivian has experience in both application and web development. With over a decade of development and project management experience, he provides Creation's clients with an expert execution of the functional elements of their brief.
With over 20 years experience at the sharp end of some of the UK's leading creative marketing and advertising design studios, working with some of the world's biggest brands, Graham is responsible for the high creative standards we deliver through our in-house agency studio.
A qualified ACMA professional, Martin has held senior financial positions in the Construction, Video Games and FMCG Sectors. Martin joined Creation in 2008 as Finance Director. With a strong understanding of financial strategy and its commercial application, he supports our clients and staff with long-term planning and management of the commercial teams.


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Heavener Runestone
Heavener, Oklahoma
A sandstone slab, ten feet wide and twelve feet high, bears Runic alphabet inscriptions dating back thousands of years. It is believed to have been carved by the pre-Vikings who, as we all know, came to Oklahoma centuries before the time of Columbus.
A walking trail in the 55-acre Heavener Runestone State Park leads to the slab, which is so big that a glassed-in outdoor shelter had to be built around it. According to the folks in the nearby interpretive center, the inscription on the slab dates to AD 100-700, and tells the story of "Glome" who used the rock to lay claim to this part of the Sooner State.
The people in Heavener do not dismiss America's other runestones -- there are more than you might think -- knowing that they are all evidence that Columbus was a Euro-come-lately. "They've got their runestone, we've got ours," the interpretive center folks said about the runestone in Alexandria, Minnesota. "Ours is older."
Also see: Vikings in America
Heavener Runestone State Park
CR E1460, Heavener, OK
Sits in a ravine, inside a protective shelter. On Poteau Mountain, 2.5 miles east of town in Heavener Runestone State Park, off of US-59/270, and east of Morris Creek Rd.
Eat in a Railroad Car, Heavener, OK - 1 mi.
Bank in a Caboose, Poteau, OK - 14 mi.
Monument Atop the World's Highest Hill, Poteau, OK - 13 mi.
Mr. Peanut Sign and Statues, Fort Smith, AR - 30 mi.
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AFC Members Noticeboard
Current Programme
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1. Interested in singing with AFC? Your questions answered!
2. What is available to help me practise?
3. Who is on the Committee?
4. Where can I find information on AFC's Constitution?
5. Can you give me some information on music theory?
6. Where can I find our Privacy Statement?
7. Where can I find our Data Protection Policy?
(If you would prefer to download the "Interested in singing with AFC" document to read offline, you can download it as a PDF file here:)
Interested in singing with AFC?
Do I need to pass an audition?
No, we do not put you through an audition. We do want you to be able to sing in tune. And enjoyment of singing is certainly a plus! If you are at all uncertain, we will usually put new members next to one or two of our stronger singers in their voice part, for support and encouragement.
Do I need to be a good sight-reader?
No. Although being able to read music is, of course, helpful, it is not essential. There are many online rehearsal aids available nowadays - you can see some mentioned later on this page - and our regular singers frequently use these, even if they are good sight-readers.
What sort of music do you sing?
We have a varied repertoire of choral music (i.e. with Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass parts). This can extend from large "older" works such as Haydn's "Creation" and "modern" works such as Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man", through to smaller pieces such as French songs and opera choruses. Many of our concerts also feature top-rate soloists singing with us, and musical groups in support.
How can I know if this is for me?
If you like, we will sit you next to an experienced singer who will show you the ropes, and help you confirm that you have identified the voice part that suits you. Should you be joining part-way through the term, we will also give you guidance on catching up.
Do you offer any advice to a singer?
Our Music Director is always happy to offer advice, but more regularly we can recommend online sources for rehearsal aids (files to download or CDs to buy) which are tailored to each voice part. These allow you to rehearse in the privacy of your own home.
When do I need to make a commitment?
We want you to feel comfortable with our music, and also with us! So we're happy to offer you attendance at a couple of rehearsals before we ask you to make your subscription. Should you decide that AFC is not for your (and we hope you don't!) then there is nothing further required.
How often do you perform?
We normally have two full concerts in a year. The first takes place around mid-April (our Spring Term), and the second around the end of November or early December (our Autumn Term).
What about rehearsals?
We rehearse on Thursday evenings, each week, leading up to a concert. Spring Term sees us rehearse from the start of January through to April, and Autumn Term runs from the start of September through to November or December. We are exploring the possibility of adding a Summer Term to our year, although people tend to do other things at this time.
Where and when do you rehearse?
We meet at Bedgrove Junior School in Aylesbury. The full address is:
Bedgrove Junior School,
Ingram Avenue,
Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire,
HP21 9DN
and we use the school car park.
Rehearsals start at 7.30 pm, and run through to about 9.30 pm. We do have a tea/coffee/biscuit break halfway through, when a lot of socialising takes place.
Is it hard work?
We sing music of differing levels of difficulty, so sometimes concentration is required, certainly. For most of the time,we are just enjoying the challenge of making a grand sound. And of course, as the term progresses, we have learnt our way through the music.
What support do you have?
We employ a professional conductor and accompanist. You can find out more about both of them on our website.
What will it cost me?
We ask for subscriptions from our members to meet our costs, which cover, for example, the fees for our conductor and accompanist, hire of the rehearsal venue, costs involved in staging concerts, etc. Our subscription level is:
£75.00 per term, or
£140 for the year (2 terms) if paid in advance
If we hold a Summer Term this would require a small addition subscription.
In addition, there is normally a charge for hiring the music for a term. (Some members prefer to buy their copies, and then keep them.)
These websites offer a variety of practice aids, such as CD and MP3 download versions of your voice part, and have been used by members at various times. Click on the link to be taken to the relevant website.
ChoraLine Click here. NOTE: ChoraLine have made quite a few changes, and now recommend their App as the best way to use ChoraLine when rehearsing at home. ChoraLine CDs are now sold by Presto Music. You may benefit from a 20% discount (at the time of writing) by entering CHORAL in the discount code box when purchasing.
SingleParts Click here.
Choralia Click here.
JohnF's Rehearsal Files Click here. NOTE: In November 2015 this site introduced a subscription-based model; it had previously been free. You will need to register to access any files, so that the site can tell what sort of subscriber you are. Currently, out of copyright material is still available under a FREE subscription. Anything else requires a paid subscription, and at the moment the site offers 1 year, 6 months and 4 months subscriptions. So you could register for just one term if you wish!
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It is a lengthy document, but you can download it as a PDF file here:
AFC Constitution
If you'd like some information on the basics, you can download it as a PDF file here:
Basic Music Theory
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Way of the Knight . Pieces with experience levels: a `role playing variant'. Author: Glenn Overby II and Sam Trenholme. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Wormhole Chess . When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. By Fergus Duniho.


Brad van Liew, skipper of Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America, became the first Class 2 entrant to cross the invisible line of the equator and join his Class 1 mates in the Southern Hemisphere.
Brad's email to race HQ was short and to the point. "Neptune ceremony went well. I am at 01 14S, 27 45W and all is well. Wind starting to back a bit and is now blowing out of the southeast at 15 knots. The sky is finally clear." That email came on the heels of a much longer message sent earlier in the day where Brad described his difficult passage through the doldrums. "I hope this will help put to rest the notion that the doldrums are nothing more than the windless region between the northern and southern hemisphere weather patterns. This is not just an area where one simply goes slowly and demonstrates patience while the new winds form on your bow. Later today I will cross over the equator and be into the southern hemisphere. It is definitely a milestone, but let me assure you that the test of the doldrums is what will always make a sailor, really want, or badly need, to get to the other hemisphere and not take the voyage lightly."
While Brad was enjoying the brisk southeast trades and clipping the miles off his long passage down the South Atlantic, the rest of his class was still in the grips of the doldrums and enjoying close racing. Alan Paris, skipper of BTC Velocity had a surprise sighting when he went on deck. He later wrote an email and sent a photo. "This morning I was greeted with an expected combination of squally conditions with large groups of thunderstorms and frequent lightening........and John Dennis ??" Out of the haze on his starboard side sailed Bayer Ascensia, Canadian flag flying, but no skipper in sight. John was below trying to raise Alan on the VHF. Alan's email continued. "We had passed within two miles last night at around midnight. John tells me he immediately gybed south. I kept going for an hour and then gybed. Amazing that in this large expanse of ocean two boats can meet at almost the same point, and as I write I am about 1000 yards astern."
To the south of Alan and John, the other Canadian, Derek Hatfield on Spirit of Canada, was sailing in typical doldrums conditions. "I was sleeping in the cockpit, my favorite spot when it's warm, when before I could get up, the boat was hit with a gust of about 30 knots and hard driving rain," he wrote. "The boat was on its side, going fast. I had to put in two reefs and furl the jib to get it under control. By then of course, I was soaked. My only regret was that I didn't have any time to grab the soap and take a proper shower, something I could do with right about now." Meanwhile on board Spirit of yukoh, Kojiro Shiraishi was working his way through the doldrums the old fashioned way; he was praying for better conditions. Or maybe he was just meditating himself into a better frame of mind.
Showers must be on the mind of Class 1 leader Bernard Stamm as he enters his last week of Leg 2. Stamm send a tentative email to race operations. "There is a small disturbance between me and Cape Town otherwise I think it could be all plain sailing. I hope to be in port by the 14th." If Stamm maintains his speed he will have had another record breaking passage.


Imagine Lucy hugging Peanuts and where you are in the happy-continuum. Happiness is one thing to one person and something else to someone else. Happiness is a thumb and a blanket. All kidding aside whether you decide on read Charles Schulz's book or not, to know and experience true happiness is to determine what it is for you. Is it, for you, collecting material things? How about gettiing a promotion or a raise? Maybe for you it may be having a root beer float at a "Nifty 50's" or, listening to a favorite song, taking a drive to the mountains and viewing the magnificent landscape. I was disabled last Summer having experienced a leg and ankle fracture. Dependent on others; dependent on a wheelchair, knee scooter, walker, crutches. Happiness for me...I can walk again without assistance. The point is...that happiness is the realization that each moment or moments brings you contentment and satisfaction. It's there for you to acknowledge and hold onto. It puts that smile on your face. And in the meantime, go enjoy that warm puppy.


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Blog Posts, Releases Address Various Topics Related To COVID-19 Pandemic, Including Vaccines; Implications For Malaria, Cholera; U.S. Response
Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: 193 Faith Leaders Urge Congress for Global COVID-19 Response (9/21).
IDSA's "Science Speaks": Four steps to build trust in COVID-19 vaccines
Daniel R. Lucey, infectious diseases physician and adjunct professor of infectious diseases at Georgetown University Medical Center, senior scholar at the Georgetown University O'Neill Institute, anthropology research associate at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, and member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Global Health Committee (9/21).
International Rescue Committee: Deadly malaria and cholera outbreaks grow amongst refugees as COVID pandemic strains health systems, warns IRC (9/22).
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: COVID-19 in malaria-endemic regions: potential consequences for malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality
Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem, professor of practice in the Department of Mathematics at Lehigh University, and Gideon A. Ngwa, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Buea (9/21).
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality in Africa: a geospatial modeling analysis
Daniel J. Weiss of the Telethon Kids Institute at Perth Children's Hospital and colleagues (9/21).
Pew Research Center: Americans give the U.S. low marks for its handling of COVID-19, and so do people in other countries
John Gramlich, senior writer/editor at the Pew Research Center (9/21).
US Global Health Policy
Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY23 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) and Labor, Health and Human Services (Labor HHS) Appropriations Bills
House Appropriations Committee Releases the FY23 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill
White House Releases FY 2023 Budget Request


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How does an author work?
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As a writer, you write literary texts such as novels, short stories, poems and dramas. You think up stories, think about plots and develop characters. Together with an editor, you will revise the manuscript until it is ready for printing.
Life as a writer holds great temptations: reasoning, research and travel make up a significant part of the work, and you are not obliged to anything or anyone except your current work. You can work where and when you want.
The most translated author is Agatha Christie, whose works already exist in 7,233 different translations. … was sold in 1994 for $30.8 million. The buyer was none other than Bill Gates, who bought the Codex of Leicaster, a notebook by Leonardo DaVinci.
Originally Answered: How difficult is it to write a book? Writing a book is not that difficult. The biggest problem is endurance. 50,000 words (that's about 250 pages of paperback) are not that easy to write.
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer and Information Technology; Ubiquitous Computing and Communications; Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing; Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, Liverpool, UK, October 2015.
Although cloud computing has made great inroads in terms of consumer adoption, we argue that the paradigm still has a long way to go to reach an economically efficient free market state. We highlight four key problems with the current cloud computing approach. These are (1) coarse granularity of service provision, (2) limited control of resources, (3) inadequate support for small providers and prosumers, and (4) vendor lockin via APIs. In this position paper, we briefly outline interesting work that may lead to a solution, in terms of moving towards a more market-based approach to cloud resource allocation.


The Next Chapters: Big girl, you are beautiful!
This post serves to 1) vent a little about current thoughts I have been having and 2) shine light on an interesting intersection between American and Ugandan ideas of beauty.
I wish it were possible for me not to be offended when my Ugandan girlfriends call me fat/big. They always say it as a compliment...but it always feels like a little stab in my heart.
Bad habits are tough to break, right?
If I hadn't been exposed to a lifetime of American media telling me BIG is BAD, I would be the happiest girl in the world. Some messages are so deeply rooted in our brains, we don't even realize the effect they have had on us until situations like this.
**I would like to make it clear that I recognize obesity is a BIG problem in America (and increasingly so in other developed countries) BUT I am referring to the ridiculous belief that females need to be bone thin. I don't think we should turn a blind eye to the health problems that overweight and obese patients put themselves at risk of developing. However, I also don't think it is fair to tell a person who is within her normal weight range for her height that she needs to be 20 lbs. skinnier just to conform to some unrealistic media-produced ideal.
It is such a shame I feel this way, because I get called big or fat almost every day. I am about the same weight as I always have been. Granted, I put on during college, and the 90% carb diet here doesn't exactly promote thinness, but I wouldn't call myself fat. I analyze my pictures and think, "I don't look fat…" I certainly look bigger than I did when I was 18, but I am not convinced I actually had hips at that age, so that isn't a fair assessment. I have always been the biggest one in my family, but in comparison to friends, I think I am the same size as most of them. All in all, I'm the image of normal for my height and age. I'm a bit curvy, but by all means, Beyoncé and Shakira get away with it, why can't I?
Almost every day I hear this compliment. I try to imagine what that would do to my self-esteem if I could take it in as they give it out—purely as a flattering statement. I would be on top of the world. Every now and then the women, (sometimes even the men) I work with will say that I look beautiful/smart…"like a model." I know those are variations of saying I look big or fat, (which makes the model comment ironic) but because these are actually compliments in my culture, they always make me feel a lot better.
For example, a few weeks ago, one of the teachers entered my lesson and exclaimed, "Ay, Kristen! You have reduced, are you ill? You look thin, what is wrong?!" My knee-jerk response was, "Really?! Thank you! Then I looked around the room and the kids, nurses, and the complimenting-teacher looked extremely confused. She was concerned for my health and all I heard was that I looked thin. I have heard that only once since I've been here, and it is the only time I felt a flutter of excitement and pride in my body during a conversation about my weight.
It is unfortunate that—somewhere in the deepest crevices of my subconscious—I have imprinted the message, "BIG is BAD; SMALL is GOOD." I wonder if I could spend any amount of time here and eventually rewire that part of my brain.
If that could ever transpire, I imagine I would become free from the constant curiosity of how big I look in which outfit I wear.
In the meantime, I plan on soaking in the Ugandan attempts to boost my ego during my last two weeks! I'm sure my American peers will not be using the same statements when I'm greeted back home—if they do, it won't be kindly!


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Q: Why Cantor set is uncountable despite each element is rational. Note I am not asking about a proof that Cantor set is uncountable. I want to get some "natural" answer on my question (see below).
A Construction of the Cantor set
Let us change a bit the famous construction of Cantor set. Instead of removing intervals we will add points at each iteration. So we build Cantor set by induction:

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*At the first iteration $n=0$ there is a set $A_0 = \{0,1\}$

*After $A_n$ has been constructed $A_{n+1}$ is obtained as the folllowing:
$$A_{n+1} = A_n\cup \{a_i+\frac{(-1)^{3^{n-1} a_i}}{3^n}\,|\, a_i \in A_n\}$$
By the above costruction Cantor set is the union of all $A_n$'s:
$$\mathcal{C} = \bigcup_{n=0}^{\infty}A_n$$
Question
From this construction the following statement arises
$$\xi\in\mathcal{C}\Rightarrow \xi \in \mathbb{Q}$$
So if each element in $\mathcal{C}$ is rational how it (set) is uncountable?

P.S. I am not sure that my construction of Cantor set is absolutely correct. I will appreciate any ideas, advices, corrections etc.

A: You seem to think the only elements in the Cantor set are the endpoints of the intervals you have deleted.  This is not true.

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Tenby Schools Malaysia is proud to announce the A Level and IGCSE results for June 2017 examination series. Congratulations to all 40 A-Levels students of Tenby Schools Ipoh, Penang and Setia Eco Park, as well as 259 IGCSE students of Tenby Schools Ipoh, Penang, Setia Eco Park and Miri for this very encouraging achievement. Quite a number of students achieved outstanding individual results such as succeeding in securing A* grades in every subject sat, and many of them are surpassing the expectation with excellent results worth celebrating for.
In A Level across 3 campuses, 72% of the grades awarded were at A* to C, with 37% at A*/A. Meanwhile, overall in IGCSE, 91% of the grades were at A* to C, with 55% at A*/A, with Setia Eco Park campus scored a whopping 96% of A* to C grade, beating its own previous record. Two students achieved straight 11A* and straight 10A* respectively while another three achieved straight 9A*. More than 30 students enjoyed at least 9A*/A grades in their IGCSE.
Once again, Tenby Schools Malaysia wishes to congratulate to all the students on their successes, and a big thank you to all the teachers and parents now that their hard work has paid off.