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When Hoagy Carmichael graduated from Indiana University in 1926 his band "Carmichael's Collegians" became "Bud Dant's Collegians". Later some members of that band, including Dant folded into the Herbie Kay Orchestra. This image appears on page 213 of the 1933 Arbutus yearbook.
fall 1932 or early 1933
Porter, Kenny
Wolfe, Ed
Dant, Charles Gustave "Bud"
Kaumeyer, Herbert "Herbie Kay"
Spangler, Ronnie
van Sickle, Andy
McCormick, "Mac"
Lamer, Slim
Chase, Sam
Cowles, "Fuzzy"
Johnston, Jim
Murry, Fred "Yah"
Lamour, Dorothy
Allen, Howard Warren "Wad"
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(Front Row, L to R) Kenny Porter, Ed Wolfe, Charles Gustave "Bud" Dant, Herbie Kay, Ronnie Spangler (this person may not be Spangler. It looks like Wad Allen), and Andy van Sickle. (Back Row, L to R) "Mac" McCormick, Slim Lamer, Sam Chase, "Fuzzy" Cowles, and Jim Johnston. (Seated on hood of bus, L to R) Fred "Yah" Murry who was a cousin of Hoagy Carmichael, and Dorothy Lamour. NOTE: Various biographical information regarding both Herbie Kay and Dorothy Lamour put the date of Dorothy Lamour touring with the Herbie Kay Orchestra at 1935 (one puts the date at 1934). The fact that this photograph appears in the 1933 Arbutus yearbook proves that she was touring with the group as early as the fall of 1932 or early 1933. A search of The Indiana Daily Student to try and pinpoint the date, names of band members, and event, etc. has not yet been conducted. Also, the woman on the hood of the bus does appear to be Dorothy Lamour and not Ellen Conner or Wynne Fair who also toured with the band. NOTE: In April 2015 Donna Matsook, Dorothy Lamour's assistant for nearly twenty years, confirmed that the woman in this image is Dorothy Lamour.
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For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Ken and I have been reading from a book called "Tatoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion" written by a Jesuit priest, Gregory Boyle. Father boyle was retelling a story of a gang member who recently got back out of prison. He had called Father Bole and wanted reassurance that Boyle thought of him as a son. The idea that this kid wanted to feel loved and accepted like a son shows the overwhelming need that we all have to fit into a family.
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Diversity is complicated for refugees in Utah
Posted on December 2, 2008 by comm3660
by BRADY LEAVITT
In a state that is 93 percent white, Gerald Brown represents diversity.
Brown is white. He wears bow ties and peers through round-rimmed glasses. When asked if he speaks foreign languages, he says, "Only Southern." When asked what his epitaph might read, he says, "A Holy Man." And when asked if refugee caseworkers are tough, he says without hesitation, "Shit."
Brown, 57, is the director of the Refugee Services Office in the Utah Department of Workforce Services. He works as a sort of traffic cop at the intersection of politics and nonprofit groups, coordinating efforts to help refugees integrate into Utah's communities and culture.
Brown became director of the Refugee Services Office in February 2008 after Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. ordered its creation. Huntsman and the state legislature appropriated $200,000 to fund the office, the first time state money has been provided specifically for refugees. The sum is small, Brown said, less than 10 percent of the money he receives from the federal government. However, it as a sign that the state is willing to invest in refugees, he said.
"I need Huntsman for another term," Brown said, referring to the upcoming elections. "He gets it."
A self-described "lefty activist type," Brown wants democratic Sen. Barack Obama to be elected president in November. He figures that with a Democratic president, Republican Gov. Huntsman will be re-elected in Utah and not called to a cabinet position in Washington.
Before Gov. Huntsman's executive order, the Refugee Services Office consisted of "one guy and a cubicle," Brown said. Now the office has six employees and one volunteer coordinator.
While he enjoys working in Utah, Brown's fondness for the state and its governor only goes so far. He expressed frustration with the organizational difficulties of his job. One of his office's goals is to build a network of trained volunteers to assist caseworkers. But, he said, the bureaucracy is slowing it down.
"Do we have trained volunteers on the ground yet? Nope. Because we're still meeting," Brown said.
Brown began his work in the field of refugee services assisting Cambodians at a YMCA in Houston in 1981. It was his first-hand experience that inspired him to be an advocate and an activist. The most effective activists, he said, are those who have had similar exposure to diverse populations.
Brown both praises and criticizes Utah in this respect. He accuses many Utahns as being insular and in many cases ignorant when compared with other groups of people he has worked with.
Peter Robson works as an interpreter for refugees at the Asian Association of Utah. He said that he included his work experience at a refugee resettlement agency on his resume. As he interviewed for jobs this past summer, many employers would ask him about it.
"These were well-informed people, but they were surprised that there were real refugees in Salt Lake," Robson said.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Utah's population in 2006 was identified as 93.5 percent white and only 5.1 percent black, Asian, Native American or Pacific Islander.
Robson, 23, is a native Utahn. Growing up in his east Salt Lake City neighborhood he was separated, and not just from the refugee community, he said.
"It's easy to insulate yourself and separate yourself from anyone who is less-privileged," Robson said.
Robson said his experiences working with the refugee community have changed his underlying career goals – salary and other considerations are no longer as important as the satisfaction that comes from helping people.
Robson is similar to many people that Brown knows in Utah. Brown said he is baffled by how simultaneously sheltered and eager the volunteers he finds here are.
"Utah County is the volunteer capital of the U.S.," Brown said, "It's like the perfect job."
Brown said that diversity is edifying and that people need to begin to realize that the world is getting smaller and people are more reliant upon each other than ever.
While Brown may feel that Utah is not a hub of diversity, he maintains that Utah is the "Wild West for resettlement work," meaning that he feels so much is possible because people and organizations are so willing to help. And despite his criticism insularity, Brown said that one of the reasons it is so easy to work with people in Utah is that they are conservative and relatively nondiverse. "
They have no complicated experiences," he said, "and people seem generally nice." Brown epitomizes in many ways the unique and unlikely diversity of Utah.
Diversity, Brown said, is a two-way street – a street on which he directs the traffic.
And doing so, Brown said, "I have had the privilege to get to know the world."
Filed under: Immigrants & Refugees, Organizations, Politics, Profiles | Tagged: Asian Association of Utah, diversity, Gerald Brown, Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., refugee, Refugee Services Office, volunteers |	Leave a comment »
A big change is coming for the IRC in SLC
by MATT BERGSTROM
Imagine you have just contracted a life-altering disease. You find a specialist who knows how to treat it and the two of you work together to improve your quality of life. Now imagine that after six months you are told you have to go to a new specialist. The new doctor is just as qualified, but knows very little about your specific needs. You now have to go back and find a system that works for you both.
This is what life is like for newly arrived refugees in Salt Lake City. They are given six months to grow accustomed to one aid organization, and then their case is handed over to another, Patrick Poulin said. Poulin is the resettlement director for the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake.
The IRC is an international nonprofit organization that specializes in resettling refugees from around the world in the United States.
The IRC is also the first doctor in the scenario given above.
When the U.S. State Department decides who will be given a new home here, they approach groups like the IRC and ask them how many refugees their organization can take on. The IRC then gives them a number. When the two agree which cases will be handled, the IRC is given all the information on each person being resettled.
The next job is deciding which of the IRC's 17 U.S. regional offices will handle each case.
Once the local office has the information and has arranged for the refugee to enter the country, the staff have six months to do everything they can to help people get resettled and become self-sufficient.
According to the IRC's Web site, staff and volunteers work together to help refugees obtain "the tools of self-reliance: housing, job placement and employment skills, clothing, medical attention, education, English-language classes and community orientation."
This is where the second specialist gets involved.
After six months of assistance from the IRC the refugees and their cases are transferred to the Asian Association of Utah.
The AAU, which is also a nonprofit organization, works with refugees to improve their situation by upgrading housing, finding permanent employment so they can become completely self-sufficient. The goal of the AAU is to have refugees settled into a job, a community and a way of life that will best facilitate their individual needs.
Both organizations have similar goals, but Poulin says it's a difficult transition for someone coming from a completely different world to have to adjust to a new aid organization so quickly. That is why he and the IRC have been trying to extend their involvement with refugees from six months to as many as 24 months. Poulin feels this is ample time for refugees to get settled into their new surroundings and firmly anchor their new life in America.
Lina Smith, program director for resettlement for the Asian Association of Utah, agrees with Poulin. "I think whatever works for the refugee, I'm for it," Smith said.
The AAU currently handles all refugee cases in the state including those managed by other nonprofits.
Smith said the IRC will begin working with refugees for up to two years beginning in January. She feels this will help ease the workload of the AAU's four full-time caseworkers who currently oversee more than 80 cases each. Her organization will still be there to help refugees who need assistance after the first two years.
Smith and Poulin agree that a more equal share of the responsibility between the two organizations is beneficial for the refugees and the nonprofits. But they still worry about money.
Both organizations receive funding from the State Department, but Smith and Poulin feel that it is not enough. Currently, refugees receive $425 a month on which to live.
Poulin said Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has set aside an additional $200,000 from the Utah state budget for refugee services in 2009. Poulin also says The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation has promised the IRC a $50,000 grant.
Poulin is convinced the additional funding will help greatly with the overall success of their program. He said, "If we are able to provide more quality services to refugees … then we are successful."
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Refugee caseworkers work long hours in Salt Lake City
by MICHAEL OLSON
Originally from Rwanda, Africa, Valentine Mukundente and her parents were relocated to Salt Lake City as refugees. Before they came to America, however, Mukundente and her family were sent to a refugee camp in Zambia where she spent her high school years. In Zambia, Mukundente worked as a translator for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees while her family waited to be relocated to America. She had learned French and Swahili as a child in Rwanda and English while in high school.
Mukundente is a resettlement caseworker at the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City. She has worked there for more than a year.
"I love working with refugees because I used to be one," said Mukundente. Armed with experience as a refugee she is able to keep from getting burned out from the extreme demands on her time as a caseworker. Instead, she finds it easy to relate to the refugees she helps because she was a refugee herself.
Life as a refugee caseworker is not easy on family life. Mukundente recently married a man she knew from Rwanda. He came here as a refugee and now they have a 6-month-old baby boy.
"It's difficult because we don't have time to go home," Mukundente said about their schedules. Sometimes they have to pick up a refugee family from the Salt Lake International Airport in the middle of the night.
Caseworkers take them to their new house and show them how to use the stove and other appliances. This is the first time most Africans and Burmese have seen a stove or a light switch, Mukundente said.
Sometimes refugees will visit the IRC's downtown office on 400 South to ask questions or for help reading their mail, often just as Mukundente is on her way out the door to go home to her family. But she gladly stays late to help them. After all, she used to be a refugee herself.
Seven caseworkers are currently employed at the IRC. Mukundente is responsible for 30 cases, but some caseworkers handle as many as 70 cases at a time.
"That's too much," she said. If she were to focus on one of her 30 cases a day, it would take a month to get through them all.
A case may consist of a single refugee, or it could be an entire family, some with as many as 11 members.
Caseworkers at the Asian Association of Utah are just as busy. Lina Smith, the director of Utah Refugee Employment and the Community Center at the Asian Association, supervises six caseworkers, who handle between 50 and 70 cases each.
Smith has been with the Asian Association for eight years. Five of the six caseworkers she employs are currently or were at one time refugees.
"I find the refugees don't get as burned out," Smith said. "They have been through what the people in their cases are going through." That motivates them to get the refugees through the difficult process of adjusting to life in Utah.
Of all the places for refugees to be resettled, Utah is one of the best locations in the nation, said Gerald Brown, director of the Refugee Services Office of the Utah Department of Workforce Services.
"People here tend to be willing to help," Brown said. Some social workers have a tendency to become jaded, but that seems to happen less in Utah.
Brown said that the perfect workload would be 20 cases for every caseworker. Because of the shortage of caseworkers it is very important that they set boundaries to avoid getting burned out.
For example, caseworkers decide whether to give out their personal contact information.
"I have some caseworkers that give out their cell phone numbers and then they have to choose whether to answer it or not," Smith said.
The IRC's Mukundente usually chooses not to give out her cell phone number, but some refugees still find it out from friends who know their number.
When they call they usually just have a question that can be taken care of later. Mukundente asks the refugee if it can wait until during work hours when they can talk about it. If it is a genuine emergency, such as when a child falls and breaks his arm, Mukundente directs the family to call 911 or a person at the IRC who handles emergency situations and can translate for the refugees.
"We tell them when they first get here to call 911 in an emergency, but they forget," Mukundente said. "The first person on their minds is their caseworker."
Despite the stress and the long hours, Mukundente loves her job.
"People have something in their blood, something they like to do," she said. "This is not a job you do for money. You do it because you love it."
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IRC Salt Lake City extends its care
It all started with an idea, Albert Einstein's idea.
As a German refugee, Einstein came to America to escape the tyrant Adolf Hitler. Einstein used his influence and money to help others escape from Germany.
Thanks to Einstein an American branch of an already existing European relief agency was founded in 1933. This branch later grew to become the International Rescue Committee.
The IRC is a nonprofit organization that helps refugees around the world rebuild their lives. Their local offices are located in downtown Salt Lake City, with other offices spread across the U.S. from New York to Los Angeles.
Refugees are people who had to flee their homelands because their lives were in danger. They cannot return to their homes so they need new ones, and that is where the IRC comes in.
"The U.S. is by far the largest humanitarian provider," said Patrick Poulin, resettlement director for the IRC. "In Salt Lake City we receive between four and five hundred refugees a year."
This year, its 75th anniversary, the Salt Lake IRC is increasing its ability to help with the beginning of the extended case management program. This will lengthen the time IRC has to help refugees from six months to 24 months.
The program is starting small out of necessity, according to Stacey Shaw, the caseworker who was hired at the beginning of 2008 to develop the new extended program. Of the seven caseworkers employed at the IRC, Shaw is the only one currently handling cases in the new program.
Eventually the IRC would like to give extended care to all of the refugee families it helps, but without state funding it will not happen.
"It is a matter for the state, if they decide to do it or not," Shaw said.
Right now the 26 cases Shaw handles are the only ones in the 24-month program due to lack of funding. In fact, the only reason the program exists at all is because of a private grant made to the IRC.
It takes five years before refugees can become U.S. citizens. Before this year the IRC could only help them during the first six months, just enough time to get families on their feet by setting them up in a place to live, and providing them with the funding to feed and clothe themselves.
Currently the IRC's new program can only accommodate the families that will benefit most from the extended care. These families are usually chosen because of mental or physical health issues.
Casemanagers pick refugee families up from the airport, help sign the lease on their home and help find them jobs. They also provide refugees with transportation to and from doctor's appointments for health checks.
Many of these refugees have a difficult time understanding and speaking English. One of the IRC's roles is to provide caseworkers and volunteers to help them break through the language barrier.
"Some people need a ton more dental or doctor appointments," Shaw said. "We are here as a safety net to make sure they don't fall through the cracks."
The IRC also helps refugees get health insurance and register their children in school. It also teaches them skills some people take for granted, such as using public transportation, budgeting their income and sorting important mail.
Sometimes refugees will get confused by a piece of mail, Shaw said. It could be anything from an important bank statement to a doctor's bill.
"We can do these little kinds of prevention before it becomes something big," Shaw said.
Usually after six months the IRC hands off care of refugee families to the Asian Association of Utah where they continue to receive assistance.
"It is not necessarily a seamless switch," said Poulin of the IRC. What happens when it comes time to renew the lease, or if a refugee loses a job and needs help to find a new one?
The Asian Association, like the IRC, is a nonprofit organization and helps refugees in any way it can. However, switching agencies during the refugee's adjustment period can be difficult because they have to get used to a new agency.
"Six months is not enough time to become self-sufficient," said Gayane Manukyan, a volunteer coordinator for the Asian Association. Refugees tend to get lost when switching caseworkers and agencies. "If you stay with the same family from the first day it is easier."
The ultimate goal of the IRC is to empower refugees to support themselves. Shaw and the extended case program are a means to reaching that goal.
"Since we've been working with the families, we feel we have a unique opportunity to continue helping," she said.
By taking care of little problems refugees have now, their transition into life in America will be made easier, Shaw said. "Having a contact like me can prevent a crisis from happening."
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THE NEW GOOGLE+ IS LIKE A COMBINATION OF REDDIT AND PINTEREST
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When Gmail launched in 2004, I remember thinking how silly it was that Google, a search engine, was trying to compete with the giants of email like AOL and Hotmail. When I finally got an invitation to the closed beta though, I saw immediately that Gmail was a game-changer.
Seven years later, in June 2011, I had just finished my first year of college and couldn't wait to see how Google+ would change the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Within 10 minutes of setting up my profile though, I was over Google's fourth attempt at a social network. On the rare occasions I use my G+ profile in my personal life, it's almost exclusively because it's required to do Google Hangouts (another Google product I feel does its job better than competitors). Gmail and Hangouts show that Google is capable of products besides its search engine, but Google+ hasn't been one of those in the last four years.
So when I saw an announcement on Google's official blog today that G+ had a new user interface across all platforms, I felt that familiar twinge of hope for Google's ailing social network. The two newest, and biggest, changes deal with how users are called Communities and Collections.
In a separate G+ post, Product Director Luke Wroblewski explains the new features and how they're being used:
Collections let you immerse yourself in content about topics like surfing (goo.gl/vvv5QD) or tiny tilt-shift photography scenes (goo.gl/nWyicL). Communities enable groups of people with the same interests to join up and geek out on anything from Game of Thrones (goo.gl/aaqtgq) to Painting (goo.gl/kmlM7m). With Collections and Communities, discovering amazing things is simple: just follow or join whatever happens to pique your interests.
If you're one of the 2.5-million people that has a Google+ account, you can opt-in now for the latest attempts to keep the "social layer across all of Google's services" relevant. (As early as 2012, Google had given up on calling G+ a social network.) And if you're feeling lonely there, be sure to followPopular Science on Google+.
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Researcher finds Chernobyl birds have smaller brains
by University of South Carolina
(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident have on average 5 percent smaller brains, according to research led by a University of South Carolina scientist.
Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster, low-dose radiation has proved to have significant effects on normal brain development, shown by the birds' brain size. Smaller brain sizes are believed to be linked to reduced cognitive ability, says Dr. Timothy Mousseau, a USC biology science professor who, along with his collaborator, Anders Moller of the University of Paris-Sud in France, led the team of researchers from the United States, Italy, Norway, France and Ukraine.
"These findings point to broad-scale neurological effects of chronic exposure to low-dose radiation," Mousseau said. "The fact that we see this pattern for a large portion of the bird community suggests a general phenomenon that may have significant long-term repercussions."
Mousseau said these types of defects have been previously reported in humans and other organisms, but those were at higher contamination levels.
Mousseau has been studying the effects of the Chernobyl accident for 12 years, exploring the ecological and evolutionary consequences of the radioactive contaminants affecting populations of birds, insects and people inhabiting the Chernobyl region of Ukraine.
In this study, published this month in the journal PLoS One, Mousseau and his colleagues studied 550 birds belonging to 48 different species living in exclusion zones set up around the site of the accident. The researchers found the small brains were particularly evident in the youngest birds.
"This suggests that many of the birds with smaller brains are not surviving to the next year, perhaps related to decreased cognitive abilities." "Mousseau said not only are their brains smaller, but it seems they are not as capable at dealing with their environment as evidenced by their lower rates of survival".
Stressed birds often adapt by changing the size of some of their organs to survive difficult environment conditions. The brain is the last organ to be sacrificed this way, meaning the radiation could be having worse impacts on other organs of the birds.
Mousseau said there is information in the medical literature to suggest that low-dose radiation can be harmful to humans, including recent studies on children in northern Ukraine who have higher rates of neural tube defects and related neurological disorders than other children in uncontaminated regions of the Ukraine and Europe.
Since 1998, the University of South Carolina has sponsored research related to the long-term ecological and health consequences of the radioactive contaminants that were dispersed over vast expanses of Europe in 1986. The research is important for the understanding of long-term consequences of radiation and ecosystems and human health, and it will be instrumental in predicting the environmental half-lives of these contaminants. This research is also of significance for hazard assessment related to industrial, military or terrorist nuclear incidents and the effects of mutagens on evolutionary responses of natural populations.
Last year, Mousseau and Moller published the results of the largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl. The study revealed that insect diversity and mammals were declining in the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant. The research examined how often a species renewed parts of its DNA, thus finding a way to predict which species were likely to be most severely damaged by radioactive contamination.
More information: Further information can be found at: cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to boost the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21, despite arguments from opponents that cities and counties cannot trump California law.
San Francisco becomes the second-largest city after New York City to raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. Hawaii and Boston also require tobacco buyers to be 21.
Supervisor Scott Wiener, chief sponsor of the legislation, said raising the age will discourage young people from turning into lifelong smokers.
The issue is gaining traction nationally. A report last year by the Institute of Medicine found that 90 percent of daily smokers first tried a cigarette before 19.
Opponents argue that California law sets a minimum age of 18 and that the provision prohibits municipalities from setting a higher limit.
The small city of Healdsburg has suspended enforcing its new tobacco-age limit of 21 after a national tobacco retailer group threatened to sue. Santa Clara County, on the other hand, has not done so.
Thomas Briant, executive director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets, had urged San Francisco to hold off on voting until the state attorney general can issue a decision.
Briant said 18-year-olds are adults when it comes to voting, serving in the military or signing a contract — and smoking should be no different.
San Francisco's city attorney called the proposed ordinance legally sound. The ordinance goes into effect June 1.


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The new Silk Road that runs to East London: Ancient trading route revived with a freight train from China to Barking
New train route will bring Chinese goods to London overland
Trip over mountain ranges, around deserts and across the vast Russian steppe
Part of China's One Belt, One Road initiative, aimed at reviving ancient Silk Road.
By James Burton For The Daily Mail
Published: 16:51 EST, 4 January 2017 | Updated: 03:43 EST, 5 January 2017
Chinese goods are coming to London by freight train for the first time in history in a 7,400-mile journey along an ancient trading route.
A diesel engine has set off from the manufacturing town of Yiwu in east China bound for Barking in London with 34 carriages and £4million of socks, clothes, bags and suitcases in tow.
The trip will take it over mountain ranges, around deserts and across the vast Russian steppe.
And the goods will finally arrive in Britain via the Channel Tunnel in a fortnight, after crossing seven countries.
It is part of China's One Belt, One Road initiative, aimed at reviving the fortunes of the ancient Silk Road.
In medieval times and even earlier, the route was used by merchants bringing their exotic wares to Europe from the Orient.
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The trains are operated by China's Yiwu Timex Industrial Investment, and will run once a week during a trial period.
They join a twice-weekly service to Madrid in Spain via the German city of Duisburg, which was launched more than a year ago.
Oscar Lin, manager of the new line's UK agent Onetwothree Logistics, said: 'This cargo train service highlights the important trade partnership between the UK and China post-Brexit.'
The journey will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France.
The train will eventually arrive in Britain via the Channel Tunnel, alongside the daily Euro Tunnel services ferrying passengers ro and from France
It starts with a locomotive – East Wind – named after a famous quote from tyrannical Chinese dictator Mao Zedong: 'The east wind will prevail over the west wind.'
But the goods will have to be moved on to a selection of different carriages en route due to several changes in the gauge of the railway.
The trip will be faster than a container ship and half the price of air freight, and will make London the 15th city to be directly linked to China.
On the journey back to Yiwu – which makes 60 per cent of the world's Christmas goods – the carriages will again be laden with cargo such as timber, meat and wines.
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The Dutch-flagged sail training vessel "Eendracht" left St. George's yesterday [Feb.27] after stopping by the island for a crew transfer.
The vessel sails as a training vessel and arrived in Bermuda from Marigot, St. Martin and is now en route to Horta, Azores. Eendracht is one of Holland's largest three-mast schooners and participates in Tall Ships Races.
On board are eight two-person cabins and six four-person cabins, all equipped with a washbasin and closet. Showers and lavatories are communal.
The national association `Het Zeilend Schoolschip` was brought into life in 1938 to promote sail training on large ships among Dutch youth. In 1973 it was renamed into `Het Zeilend Zeeschip`. This organisation is the authority that commissioned the build and was the shipping company of the first ship in 1974; the two-mast schooner the Eendracht.
Recreational sea sailing became increasingly popular and the capacity of the Eendracht was no longer sufficient. Therefore, after 15 years of loyal service, the ship was passed on to the German Clipper shipping company that put the ship into service under the name of Johann Smidt. After that, this larger three-mast schooner was built at Damen Shipyards and put into service in 1989.
Eendracht is approximately 190 feet long and has a mast height close to 147 feet.


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JOHNNY OSBOURNE & MAX GLAZER AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND TOUR APRIL 2016
The "Godfather of Dancehall" who created the classics "Buddy Bye," "No Ice Cream Sound" and "Little Sound Boy" is a well-deserved moniker for Errol "Johnny" Osbourne describing his contribution to Reggae music as it has evolved from the local Jamaican community to the international arena.
His song "Sing Jay Stylee" is viewed by many as the precursor to the Dancehall phenomenon evidenced in popular Jamaican music culture today. The evolution of this aspect in the 80's prompted an increase in sound systems around the globe and necessitated the need for "dubs". As sound system selectors in every crevice and corner of the world craved to establish dominancy, the demand for "dubs" escalated immensely. Such were the requests for Johnny's services as no selector wanted to enter into a clash without a "special" from the "Dub Doctor". Today, it is the same.
A string of hits dating from the late 60's through the 90's defines Johnny's longevity and artistic ability. During this period and subsequently, Johnny's aptitude to adapt to changes while preserving the quality of his musical output illustrates the depth of talent in his musical arsenal. Johnny's legendary status was not acquired as a result of the years he's been in the business, in essence it emanates from his penmanship as a lyricist, creative ingenuity as a "hit-maker" and intrinsic proficiency to do so repetitively.
MAX GLAZER
Max Glazer moves dance floors from New York to Jamaica to China. As co-founder (along with Kenny Meez) of the ground breaking and taste making Federation Sound he has spent the last 15 years bringing dancehall and reggae to the masses. Max has worked with an almost never-ending string of artists on their rise to international fame. Sean Paul and Vybz Kartel both count Glazer as an early collaborator and supporter of their careers. Perhaps most importantly, he spent three years as Musical Director/DJ for Rihanna at the start of her meteoric rise to international stardom.
Max has appeared on numerous television shows and stages around the globe while DJing celebrity events for Naomi Campbell, Rihanna, Usher, Gucci, Cipriani's, Diddy and many more. While releasing original music on the Federation Sound label, Max Glazer has also been tapped to executive produce several compilation albums directed at bringing caribbean music to the masses – Dancehall Classics on Sequence/Ultra and Miss Lily's Family Style, the first music release from New York's ultra hip Jamaican eatery.
Glazer set up and programs Radio Lily and presents special events all over the world. Always at the forefront of the music, Max Glazer is the man who brings caribbean vibes to the rest of the world as DJ, Musical Director, Executive Producer and A&R but he is first and foremost a fan and lover of all things dancehall, reggae and bashment.
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One of the best tips is to ditch your alarm clock – starting off the day by being startled awake by a beeping or buzzing alarm certainly isn't the ideal beginning. You can replace your conventional alarm clock with one that relies on gradual lights or a slowly increasing volume; alternatively, you can use Speed Sleep's audio track to train yourself to awaken naturally. Furthermore, if you absolutely must rely an alarm clock, avoid hitting the snooze button by placing the clock on the other side of the room, so that you have to leave your bed to turn it off. Forcing yourself to stand up decreases the likelihood that you'll fall back into bed.
The article also touts the importance of maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, even on weekends – your body will become accustomed to resting during those times and fall into a natural sleeping rhythm. In addition, people who exercise regularly and eat healthfully (no huge meals right before bed!) usually have an easier time falling and staying asleep. Last but not least, our very favorite piece of advice from the article involves napping – a quick twenty minute nap can make a world of difference in your energy and alertness levels (and if you typically have trouble napping, the Speed Sleep audio tracks can help you with that).


The drinks we consider classics have endured, and many newer cocktails caught on, for no other reason than we like them. How else do you explain the Cosmopolitan? If your quest is to craft an original cocktail, Frost recommends first mastering a drink you already know, then changing one element at a time.
Swap spirits, maybe, or add more or different bitters. Toy with that Cosmo by switching brands of orange liqueur, or update it with Aperol. Tweak. Taste. Think.
The cocktail canon is littered with such evolutionary examples. The Rob Roy? A Manhattan made with Scotch whisky instead of rye. The Bobby Burns? A Rob Roy with Benedictine. The Reverse Manhattan, Brooklyn and Saratoga cocktails? All Manhattan variants.
That's just the start. There are at least a dozen new cocktail books on my wishful reading list, each packed with recipes. Kansas City's bars will soon be rolling out their fall drinks menus, and who knows what creativity will be on show at PopFest. With so many drinks being made in so many ways, is it possible to make something truly new? Yes, Frost says.
New Western, botanical and Old Tom gins. Mezcal, rye whiskey, absinthe and crème de violette. Amaro. Dozens of bitters, ginger beers and tonic waters. All feel familiar now, but not so long ago they were simply unavailable. Add to that fruits, vegetables and herbs; syrups, shrubs and infusions; barrel-aged, bottled and on-tap, and the options seem endless.
So, where to start? Cocktail competitions simplify that question for bartenders like Jenn Tosatto, bar manager at Q39. Tosatto has placed repeatedly in the PopFest bartending contest and been a regional or national finalist in the Auchentoshan Switch, Diageo World Class U.S. and the Vinos de Jerez Sherry cocktail competitions.
Creating drinks for those events is all about showcasing the sponsors' products. At her own bar, Tosatto has more leeway.
"I choose a spirit I love and make it sing," says Tosatto, who is also helping organize PopFest's Midwest Melee team bartending event.
If you already have a favorite, great. If not, order different spirits at the bar and talk to your bartender about why each is special. Attend a retail store or restaurant tasting or, better yet, buy a ticket to a PopFest seminar to learn about gin, sherry, agave-based spirits or whiskey.
He's certainly good at figuring it out. Schulte has placed in PopFest and Small's Gin contests in Kansas City, made the Diageo World Class U.S. regional finals and twice been a national finalist in Bombay Sapphire's Most Inspired Bartender Competition. During PopFest, Schulte acts as sort of a fireman, helping wherever needed and likely spending much of his time in the festival's scullery, where all the drinks served during the four-day festival will be prepped and batched.
The right spirit is also Schulte's starting point for drinks on the Rieger's menu. Take his Lily of the Incas, a cocktail he originally made for a bartender friend in St. Louis who wanted to offer vodka drinkers a non-vodka alternative.
Schulte chose pisco, a grape-based South American spirit, infused it with tangerines, combined it with the muskmelon-flavored Midori liqueur and shook it with lime juice, simple syrup and Suze, a pleasantly bitter French aperitif. A sprig of micro-cilantro added a final savory note and balanced the drink — no mean feat.
"Balance is your only pitfall in the cocktail world," Schulte says.
Bringing a drink's strong, acidic, sweet and bitter elements into harmony so that no single characteristic dominates isn't easy. Some pros start with a classic formula, like the 2:1:1 spirit, citrus and sweet ratio favored by Charlotte Voisey, the director of brand advocacy for William Grant & Sons USA. Equal parts can work, too, as evidenced by Kara Newman's soon-to-be-published "Shake. Stir. Sip." (Chronicle Books, 2016).
Still, ratios often need to be adapted depending on a spirit's proof, the sweetness of various ingredients or other factors. That's where personal taste comes in. Want more of something? Add it. Not sure what you like? Experiment.
If your cocktail still isn't quite right, don't give up, says Tosatto, who has long tinkered with a drink called Everybody's Girl. She got the idea while working at Manifesto years ago, where they make their own whiskey-soaked cocktail cherries.
Tosatto wanted to use the leftover syrup and so combined it with Scotch whisky. She adjusted components and quantities over time — at one point it was a "rum-ish" drink — until finally hitting on the right combination of scotch, cream sherry, amaro, bitters and cherry syrup.
Has the current incarnation won any competitions? Not yet, but it doesn't matter. It's delicious.
Anne Brockhoff is a freelance food writer and spirits columnist for Chow Town. Reach her at ninemilefarm@gmail.com or @BlitheSpiritsKC.
Reading about cocktails is fine, but wouldn't you rather taste them? There's no better place than the Paris of the Plains Cocktail Festival Aug. 26-29. From mezcal, whiskey and sherry to blind tasting, building a home bar and Kansas City bar history, the four-day festival offers something for everyone.
It's also a chance to rub elbows with not just the best pros in Kansas City, but also cocktail luminaries like Steve Olson (one of the world's foremost experts on agave-based spirits), Doug Frost (an internationally renowned wine and spirits educator and writer), Tom Nichol (former master distiller of Tanqueray gin) and New York Times drinks writer Robert Simonson, among others.
But the real stars? The bartenders. Six finalists will compete in the 10th annual PopFest Bartender Competition on Aug. 26, while teams from Nebraska, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Arkansas and Kansas City are vying for the Midwest Melee title.
"At these competitions, you see new products, new techniques, things that aren't difficult but that you maybe haven't heard of," says Q39 bar manager Jenn Tosatto, who helps oversee the Midwest Melee.
Melee teams are judged not only on their drinks, but also on how professionally they serve them to the attendant crowd and handle any challenges the judges throw at them. In past years, those have included a relay race, written exam and "junkyard challenge," which replaced traditional bar tools with Home Depot hardware finds.
"It's well-managed chaos, and the teams have a really good time," Tosatto says.
This year's festival also includes the inaugural Bartender BarSwap, a walk-around event featuring local distilleries and restaurants. Funds raised go toward scholarships that allow working bartenders to travel to other cities to learn from the pros there. It's about giving back to those who contribute so much to the community, Frost says.
Tickets: PopFest runs Aug. 26-29 at various downtown locations. For tickets, go to popfestkc.com.
This is the last in a seven-part series on the making of a cocktail.
Combine all ingredients over ice, stir. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with orange peel or cherry.
For Cherry Cordial Syrup: Begin by making a batch of the whiskey-soaked cocktail cherries like those served at Manifesto. Place 6 ounces dried sour cherries in a jar. Add 1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey, 1 1/2 ounces Luxardo Maraschino liqueur and 1 1/2 ounces Angostura bitters. Stir and cover for at least 48 hours or until they plump; store in the refrigerator to drop into chilled drinks. Pour off 2 teaspoons of the liquid for the recipe.
Per drink: 203 calories (none from fat), no fat, no cholesterol, 9 grams carbohydrates, trace protein, 2 milligrams sodium, no dietary fiber.
Brock Schulte, bar manager at the Rieger and a partner in cocktail consulting company Liquid Minded Concepts, created this drink to provide vodka drinkers with a non-vodka alternative.
Combine pisco, Midori, lime juice, Suze, simple syrup and one sprig cilantro with ice in a shaker. Shake, and then double-strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with remaining sprig of cilantro.
For Tangerine-Infused Pisco Capel: Peel several tangerines. Alternatively, use a peeler to remove the peel from 2 oranges, being sure to get only the colored peel, not the bitter white pith underneath. Combine peels and one 750-milliliter bottle of pisco in a clean glass container, cover and infuse at room temperature for about 2 days, or until pisco becomes aromatic. Strain infused pisco into a clean bottle.
Per drink: 176 calories (2 percent from fat), trace total fat (no saturated fat), no cholesterol, 2 grams carbohydrates, trace protein, 10 milligrams sodium, trace dietary fiber.


Yes, this looks like Steatoda nobilis, the so-called 'noble false widow', the spider which the media make such an unjustified fuss about. It has been frequent in the southern coastal counties of England for a great many years, and is nowadays frequent and abundant in many areas of southern England and increasingly further north. The media frenzy caused by this spider is unwarranted. Steatoda nobilis spiders are unobtrusive, have no interest in attacking humans and would only bite if they were put into a position where they do so as a defensive reaction. Honey bees and social wasps pose a far greater risk. There are a number of other 'false widows' in Britain, some which are native or have been in the country for centuries, so there is a lot of misinformation about these spiders.
I just found this not so little chap on the ceiling in my sons room... can you confirm if its a false widow please? . I evicted it after collecting it in my spider trap.
Yes, Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus male (adult male spiders have complex palps used in mating, and these are visible in your photo). The larger orb web spiders become adult in late summer and become more visible, but Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus is genuinely very local (and e.g. a rare spider in Essex). (see summary page), although may be present in some numbers where it is found.
Thank you for confirming my ID . This spider had what appeared to be a male 'suitor' attempting to approach her at the time I took this photograph. The second spider which I thought perhaps a male was much slimmer and sleeker but with similar colouration.
I found this spider on the branch of a cotoneaster bush in the back garden of my mother-in-law's home in SW London. I have some video footage of it crawling up my arm which is much clearer than the uploaded image. It was a very handsome spider, I must say, with striking markings. The overall colouring was light brown. I think it was a female, without enlarged pedipalps, and I calculate the body length at something over 1.5 cm, and overall length including the legs of around 4.5 cm. At first I thought it might be one of the Amaurobius species, but having compared it to other very similar images on the UK Safari website I believe it to be a false wolf spider Zoropsis spinimana. I was very interested to read that it is an introduced species and uncommon.
This is a garden spider Araneus diadematus. These become adult in late summer and early autumn, and then their presence on their large orb webs is often more obvious in gardens. It is also a very variable spider in terms of colour and depth of markings. They are harmless to humans.
Yes, Araneus marmoreus pyramidatus. Thanks for the details.
I have never seen this spider type before what type is it .
Thanks Peter for letting me know, i thought it could be. It fell on my arm and was quite peaceful!
This is an example of the Four+Spot-Orbweaver Araneus quadratus, see Four Spot-Orbweaver and summary pages. Like the closely related Garden Spider, it is very variable in colour and degree and shape of markings.
Re: What species is this please?
As indicated on the forum post and picture upload pages, please provide a full postcode or Ordnance Survey grid reference for the spider if you want help with identification.
What species is this please?
Found today in south west Cornwall. Have added to the recording scheme as well. Thanks!
Yes, this is Pisaura mirabilis. It will be juvenile at this time of year.
I would say this is Steatoda grossa. There is a trace of this species typical pale markings as found in juveniles and males. The adult females often have no visible markings at all.
Found on a shrub in a garden in East Sussex TQ875120, today 22/08/17. Have a tentative id of Pisaura mirablis but would like a bit of help please.
Many thanks for confirming the identification and for sorting out my photo. Although it was found in a garden, we do not bring in new plants from garden centres so it is a mystery how it turned up. I will keep an eye out for any more in the surrounding area. It is a very pretty beast.
Yes, this is Synema globosum. Crab spiders will actively catch and feed on many different insects and other invertebrates. To date there has been no proof of an established population of the spider, and records have either certainly or may have been the result of casual imports e.g. in flowers etc. There is good reason though to expect it to become established, since it is very widespread in Europe.
The reason your photo did not show in the post was that you managed to double insert it soemhow. You can insert a picture simpling by clicking once on the mini photo shown above the text entry. I have sorted that out now.
I think it is a Napoleon Spider (Synaema globosum/) . I have not seen one before so it would be good if you could confirm this.
Is this spreading in the UK now? Do you know what it usually feeds on?
Donal. PS. I don't seem to see the photo I uploaded. How do I get it into the forum post?


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We Will Miss You As A Great Performer: Ministry Of Railways Post A Heartfelt Tweet On MS Dhoni's Retirement
MS Dhoni, former Indian captain, brought an end to the year-long speculations on his international future when he finally decided to call time on his celebrated 16-year-old career on Independence Day [August 15].
The two-time World Cup-winning captain took to Instagram where he shared a beautiful video, charting all the highs and lows of his international career, which he captioned it as 'thank u. thank u for your love and support. from 19:29 onwards consider me as retired'
Dhoni might not have made a big fuss about his retirement, but the sporting arena and his millions of fans around the world just can't get enough of the champion wicketkeeper-batsman.
From Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly to Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Sir Vivian Richards, almost every cricketer of current and the bygone era have taken to social media to post their heartfelt wishes for the legendary Indian cricketer.
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MS Dhoni (Courtesy: Twitter)
Joining the bandwagon is Indian Railways, who have played a very crucial part in MS Dhoni's journey, as portrayed in his biopic 'MS Dhoni- The Untold Story'. Dhoni started his journey as a ticket collector in Kharagpur before his hard work and destiny paved way for an India call-up in 2004. The rest, as they say, is history.
The 'Ministry of Railways' took to Twitter on Sunday [August 16] to post their heartfelt wishes for the former wicketkeeper-batsman.
"Cheers to the man who started his career with Indian Railways and ended with making India proud. We will miss you as a great performer." said the tweet.
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Cheers to the man who started his career with Indian Railways and ended with making India proud. We will miss you as a great performer.@msdhoni#MSDhoni#MSDhoni7 pic.twitter.com/qV5QpUa7og
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) August 16, 2020
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Archbishop Murphy crushes Blanchet 59-0, continues early season blitz
The Wildcats have outscored their first two opponents, both playoff teams last year, 136-0 and face a key conference opener next week.
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Anfernee Gurley and Abraham Lucas trotted off the field proclaiming a win after pregame warmups. They actually had to wait until halftime.
Archbishop Murphy forced the running-clock mercy rule, beating Bishop Blanchet 59-0 at Memorial Stadium on Friday. The Wildcats led 52-0 at the break.
"I feel if our team goes in confident, we'll play confident," said Gurley of his message to his ATM teammates. "We want to punch the other team in the mouth early so later we can all rest."
The Wildcats began their scoring with a 32-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Connor Johnson to senior receiver Desi Carey with 8:56 left in the first quarter. Later in the quarter, senior Collin Montez followed up a 20-yard touchdown run with a 33-yard interception return for a score to make the lead 24-0.
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Gurley, a senior two-way player, opened the second quarter with a 30-yard touchdown run. Johnson closed the first-half scoring with two touchdown passes. He was 4 of 6 passing for 128 yards and three touchdowns.
ATM's defense limited Blanchet (0-2) to three first downs.
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Archbishop Murphy (2-0) wanted to use the matchup against Blanchet as a primer for its Cascade Conference opener against Class 1A No. 9 King's next week. But for the second straight year, ATM opened its season with two blowouts.
It defeated Issaquah 73-0 last week. The Eagles advanced to the Class 4A state playoffs last year.
Blanchet lost in the Class 3A state semifinals last season. The Braves lost 17 of their 22 starters on the team that finished 11-2.
"We knew we were going to have a good team, so we scheduled some perennial playoff-contending teams to be tested," said second-year ATM coach Jerry Jensen. The Wildcats advanced to the 2015 Class 2A state semifinals.
"We didn't expect to have these two games end up like this," he continued. "Maybe we should do a better job looking at the roster to see (who's) coming back. But Blanchet has tradition and you know they're going to come and play hard."
Friday's game was part of the third annual Memorial Football Classic. The two-day event celebrates Seattle-area athletes and raises money for Seattle Public Schools high-school athletics.
The games continue Saturday at noon with Kennewick (0-1) against Cleveland (0-0). Defending Class 3A state champion Eastside Catholic (1-0) and Skyview (1-0) are the nightcap at 8 p.m. The Crusaders are ranked No. 1 in the 3A polls, while the Storm is ranked seventh in Class 4A.
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Just wanted to send you a picture or two my Sylvia and also wanted to let you know that tomorrow she goes in for her appointment to be spayed. She is my little shadow and she is doing well except for the potty training. But she will get it sooner or later. When I leave and she is not with me I put her in the bathroom with a Pee Pad and she uses that well. Normally she is with me unless I am at church. She has been there to while I was painting at the church. I don't know if she knew that she was going to become a member of Prairie Lea Baptist Church. Ha Ha. She spent almost a week with me at the church. Bless her heart, she never knows where she is going. I'm going to miss her tomorrow and tomorrow night because she sleeps with me and is always either in my lap or laying in the chair beside me. If you can think of anything else that the Vet might need to know, please let me know. Thank You for letting her come live with us for her retirement years, I love her dearly. Below are a few pictures that I've taking of her today. Hope you enjoy and Have a Wonderful Day.
I thought that I would just give you a little update on our Sylvia. She is doing great. She is almost house broke now and knows what Potty means and if I put her outside she knows that when she is done she gets to come right back in. She is spoiled rotten and I Love her dearly. She is the only dog that has ever slept in bed with us and she don't like giving me much room either. Ha Ha. She has gained about 1 1/2 pounds and is looking really good since her surgery. I'm sending some pictures of her and I. She is most surely the better looking of the two. Ha Ha. Rocky is still trying to get her to warm up to him by bribing her with little bites of his food. He would of never done that with any other of the dogs because he don't like a begging dog when you sit down to eat. She is doing a little better but she always runs and jumps in my lap. She is loving to play now and so I know that she is settled in. Thank You for making it possible for me to get her. She couldn't be loved more.
Hope everything is going well with you and your family and email anytime.
Wishing You and Your Family a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Sylvia is doing Wonderful….She has added alot of joy and loving to me. She is my shadow and has finally warmed up to Rocky. It took alot of bribing on his part. Ha Ha. Now she looks to him for bribes. Ha Ha. But she sleeps with us and she even will give him morning kisses sometimes. Thank You Again for making it possible to get her. We love her dearly. I'm sending her Christmas Picture. I Pray you and your family are all doing well and wish you the Best Christmas and New Year to come.
I normally just give you a update on Sylvia around Christmas, but I'm early this year. I wanted to share with you a picture of her doing her part in Breast Cancer Awareness Week. I just thought she looked cute and wanted to share. I hope all is well with you and your family. Sylvia is still doing well (Thank The Lord) she is my shadow everywhere I go and I don't know what I would do without her. She's still not real smart about country life. She will focus on me and not where she is walking, thus the snakes are bad. I had to call her in the house the other night because there was a copperhead on the sidewalk and the cat was keeping it occupied and she was just ready to step right over it. LOL Gotta watch her like a baby when she goes out. Since she was bitten last year you would think that she would pay attention to them but it just didn't sink in. Ya Gotta Love Her and I doooooooo….. Hope you enjoy the picture.
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Guide to an MBA MPH Dual Degree
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In healthcare programs, students have a lot of flexibility in how they focus their studies. For example, a full-time student might choose to pursue a health-oriented Master of Business Administration (MBA) at a school of business, or opt instead to complete a Master of Public Health (MPH) at a school of public health. At some institutions, a dual MBA MPH may be available, combining the essential coursework of both degrees into one track.
As trends such as telemedicine and value-based reimbursement reshape the health sector, professionals with a combination of managerial and healthcare-related expertise — which can be acquired via MBA, MPH and dual MBA MPH programs — are well-positioned for success. Consider the outlook for medical and health services managers, the broad category that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics uses to group many healthcare professionals with graduate degrees. These managers earned median pay of more than $99,000 in 2018, while their total employment was expected to increase 18% from 2018 to 2028, which is much faster than the average for all professions.
So which program option offers the best path forward? Making an informed decision requires weighing the requirements and focuses of the two degrees against your own personal objectives, and also determining which program provides the most feasible learning environment. Let's look at MBAs, MPHs and dual degrees in more depth.
The health-focused MBA, such as the Healthcare MBA (HCMBA) available at the George Washington University (GW), is an excellent fit for students from a wide range of professional backgrounds looking to help improve care, expand access, innovate processes and engage communities. HCMBA students at GW have previously worked as physicians, scientists, nurses and administrators, to name just a few common roles.
In general, healthcare MBAs train students in subjects, methodologies and practices that span the intersection of business and healthcare. This combined focus differentiates them from MPH programs, which are typically more oriented on health matters alone. Core coursework for an HCMBA will resemble that of a standard MBA, with classes on:
Beyond that core, a healthcare MBA will offer courses that explore topics in healthcare. For example, the GW HCMBA includes numerous electives spread out across four major areas: clinical research administration, health care quality, health sciences and regulatory affairs.
Using what they have learned in an MBA program, graduates can apply entrepreneurial skills and business acumen to careers in clinical practice, consulting, administration and biomedical technology. The HCMBA's applied focus, world-class faculty and flexible online format make it a practical and convenient option designed for working healthcare professionals. Coursework can be completed over the internet, culminating in a degree that is identical to one earned through traditional on-campus study.
MPH program curricula generally focus on topics such as population health, biostatistics, epidemiology, and the social, political, economic and environment determinants of public health.
In the process of exploring these subjects, students will usually learn about quantitative methods for collecting and analyzing public health data while developing a keen understanding of public health policies and laws and also honing their communication and leadership skills.
There is some similarity here to health-focused MBA programs, which also emphasize the ability to work with numbers and be an organizational leader. However, MPH degree tracks will not incorporate the classic MBA core courses unless they are part of an MBA MPH dual (concurrent) degree program. Instead, their common required and elective classes will include ones in:
Public health systems
Organizing and mobilizing communities for public health
Public health research methods
Managing health services organizations
Public health communication and marketing
Global environmental risk and health epidemiology
Health promotion program design and evaluation
Maternal and child nutrition
Given the wide breadth and relevance of MPH coursework and concentrations, professionals with this degree can be found working in many different settings and positions. In addition to medical and health services management (i.e., the work covered by the BLS' medical and health services manager category described earlier), MPH holders may be employed at think tanks, research institutions, nonprofits, government agencies and in the private sector.
Dual MBA MPH
A dual MBA MPH program is one degree track that confers both an MBA and an MPH upon completion. Such programs are designed for students looking to acquire comprehensive expertise across the domains of public health (MPH) and health-oriented management (MBA). Curricula for dual MBA MPH programs usually consist of a selection of required courses similar to the ones mandated in standalone MBA and MPH programs.
Since it is a dual degree, a combined MBA/MPH will differ from pursuing either credential in isolation. Some of the most significant differences include:
More total required credits: A dual MBA/MPH will include much more coursework overall, across a broader range of subjects, than either degree would on its own. Accordingly, dual degree students should prepare for a longer overall time commitment.
Admission requirements: Some institutions may require students to be admitted by both their school of business and school of public health before they can begin work on the dual degree. Other eligibility requirements may apply depending on the school.
Completion time: One commonly marketed advantage of dual MBA MPH programs is the ability to complete the combined degree more quickly than doing both the MBA and the MPH individually. Online learning formats may make accelerated completion even more feasible.
MBA vs. MPH vs. dual MBA MPH: Which one should you choose?
There is a distinct difference between the traditional MBA and MPH, as the former covers topics in management and finance and the latter is focused on public health issues and research. However, healthcare professionals can pursue rewarding careers with either degree, and may even wish to combine them to acquire the widest possible expertise.
Although there's no right answer to the question about which degree to earn, a healthcare MBA program such as the GW HCMBA provides extensive flexibility and depth for learning about the financial, social and clinical aspects of modern healthcare organizations. That, in turn, translates into a skill set applicable to many possible career paths.
Beyond its core MBA curriculum, the HCMBA includes a diverse set of healthcare and general electives and multiple graduate certificate options.
Students can also complete one of seven graduate certificates available through the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The classes in those certificates can count toward the HCMBA's requirements and increase the breadth of subject matter covered in the program, without requiring the extra coursework of a dual MBA MPH degree track.
The GW HCMBA is a 100% online program designed to accommodate the needs of working professionals. Students work with world-class faculty and earn a degree that is identical to what they would attain through an on-campus program. The GW School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, while the university itself has accreditation through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
How to earn your HCMBA at GW
To learn more about how to get started with the GW HCMBA, visit the main program page today, where you can read a quick overview and also answer a few simple questions to receive a copy of our brochure.
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On this trip, I visited South Africa between 25-May-2018 and 11-Jun-2018 and I travelled with 1 other person.
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Boarding school pupil struck by car in Redhill
A 13-YEAR-OLD girl suffered serious head injuries and had to be airlifted to hospital after she was hit by a car in Redhill on Monday evening.
The pupil from the nearby Royal Alexandra and Albert School was hurt in the accident in Gatton Park Road, at the junction with Monson Road, at around 5.20pm.
Surrey Police said the car involved was a silver Honda civic. The driver, a woman in her 70s, was uninjured.
The young pedestrian was taken by air ambulance to the Royal London Hospital.
A statement from the Royal Alexandra and Albert said: "A child from this school was seriously injured and is currently being treated in hospital in London."
Headteacher Paul Spencer Ellis added: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the child and her family".
Gatton Park Road was closed for several hours while police examined the scene. Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information should call Surrey Police's Collision Investigation Unit on 01483 639922, quoting reference P12273983.


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