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Guilford College still reeling from cyber incident
Maddy Andrews, Staff Writer|November 11, 2022
Accrding to Guilford College's chief financial officer, John Wilkinson, one way to help prevent cyber incidents like the one Guilford recently experienced is to use multifactor authentication.
On Oct. 21, Guilford College was the victim of a systemwide cyber incident. Details are still emerging, according to Guilford President Kyle Farmbry, and it was not officially announced that the College's system interruptions were due to a cyber incident until Nov. 5.
"Our teams have been working around the clock to determine the extent of the attack and impact on our systems," Farmbry said in his official statement released on Nov. 5. "We've engaged external cyber security experts to assist in our investigation."
Students began to experience Wi-Fi outages on Oct. 20, the Thursday before fall break. Sophomore education student and resident advisor Haley Rayfield has been significantly affected by the outages.
"I'm now over a week behind in all of my classes because of the Wi-Fi outages," she said. "ITS kept trying to reach out to me to see if Wi-Fi had been restored on my floor, but myself and many of my residents had already gone home for break."
Guilford is not the only institution that has been targeted in recent years. According to an April 2022 Forbes article, North Carolina A&T fell victim to a ransomware attack in March while the university was observing spring break. It's unknown how many universities are affected by ransomware attacks due to the lack of reporting, the article stated.
According to Forbes, "many institutions are unwilling to disclose that they suffered cyberattacks unless they are required to by law, in part because they could be subject to lawsuits if the attack jeopardized the security of student or employee personal information,"
When asked if she was warned about the potential data breaches associated with hacking attempts, Rayfield looked confused.
"They weren't transparent at all with what happened," she said. "We didn't know what caused the outages or if our personal information could have been compromised. Every inch of my life is on my computer; my social security number, my credit card information."
Rayfield is not the only one at risk. Over 1,000 students and faculty members could have had their personal information stolen in the breach.
According to a survey conducted by Sophos, a security software company, 84 percent of universities had cyber insurance in 2020, but only 64 percent had a policy that covered ransomware attacks, Forbes reported. This leaves a university responsible for any monetary fallout caused by an attack. The same survey showed that, on average, it costs a university $2.7 million to resolve damages from an attack.
There are many possible solutions posed to help combat further cyber incidents, but, according to many experts, the most important measure is multifactor authentication (MFA).
As reported by Forbes, Austin Berglas, co-founder of cyber security company BlueVoyant, is one such proponent of MFA. "We've seen threat actors try to compromise organizations that have MFA, and they actually just move on to the next target looking for an organization that doesn't have it," Berglas told Forbes.
John Wilkinson, Guilford's chief financial officer, stressed the importance of MFA and other safety precautions in his statement on password safety, emailed to the Guilford community on Nov. 3. His main points included avoiding phishing scams, maintaining strong passwords, implementing MFA security when possible and reviewing credit reports for unauthorized activity.
According to Microsoft Support, a strong password is between 12-14 characters long, with special symbols and letter combinations that can't be found in a dictionary. The Microsoft Support website also advises users to make sure their passwords are easy for them to remember, but difficult for others to guess.
According to Farmbry's Nov. 5 statement, Guilford's investigation into the cyber incident is still ongoing. "As additional information becomes available, we will share it with the Guilford community," he said in the statement's closing words.
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The Government will this week clash with Fianna Fáil over an apology Minister for Health Simon Harris is due to make over cost escalations at the national children's hospital.
On September 18th last year, Mr Harris told Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen that capital expenditure on the project was "in line with the expected expenditure profile".
He had been told on August 27th there were significant additional costs of €191 million, plus a further €200 million which was being disputed.
Fianna Fáil has called on the Minister to correct the record of the Dáil and to say he misled the Dáil.
However, a spokeswoman for Mr Harris has indicated he will apologise this week for not providing additional information at the time.
"The Minister made it clear at the Oireachtas Health Committee that whilst he couldn't have provided figures that were commercially sensitive and far from definitive in a PQ [parliamentary question] more than two months before final figures were known, he wishes he had inserted some initial information – specifically referencing the fact that there was a process under way to finalise pricing for Phase B.
Ministers Helen McEntee and Michael D'Arcy both said on Sunday Mr Harris did not mislead the Dáil.
Fianna Fáil's health spokesman, Stephen Donnelly, said an apology without an admission that the Dáil was misled would not be enough to address his party's concerns.
"What it sounds like is he is going to say what he has already said. The question is not so much will it be enough for us, the question is did he mislead the Dáil?
"He was asked directly if the children's hospital was still on budget, when he knew it was hundreds of millions over budget, while he didn't know [the] exact amount. He responded that it was on budget, and that is factually incorrect.
One Fine Gael backbencher, speaking on the basis of anonymity, said it was "only right" Mr Harris apologise for the delay in communicating information to the Minister for Finance and the Dáil about cost overruns. However, the TD said it was unfair to claim Mr Harris wilfully misled the Dáil.
He did not believe the Minister should resign.
Another Government backbencher, who also declined to be named, said Mr Harris should stay in his role. "What advantage is there to him going?" It would not help the system or the hospital, he said.
"It all really depends on what Fianna Fáil do. They want a fulsome apology but that's a big ask. If they don't accept what he says, does that mean they want him gone? If they do, then it will come to the Taoiseach and he has two options – either change Minister or go for an election." The Government could survive a ministerial change but "it's to nobody's advantage".
A Fianna Fáil backbencher said there was "real anger about what people perceive as public money being used just like confetti, but they want the hospital built".


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The More Unpopular He Gets, the More Radical Biden Becomes
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The new New York Times poll is bad news for Biden and bad for America.
It's not just the 33% approval rating that's truly worrying. Biden has hit a new polling low, but he hits new polling lows every week. 70% of Democrats still claim to approve of Biden, much as they would a diseased cat, the propped up corpse of Osama bin Laden, or small piece of dried spaghetti as long as it was a Democrat. But only a quarter of the party wants Biden to run again.
Biden's few remaining brain cells aren't worried about the 2024 election. They're worried about the Democrat primaries that he barely survived last time around. And isn't likely to this time.
64% of Democrats want someone, anyone, other than Biden to run in 2024.
As Biden's poll numbers have slid down the slopes faster than a falling skier, he hasn't moved to the center, but to the fringes. Like most of his party, the primary threat comes from the Left. And the more unpopular Biden becomes, the harder he pivots leftward to protect his primary options.
Even if they're mostly imaginary.
That's why the poor poll numbers are nothing to celebrate. Biden pretended to run from the center, but never governed from the center. And his growing unpopularity has only made his administration more extreme. Biden doesn't need America and doesn't have it anyway.
He needs the Left.
Leftists and Americans wanted opposite things from the Biden administration. Americans wanted stability, sensible policies and an end to the chaos. Leftists wanted endless spending on their agendas, identity politics and a perpetual state of crisis. Biden took office in a locked down city with a heavily military presence, appointed an attorney general bitter at having a Supreme Court seat taken from him and tasked with pursuing partisan grievances. Gargantuan spending bills aggravated the already unstable economy and pushed the country to the brink.
Everything else followed from that.
Biden locked his administration into a leftist worldview that alienated most of the country. The more the rest of the country shuns him, the harder he clings to the "one that brought" him.
Barack Obama.
Biden isn't popular, but he never was. He first got to the White House riding leftist coattails. He certainly wasn't elected based on his own popularity, but because the Left waged a scorched earth campaign. The only reason someone so corrupt and inept ever ended up in the White House was as a beneficiary of the outpouring of rabid leftist hatred against conservatives.
The 2020 strategy of lying low and letting the Left rage got him in the White House. And Biden knows that his only shot of getting back in is once again letting the Left do its worst.
Biden's national poll numbers don't matter because he didn't win a popularity contest.
It doesn't matter if he's at 41% or 33% or 6%. Biden's gambit will be once again lying low and letting the Left shape the battlefield. Faced with the likelihood of being a one-termer, his staffers are leftists who aren't in it for the money or the career development, but are true believers in the "cause". And he needs leftist donors who aren't invested in personalities, but in ideology.
Much like Xi, Biden understands that the 'party' matters and the public doesn't. And 'party' doesn't mean the official one with a donkey on the box, but the ideological leftist movement that cares about the things he's vigorously promoting from critical race theory to gender identity to modern monetary theory and all the theories that in their sum add up to Marxist theory.
Joe Biden likely doesn't believe any of it, but just as Hunter didn't have to read Mao's Little Red Book to cut business deals in China, Biden doesn't have to understand what he's promoting.
Biden came into office after outsourcing much of his administration's policy apparatus to the Bernie and Warren people. The "Big Guy" doesn't care much about policy. Biden has been anti and pro-abortion, pro and anti-terrorism, and pro and anti-racism depending on the moment.
What Biden cares about is having the big job and whatever benefits flow from it. An egomaniac who kept on lying about his college grades while running for president, he accidentally landed in a position commensurate with his inflated self-image. And one that offers plenty of rewards.
Much as Hillary, another compulsive liar, wrecked her own party and then the country while trying to cling to power no one thought she should have, Biden, even in his diminished state, is not going to let go. In that, Biden is no different than the rest of a gerontocratic oligarchy, men and women like Speaker Pelosi and Senator Bernie Sanders, claiming to speak for the youth.
After generations in power, none of them are eager to let go and accept the inevitable. Especially since the inevitable is no longer as inevitable as it once used to be.
It's inevitable to most that Biden won't run and won't win if he does. And in the normal state of things, that would be true. But we are in a post-polling world in which public opinion is no longer just a reaction to events, but can be directly shaped by manufacturing a series of crises.
And if Biden works hard enough for the Left, perhaps the Left will work to keep him in office.
Some race riots, lockdowns, and crises yet to be unleashed can do wonders for changing people's perspective. It likely won't work and may not even be tried, but Biden doesn't have any other cards to play. And he never did. Biden can't win elections on his own. So he won't try.
The more unpopular he becomes, the less likely he is to even bother going through the motions.
Biden may sit in the White House (when he's not vacationing in Delaware), but he doesn't work for the American people. He works for the Left. And he may not remember much of anything else, but that is the one thing he has never forgotten. It's the only reason why he's here.
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Industry Update: 18 November
Register now: NatWest North of England Tourism Business Barometer Roundtable, Friday 20 November
Over the last sixteen weeks the NatWest North of England Tourism Business Barometer has taken the temperature of the North's tourism business environment including shifts in employment, trends in revenue and overall business confidence. The study commenced in mid-July when the UK was emerging out of lockdown and covers a period up to and including the introduction of the government's three tier alert system in late October.
On behalf of NatWest and our eight DMO partners from across the North of England, Marketing Manchester invites you to join us for a special event at 09:30 on Friday where we will look at the journey that Northern businesses have undertaken throughout the study period and how we move forward through the challenging winter ahead.
The event will be chaired by Richard Topliss, Chairman of the North Regional Board at NatWest and will include insights from a senior economist, speakers from Marketing Manchester, including Sheona Southern and Nick Brooks-Sykes, as well as input from DMO leaders in Liverpool and Cumbria, and some of the businesses that have contributed to the barometer.
To register, please click here.
Tourism and hospitality leaders launch Covid-19 support and recovery plan
Our tourism, hospitality and leisure support and recovery plan has been launched to help Greater Manchester's sector navigate through lockdown before rebuilding following the severe impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The plan, which was led by Marketing Manchester and shaped and approved in partnership with the Tourism Industry Economic Recovery (TIER) group, has eight areas of focus.
It outlines three areas that Marketing Manchester and its partners have been, and will continue to deliver: providing a regular programme of business advice and information to support businesses across GM; lobbying for continued Government support; and raising the profile of Greater Manchester's tourism, hospitality and leisure sector at a national level to make sure its voice is heard.
When the time is right to move towards recovery, the plan prioritises an additional five areas of focus: rebuilding consumer confidence in, and the profile of, Greater Manchester; rebuilding the region's international profile and connectivity; building back the business visits and events (conferencing) sector; better demonstrating how the tourism, hospitality and leisure sector can support Greater Manchester's wider strategic objectives; and seeking consensus for a more sustainable structure for DMOs like Marketing Manchester, to ensure businesses continue to benefit from their support and activity.
The plan was launched at a special webinar last week for Marketing Manchester partners and featured guest speakers including Elise Wilson, leader of Stockport Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority's (GMCA's) Economy portfolio lead, Hilary Centeleghe, Growth and Startup Lead at Business Growth Hub, and David Martin, Head of Tourism Sponsorship and Strategy at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
To rewatch the launch, please click here.
To read the summary press release, please click here.
To access the full plan, please click here.
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership Economic Vision Launch
The Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP) – the organisation which brings together the private and public sectors to support business growth – has set out a bold new vision for a greener and fairer Greater Manchester.
The vision – Building a Greater Manchester, Making a Greater Britain – provides a blueprint for remodelling the city-region's economy. It includes a range of long-term initiatives to help businesses innovate more effectively and become more productive, creating a greener and more resilient Greater Manchester.
It has been developed by the LEP Co-Chairs and board members, in partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), and is underpinned by an evidence base from the recently updated Greater Manchester Independent Prosperity Review.
Marketing Manchester supported the launch by producing content and hosting the webinar.
To read the full story, please click here.
To view the Economic Vision, please click here.
GC Tourism & Hospitality Talent Hub launches new site
It has been reported on more than one occasion that one of the sectors hardest hit by Covd-19 has been tourism, hospitality and leisure. The GC Tourism & Hospitality Talent Hub intends to support people working across the industry, in a variety of ways.
The three tenets of the Tourism & Hospitality Talent Hub are skills, training and recruitment – ideally, to support people, train for roles that are right for them, and connect them with the correct employer and start off (or improve) a career.
In these unprecedented times, this is much harder, but the Tourism & Hospitality Talent Hub can provide impartial advice and support to anyone who finds themselves in challenging situations. We have a wide range of fully funded accredited courses that will improve your CV and make finding work within the sector much easier. We have access to a wide network of employers within the sector and are perfectly placed to connect recruiters to the perfect candidates.
If you're working in the Greater Manchester tourism, hospitality and leisure sector and you need support, whether you're an individual or you need help with your business, you can find support available to you.
Register for VistBritain's free webinars
VisitBritain's second series of Business Recovery webinars are now well underway, aimed at providing tourism businesses with practical insight and valuable information from within VisitBritain/VisitEngland and across the wider travel industry.
Upcoming webinars include 'Micro-businesses – building towards recovery' (24 November), 'We're Good to Go – what we've learnt and what's next' (26 November), 'Google Digital Garage – Create Videos with YouTube' (3 December), 'Creating Great Content' (8 December), and 'Google Digital Garage – Find Customers with Google Maps' (10 December). You can also rewatch webinars that you may have missed, here.
Also upcoming is a webinars for the Business Events sector focused on Working with Ambassadors as a route to Successful Bidding (26 November).
To find out more about all VisitBritain marketing and event opportunities, please click here.
Nominate yourself or a colleague for a Made in Manchester Award
The Made in Manchester Awards, created by Marketing Manchester partner pro-manchester, celebrate the best of Manchester's young business talent, up to the age of 35.
Following the 2020 awards, no one could have imagined the scale of the events that would unfold across the globe soon after. Now the Greater Manchester business community needs to come together more than ever to help Greater Manchester to #BuildBackBetter.
The 2021 awards will therefore be a celebration of Manchester's young business community and how they have continued to strive for excellence and push boundaries during this unparalleled time. We think it's more important than ever to recognise Greater Manchester's talented young professionals, especially in the adversity of everything that has happened in 2020.
Nominations have been extended and will close on Sunday 22 November. Please consider entering yourself or a colleague for one of the 15 awards up for grabs.
Partner and industry news
Mayors and Irish ministers renew commitment to boost links between Ireland and North West
RHS receives record £1.8m donation to RHS Garden Bridgewater
Stoller Hall is open for recordings, rehearsals, filming and broadcasts during lockdown
Ambassador Theatre Group announce socially distanced pantomime, Sleeping Beauty
Football writing festival kicks off next week
Lancashire Cricket set to strengthen its strategic alliance with India following the announcement of 2021 Test Match at Emirates Old Trafford
Last week's Industry Update
Tourism and Hospitality Support Hub
Throughout the Covid-19 crisis the Tourism and Hospitality Support Hub has been available to ensure that tourism and hospitality businesses are given the most up to date information including reopening standards and guidance.
In addition, our colleagues in the Business Growth Hub have launched a new suite of support services specifically aimed at tourism and hospitality businesses who need practical advice at this current time. Anyone who needs specific and detailed support should contact: supporthub@marketingmanchester.com
Following today's relaxation of travel rules for inbound international visitors, leaders from across the north of England's visitor economy have written to the UK Government requesting support to ...
After a challenging year for tourism globally in 2020, and a slow start to 2021, Greater Manchester has bounced back with an array of new outdoor experiences, rich cultural developments, exceptional...
Lives shaped by the incredible success of Salford's MediaCity are the focus of a new Marketing Manchester film looking forward to its next exciting chapter. A key hub within Greater Manchester'...
Marketing Manchester has celebrated a milestone birthday with a special event that brought guests together to reflect on the past 25 years and look forward to the future of the visitor economy in Grea...
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Store bought garam masala can never match the taste, aroma and experience of making your own at home. See how these fabulous spices – all different from each other come together to give you a spice mix, which not just satisfies your taste buds but also adds little doses of nourishment to your food. Here is some essential trivia on the main leads in a robust garam masala.
Peperine is the pigment that gives peppercorns their pungent kick which comes handy in recipes across the world.
Black peppercorns contain plenty of anti-bacterial and anti-carcinogenic properties.
They help the body to absorb vitamins and minerals better and speed up metabolism. Also don't forget these beautiful black beads when you have a cold or flu!
Did you know that cloves are pink in colour before they are dried and turn a beautiful earthy brown?
Famously used as a cure for tooth ache the lesser known benefits of cloves include higher metabolism, more omega 3 benefits and regulated blood flow in the body.
Cloves are also a proven aphrodisiac.
Just like an Indian mithai is incomplete without a sprinkling of green cardamom powder so is a pungent garam masala without elaichi.
It doesn't just add plenty of flavour and a sweet aroma, but also acts as a great digestive aid, detoxifier and effective mouth freshener.
Cardamom is also an antispasmodic spice – it helps cure spasms and even hiccups.
This tree bark has a sweet aroma that goes perfectly well with so many different flavours. In a garam masala it provides much of the sweet fragrance and balance to the other robust spice flavours!
Cinnamon helps lower insulin levels and improves brain function.
A sprinkling of the fresh herb is essential to finish off most Indian savoury recipes the seeds are used as a flavourful addition to several spice mixes and curries.
Coriander seeds have a cooling effect on the body and are great way to remove toxins from the body and proper functioning of the urinary tract.
These tiny brown seeds lend their earthy aroma and robust flavour to a bunch of beverages, spice mixes, accompaniments, biscuits and desserts.
Cumin helps regulate your heart rate, prevents morning sickness during pregnancy, enhances memory and when boiled with water improves digestion.
Sweetly spiced saunf perfectly balances out the heat from the other masalas in a garam masala blend. They also clean the palate brilliantly - making it a favourite mouth freshener post a meal.
Fennel seeds are a great source of fibre and help promote digestion.
It is also a great source of potassium, iron and vitamin C.
Both these flavourful spices are derived from the same plant. While nutmeg is the hard inner kernel, mace is a delicate lace like covering around it.
Both these spices benefit in several ways by providing essential oils, vitamin A, vitamin C and iron to the body besides aiding pain relief, digestion and circulation of blood.
Well there is no single recipe for a perfect garam masala and that's how it should be. Go ahead experiment with spices and create your own mix! Just make sure your spices are well roasted and cooled before you grind them. Store and add a dash of spice to your food, literally.


The bountiful, overflowing look can be achieved with one kind of plant or a mix.
2 What Flowers Are Best for a Flower Box?
Window boxes are gardens in miniature. They add color and charm to the sides of houses or apartment buildings and afford the pleasures of gardening to city dwellers, who might not have any other opportunity to get their fingers into the earth. The trick to arranging an attractive window box is choosing flowers of an appropriate size for the tiny space and then plant enough so they overflow the sides of the box. This lush look is usually the most impressive.
A gorgeous window box can be achieved using just one kind of flower. This look is particularly effective if there are identical boxes at every window, so that the flowers provide a repeated accent across the front of a house or building. Choose flowers to contrast pleasingly with the color of your walls, such as purple petunias for a yellow house, red geraniums against pale green walls, or white impatiens against stone. Fill each box with plants, so that the box itself nearly disappears behind the mound of foliage and flowers.
When mixing different plants, choose species of different heights. The tallest plants should still be low enough that you can see past them from inside the house, so don't use anything that gets taller than 12 inches. Plant the tallest plants in the back of the box, bushy plants in the middle, and trailers in the front, where they will spill over the edge. Another possibility is to center a couple of tall plants at the back, surround them with medium-height plants to either side and in front, and fill in the rest of the box with tiny plants or trailers. A single trailing plant in the front can contrast with a box filled with tall or bushy plants.
Instead of lining the plants up in rows, stagger them in the box, so that when viewed from the front, a plant in the front appears framed between two plants behind it. This will give the window box a fuller appearance, and the plants can mingle their leaves in a pleasing contrast.
Variety in color, shape and texture will make your window box more attractive. Play off spiky flowers, such as snapdragons, against roundish ones, such as pansies. Use a mix of sizes from large (geraniums) to tiny (forget-me-nots). Consider adding some plants primarily for their foliage: grasses or sedge add straight lines, and herb plants often have gray-green, fuzzy leaves and add scent to the box as well.
Goodman, Emily. "Different Ways to Arrange Flowers in Window Boxes." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/different-ways-arrange-flowers-window-boxes-46318.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.


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10 Best Ted Talks about the Role of Women
Main topics in this article concern ted talks, best ted talks for women, influential women, successful women, the role of women in the world.
Sheryl Sandberg speaking at TEDWomen. December 7-8, 2010. Washington DC. Credit: James Duncan Davidson / TED
How often do we hear these names or we read about them in the press – Oprah Winfrey, Melinda Gates, Serena Williams, Sheryl Sandberg, Michelle Obama. Nowadays it is not possible to keep silence on the role of women in this world, on the issues they have to confront on a daily basis. There are more and more talented and influential women working within media, tech, sports, literature industries who are advocating for gender equality, equal pay between women and men. Let's remember the most recent #MeToo campaign where women from all over the world stepped in to come face to face with sexual harassment. This is an unprecedented case unknown to the world before it happened!
With the intention to honour the power of feminism that is striving to change the world and make it better, safer and more tolerant, we prepared a list of 10 inspirational TED videos that show how women advance our society as a whole.
'We Should All Be Feminists', Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The higher you go, there are fewer women"
— Wangari Maathai
This iconic Ted talk, given by the award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is seasoned with humour and vivid examples from the speaker's own life about how women's role in the traditional society is perceived. Born in Nigeria and educated in the US, she has become a successful novelist who empowers women in her stories. She is one of the best examples of goal-driven women who are not afraid to pose questions even to the topics that are avoided or not considered to be acceptable to be discussed in public. This motivational talk was the turning point for the author's book of the same name. Apparently, even Beyonce appreciated Adichie's words of wisdom and used her ideas in the song "Flawless".
In the conversation, the author discusses how she was called herself a feminist, how she had to confront the negative connotations of this term in her life and how she arrived to understand what everyday feminism actually is. What it means being young and female in Lagos, differences between men and women, gender disparity and privilege issues for men and women are the least but not the last thigs covered in her presentation shedding a light on the issues of the women born in the 20th century in today's world. We definitely recommend listening to this inspirational talk!
"Gender matters. Men and women experience the world differently. Gender colours the way we experience the world. But we can change that"
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
'Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders ', Sheryl Sandberg
As the COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg is an example of some of the most successful people in the world. In this talk, she discusses the disparity in power positions between men and women and shares her advice on self-improvement and how to reach the C-suite position. According to her, women do not do what they want but are forced to make a choice between their professional success and personal happiness. More often than men, women tend to underestimate their abilities and as a result, do not reach their personal fulfilment. Sandberg is one of the main proponents of gender equality in the workplace and her motivational quotes will be appreciated by any woman who is aspiring to succeed both professionally and personally.
"If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard,"
'The Urgency of Intersectionality', Kimberle Crenshaw
The term "Intersectionality", first coined by Crenshaw in 1989, is used to indicate the overlapping of social justice problems like sexual harassment and racism. As a civil rights advocate, during conferences and talks, she takes an uneasy role to explain how to identify the race and gender bias which is often left even unrecognised by so many women who think it is normal. Her inspirational quotes and words encourage both men and women to speak up for those who suffer from prejudice and to advance America by amending multiple levels of injustice.
"Sexism isn't a one-size-fits-all phenomenon. It doesn't happen to black and white women the same way."
— Kimberle Crenshaw
'How Online Abuse of Women Has Spiraled out of Control ', Ashley Judd
As one of the main originators and supporters of the #MeeToo movement, as well as one of the most beautiful women in the cinema industry, Hollywood actress Ashley Judd, speaks out from her own experience about hate speech, sexual harassment and violent threats happening online to lots of women all over the world. Her openness makes these ted talks topics for women so compelling and trustworthy for others to tune in. The way she deals with these issues and how sincere she is about her personal trauma turns Judd into an inspiration for others who might have undergone through a similar experience.
In this presentation, Ashley Judd calls on to confront the ongoing terror of women on social media and she shows how she does it herself through improving digital media literacy and confronting sexism in tech companies. After listening to this moving talk, you will understand what it means to be involved in activism to recognize the harm of online harassment and why it needs to be prosecuted.
"Girls' and women's voices and our allies' voices are constrained in ways that are personally, economically, professionally and politically damaging. And when we curb abuse, we will expand freedom,"
— Ashley Judd
"Confessions Of A Bad Feminist', Roxane Gay
The book "Bad Feminist" was started as a joke by the American writer Roxane Gay who was acknowledging in it that she was failing as a feminist, i.e. living up to the perfect feminist canons. Her work turned immediately into a referral example on gender equality. In this thoughtful public presentation, the author speaks about such important women's rights as equal pay for equal work, the right to easy and affordable access to birth control, the right to make choices about their own bodies. Another important point made by Gay is that when speaking about the needs of women, we have to take into account other identities that women inhabit: different bodies, sexuality, faiths, backgrounds, paths, abilities and so on. It is about building an inclusive environment. For the author, feminism has to embrace all these sides and flavours and only then we will see social change for women in the society we are living in.
"Let's Put Birth Control Back On The Agenda", Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates gave numerous talks on the platform of ted.com but here we are going to speak about her 2012 presentation where she raised such an ever important topic as birth control. According to her, our world has changed significantly when women gained control when to have kids and how many of them. Birth control should be a basic women's right everywhere in the world which will open up a completely different degree of freedom to women. By granting women access to family planning tools in impoverished countries of Africa and in India, we will see healthier societies with economic development and gender equality rising. She shared her personal experience how an opportunity to have kids when she felt ready let her build a successful career as well as meet her personal goals.
"Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they're born."
— Melinda Gates
"How to succeed? Get more sleep", Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington-Stasinopoulou became known to the world when in 2005 she started publishing articles for her blog called HuffPost, aka the Huffington Post. After that many things have changed in the world but her blog continued to gain popularity and Arianna became worth $300 million when AOL decided to purchase it. Huffington became the Editor-in-Chief and the President of the Huffington Post Media Group. She has been listed by Times Magazine among the world's most influential people as well as on the Forbes Most Powerful Women list.
In this talk, she confesses about her non-stopping self-motivation to grow as a businesswoman, her dedication to work which resulted in her chronical lack of sleep and subsequent serious injuries and health problems. She learnt her lesson the hard way and teaches others that more sleep can secure a happier, more productive and inspired life. According to Huffington, women have to start this sleeping revolution which will allow them to have greater results in the future.
"Women are going to lead the way in this new revolution, this new feminist issue, We are literally going to sleep our way to the top."
"On Being a Woman and a Diplomat", Madeleine Albright
As the former U.S. Secretary of States, Madeleine Albright is no stranger to women issues. She is an ardent advocate for supporting women at work and giving them equal rights at work because this will lead to a healthier society and a more advanced economic model.
In this 2010 TED Talk, she recalls that when she was involved in politics, it was necessary for women from different countries to support each other's decisions in terms of military budgets and arms control in order to arrive at the decisions she wanted. According to Albright, women can support each other through their positions of power.
"My motto is that there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other"
— Madeleine Albright
"Tales of Passion", Isabel Allende
The author Isabel Allende was the first ever woman to bear a flag during the Olympic Games in 2006. All the other women who accompanied her for this event were the examples of "strong and passionate women". She uses such women as the basis for her main characters' portrait traits and behaviour in the books she writes.
In the TED presentation, Allende calls on nurturing feminine energy in the management of the world in order to see 'real changes' in the way our society functions.
"We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men"
"This tennis Icon Paved the Way for Women in Sports", Billie Jean King
The tennis legend Billie Jean King speaks in this presentation about her historic match against the male tennis player Bobby Riggs, one of the top players at that time. This sports battle went down in history as the Battle of Sexes. She is a pioneer for women in sports getting paid remembering the times when she had to sign $1 dollar contracts in the 1970s. In her very sincere and open manner, King shares her ideas on identity, the role of sports in social justice and about social change in America.
"Two things came out of that match. For women: self-confidence, empowerment. They actually had enough nerve to ask for a raise,"
— Billie Jean King
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My colleague, Rachel Lamb, and I received this comment repeatedly when we first arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We were at Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo (UCBC) in Beni, Eastern DRC, to participate in a week-long campus conversation around creation care.
As its name suggests, UCBC is a bilingual Christian university run by the Congo Initiative with teaching in French and English. It's located in a region that still experiences considerable instability and conflict, and was founded with the vision to raise up a new generation of Christian leaders to help the DRC heal from and grow beyond decades of war and corruption. That vision—along with their motto, 'Transformed to Transform'—is bearing fruit in inspiring ways as students come together with remarkable initiative and entrepreneurship to identify and begin addressing the needs in their communities.
The conflict between conservation and development is one such major need. The Congo Basin contains the second largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon, and Beni borders Virunga National Park, which is home to many rare species including populations of Okapi and Mountain Gorilla. Conflicts are rampant between those trying to protect the park and its rich biodiversity, and those fighting to survive and utilize the natural resources to develop their desperately poor communities. Rebel and bandit groups are further destabilizing the region. Shortly before we arrived, the director of the government agency that manages Virunga was ambushed and shot. He survived but we saw photos from the funeral of a park ranger who didn't.
So who do we side with here: nature or people?
Christians have a particularly strategic and hopeful role to offer in such challenging contexts. Jesus faced similar questions where he was asked to choose between apparently conflicting priorities. Should the Israelites honor Caesar by paying the imperial tax or honor God and thus subject themselves to the wrath of the Roman Empire (Matthew 22:15-22)? Should they stone the woman caught in adultery or let her live and so fail to uphold the Law of Moses (John 8:2-11)? In each case, Jesus didn't fall into the trap of choosing from among the bad options presented to him. Instead, he created a third way that cut to the heart and brought reconciliation. Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to God what is God's; let the one who is without sin cast the first stone.
We too have an opportunity in situations like this to offer a third way forward. And Christian institutions such as UCBC have important roles to play in developing and modeling practical solutions that fit the local context. We don't have to choose between caring for nature or caring for people. It's a false choice. At the end of the day, we can't care for people without caring for nature and vice versa. They have to go together in order to work. As humans we're an integral part of nature and inextricably connected with all of creation. When the land isn't healthy, people aren't healthy, and when the land isn't at peace people won't experience peace either. Just as we are transformed to transform—as UCBC champions so well—we are also reconciled to reconcile.
What does it look like to reconcile the often-dueling priorities of conservation and development? The questions we received in Beni immediately reminded me of the work of A Rocha around the world, and why it's so critical today. Community-based conservation projects—such as A Rocha Kenya's ASSETS program, which we had the joy of visiting after our time in the DRC—are where the needs of the community and the proper stewardship and restoration of creation meet and move forward together.
UCBC has already started down this path with its pursuit of solar installations and appropriate clean energy technology, along with peace gardens, agroforestry projects, and more. They're also partnering with us at Young Evangelicals for Climate Action around a Fellows program that will empower select students to lead their campus in the next steps of translating the growing awareness and enthusiasm into on the ground action and projects.
God is at work here—of this we were convinced during our short visit—and we're excited about the fruit that will follow as UCBC moves forward in reconciling conservation with development on their campus and in their surrounding communities. Perhaps one day there may even be an A Rocha project here?
Thank you for tackling this important question, Ben.
As you point out the choice is not between development or the environment. The question is whether or not our work brings glory to God.
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Yugurta (en el francés original, Jugurtha) es una serie de historietas franco-belga creada en 1967 para la revista "Tintín". Escrita por Jean-Luc Vernal bajo el seudónimo de Laymilie, ha contado con los dibujos de Hermann (tomos 1 y 2), Franz (tomos 3 a 15) y Michel Suro (tomo 16) y el color de Gabrielle Horvath y Alain Sirvent. Se inspira en la vida del rey númida Yugurta, aunque carece de una gran verosimilitud histórica.

Sinopsis
El príncipe heredero Yugurta entra en conflicto con sus primos por la sucesión al trono. Se convierte en gobernador de una provincia de su reino, bajo la tutela de Roma.

Trayectoria editorial
Hermann dibujó los 2 primeros episodios de la serie entre 1967 y 1970, abandonándola para trabajar en Comanche.

Posteriormente ha sido recopilada en los siguientes álbumes:
 Le Lionceau des sables (1975)
 Le Casque celtibère (1975)
 La Nuit des scorpions (1978)
 L'Île de la Résurrection (1979)
 La Guerre des 7 collines (1979)
 Les Loups de la steppe (1980)
 La Grande Muraille (1980)
 Le Prince rouge (1981)
 Le Grand Zèbre sorcier (1982)
 Makounda (1983)
 Le Feu des souvenirs (1983)
 Les Gladiateurs de Marsia (1984)
 Le Grand Ancêtre (1985)
 Les Monts de la lune (1986)
 La Pierre noire (1991)
 La Fureur sombre (1995)

Referencias

Bibliografía

Historieta de Bélgica
Historieta histórica


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HomePoliticsAlan Dershowitz says his job is to defend the constitution, 'not any particular president'
Alan Dershowitz says his job is to defend the constitution, 'not any particular president'
Wed, January 29, 2020 by ABC News
ABC News, FILE(NEW YORK) — Alan Dershowitz, a key member of President Donald Trump's legal team amid the ongoing impeachment trial, joined ABC's The View on Wednesday, arguing that his job is to defend the constitution, "not any particular president.""I'm here to defend the constitution, not any particular president," he said. "I'm here to defend future presidents, as well as the current president."His arguments against impeachment have largely been constitutional during the Senate trial, centered on the idea that the two articles of impeachment brought forth by the House against Trump — "abuse of power" and "obstruction of Congress" — are not impeachable offenses.Dershowitz, a celebrity lawyer and Harvard emeritus, told the hosts he would have made the same argument regardless of the president on trial."I would have been making exactly the same argument if Hilary Clinton was elected president and if she had been impeached for abuse of power or obstruction of Congress," he said, adding "the framers rejected terms just like that. They rejected maladministration as a potential term. And maladministration is virtually the same as abuse of power."News broke on Sunday of an unpublished manuscript by former national security adviser John Bolton detailing a conversation between him and Trump about the nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine being held up pending an investigation into the president's political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.The New York Times article in a way changed the conversation on whether witnesses should be allowed on the Senate floor during the impeachment trial — and what Bolton, if subpoenaed, would say has been the source of much speculation.When asked about the news, Dershowitz told The View hosts that he won't argue against witnesses, but said Bolton's testimony still wouldn't hold up against the president."Nothing in the Bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense," he said, adding that House Democrats can't change that just by using words like "quid pro quo" and "personal benefit."Bolton and other current and former White House aides have been barred by the White House from testifying, although Bolton said he would testify under subpoena."The one thing that's very clear is that if witnesses are permitted on one side, they have to be permitted on both sides," Dershowitz said in an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Jan. 19. "And if witnesses are permitted, it will delay the trial considerably, because the president will invoke executive privilege as to people like John Bolton that will have to go to the court and we'll have to have a resolution of that before the trial continues."Talking over each other and Dershowitz, the hosts also pressed the lawyer on why he seems to be the only constitutional scholar arguing that Trump's conduct wasn't impeachable."I made the constitutional arguments. My sole role in the case was to argue constitutional," he said, later adding, "It is not treason, bribery [or] high crimes and misdemeanors … Congress is not above the law."He further argued the point he made during the Trump legal team's opening arguments on the Senate floor, saying the articles brought forth by the House trial managers were too "vague" and "open-ended.""This is the key point in this impeachment case, please understand what I'm arguing, is that purely noncriminal conduct, including abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are outside the range of impeachable offenses," Dershowitz said on the floor Monday evening, adding "The framers did intend to limit the criteria for impeachment to criminal-like conduct akin to treason and bribery."Dershowitz has not said the president's conduct in Ukraine was right or wrong — but did say it hasn't been declared criminal.Despite the Government Accountability Office report on Jan. 16 concluding that Trump did violate the law by withholding the aid, Dershowitz argued that Congress doesn't have the "jurisdiction to conclude it's a crime.""The president conducts foreign policy," Dershowitz said. " He has the right to withhold funds."Dershowitz, who was also on the legal team during impeachment trial of former President Bill Clinton, was questioned by "The View" hosts on why he changed his mind on impeachment."It certainly doesn't have to be a crime," Dershowitz said in a 1998 interview on CNN of the trial. "If you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president, who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty, you don't need a technical crime."Host Whoopi Goldberg brought up what he said during the interview, pointing out what she called the "only difference" between the two trials."The only difference between then and now is that your side was flipping out for the same reasons the democrats were flipping out," she said. "The difference is one president followed the law and sat down and did what he was supposed to do."Dershowitz said the issue during Clinton's trial was not whether or not you needed a crime to impeach a president, but "whether or not Clinton had committed a high crime."Goldberg continued to question his wavering opinion, saying, "I have not seen any briefs about your change of heart when it comes to impeachment.""Academics change their minds on the basis of research," Dershowitz responded without flinching. "I didn't do it on a partisan basis."Host Meghan McCain also questioned the lawyer about his connection as a lawyer to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in his cell in August.Dershowitz said he was candid about their connection when Trump expressed interest in bringing him on as a defense lawyer."I told him this [connection] would be raised, and he should seriously consider if he wants me as his lawyer," Dershowitz said.The announcement of Dershowitz joining Trump's legal team came as a surprise to some."While Professor Dershowitz is non-partisan when it comes to the Constitution — he opposed the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and voted for Hillary Clinton — he believes the issues at stake go to the heart of our enduring Constitution," his office said in a statement. "He is participating in this impeachment trial to defend the integrity of the Constitution and to prevent the creation of a dangerous constitutional precedent."However, Trump told his associates he wanted a "high profile" legal team that could perform on TV, explaining why Dershowitz and former independent counsel Kenneth Starr both ended up on the team.Although critics argue Dershowitz statements from the past contradict his stance on impeachment now, Dershowitz continued to defend himself in a previous statement to ABC News."That's still my position. It has to be criminal — like, akin to treason or bribery," he said of impeachment. "Not abuse or obstruction." Copyright © 2020, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
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The Basic Principles of the Declaration of Independence
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self‑evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
"The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" -- are the foundation of the political principles of American independence. As set forth in the writings of Locke, Sidney, and others, it means that nature has inherent laws by which each individual has a conscience, accountability for one's actions, and a duty to not harm others or their property. It is not the "law of the jungle," nor license, but a moral code that binds us together in families and communities, manifest in English common law, and in religion. It recognizes the innate ability of all people and their magistrates to use reason and faith to choose virtue, the common good and civility, over vice and corruption.
"We hold these truths to be self‑evident" (Jefferson used the words in his first draft, "sacred and undeniable") -- confirms that there are certain truths that all people are bound to acknowledge, such as the equality of the rights of man, including the right to govern his or her life and property.
"…that all men are created equal" -- As John Locke wrote, "… all men by Nature are equal… cannot be supposed to understand all sorts of Equality… [but] in respect of Jurisdiction or Dominion one over another... being that equal Right that every Man hath, to his natural Freedom, without being subjected to the Will or Authority of any other Man." (Second Treatise on Government) We are all equal in the eyes of our Creator, equal in our natural rights, and equal before the law.
"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." A religious people rose in rebellion against Great Britain in 1776, and the vast majority of American colonists believed in God, the Bible, and in the creation of man. Even for "deists" like Jefferson, there was an acknowledgement that God is the author of liberty and of the natural rights of each person. He wrote in 1774: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."[1] Jefferson recorded that, "Happiness is the aim of life. Virtue is the foundation of happiness."[2] Our natural rights are divine gifts and not subject to human grants. The term "unalienable" means incapable of being sold or transferred.
"…the consent of the governed" -- Governments are properly the result of the choice of the governed. As John Jay wrote in Federalist No. 2, "Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government; and it is equally undeniable that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must cede to it some of their natural rights, in order to vest it with requisite powers." The people are sovereign and they delegate to government the power to rule.
"… it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government." Under the circumstances of "a long train of abuses" -- consisting of violations of individual and societal liberties and usurpations of power, there is a right and a duty to revolt against tyranny.
"… laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." The foundation of good government is based upon individual liberty and responsibility. Sidney stated in Discourses on Government (1751) that, "the safety of the people [is] the supreme law..." including the preservation of their liberties and lands, and all other laws must be subservient to that principle (III.16.318). John Adams wrote in his Thoughts on Government (1776) that, "The happiness of society is the end [or ultimate purpose] of government."
Read more about the principles of the Declaration in the mind and heart of Abraham Lincoln:
Abraham Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence
[1] Thomas Jefferson, Rights of British America, 1774 (The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Memorial Edition) (ME) 1:211.
[2] Thomas Jefferson to William Short, October 31, 1819, ME 15:223.
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According to the research center Gartner, 426 million mobile phones have been sold in the first trimester in 2013. Though the number sounds incredible, it actually went down by 3.6% in the EMEA zone (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In North America and in Latin America, it went down by 9.7%.
According to Anshal GUPTA, analyst at Gartner, "The Chinese and local manufacturers have been exemplary at addressing the demands of buyers by offering affordable devices with optimum features such as 2.5G (EDGE) instead of 3G in a smartphone." This, according to him is the reason why there has been growth in the Asia/Pacific zone (7% since 2012). In fact, 226 million of the company's mobiles were sold there.
The research also found that among all phone manufacturers, Samsung was ahead Nokia and Apple, respectively second and third place.


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Fukushima situation worsening with discovery of water storage tank leaking alarming levels of radiation
by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
(NaturalNews) Following recent reports about some of the plant's water filters being taken offline due to major corrosion problems, the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan is now experiencing considerable issues with its contaminated water storage tanks as well, some of which appear to be leaking significant amounts of highly radioactive water directly into the environment.
As reported by Reuters, no less than 300 metric tons of radioactive water was recently found to have breached at least one onsite storage tank, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), with radiation levels so high that one hour of exposure half a meter, or about one foot and eight inches, away would result in a radiation dose five times the average annual global limit for nuclear workers.
Japanese government declares tank leak a 'serious incident'
After being discovered, the leak was dubbed a "serious incident" by Japan's nuclear regulatory body, prompting Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, to announce that the Japanese government will now be assuming control over the situation moving forward. TEPCO's remediation protocols for the failed reactors, which underwent three nuclear meltdowns following the disaster, are clearly not working, which means other measures must be taken.
According to Reuters, the puddle of radioactive water recently formed near a storage tank installed after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. This particular storage tank and others near it are composed of steel but also contain plastic sealing around their joints, which now appears to be failing.
Cheap plastic seals led to leak, say experts
The company should have constructed the tanks using proper welds but chose plastic initially in order to expedite the process. And the consequences of this failure have manifested in the form of toxic water, which is emitting radiation doses of about 100 millisieverts per hour (mSv/hr) at an elevation just 50 centimeters (cm) above sea level.
"That is a huge amount of radiation," said Michiaki Furukawa, a professor emeritus and nuclear chemist at Nagoya University in Japan's Aichi Prefecture, as quoted by Reuters. "The situation is getting worse."
Japanese government assumes control over cleanup efforts
As many NaturalNews readers already well know, TEPCO has been playing games with the severity of the situation since day one, downplaying how much radiation is actually leaking from the plant. Early on, the company instigated fishing bans due to toxic water, which it later lifted and more recently reinstated, creating confusion about the actual progress of its containment efforts.
"We've allowed Tokyo Electric to deal with the contaminated water situation on its own and they've essentially turned it into a game of 'Whack-a-Mole,'" adds Motegi. "From now on, the government will move to the forefront."
TEPCO will continue to construct containment tanks to deal with the 400-or-so tons of radioactive water leaking from underground tunnels into the ocean, according to Bloomberg, but the damage has already been done. Radioactive water has now seeped into the earth, and to add insult to injury, TEPCO plans to continue using the faulty plastic-sealed storage tanks, despite their known failure.
The Prime Minister's office, however, has indicated that additional measures will also be taken to pump more "liquid glass," also known as sodium silicate, into the ground to help stop the spread of contaminated water. Other measures include installing subterranean bypasses to prevent precious groundwater from reaching the contaminated reactors and becoming radioactive.
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Dahlia Emerson - Hybrid Maze Procedure, Atrial Fibrillation
It always hit her in the middle of the night. Dahlia Emerson would wake up suddenly, gasping for air. "I couldn't breathe," she recalls. "My chest hurt like somebody was smashing me. I never knew when it was going to happen." For 10 years, these episodes from a condition called atrial fibrillation would result in a trip to the emergency room. "I'd have to stay in the intensive care unit until they could get it straightened out," she says. "I went to all kinds of doctors, tried several rounds of medication and underwent a procedure called catheter (radiofrequency) ablation several times. Nothing worked."
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm problem that causes an irregular heartbeat and often results in poor blood flow. It can cause heart palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue. Individuals who have atrial fibrillation are at increased risk for stroke. Mrs. Emerson said her family doctor also had atrial fibrillation and she took note of his treatment. "Neither medication nor ablation worked for him, so he went to the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Medicine to have open-heart surgery and now is atrial fibrillation-free," she says. "I asked my doctor to get me an appointment to see if I could have the same surgery." Mrs. Emerson consulted with the cardiac surgeons at Northwestern Medicine.
Instead of undergoing open-heart surgery, Mrs. Emerson, at the age of 70, underwent the Maze procedure in June of 2007. Physicians place scar lines in very specific places in and around the heart to isolate abnormal electrical signals that cause atrial fibrillation in this procedure.
"I thank the entire Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute team for all the hard work and hours they put in on me," says Mrs. Emerson. A busy homemaker and avid quilter and gardener, she grows butterfly bushes and bougainvilleas. She also does all her own cooking and housework at her home in Jonesboro, Louisiana. "I'm back to doing all the things I love."


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Xavier's Andre Jernigan named Big East player of year
Xavier shortstop Andre Jernigan was named the unanimous Big East baseball Player of the Year, and the Musketeers' coaches earned the conference's Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Xavier's Andre Jernigan named Big East player of year Xavier shortstop Andre Jernigan was named the unanimous Big East baseball Player of the Year, and the Musketeers' coaches earned the conference's Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1ViqKcP
Dave Clark, dclark@cincinnati.com Published 2:05 p.m. ET May 25, 2016
Xavier's Andre Jernigan earned Big East Player of the Year honors.(Photo: Provided/Charles Banke)
Xavier claimed its first regular-season Big East title this past weekend after winning 13 of its final 15 games.
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The awards for XU also included a total of seven all-conference recognitions. Jernigan, Dan Rizzie, Rylan Bannon and Nate Soria were each voted All-BIG EAST First Team, while Zac Lowther, Joe Gellenbeck and Garrett Schilling all received All-BIG EAST Second Team honors.
BIG EAST Player of the Year
Jernigan, a senior from Ft. Wayne, Ind., has been a vital power source for Xavier and and ranks among the national leaders with 12 homers and 110 total bases on the year.
Xavier's team leader in slugging percentage (.564), doubles (16) and triples (4), Jernigan stepped up in BIG EAST play, batting .274 with three homers and 15 RBI to go with a .382 on-base percentage.
A slick-fielding shortstop, Jernigan has helped Xavier set a current pace to break the school record for fielding percentage – while ranking among the national leaders in double plays turned.
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year
Xavier's coaching staff – Scott Googins, Nick Otte, Billy O'Conner and Kyle Sprague – was also recognized as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year for the first time after leading the program to its first BIG EAST regular season title.
Googins, who won his 300th game and became XU's all-time wins leader this season, directed a massive turnaround after a challenging non-conference schedule and slow start in league play. The Musketeers were 14-26 overall and 1-3 in BIG EAST play on April 23, but responded down the stretch. XU took five straight series in league play and won 13 of its final 15 games to close the year.
Seven All-Conference Selections
Xavier put four players on the All-BIG EAST First Team and another three on the All-BIG EAST Second Team, leading the league with seven selections total.
Senior catcher Dan Rizzie and sophomore third baseman Rylan Bannon joined Jernigan on the first team.
A standout backstop, Rizzie was a preseason All-BIG EAST selection and has been named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List three times in his career. The Orland Park, Ill. native hit .308 with four homers and 10 RBI in conference play, while leading Xavier with 20 multi-hit games this season.
Bannon was slotted into the leadoff position halfway through the season and responded well, posting a .420 on-base percentage in BIG EAST play. The sophomore third baseman drew 17 walks against 10 strikeouts in conference action, while hitting .246 with two homers and 10 RBI.
Zac Lowther, Garrett Schilling and Joe Gellenbeck were each honored on the second team.
Lowther was Xavier's most consistent starter all season, lasting at least five innings in all 14 starts this spring. The Brooklyn Heights, Ohio native recorded a 3.10 ERA in league action, striking out 32 in 40.2 innings of work. On the year, Lowther led Xavier's staff in wins (6), starts (14), innings (90.2) and strikeouts (76).
Schilling was a dominant stopper for Xavier out of the bullpen, racking up 11 saves and leading the relief corps with a 1.54 ERA. In BIG EAST play, Schilling saved six games and recorded three wins in 11 appearances. The Clawson, Mich. native has either a win or save in eight of Xavier's last 14 games.
Gellenbeck, a Cincinnati native and graduate of St. Xavier, tied for the team lead with 12 homers and 110 total bases. He hit .288 with three homers and 18 RBI in league play, including three walk-off hits in his last six games.
Full List of Awards
Andre Jernigan, Xavier, Sr., SS ^^
Pitcher of the Year
Thomas Hackimer, St. John's, Sr., RP
Freshman of the Year
Josh Shaw, St. John's, Fr., 2B
Coaching Staff of the Year
Xavier, head coach Scott Googins
All-BIG EAST First Team
Rollie Lacy, Creighton, So., SP ^
Simon Mathews, Georgetown, Jr., SP
Shane McCarthy, Seton Hall, So., SP
Hunter Schryver, Villanova, Jr., SP ^
Thomas Hackimer, St. John's, Sr., RP ^
Max Beerman, Villanova, Sr., 1B
Todd Czinege, Villanova, Jr., 2B
Andre Jernigan, Xavier, R-Jr., SS ^
Rylan Bannon, Xavier, So., 3B
Daniel Rizzie, Xavier, R-Jr., C ^
Daniel Woodrow, Creighton, Jr., OF
Michael Donadio, St. John's, Jr., OF ^
Derek Jenkins, Seton Hall, Sr., OF
Nate Soria, Xavier, So., DH
All-BIG EAST Second Team #
Jeff Albrecht, Creighton, Jr., SP
Matt Smith, Georgetown, Sr., SP
Cullen Dana, Seton Hall, Fr., SP
Zac Lowther, Xavier, So., SP
Garett Schilling, Xavier, So., RP
Joe Gellenbeck, Xavier, R-So., 1B
Nicky Lopez, Creighton, Jr., SS
Kevin Jewitt, Villanova, Sr., 3B
Chris Marras, Butler, Sr., C
Troy Dixon, St. John's, Jr., C
Michael DeRenzi, Georgetown, So., OF
Zach Weigel, Seton Hall, Sr., OF
Adam Goss, Villanova, Sr., OF
Jake Kuzbel, Georgetown, Jr., DH
^^ - denotes unanimous selection
^ - denotes unanimous first team selection
# - due to a tie in voting, there are two catchers voted to the All-BIG EAST Second Team


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Kadirkamanathan SS, Yazaki E, Evans DF, et al
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First published June 1, 1999.
British Society of Gastroenterology


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Arson suspect arrested after returning to scene (crime watch)
by Editor February 19, 2015 February 18, 2015
The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 428 calls for service on Feb. 17. Below is a sampling of those calls chosen by the Santa Monica Daily Press staff.
Disturbance, 1800 block Lincoln, 12:05 a.m.
Fight, 1600 block Ocean Front Walk, 12:43 a.m.
Assault, Pico/Ocean Way, 1:24 a.m.
Strong-arm robbery, 2900 block Highland, 1:42 a.m.
Fight, 800 block Bay, 3:38 a.m.
Disturbance, 2600 block Main, 6:36 a.m.
Petty theft, Lincoln/Santa Monica, 6:38 a.m.
Trespassing, 1500 block 10th, 6:41 a.m.
Vandalism, 2700 block Lincoln, 6:58 a.m.
Hit and run, Cloverfield/Broadway, 8:08 a.m.
Petty theft, 1300 block Wilshire, 8:40 a.m.
Vandalism, 1500 block 20th, 8:54 a.m.
Vandalism, 1500 block Colorado, 8:56 a.m.
Bike theft, 300 block Broadway, 9:38 a.m.
Burglary, 1500 block 6th, 9:46 a.m.
Hit and run, 800 block Ocean Park, 9:50 a.m.
Car crash, Chelsea/Wilshire, 10:58 a.m.
Indecent exposure, 1700 block beach, 11:09 a.m.
Speeding, 3200 block Olympic, 11:23 a.m.
Vandalism, 3400 block Ocean Park, 12:03 p.m.
Trespassing, 1600 block 9th, 12:35 p.m.
Defrauding inkeeper, 1500 block Ocean, 12:36 p.m.
Speeding, Neilson/Ocean Park, 1:47 p.m.
Burglary, 1500 block 10th, 1:59 p.m.
Drinking in public, 2600 block Main, 2:11 p.m.
Car crash, 800 block Ocean, 2:28 p.m.
Fraud, 2800 block Wilshire, 2:30 p.m.
Fraud, 2600 block 5th, 3:21 p.m.
Vandalism, 2400 block Arizona, 3:47 p.m.
Fight, 500 block Olympic, 4:03 p.m.
Identity theft, 3000 block 11th, 4:19 p.m.
Disturbance, 3rd/California, 5:31 p.m.
Trespassing, 800 block Bay, 5:34 p.m.
Public intoxication, 200 block Broadway, 7:03 p.m.
Petty theft, Ocean/Bay, 7:03 p.m.
Bike theft, 2000 block 10th, 7:20 p.m.
Strong-arm robbery, 1900 block Pico, 7:40 p.m.
Petty theft, 1300 block 3rd, 8:42 p.m.
Car crash, Main/Ocean Park, 10:30 p.m.
Disturbance, 2400 block Lincoln, 11:26 p.m.
Incident of the day
On Feb. 12 at approximately 12:45 p.m., officers assigned to patrol the Third Street Promenade and Downtown area responded to an arson report in the 1400 block of 2nd Street.
The party reporting the incident, the manager of a multi-unit housing complex and business offices at the location, told the officers he discovered burn marks on a wall near a rear entrance.
He reviewed security footage from the early morning hours of a suspect, described as a male with a beard wearing a bucket-style hat, who walked to the rear door, set fire to a blanket, and then placed the blanket on the ground near the wall.
The suspect watched the blanket burn for several minutes and then left southbound in the alley.
The following night, at about 7:42 p.m., the same officers who reported the arson incident saw the suspect, later identified as Jesse Ladines, wearing the same distinctive bucket hat and a dark hooded jacket with fur trim the officers recognized from the security video.
The officers stopped Ladines and performed a computerized criminal history check. Ladines, 28, homeless, was arrested for arson and two outstanding warrants and transported to the Santa Monica Jail for booking. Bail was set at $280,000.
Man arrested after allegedly stealing protein bars (crime watch)
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