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Susan McGrath
Resident Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies
Member of Order of Canada
Office: Kaneff Tower, 853
Email: smcgrath@yorku.ca
Secondary website: http://www.refugeeresearch.net
Susan McGrath's academic and research interests include: developing a global refugee research network, refugee resettlement, community development and transnational social work.
PhD, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
MES, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Certificate in Voluntary Sector and Arts Management, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University
BA, McMaster University
Professional Leadership
Member of advisory editorial board of the journal Refuge, published by the Centre for Refugee Studies, 2006-present. Guest editor of special edition on Social Services and Transnationality of e-journal Transnational Social Review, 2013-14. International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, President, 2008-11. Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, founding and ongoing Member.
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Board Member, 1998-2006, 2008-12; President, 2009-2011. Member of Black Creek Local Immigration Partnership, a CIC funded initiative to develop partnerships among agencies serving immigrants, 2008-12. Black Creek Community Capacity Building Project, an initiative to promote collaborative planning and development among agencies, residents and businesses in the Black Creek area, founding member and representative of School of Social Work, 2001-09.
Social Work , Community-Based Research, Refugee Studies
Impact of Collective Trauma on Community Practice
SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2007. ($90,000) . Applicant: Bill Lee. Co-applicants: S.McGrath, K. Moffatt & U. George
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
A Canadian Refugee Research Network: Globalizing Knowledge.
Strategic Knowledge Cluster Grant, 2008. ($2.1M over 7 years) . Applicant: S. McGrath with 10 co-applicants and 17 institutional partners.
Forced Migration in Latin America: Networking for Regional and Policy Responses, 2010. ($15,000).
International Development Research Council
Mobilizing a Regional Research Network to address forced migration issues in Latin America.
Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grant, 2011. ($15,000)
Association of Universities and Colleges Canada
A community-based mental health intervention for maternal mental health in Rwanda.
Grand Challenges Canada Mental Health Grant, 2013-15. ($250,000) . Applicant: M. Hynie, co-applicants: Y. Bohr, S. McGrath, Benoite Umubyeyi, Marie Claire GASANGANWA, Regine King.
Grand Challenges Canada
Forecasting the Break
Community and Capacity for Large-Scale, 2013-2014. ($309,000) . Data-Intensive Research in Forced Migration Studies. Applicant: S. Martin, co-applicants: J. Collman, S. Berkowitz, L. Singh & S. McGrath.
Synthesizing Indigenous and International Social Work Theory and Practice in Rwanda.
Partnership Development Grant, 2013-15. ($200,000) . Applicant: S. McGrath, co-applicants: S. Dudziak, J. Hahirwah, M. Hynie, R. King, C. Kalinganire & C. Rutikanga.
Mobilizing Global Knowledge brings together academics and practitioners to reflect on a global collaoborative research network with a wide-ranging impact on refugee research and policy. Together, the members of this network have worked to bridge silos, sectors, and regions to address power and politics in refugee research, engage across tensions between the Global North and Global South, and engage deeply with questions of practice, methodology, and ethics.
McGrath, S. and Abdelnour, S. 2012. Participatory Research Partnerships for Development: Reflections from Sudan. In J. Calabrese & JL Marret, (Eds.) Transatlantic Cooperation on Protracted Displacement: Urgent Need and Unique Opportunity. Washington: Middle East Institute.
Wheeler D, Abdelnour S, Badri B, Branzei O and McGrath S (2008). Grassroots enterprise development in post-conflict Southern Sudan and Darfur: Preliminary observations. In: Williams O., Ed. Peace through commerce. Responsible corporate citizenship and the ideals of the UN Global Compact. University of Notre Dame Press, Indiana US, 402-439.
George U., B. Lee, S. McGrath & K. Moffatt. 2002. Community Practice in Diverse Communities in Toronto, Canada. In Chen Qineng (ed.), Community Development in China and Canada. Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. pp. 154-172.
McGrath, S. The Child Poverty Action Group: A Study in Influence. In Jane Pulkingham and Gordon Ternowetsky (Eds.), Rethinking Child and Family Policies: Struggles, Strategies and Options, Fernwood Press. pp. 172-187. 2002.
Chambon, A., M. Abai, B. Shapiro, S. McGrath, T. Dremetsikas, and S. Dudziak. 1998. L'interculturel à l'aune des traumatismes communautaires: Les réfugiés survivants de la torture. In K. Fall et al. (Eds.) , Champ multiculturel, transactions interculturelles: des théories, des pratiques, des analyses. Paris: L'Harmattan, pp.133-155.
Abdelnour, S., B. Badri, A. El Jack, D. Wheeler, S. McGrath & O. Branzei. 2008. Examining Enterprise Capacity: A Participatory Social Assessment in Darfur and Southern Sudan. Centre for Refugee Studies.
McGrath, S., T. Derwing, J. Renaud, S. Aiken & T. Das Gupta. 2005. A Cross-Sector Research Agenda for the Protection of Refugees and Forced Migrants - The Report of the SSHRC Research Cluster on Refugees and Forced Migration.
Hynie, Michaela, McGrath, Susan, Young, Julie E.E., & Banerjee, Paula. (2014) . Negotiations of engaged scholarship and equity through a global network of refugee scholars. Scholarly and Research Communication, 5(3): 0301164, 18 pp. http://www.src-online.ca/
Moffatt, K., M. Carranza, B. Lee, S. McGrath & U. George. 2013. Collective Trauma as a Personal/Social Concern for Persons within Marginalized Communities. The International Journal of Community Diversity, 12(4):61-80.
McGrath, S. & I. McGrath. 2013. Funding Matters: The Maze of Settlement funding in Canada and the Impact on Refugee Services.Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 22(1):1-20.
Wood, P.B., McGrath, S. and Young, J.E.E.E. (2012) . The Emotional City: Refugee Resettlement in Calgary. Journal for International Migration and Integration, 13(1): 21-37
McGrath, S., Moffatt, K., George, U. and Lee, B. (2012) . Disciplining Community Agencies: The Pressure to Partner. Canadian Social Work Review, 29(1):5-23
McGrath, S., Wood, P.B. and Young, J.E.E.E. (2010) . Safe havens? Mapping the provision of settlement services in three Canadian urban centres. Canadian Social Work Journal, 12(1):192-199.
McGrath, S., K. Moffatt, U. George & B. Lee. 2007. Seeking Social Justice: Community Practice within Diverse Marginalized Populations in Canada. Social Development Issues 29(2).
Adelman, H. & S. McGrath. 2007. To Date Or To Marry: That Is The Question. Journal of Refugee Studies.
Moffatt, K., U. George, B. Lee & S. McGrath. 2005. The Subjective Encounter in Community Practice Research. British Journal of Social Work. 35, 89-104.
George, U., B. Lee, S. McGrath & K. Moffatt. 2004. Exploring Citizenship in Contemporary Community Practice. Journal of Community Practice. 11(3):71-85
Lee, B., S. McGrath, K. Moffatt & U. George. 2002. Exploring the Insider Role in Community Work Practice Within Diverse Communities. Critical Social Work. 2(2):69-78.
Chambon, A., S. McGrath, B. Shapiro, M. Abai, S. Dudziak, & T. Dremetsikas. 2001. From Interpersonal Links to Webs of Relations: Creating Befriending Relationships with Survivors of Torture and War. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, 2(2),1-16.
McGrath, S. 2000. Social Planning: Mobilizing Local Civil Society. Plan Canada, 40(2):11-12.
McGrath, S. The Practice of Social Citizenship: Lessons from the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. 2000. First Light, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Spring, pp. 3-6.
McGrath, S., K. Moffatt, U. George & B. Lee. 1999. Community Capacity: The Emperor's New Clothes. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 44: 9-23.
Moffatt, K., U. George, B. Lee, & S. McGrath. 1999. Practising Citizenship, A Study of Social Planning Organizations. Community Development Journal, 34(4):308-317.
Lee, B., S. McGrath, K. Moffatt & U. George. 1996. Community Practice Education in Canadian Schools of Social Work. Canadian Social Work Review, 13(2):221-236.
Popham, R., S. McGrath and P. Zarnke. 1995. The Prospects of Young Families. Transition, Vanier Institute of the Family, December, pp. 12-14.
Bridgeland, D., Kinne, L., Martin, S., McGrath, S., Singh, L., Taylor, A. & Sarit Yossinger, N. Forecasting shifting patterns of displacement. International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Bogota, Colombia, July 17, 2014.
McGrath, S., & M. Millard. 2014. Mobilizing Knowledge Globally: the Refugee Research Network. Canadian Association for Refugee & Forced Migration Studies, Montreal, Quebec, May 8.
McGrath, S., MacLaren, D. & Han, E.P. 2014. Welcoming the Karen to the "New World": a study of the settlement experiences of Karen refugees in Australia. International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Bogota, Colombia, July 16.
McGrath, S., Susan Martin, Roberto Vidal, Loren Landau & Galya Ruffer. 2013. Mobilizing Knowledge Globally: Perspectives of the Refugee Research Network. International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference, Kolkata India, January 8.
McGrath, S., D. Han, S. Htoo, M. Hynie & D. MacLaren. 2013. The Karen Settlement Experience in Australia. Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement, Toronto, Canada, May 15-17.
McGrath, S. 2010 Safe havens? Mapping the provision of settlement services in Canadian urban centres. Urban Affairs Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. March 11.
McGrath, S., M. Millard & E. Liebovitch. 2009 Building a Global Virtual Community of Researchers: Report of the Refugee Research Network. International Association for the Study of Forced Migration 12th Conference, Nicosia Cyprus, June 28-July 2.
McGrath, S., M. Millard & E. Liebovitch. 2009 Building a Global Virtual Community of Researchers: Report of the Refugee Research Network. Canadian Association for Refugee & Forced Migration Studies, Ottawa ON, June 1-3.
McGrath, S. 2007. Refugee versus Forced Migration Studies: An Inclusive Response. Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Conference: An Unsettled Future? Forced Migration and Refugee Studies in the 21st Century, December 6-8.
McGrath, S. 2007. Moffatt, K., B. Lee, S. McGrath & U. George. Community Practice with Traumatized Populations. 5th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Paris, July 17-20.
McGrath, S. 2007. Refugee and Asylum-seeker Research in Canada. Special meeting at the 9th National Metropolis Conference, Toronto, March 2.
Badri, B., D. Wheeler, S. McGrath & S. 2006. Abdelnour. Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods and Grassroots Enterprise Development in Darfur and Southern Sudan. International Association for the Study of Forced Migration 10th Conference, Toronto ON. June 18-22.
2006. Lee, B. S. McGrath, K. Moffatt & U. George. Community Practice with Traumatized Populations. Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Toronto ON. May 31-June 3.
McGrath, S. 2006. Being a Good Neighbour: Institutions and their Communities. Whitby Mental Health Centre Grand Rounds, March 10.
McGrath, S. 2006. The Changing Dynamics of Asylum and Refugee Settlement in Canada. Plenary speaker. Eighth National Canadian Metropolis Conference, Vancouver, March 23-26.
2005. McGrath, S. & B. Kitchen. Forging the Future of the Academic Journal in the Canadian Social Policy Scene. Canadian Social Policy Conference, Fredericton NB. June 16-18.
2004. McGrath, S. B. Kitchen & W. MacNiven. Leveraging Our Strength: York University's School of Social Work Establishes a University/Community Research Partnership. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Winnipeg, May 29-June 1.
George, U., B. Lee, S. McGrath & K. Moffatt. Civil Society Partnerships: A Study of Community-based Organizations. Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Mumbai, India, Dec. 29, 2003 - Jan. 2, 2004.
Lee, B., S. McGrath, K. Moffatt & U. George. Seeking Social Justice: Community Development Among Diverse Populations. Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Mumbai, India, Dec. 29, 2003 - Jan. 2, 2004.
2003. McGrath, S., K. Moffatt, U. George & B. Lee. Disciplining Diverse Community Agencies: The Pressure to Partner. Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference, Ottawa, June 15-17.
McGrath, S. and T. Dremetsikas. 2003. Empowerment of Women and Children Survivors: Best Practices Within a Community-Based Model. Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 16-21.
McGrath, S. and T. Dremetsikas. 2003. Impact of War and Terrorism on the Settlement Process of Women and Children in Canada. Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 16-21.
2002. Lee, B., S. McGrath, U. George and K. Moffatt. Beginning to Explore the Insider Role in Community Work Practice Within Marginalized Communities. 2002 Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Toronto, May 25-29.
S. McGrath and S. Dudziak. 2002. Narrative of Knowledge Building in the Shadow of the Eclipse: Bearing Witness to Survivors of Torture. Interdisciplinary Conference on Narrative Perspectives, Approaches, and Issues Across the Humanities and Social Sciences. St. Thomas University, May 16-19.
Chambon, A., M. Abai, S. McGrath, T. Dremetsikas, M. Millard, B. Shapiro, S. Dudziak and M. Kumsa. 2001. Learning in the Shadow of the Eclipse: Bearing Witness to Survivors of Torture. Workshop presentation, Fourth International Conference on Transformative Learning, Toronto, November 2-4.
2001. McGrath, S., K. Moffatt, U. George and B. Lee. Community Practice in Diverse Communities Across Ontario. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Annual Conference, Quebec City, Canada, May 27-30.
McGrath S. and S. Dudziak. 2000. A Settlement Service that Unsettles our Knowledge Base and Moves Towards Social Change: The Challenge Posed by the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. Joint Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers and International Association of Schools of Social Work, Montreal Canada, July 29-Aug. 2.
George, U., B. Lee, S. McGrath and K. Moffatt. 2000. Community Practice in Marginalized Communities: A Pilot Study. Joint Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers and International Association of Schools of Social Work, Montreal Canada, July 29-Aug. 2.
Chambon, A., M. Abai, S. McGrath, T. Dremetsikas, B. Shapiro, S. Dudziak, M. Kumsa and M. Millard. 2000. From Research to Service Training: Creating Trustworthy Knowledge to Work with Survivors of Torture and War. Fourth National Metropolis Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 22-25.
Lee, B., S. McGrath, K. Moffatt and U. George. 2000. Defining Citizenship in Contemporary Community Work. Joint Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers and International Association of Schools of Social Work, Montreal Canada, July 29-Aug. 2.
McGrath, S., M. Abai, A. Chambon, B. Shapiro, T. Dremetsikas and S. Dudziak. 1999. The Practice of Social Citizenship: Lessons from the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. VIII International Symposium on Torture, New Delhi, India. September 22 - 25.
McGrath, S., A. Chambon, M. Abai, B. Shapiro, T. Dremetsikas and S. Dudziak. 1999. The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture and Canadian Universities: From a Research to an Educational Partnership for Social Services. VIII International Symposium on Torture, New Delhi, India. September 22 - 25.
Abai, M., A. Chambon, S. McGrath, B. Shapiro, T. Dremetsikas, and S. Dudziak. The Re-construction of Citizenship: Lessons Learned from Survivors of Torture. Third National Metropolis Conference, Vancouver, January 1999.
McGrath, S. 1999. Sustaining a Capacity for Social Policy Advocacy in Civil Society: Lessons from the Toronto Social Planning Council. Ninth Canadian Social Policy Conference, Montreal, Quebec, June.
McGrath, S., K. Moffatt, U. George and B. Lee. Preparing for Community Practice in the Twenty First Century: A Study of Community Social Planning. 1998 Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31 - June 3 1998.
Chambon, A., M. Abai, T. Dremetsikas, S. McGrath and B. Shapiro. Methodology in University-Community Research Partnerships: The Link-By-Link Project as Case Study. Metropolis Year II, Montreal, November 1997.
McGrath, S. and P. Clutterbuck. Sink or Swim Together: The Reconstruction of Independent Social Planning in Toronto. Eighth Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy, Regina, Saskatchewan, June.
George, U., B. Lee, S. McGrath and K. Moffatt. The Contemporary Context of Community Social Work Practice. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work. Learned Societies Conference, St. John's Newfoundland, June 1997.
Lee, B., S. McGrath, K. Moffatt and U. George. The Emperor's New Clothes: A Critical Examination of the Concept of Community Capacity. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work. Learned Societies Conference, St. John's Newfoundland, June 1997.
George, U., B. Lee, S. McGrath and K. Moffatt. Critical Issues in Community Development and Pedagogy. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Learned Societies, Brock University, June 1996.
McGrath, S. The Child Poverty Action Group: A Study of the Practice of Influence. Seventh Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy, Vancouver BC., June 1995.
Baines, D. S. McGrath and K. Moffatt. Social Security Review as a Project in Gender and Discipline. Seventh Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy, Vancouver BC., June 1995.
McGrath, S. and P. Clutterbuck. Contemporary Practice in Community-based Social Change: The Metro Toronto Social Planning Council Addresses Poverty. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, The Learned Societies Conference, Montreal Quebec, June 1995.
McGrath, S. Community-Based Practice of Progressive Social Change - A Study of the Metro Network for Social Justice. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, The Learned Societies, Calgary, Alberta, June 1994.
Lee, B. and S. McGrath. Dilemmas in Community Consultation. Sixth Biannual Canadian Conference on Social Welfare Policy, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 1993.
S. McGrath and P. Clutterbuck. Third Sector Transformation in an Emerging City State: A Case Study of the Toronto Social Planning Council. Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research, Geneva, Switzerland, July 1998.
A. Chambon, M. Abai, T. Dremetsikas, S. McGrath and B. Shapiro. Methodology in University-Community Research Partnerships: The Link-By-Link Project as Case Study. Metropolis Year II, Proceedings of the Second National Conference, Montreal: Immigration and Metropolis. Nov. 1997, pp.151-169.
McGrath, S. Practising Community-based Social Development in Canada: The Metro Toronto Social Planning Council Mobilizes the Social. Proceedings of Joint World Congress of the International Federation of Social Workers and the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Hong Kong. June 1996, pp 355-358.
McGrath, S. 1996. The Impact of Social Spending Cuts on Families and Communities in Ontario. Co-presenter of the Child Poverty Action Group brief to the Standing Committee on Social Development, the Ontario Legislature, June 18.
McGrath, S. 1994. Tackling Child Poverty: A Serious Investment, Not a Quick Fix Solution. Co-presenter of the Child Poverty Action Group brief to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development, House of Commons, Ottawa, November.
McGrath, S. 1990. Child Poverty and the Policy Directions of the Child Poverty Action Group. Co-presenter of the Child Poverty Action Group brief to the House of Commons Sub-committee on Poverty, Ottawa, November.
McGrath, S. 2000. Befriending Survivors of Torture - Building a Web of Community Support. Manual for interactive workshop by Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, University of Toronto and York University. Funded by Citizenship & Immigration, Canada.
McGrath, S. 2013. Canada/Australia Study of the Settlement of Karen Refugees. Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Melbourne, Australia, April 4.
McGrath, S. 2013. Welcoming the 'Good' Refugee: Australia and Canada's Response to the Karen. Australian Catholic University Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow Presentation, Sydney, Australia, May, 8.
McGrath, S. 2010. Mobilizing a Global Refugee Research Network: Lessons, Challenges & Impacts. Keynote presentation at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, McMaster University, May 7.
McGrath, S. 2008. Social Sustainability Workshop, Markham Ontario Organized and Presented by Ranu Basu, Liette Gilbert, Susan McGrath, Barbara Rahder, Patricia Wood. Varley Art Gallery, June.
McGrath, S. 2007. Refugees and Mental Health. Presentation at Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Annual Conference, Ottawa, September 28.
McGrath, S. Enhancing Capacity to Undertake Research into Refugee Resettlement. A workshop presentation at the National Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) Conference, Vancouver, February 19 to 23, 2007.
McGrath, S. 2006. Using Community-Based and Participatory Action Research to Enhance Immigrant and Refugee Education and Services. Toronto School Administrators' Association, Niagara Falls, April 5.
McGrath, S. McGrath, S. & A. Shafai. 2003. Empowerment of Women and Children Survivors. Ontario Association of Social Workers Provincial Conference, Burlington, ON. May 29-30.
McGrath, S. 2001. A Community Development Response to Torture: The Practices of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. Conference presentation in recognition of June 26 United Nations Day for Survivors of Torture, sponsored by Forum for Activists Against Torture, Kigali, Rwanda, June 26.
McGrath, S. 1996. Social Workers as Social Activists. Key note presentation at a participatory conference for social work students and practitioners, King's College School of Social Work, London, March 8.
McGrath, S. 1995. Responding to Government Cutbacks. Guest speaker, Annual General Meeting of London Social Planning Council, October 27.
McGrath, S. 1991. Strategies for Social Change. Panel member, Ryerson School of Social Work Social Policy Workshop, Toronto, February.
McGrath, S. 1991. Dimensions of Child Poverty in Canada. Co-presenter, Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association conference, Toronto, January.
McGrath, S. 1976. Presentations (est. 100+) to nursing and medical students, teachers, welfare workers, parent groups, service clubs in the Hamilton/Burlington area on Child Abuse and Neglect.
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Developing learning systems is challenging in many ways: often there is the need to optimise the learning algorithm structure and parameters, and it is necessary to decide which is the best data representation to use, i.e., we usually have to design features and select the most representative and useful ones. In this work we focus on the later and investigate whether or not it is possible to obtain good performances with compressed versions of the original data, possibly reducing the learning times. The process of compressing the data, i.e., reducing its dimensionality, is typically conducted by someone who has domain knowledge and expertise, and engineers features in a trial-and-error endless cycle. Our goal is to achieve such compressed versions automatically; for that, we use an Evolutionary Algorithm to generate the structure of AutoEncoders. Instead of targeting the reconstruction of the images, we focus on the reconstruction of the mean signal of each class, and therefore the goal is to acquire the most representative characteristics of each class. Results on the MNIST dataset show that the proposed approach can not only reduce the original dataset dimensionality, but the performance of the classifiers over the compressed representation is superior to the performance on the original uncompressed images.


I am sorry about the poor quality of the scans, but this is the only copy I could find, and I do not have the manual myself. If I ever come across a better copy I will update it.
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All roads lead to Rome. Except, that is, the A23, which rather pleasingly takes you to Brighton and the birth place of The 400 Remix Project, two dozen fully paid up members of The 400, on a mission to do… something.
It started in October with a Dark Ages Fever Dream, you know, like the ones you had all through September and maybe even last night. In the dream The Officiator was reading out the names of The 400 Pageholders at a service station in the driving rain, accompanied by a hard, but minimalist techno beat. I posted about it. And made a picture.
Within the week and via a few propositions, the project was born. A single featuring all the pageholder names, would be 23 minutes long. Too long really. So the chapters were divided among the the new volunteers and The 400 Remix Project began to work.
Oliver was booked and the date of February 3rd was agreed. Imaginations went into overdrive, requests for The Officiator flooded in.
And so on Friday evening I found myself making the 3hr23 drive down to Brighton, clutching a 20 page script, some copies of Whatever and a special gift for Oliver.
The studio owner and The 400's own studio magician very generously put myself and Guy up in his home for a couple of nights. Talk ranged all the way from WTTDA to BTS via pyramid schemes and secret projects. Then to get us fully in the zone for the studio we watched Dave Farness' epic Dark Ages movie. It was only the third time I'd watched it and the first time I'd watched with people who knew what the fuuk was going on.
Up bright and early, we headed into Brighton early for a constitution strengthening full English in Kemptown, right by Sam's Lucky Stone Studios.
Signs were improvised and we awaited the arrival of Oliver and a few other interested parties who had made the journey down to the coast.
Sam ran the desk while myself and Guy ran the recordings. We were initially worried that we would run out of time to record everything, but Oliver's outstanding professionalism soon put us a ease as he rattled through The 400 pageholder names in 23 minutes. As to everything else that we recorded, well you will just have to wait, but I can say that you are in for a treat.
We finished Oliver's session with some rousing chants including BRING BACK MINCE PIES – Christmas Number One? – and then said our goodbyes to The O, but not before posing for a team photo.
Then it was back into the basement for some instrumental work including an incredible performance from Bella that will close the project.
Then satisfied with ourselves like a Ragwort Collector with a full bin bag, we retired to a lovely pub around the corner, The Hand In Hand.
There we met Matt who was quietly enjoying his Julian Cope book with a pint before we turned his night on it's head.
He was in Brighton to get a Jimmy Cauty print framed and he had followed Welcome To The Dark Ages from afar and bought all the merch too.
Seizing on the opportunity to Find An Other, we invited him to join us where he became that rarest of people, a non-400er who wants to talk about it. The circumstances that brought him crashing head on into one fiftieth of The 400 in a cosy little pub are beyond coincidence and I marked the occasion by making him one of the esteemed Stampees of Whatever.


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namespace OpenApoc
{

class Organisation;
class AEquipment;
class BattleUnitAnimationPack;
class BattleUnitImagePack;
class Sample;
class AgentBodyType;
class BattleUnit;
class DamageModifier;
class DamageType;
class Building;
class Vehicle;
class AgentMission;
class VoxelMap;
class City;
enum class AIType;
class AEquipmentType;

enum class BodyPart
{
	Body,
	Legs,
	Helmet,
	LeftArm,
	RightArm,
};
enum class BodyState
{
	Standing,
	Flying,
	Kneeling,
	Prone,
	Jumping,
	Throwing,
	Downed,
	Dead
};
enum class HandState
{
	AtEase,
	Aiming,
	Firing
};
enum class MovementState
{
	None,
	Normal,
	Running,
	Strafing,
	Reverse,
	Brainsuck,
};

class AgentStats
{
  public:
	AgentStats() = default;
	int health = 0;
	int accuracy = 0;
	int reactions = 0;
	int speed = 0;
	void setSpeed(int value)
	{
		speed = value;
		restoreTU();
	}
	int getActualSpeedValue() const { return (speed + 4) / 8; }
	int getMovementSpeed() const { return clamp(getActualSpeedValue(), 5, 14); }
	int getDisplaySpeedValue() const { return 8 * getActualSpeedValue(); }
	int time_units = 0;
	void restoreTU() { time_units = speed; }
	int stamina = 0;
	int getDisplayStaminaValue() const { return stamina / 20; }
	bool canRun() const { return stamina > 5; }
	int bravery = 0;
	int strength = 0;
	int morale = 0;
	void loseMorale(int value)
	{
		morale -= value;
		if (morale < 0)
			morale = 0;
	}
	void gainMorale(int value)
	{
		morale += value;
		if (morale > 100)
			morale = 100;
	}
	int psi_energy = 0;
	int psi_attack = 0;
	int psi_defence = 0;

	int physics_skill = 0;
	int biochem_skill = 0;
	int engineering_skill = 0;
};

class AgentPortrait
{
  public:
	sp<Image> photo;
	sp<Image> icon;
};

class AgentEquipmentLayout : public StateObject<AgentEquipmentLayout>
{
  public:
	std::list<EquipmentLayoutSlot> slots;
};

class AgentType : public StateObject<AgentType>
{
  public:
	enum class Role
	{
		Soldier,
		Physicist,
		BioChemist,
		Engineer,
	};
	enum class Gender
	{
		Male,
		Female,
	};
	static EquipmentSlotType getArmorSlotType(BodyPart bodyPart);
	// Enums for animation

	AgentType();

	UString id;
	UString name;
	Role role = Role::Soldier;

	std::set<Gender> possible_genders;
	std::map<Gender, float> gender_chance;
	std::map<Gender, std::map<int, AgentPortrait>> portraits;

	AgentStats min_stats;
	AgentStats max_stats;

	// Defines size, voxel maps, allowed states and facings
	StateRef<AgentBodyType> bodyType;

	StateRef<BattleUnitImagePack> shadow_pack;
	// A unit can have more than one appearance.
	// Examples are:
	// - Gang members, who have two attires - red and pink
	// - Androids, who can have 4 different heads
	// - Also Chrysalises and Multiworm eggs work this way since their bodies are immobile,
	// but can face in several directions
	int appearance_count = 0;
	std::vector<std::map<BodyPart, StateRef<BattleUnitImagePack>>> image_packs;
	std::vector<StateRef<BattleUnitAnimationPack>> animation_packs;

	std::map<BodyPart, int> armor;
	StateRef<DamageModifier> damage_modifier;

	bool inventory = false;
	// Only used if no inventory
	StateRef<AEquipmentType> built_in_weapon_left;
	StateRef<AEquipmentType> built_in_weapon_right;

	StateRef<AgentEquipmentLayout> equipment_layout;

	EquipmentLayoutSlot *getFirstSlot(EquipmentSlotType type);

	// Percentage improvement rate
	int improvementPercentagePhysical = 0;
	// Percentage improvement rate
	int improvementPercentagePsi = 0;
	// Can be assigned to training
	bool canTrain = false;
	// Is agent immune to brainsuckers
	bool immuneToBrainsuckers = false;
	// Can this be generated for the player
	bool playable = false;
	// Can this be controlled by a player (if false, even when control is gained, AI will act)
	// For example, X-Com base turrets behave this way (yours, give you sight, but can't control)
	bool allowsDirectControl = false;
	// AI type used by this
	AIType aiType;
	// Fatal woulds immunity
	bool immuneToFatalWounds = false;

	int infiltrationSpeed = 0;
	int growthChance = 0;
	std::list<std::pair<int, std::pair<StateRef<AgentType>, int>>> growthOptions;
	// Apply this infiltration when alien grows
	int growthInfiltration = 0;
	int detectionWeight = 0;
	int movementPercent = 0;

	StateRef<DamageType> spreadHazardDamageType;
	int spreadHazardMinPower = 0;
	int spreadHazardMaxPower = 0;
	int spreadHazardTTLDivizor = 0;

	// Background used for agent equipment screen
	sp<Image> inventoryBackground;
	// Whether agent's rank should be displayed in the equipment screen
	bool displayRank = false;

	// This agent must be killed to disable the building it's in
	bool missionObjective = false;

	StateRef<AEquipmentType> liveSpeciesItem;
	StateRef<AEquipmentType> deadSpeciesItem;

	// Sounds unit makes when walking, overrides terrain's walk sounds if present
	std::vector<sp<Sample>> walkSfx;
	// Sounds unit randomly makes when acting, used by aliens
	std::list<sp<Sample>> crySfx;
	// Sounds unit emits when taking non-fatal damage
	std::map<Gender, std::list<sp<Sample>>> damageSfx;
	// Sounds unit emits when taking fatal damage
	std::map<Gender, std::list<sp<Sample>>> fatalWoundSfx;
	std::map<Gender, std::list<sp<Sample>>> dieSfx;

	int score = 0;

	// Following members are not serialized, but rather are set in initState method

	sp<Sample> gravLiftSfx;
};

class AgentBodyType : public StateObject<AgentBodyType>
{
  public:
	// This, among others, determines whether unit has built-in hover capability, can can be
	// overridden by use of certain armor
	std::set<BodyState> allowed_body_states;
	// Allowed movement states for the unit
	// If unit is to be allowed to move at all, it should have at least Normal or Running movement
	// state allowed
	std::set<MovementState> allowed_movement_states;
	// Allowed movement stats from which unit can fire
	std::set<MovementState> allowed_fire_movement_states;
	// Allowed facings, for every appearance. Empty means every facing is allowed
	std::vector<std::set<Vec2<int>>> allowed_facing;

	// Unit is large and will be treated accordingly
	bool large = false;
	// Unit's height, used in pathfinding
	int maxHeight = 0;
	// Unit's height in each body state, used when displaying unit selection arrows
	// as well as for determining collision model height
	std::map<BodyState, int> height;
	// Unit's muzzle location in each body state, used when firing
	std::map<BodyState, int> muzzleZPosition;

	// Voxel maps (x,y,z) for each body state and facing of the agent
	std::map<BodyState, std::map<Vec2<int>, Vec3<int>>> size;
	// Voxel maps for each body state and facing of the agent
	std::map<BodyState, std::map<Vec2<int>, std::vector<sp<VoxelMap>>>> voxelMaps;

	BodyState getFirstAllowedState();
};

} // namespace OpenApoc

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Poecilotheria fasciata är en spindelart som först beskrevs av Pierre André Latreille 1804.  Poecilotheria fasciata ingår i släktet Poecilotheria och familjen fågelspindlar.

Artens utbredningsområde är Sri Lanka. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Fågelspindlar
fasciata

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Jean-Louis Alléon-Dulac (1723–1788) was a French naturalist.

Jean-Louis Alléon-Dulac was born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, the son of an adviser of the king. He became a lawyer at the Parliament of Lyon between 1748 and 1765, Director of the post office, Warehouse keeper of tobacco and Receiver of the Lottery of Saint-Etienne, but is especially known as a naturalist. He wrote Mélange d'histoire naturelle (1754) and Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des provinces de Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais, printed by Claude Cizeron at Lyon in 1765. In this last work, he gave a detailed description of the quarries and mines of these areas and one of the first figures of an ammonite. He was also the first to identify the belemnites as cephalopods.  He died at Saint-Etienne.

References
Larousse, P. 1865-1876 (Biography) Grand Dict. du XIX. Siècle 1 221
Rose, H. J. 1850, New General Biographical Dictionary 1

1723 births
1788 deaths
Scientists from Saint-Étienne
French naturalists
French entomologists


The Voice of E is at it again. This time Elliott is reviewing The Hobbit Journey to the Lonely Mountain Strategy Game from Wizkids. Get the scoop directly from Thorin Oakenshield himself, plus some other guest dwarves. Will the strategy suit you? Tune in to find out.


Ocean Park is located a little far away from the urban areas of Hong Kong reason being it is constructed in a very large area. But thanks to the city bus service from Ocean Park Express bus service you can easily reach the park.Just catch MTR Tsuen Wan Line and come out of exit B then take bus Route 629 and reach your destination in under 25 minutes. Coming from Central, outside the Star Ferry terminal on the Hong Kong Island you can get on the Ocean Park Express. Another way to get there is from Admiralty Bus Terminal, which is the Admiralty MTR Station or Central Pier No. 7. It will cost you HKD $10.60 per adult and $5.3 for children, vary according to where you pick up the bus. After going through the Aberdeen Tunnel, just get off the bus and take a short walk to the Park. This park is open every day of the week and timing are 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM which may vary sometimes according to the weather. Inside the park, Ocean Express Waterfront Station takes you from t one mainland of the park to the other in a simulation of traveling underwater.
If you are lucky enough and do not get long bus queue and traffic then your ride will be smooth and you will reach Ocean Park in no time after you leave your hotel. Taking the bus is the quickest option if you don't get long queue as it goes straight to the Ocean Park without making any stops in between. But if you found a queue which is longer than you thought then there is another option for you which is by taking a taxi. Taking the taxi from Admiralty is a good choice in case you get a long queue for bus 629. It will cost you around HKD$70. Either by taxi or by bus, reaching this theme park is not hustling at all and what you get after reaching there is worth it. So plan your visit to this amazing animal-based theme park and relive your childhood with adventure and thrill.


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Ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA susceptibility profile of multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacterial isolates: Experience from a tertiary care teaching hospital in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Manisha Paul, Mohit Bhatia, Anusha Krishna Raj, Amit Mangla, Balram Ji Omar, Pratima Gupta
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Date of Submission 20-Mar-2020
Date of Acceptance 25-May-2020
Date of Web Publication 22-Jul-2020
Mohit Bhatia
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh - 249 203, Uttarakhand
DOI: 10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_64_20
Introduction: Studies have shown that ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination is a promising therapeutic option as carbapenem sparer in cases of infections caused by ESBL and MBL producing pathogens, respectively. This study is aimed to generate preliminary data on in-vitro susceptibility profile of clinical multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacterial isolates to ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1st, 2019 to October 31st, 2019. Antibiotic susceptibility data (including that of ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination) of 200 multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial isolates obtained from various nonrepetitive clinical samples of patients of all age groups and sexes, was retrospectively analyzed. All clinical samples were processed aerobically as per standard guidelines, and the bacterial isolates obtained in culture were identified by conventional biochemical methods. Antibiotic susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates was performed using the modified Kirby Bauer disk diffusion method, the results of which were interpreted as per the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines 2019. In vitro susceptibility test results of ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination, disks were interpreted as per the manufacturer's instructions. Results: Acinetobacter spp. was the most common isolate (53%), followed by Escherichia coli (20.5%), Klebsiella spp. (17.5%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16.5%), Citrobacter spp. (2%), and Proteus spp. (1%), respectively. 99.1%, 92.7%, 88.6%, and 69.3% of Acinetobacter spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp. and P. aeruginosa, respectively, were susceptible to ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination disks. Conclusions: The preliminary data generated by our study could be an eye-opener for clinicians practicing in this part of the country and should prompt further investigation in the form of clinical trials.
Keywords: Antibiotic adjuvant entity, ceftriaxone-sulbactam-edetate, Gram-negative bacilli, multi-drug resistant, Uttarakhand
Paul M, Bhatia M, Raj AK, Mangla A, Omar BJ, Gupta P. Ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA susceptibility profile of multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacterial isolates: Experience from a tertiary care teaching hospital in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. J Nat Sc Biol Med 2020;11:189-93
Paul M, Bhatia M, Raj AK, Mangla A, Omar BJ, Gupta P. Ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA susceptibility profile of multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacterial isolates: Experience from a tertiary care teaching hospital in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. J Nat Sc Biol Med [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 20];11:189-93. Available from: http://www.jnsbm.org/text.asp?2020/11/2/189/290497
A vast majority of healthcare-associated infections in India are caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria, thereby posing a therapeutic challenge to treating physicians.[1] Apart from being associated with increased morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients, these infections are associated with increased health care costs and an overall negative impact on the economy.[2],[3] With limited treatment options in hand, optimizing antibiotic utilization and exploring alternate options can be a potential way to control this menace.
Resistance to beta lactam-beta lactamase inhibitor (BL-BLI) combinations and carbapenems, which are used to treat MDR Gram-negative bacterial infections, is rampant. Therefore, the inclusion of an antibiotic adjuvant entity (AAE) in the form of Ceftriaxone + Sulbactam + Disodium Edetate (EDTA), in routine in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility testing panel for clinical Gram-negative bacterial isolates may be considered. The mechanism of action of this fixed-dose combination is based on the synergism between ceftriaxone (base beta-lactam antibiotic which inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis), sulbactam (beta-lactamase inhibitor, providing protection against ESBLs) and EDTA (nonantibiotic adjuvant which extends anti-bacterial effect against MBLs and catalyzes resistance breaking mechanisms) respectively.[4],[5] Studies have shown that ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination is a promising therapeutic option as carbapenem sparer in cases of infections caused by ESBL and MBL producing pathogens, respectively.[6],[7],[8],[9]
To the best of our knowledge, there is no data available from the state of Uttarakhand on in-vitro susceptibility profile of clinical MDR Gram-negative bacterial isolates to this AAE. Keeping this lacuna in mind, we conducted a study with the aim of generating preliminary laboratory data on this subject.
A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care teaching hospital located in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, for a period of 10 months from January 1st, to October 31st, 2019. This study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee vide letter number AIIMS/IEC/19/1319 dated December 31, 2019. Antibiotic susceptibility data (including that of ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination) of 200 multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacterial isolates obtained from various nonrepetitive clinical samples like cerebrospinal fluid, blood, sputum, endotracheal aspirates, Bronchoalveolar lavage, pleural, pericardial, ascitic, synovial and drain fluids respectively, bile, urine, pus, tissue, etc., of patients of all age groups and sexes, was retrospectively analyzed. All clinical samples were processed aerobically as per standard guidelines.[10] The bacterial isolates obtained in culture were subjected to preliminary conventional biochemical tests like catalase and oxidase, respectively,[11] followed by final identification using a panel of other manually performed biochemical reactions as per standard guidelines.[11] While colonies of Acinetobacter spp. and Enterobacteriaceae spp. were catalase-positive and oxidase negative, those of Pseudomonas spp. gave positive catalase and oxidase test results, respectively.
Antibiotic susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates was performed using Kirby Bauer disk diffusion method. Briefly, a standardized inoculum was swabbed onto the surface of the Mueller Hinton agar (MHA) plate (150-mm plate diameter). Filter paper disks impregnated with standardized concentrations of antimicrobial agents were placed on the surface of MHA. The size of the zone of inhibition around each antibiotic disk was measured after overnight incubation.[12] The antibiotic susceptibility test results were interpreted as sensitive, intermediate, and resistant, respectively, as per the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines 2019.[13]In-vitro susceptibility test results of ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination disks (Venus Remedies Limited, India) were interpreted as per manufacturer's instructions, which were based on 1000 clinical isolates surveillance data. Appropriate ATCC control strains were used to ensure the quality of each procedure.
Baseline characteristics
During the study period, 71.5% (143/200) and 28.5% (57/200) of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacterial isolates were obtained from clinical samples of male and female patients, respectively, with a male to female ratio of 2.5:1. Mean age ± standard deviation of these patients was 45.19 ± 19.81 years. 97% (194/200) of the bacterial isolates were obtained clinical samples of inpatients.
Bacterial profile
Among the MDR Gram-negative bacterial isolates obtained in culture, Acinetobacter spp. was the most common (106/200; 53%) followed by Escherichia coli (41/200; 20.5%), Klebsiella spp. (35/200; 17.5%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (13/200; 6.5%), Citrobacter spp. (4/200; 2%), and Proteus spp. (1/200; 1%), respectively, as depicted in [Figure 1].
Figure 1: Frequency distribution of bacterial isolates obtained in culture
In-vitro antibiotic susceptibility profile
The percentage antibiotic resistance pattern of the predominant Gram-negative bacterial isolates, namely Acinetobacter spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp. and P. aeruginosa, respectively, has been depicted in [Table 1]. It was observed that 99.1%, 92.7%, 88.6%, and 69.3% of Acinetobacter spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp. and P. aeruginosa, respectively, were susceptible to ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination disks. While all four isolates of Citrobacter spp. were susceptible to this AAE, the only Proteus spp. isolate obtained in culture was found to be resistant.
Table 1: Percentage antibiotic resistance pattern of Gram-negative bacterial isolates
Infections caused by MDR bacteria (especially those producing ESBL/MBL) are usually treated with carbapenems. However, the emergence of carbapenem-resistant superbugs in recent times has become a serious threat to public health due to high mortality, potential dissemination, and limited availability of effective treatment options. To address this issue, effects of nonantibiotic adjuvants and beta-lactamase inhibitors have been studied from time to time.
In the present study, in-vitro susceptibity to ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination disks ranged from 69.3% to 99.1% depending on the bacterial isolates obtained in culture. Several in-vitro studies have been carried out in the last couple of years in India and have revealed similar findings, which are summarized in [Table 2].
Table 2: Recently published Indian studies depicting in-vitro susceptibility of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacterial isolates to ceftriaxone-sulbactam- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid combination
Some of the limitations of this study were: (1) Although, in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility profile of MDR Gram-negative bacterial isolates was studied, evaluation of treatment outcomes in patients was not done. (2) Species-level identification of many bacterial isolates could not be performed as conventional methods of identification were used.
We would like to conclude by stating that the preliminary data generated by our study could be an eye-opener for clinicians practicing in this part of the country. Ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA fixed-dose combination seems to be a promising carbapenem sparing therapeutic option in the management of MDR bacterial infections. The findings of this study should prompt further investigation in the form of clinical trials, from the state of Uttarakhand.
We are thankful to Venus Remedies Limited, for providing us ceftriaxone-sulbactam-EDTA combination disks free of cost, for the purpose of this study.[24]
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Book Review & Giveaway: "Whatever It Takes" by Stephen Stohn, with Christopher Ward
The theme song for the long-running Canadian teen television show Degrassi states, "Whatever it takes, I know I can make it through," and no one seems to understand that better than executive producer Stephen Stohn. In his book Whatever It Takes: Life Lessons from Degrassi and Elsewhere in the World of Music and Television, Stohn not only discusses what it has been like behind the scenes of North America's longest-running teen television drama series, he also provides a glimpse into his career as an entertainment lawyer, as well as the failed endeavors he's had along the way.
As an American living in Toronto and a fan of the Degrassi franchise, I thought that I knew most of what there is to know about the show. Little did I know that Degrassi is only a small piece of a much larger journey. Stohn takes his readers back in time from the news of Degrassi's cancellation by Viacom in 2015 to his own time as an aspiring musician in 1970, having formed a band with his friend (and contributor to the book) Christopher Ward. (At the book's outset, it's difficult to believe that a trip to reach Nepal in a Volkswagen van could have anything to do with a television show that focuses on the lives of high school students, but Stohn—quite entertainingly—weaves together how one experience has led him to another.)
Given his work as an entertainment lawyer, Stohn devotes a large part of the book to his role in developing artists such as k.d. lang and the evolution of the Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the American Grammys), providing anecdotes about the trials and tribulations of negotiating business deals. Even though it is clear to see that things have worked out all right for Stohn, he retells his experiences in such a way that puts the less-than-ideal moments back into perspective.
As Stohn winds his way back to the fictionalized Degrassi Street, he does not sugar-coat; it was because of the cancelation of a different series—the soap opera Riverdale—that he and his wife and business partner, Linda Schuyler, were brought back to the world of Degrassi at all.
Stohn also covers pivotal moments from the series. One such instance is the episode "Time Stands Still," in which character Jimmy Brooks (played by Aubrey Graham, now better known by the stage name Drake) is shot by fellow Degrassi student Rick Murray (Ephraim Ellis). In his explanation of the behind-the-scenes process that allowed for such a heavy plotline to make it to the screen, it is clear that Stohn—as well as the rest of the show's cast and crew—is willing to take those steps to ensure that the stories that are told on Degrassi are as true to real life as possible.
That authenticity isn't just something that plays out on screen; it's clearly at the heart of Stohn's decisions and those of the people with whom he has worked over the years. In spite of his successes, the tone with which Stohn writes is never patronizing. His stories are informed by decades of experience in the music and television industries, yet he is able to look back and laugh at himself—and leave his readers laughing, too.
In all, what I expected was a book about a television series for which I am slightly older than the target audience. What I found, on the other hand, was much different: an inspiring and witty tale—punctuated by some Canadiana and a few mishaps—that is tangible proof that the words of the Degrassi theme song really do hold a nugget of truth.
A copy of Whatever It Takes: Life Lessons from Degrassi and Elsewhere in the World of Music and Television was provided by the publisher for review.
Now for the giveaway! You can enter for a shot to win your very own copy of Stohn's book by entering our contest below. If you choose not to take a chance and would like to purchase the book for yourself, you can purchase the book here.
Our contest will run from March 27 through April 10 and is open to all residents of the US who are 18 years of age and older. The winner of our giveaway will be contacted via email and must respond within 24 hours, or another winner may be chosen.
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Oliver's journey into woodworking began while he was in secondary school, after an 'old-school' teacher spotted his enthusiasm for woodworking. He helped guide Oliver along the right path and encouraged him to pursue his talent at Moulton College. It was here he completed a three-year City and Guilds course in cabinetmaking. A lot of students decide to bow out of education at this point but Oliver, it seems, was just getting into his stride. He went on to do a further three years at Buckinghamshire New University, culminating in a BA Hons degree in the same subject. Although focussing on cabinetmaking in his education, in college he also made a few hand planes, but it wasn't until he reached university that his toolmaking really took off. Having access to a full metalwork shop and knowledgable mentors, really opened his eyes to the possibilities. He told us: "Hand work has always been a love of mine."
Oliver says he is addicted to the quiet, focused ways hand tools force you to adopt. Working this way gives him a deep understanding of what makes a tool sing, so inevitably, it wasn't long before he started to build more of his own tools, simple at first but gradually building up to examples of outstanding beauty and craftsmanship. The tools Oliver makes are of high quality, aimed at both collectors and users in the tradition of such makers as Norris, Spiers and Matthieson. Since graduating from university, Oliver has developed his own brand: Oliver Sparks, Maker - abbreviated to OS, M.
As a toolmaker, Oliver told us that he leans towards a contemporary style but with traditional methods of working. In this respect, he admits to being mostly self-taught when it comes to combining metal with wood. It was a long time before he felt ready to "go public" with his efforts, but the response was overwhelmingly positive, as he explains: "I got pretty lucky and secured some nice commissions from my first show and haven't looked back."
When we met up with Oliver at a recent David Stanley antique tool auction he was meeting up with friend and customer Bill Carter. A plane maker such as Bill with a worldwide reputation is a great customer to have and their association will no doubt create interest among collectors around the world. Describing how he works, Oliver comments: "I take great pains to source the absolute best I can find - timber, metals, equipment, methods - and find harmony between them." He told us that he realised very early on that his heart lay with high-end pieces, where quality is of vital importance. Still building his company, Oliver resists the temptation to work on pieces that don't meet his exacting standards. Already this is what his clients expect of his work, but most importantly, it's exactly the type of work that makes him happy.
"Longevity of a piece is also very important," Oliver continues. "To me, quality and longevity work hand-in-hand. All my life I've been taught to 'buy quality and buy once'. It's a good ethos to live by and a pleasure to extend it to others through my work." Perceptive of Oliver's work, one of his clients has described what this maker does as 'fusion', a blending of the traditional with the contemporary, which we think is a pretty fair description.
Oliver evaluates his work and the inspirations behind it, telling us: "In Victorian times, Britain was at the pinnacle of toolmaking. The planes in particular produced in that era were 'sublime' and I try to emulate the honest quality of workmanship in my tools." As he continues to explain: "The last 20 years have seen a huge revival of hand-tool woodworking. With the rise of the internet, knowledge and inspiration has never been more accessible." While at university, Oliver spent thousands of hours researching; naturally, he got pretty familiar with the work of Konrad Sauer, Bill Carter, Wayne Anderson, Karl Holtey, etc. It fascinates Oliver that by hand and eye, craftsmen can marry materials to create such beautiful objects that function so well. He says: "I also read a lot of blogs, despite being so awful at keeping one, by home woodworkers. They often have more time to explore remarkable methods that are, sadly, commercially not viable."
Oliver will often spend months working an idea over in his head, examining the prospect from every side before even putting pen to paper. But once that pen starts, he tells us that it is a quick leap from there to the workshop. When in the process of making something, Oliver much prefers the 'old-school' and traditional methods, as he explains: "All of the planes pictured in this article were made the old-fashioned way. The dovetails on my infill planes are a good example: all hand cut with a hacksaw and individually filed to fit, or my moving fillister, where the dovetailed boxing was hand cut using purpose built master-planes. Makers have been working this way for over 200 years and we need to carry this forward lest it be forgotten." With the exception of heat treating, everything Oliver makes is done 'in house'. This way, he has control over every aspect of the build and, therefore, the quality of the finished product. It also has the benefit of helping to widen his skill set; a practice that would not be lost on the great planemakers of the past.
Recently, Oliver has started mechanising some processes to eliminate some of the grunt work. He's just invested in a milling machine, for example. He tells us: "Dimensioning metals entirely by hand gets boring really fast and it gives you more time to play with the detailing. It's also important to not be limited by what your machines can do."
In terms of discussing commissions, Oliver told us: "As anyone in the bespoke game knows, commissions can be difficult as each one is essentially a prototype, but I wouldn't change that for the world." He also tells us that he loves finding obscure forgotten tool designs and bringing them back to life, with an OS, M. slant, of course. A few parameters are standard for every tool: it must be comfortable to use, function perfectly, be the finest quality achievable and be beautiful. Proportions play a big part in this, both visually and ergonomically, with the exception of sourcing old exotic timber, this is the most challenging aspect of toolmaking. Oliver looks to his favourite tool, which would be his first ever infill mitre. He mentions that it's a flawed design, with the sole being brass and much too thin, but he loves it all the same. This was the object that made him realise he could really make a go of planemaking.
As well as his current work, we were also interested to learn about some of Oliver's previous cabinetry work. He starts by telling us about 'Embrace', a necklace display cabinet in Swiss steamed pear (Pyrus communis). "This cabinet was the culmination of my university degree. From a design standpoint, it was inspired by the concept of a loving embrace, brought to life with organic lines. It's designed to hold a lady's necklace collection, to envelop them with something equally beautiful. Each necklace is moveable to any position the client desires via hidden steel strips along the top, corresponding with magnets imbedded within each hook." Oliver explains that what makes this cabinet special from a maker's point of view is the coopered construction: the cabinet's section is ovular, meaning each 'stave' has a different taper to its neighbour and must be hand planed faultlessly. After assembly, he hand carved every contour and detail using gouges, scrapers and purpose-built planes. Hardware was always going to be a problem on something this unique, so Oliver made the hinges too - problem solved!
Going back to commissions Oliver has made on the furniture-making theme, he tells us about being given the opportunity to make a piece for blue chip client, KRUG Champagne. "When dealing with blue chip clients, quality is paramount. Planemaking is my moonlight fix, but my regular job is cabinetmaking for Noble Russell, where I made this KRUG champagne trolley from drawing to delivery," he comments. Designed to fit within an existing theme, the stained walnut (Juglans spp.) frame, fine leather, marble top and bespoke hardware all give a taste of luxury. This piece is intended for use alongside a diner's table; bottles are chilled up top and served from one of the 14 flutes held in acrylic alcoves below. Oliver tells us that he enjoyed the moulded leatherwork most on this job as it gave him a chance to expand his skill set.
At the moment, Oliver is working on a large skewed infill shoulder plane, in bronze and boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) for a client in Australia. "Shoulder planes are particularly tricky," he explains. "Minus the shapely top, every surface needs to be dead flat, square and parallel so it's an exercise in care. Lovely!"
Bill Carter is arguably the first of the 'new breed' of infill plane makers and in many ways - as a fellow cabinetmaker aptly put it - the 'godfather' of modern infill makers. Best known for recycling old brass-backed saws into plane bodies, in the last 32 years Bill has made over 1,000 planes using little or no power tools. A staggering achievement!
I first came across his work at college and became instantly hooked. You could say he is the reason I got into planemaking in the first place and certainly provided stepping stones through the articles on his website. His work manages to capture the essence of what it means to be handmade, which is a difficult and indefinable thing. The best thing about Bill, though, is he's a true gentleman. His knowledge is vast yet he doesn't hoard - quite the contrary in fact. He goes out of his way to share for the sake of others, even putting clients my way - something I consider a great honour. In the niche within a niche that is handmade toolmaking, you will struggle to find another craftsman who has given so much inspiration to others, or indeed find one who hasn't been influenced by Bill's work - it's humbling.


As Former Chairman & CEO at GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, John Flannery made $16,581,163 in total compensation. Of this total $1,500,000 was received as a salary, $0 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $13,800,104 was awarded as stock and $1,281,059 came from other types of compensation. This information is according to proxy statements filed for the 2018 fiscal year.
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Chris Christie campaigning for Kim Guadagno? She says maybe
"He's a member of the Republican Party. He's in the Republican tent. Want him or not, it's like everybody else. It's a very big tent and there's room for everybody,'' Guadagno said of her boss
Bob Jordan
Guadagno won her party's nomination on Tuesday, facing Democrat Phil Murphy in November election.
This week term-limited Christie for the first time was enthusiastic about Guadagno succeeding him
Guadagno spoke to a construction group. Event attendee Lauren Bianchini said Guadagno has her vote.
LONG BRANCH With Gov. Chris Christie's approval rating at a historic low, Kim Guadagno spent much of her own campaign for governor distancing herself from her boss of the last 7 /2 years.
But the lieutenant governor on Thursday night wouldn't rule out inviting Christie onto the campaign trail this fall.
More:Christie: I voted for Kim Guadagno
"He's a member of the Republican Party. He's in the Republican tent. Want him or not, it's like everybody else. It's a very big tent and there's room for everybody,'' Guadagno told the Asbury Park Press before speaking to a construction group at Avenue Le Club.
More:Murphy votes and is eager to tie Christie's record to Guadagno
More:Meet your next NJ governor: 5 things about Kim Guadagno
More:Promises, promises: GOP gubernatorial candidates' stances
"Do I know if the governor is going to campaign with me? Right now? This is the first 24 hours since I got the nomination. So we're going to make that decision going forward. Certainly we're all going to do whatever needs to be done to make sure the Republican nominee is elected.''
Guadagno won her party's nomination on Tuesday and is facing Democrat Phil Murphy in the November general election.
Watch the video at the top of this story to see Murphy voting and saying he considers Monmouth County "a toss up'' between the candidates in the general election. Guadagno and Murphy are both Monmouth residents.
More:Guadagno, Murphy race may be for state's future but choice rooted in past
Tuesday was also when term-limited Christie for the first time sounded enthusiastic about Guadagno succeeding him, revealing that he voted for her.
Guadagno for months had underscored the differences the two have, ranging from her attacks on Christie's plan for a $300 million State House renovation and promising to halt the project if elected, and siding against Christie's support for a 2016 ballot question related to a higher gasoline tax. Christie sniped back frequently and didn't endorse in the GOP nomination race between Guadagno and Jack Ciattarelli.
Christie, once wildly popular in New Jersey, said he didn't expect news of his vote for Guadagno to have much sway over Republicans. Guadagno defeated Ciattarelli easily.
"I'm old news, man. I've had my eight years and I'm finishing up. I don't think people much care one way or the other,'' Christie said of his influence, or lack of it.
"I don't pretend it had an impact anything more than that. I don't believe that people care about endorsements generally. I answered that question (about voting) because I figured once I voted, I had an obligation to tell people who I voted for,'' he said the day after the election.
"The fact is, when people are in elections, they don't look through the rear view mirror, they look through the windshield. They look to the future. Phil Murphy and Kim Guadagno will be judged on what ideas they bring to the table, what credibility they have and what kind of campaigns they run.''
Watch this video for a flashback to early this year when Guadagno announced her candidacy.
Guadagno received a warm ovation Thursday night as the keynote speaker at the Professional Women in Construction -- New Jersey Chapter's 10th Anniversary Dinner. It was the third stop of the day of what her campaign calls the "Main Street, Not Wall Street Tour,'' with Guadagno being positioned as a counter to Murphy and his experience as a Goldman Sachs executive.
Both candidates are from Monmouth County. This was the first time either has made a public appearance in Monmouth since the primaries.
Event attendee Lauren Bianchini, 52, of Wall Township, said Guadagno has her vote.
"We're very excited to have her here. I know she'll do a great job if she's elected,'' said Bianchini, vice president/field operations for Almasi Contractors, Woodbridge.
Bob Jordan bjordan@gannettnj.com


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The Observer • July 14, 2013 • https://www.thechurchillobserver.com/uncategorized/2013/07/14/glee-star-cory-monteith-dies-at-31/
"Glee" Star Cory Monteith Dies at 31
By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor
Canadian actor Cory Monteith, best known for playing Finn on the Fox series Glee, died in Vancouver on July 13. He was 31.
Monteith was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada yesterday afternoon. His death was confirmed by the Vancouver Police Department later Saturday night.
According to the Huffington Post, Monteith was found dead at the Fairmount Pacific Rim hotel in Vancouver, where police believe that Monteith was alone at the time of his death and that there was no foul play involved with his death.
He checked into the hotel on July 6, and was supposed to check out July 13, the day of his death. When paramedics responded to a 911 call for Monteith, he was already dead and they declared him dead at the scene.
According to People's website, Monteith checked himself into rehabilitation earlier this year for substance abuse and was released in April. He was still dating Glee co-star Lea Michele when he died, and she had supported him through his substance abuse problem and his rehab. He was found dead when hotel staff went to check on him after he missed his checkout time at noon on Saturday.
CHS students are astonished and devastated to see the Glee star die. Junior Jaclyn Shin, along with other Glee and Monteith fans, cannot believe he is gone and thinks he is dead too soon.
"I was so shocked when I found out about his death," Shin said. I still can't believe it. He was so young and still had so much potential. My thoughts go out to all of his loved ones."
More details will come out with the autopsy and police investigation, and it is unknown what will happen with Monteith's character on Glee. Overdose is a suggested cause of death right now, but there is no official confirmation on that information.


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Harper Government Invests in Aquaculture Jobs in Nova Scotia
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CANADA - Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has announced funding to further develop innovative and sustainable halibut aquaculture in Nova Scotia.
By investing in this kind of sustainable aquaculture project, we are ensuring many economic benefits and creating a variety of challenging career choices for people living in rural or coastal communities, said Minister Ashfield.
Through this latest round of funding through Fisheries and Oceans Canadas Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Programme, Scotian Halibut Ltd. received $400,000 for innovations in Atlantic halibut broodstock rearing.
Scotian Halibut Limited produces Atlantic halibut juveniles for North American and European markets. This funding will allow them to construct an innovative rearing/conditioning tank holding system that will increase broodstock productivity and improve the availability of domesticated halibut stock for aquaculture. This will increase Scotian Halibuts global competitiveness as well as that of its Canadian clients.
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Aquaculture production volume in Nova Scotia was approximately 8,000 tonnes, valued at C$41.3 million in 2010. The industry generates over C$12 million in direct income in Nova Scotia, a number that doubles to almost C$24 million when indirect and induced income is included. Finfish aquaculture makes up the majority of aquaculture production value in Nova Scotia, accounting for approximately 80 per cent of the value and 64 per cent of the volume of production.
As well, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, in collaboration with provincial and territorial government departments and agencies, recently created the Aquaculture Sustainability Reporting Initiative to provide a regular cycle of fact-based reporting on the sustainability of aquaculture in Canada. Under this initiative, Fisheries and Oceans Canada released Aquaculture in Canada 2012: A Report on Aquaculture Sustainability. This report documents current information related to the social, economic and environmental dimensions of aquaculture.
Aquaculture contributes nearly $1 billion to the Canadian economy, providing some 14,500 jobs often to young people and women, and those living in remote and coastal communities. As Canadas aquaculture industry continues to grow, Fisheries and Oceans Canada will provide management and regulation to ensure wild fish stocks are protected, and that aquaculture in Canada is developed in an economically viable and environmentally sustainable manner.
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Researchers swap single-use plastic with seaweed-based film
The EU-funded SeaFilm food packaging project has developed an algae-based and biodegradable edible film that can be used in lieu of single-use plastic film in food packaging.
A ground-breaking insight into global seaweed production
Hatch Innovation Services has unveiled a new knowledge platform for the global seaweed industry today.
Malaysian retailer introduces comprehensive fish health and welfare policy
Malaysia-based retail chain AEON Co Bhd won praise today for publishing a comprehensive new fish health and welfare policy that protects the "five freedoms" of fish in the company's supply chain.
Researchers hail industry potential of newly discovered microalgae
Scientists have identified a new species of ultra-small microalgae found in home aquaria, saying that the new algae can be produced in mass quantities and yield innovative products for the food industry.


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