Grab your coworkers, family and friends and head over to this beautiful property in the middle of the forest.
A retreat center with contemporary sensibilities, this 162 acres of Northern California's most epic forest and fields, with wilderness cabins, a restaurant, rivers, and towering redwoods to enjoy, it's a rare all-in-one experience.
The Land is a response to the suggestion that our purpose in life is to create connection, and when we do, great things emerge, both in our lives, in our teams, and in our communities. There's both poetry and action to the experience of staying on the Land. It's interacting with nature, not trying to live on top of it. Hence there's an essential quality to each retreat, each group, and each offsite that is special and unique.
A countryside getaway tucked into the rolling hills, and towering redwoods of Anderson Valley, The Land offers retreats in a health-forward environment that encourage connection not only amongst peers but with nature as well. A few days' stay on the Land is something unexpected. Rustic, but refined, electric, but quiet in nature. Coming with a young group of facilitators and great food, the Land offers curated experiences and trainings, hiking in the redwoods, yoga on the lawns, farm-to-table cooking classes and swimming in the river. There are accommodations for up to 250 people in a mix of cabins, cottages and glamping tents, with most groups averaging 35-100 people.
The Land has been a best kept secret for seekers, stars, wedding couples, and companies like Soulcycle, Louis Vuitton, UCSF, Giphy, Asana, Global Village, and Samasource for the last two years. It is a fast rising star in the destination world.
We have a full service kitchen that operates 7 days a week providing organic, farm-to-table meals. Please inquire about pricing.
The Land is162 acres of California wilderness with winding rivers, swimming holes, towering redwoods, rustic forest cabins, glamping tents, and more. A place where stars can come and not be seen, where individuals come to find inspiration and genius, and where groups find out what happens when they actually get connected.
Historically, the Land has been a sanctuary for people to gather, break bread, and create community. The Native American Pomo Tribe was there, it was home to one of the first ecologically sound summer camps for the Jewish community in SF, a private retreat for a philanthropist, and later a retreat center attracting renowned teachers like Ram Dass and Rodney Yee.
The Land exists somewhere in between all those things. It's a community of thinkers, artists, and life hackers. It's a retreat center that teaches yoga, meditation, and has established a compelling offering perfect for maverick companies willing to try new ways to get their teams working together in a more connected and cohesive fashion. Companies like Soulcycle, Samasource, Louis Vuitton, and Asana have all sent their teams to the Land.
From cooking classes and harvesting produce from our 5 acre garden, to working with Cliff the mini cow, @cliffthemini and the other animals, the Land offers hands-on experiences that break the patterns that tend to mute life in the city. The Land is designed to be more a co-creative experience than a resort — It is a lifestyle that emerges when you practice a set of principles that allow for intimacy with life.
The Land has 90, mostly Queen Beds in 15 cabins, 12 glamping tents and 5 houses to accommodate your group. We specialize in groups from 20-60 persons, and can scale up our glamping tents to accommodate groups up to 250.
The historic lodge was constructed from one redwood on the property in the 1950's.
The Land has a 118 year old history starting with weekend cabin rentals, a gambling saloon, one of the first organic farms in the valley, a Jewish boys camp, a famous retreat center frequented by Ram Dass, zen buddhists and the Findhorn of Scotland.
One of our favorite houses is Strawbale. It was the first load-bearing Strawbale house permitted in the state of California, and we recently remodeled the interior. It's magical.
The cabins, houses have all been remodeled with well-appointed detail, and contemporary sensibilites. The bedding is warm and inviting, and the glamping tents new.
The headwaters of the Navarro River begin on our property and extend all the way to the Pacific ocean.
There are over 50 species of birds that call the Land home, including occasional visits by a Bald Eagle.
We we do not serve or allow alcohol. In our experience, the absence of alcohol has allowed for a deeper level of experience for the groups. We have developed a sophisticated elixir bar with drinks like rosemary lavender soda from our garden, medicinal herbs, sparkling rose water, and fun drinks like Dr. Pepper with coconut cream shots.
Historic trees of up to 1000-years old dot the property, with the renowned Redwood Grove in Hendy Woods State Park, accessible from The Land by trail. The headwaters of the Navarro River is a significant feature of The Land experience. Bordering the property for thousands of feet with the Rancheria, Anderson and Indian creek tributaries in close proximity to the property makes for great swimming holes and river walks. The miles of forested trails are great for hiking and exploring.
Designed and established with the guidance of the Findhorn mystics, and the local Daily Bread landscape team, The Land's 5 acre garden is a popular wedding ceremony location, and a wonderful place for teaching and demonstration.
While calling The Land an eco-retreat might be going too far, our decisions are always guided by our imperative of being responsible stewards of the land and good neighbors. We've always loved old buildings and old things, and like to think these objects possess a spirit of the past and that history has some weight and substance. Secondly, it just makes sense from several perspectives to reuse our resources whenever possible. Most of the buildings at The Land are old.
The fields and grounds are managed for the 50 species of birds, the deer, wild turkey (we have quite a few), wildflowers and the natural faun and flora on the Land.
Food is a communal experience on the Land, and our kitchen is its heartbeat. Crafting the menu for your event with the Land kitchen team is a fun and inspiring process. We love creating in the dream room, trying new recipes and writing custom menus that include your favorite foods. We approach each project like a new adventure, uncovering every stone until we arrive at a fully realized menu. Everything from casual BBQ rehearsal dinners to expertly crafted ethnic meals are offered. Central to Mendocino County's abundant farm culture, we have a wide variety of local providers that support the produce we collect daily from our organic farm.
Bagels and Toast, Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese, Dill Cream cheese. Olives, Capers, shaved red onions, Sliced tomatoes. Sliced Avocado, Sprouts, fresh jam and butter. Granola. Sliced Melon Plates. Slightly fried eggs with bacon.
Chilaquiles with red sauce, queso-fresco, and cilantro. Griddled potatoes. Toast station. Oatmeal Bar.
Garden chopped salad. Lettuce from the garden. Grilled chicken Breast . Collard greens, GF Mac and Cheese, Steamed veggies and rice, Sliced assorted Melons and Pluots, and Ice Tea.
Philly Cheese Steak with Fresh Hoagies. Sliced griddled Tofu. Chips or Potato Salad Arugula salad. Whole fruit like bananas and apples.
Grilled Korean short ribs, Sauteed Baby Bok Choy and Broccoli. Chopped Cucumber, Carrot, grapefruit salad. Sticky rice with sesame seeds.
BBQ strip steak with dry rub. Hot baked mac and cheese. GF version. Corn on the cob with chili butter. Green Beans, Red Leaf lettuce, Goat cheese, Roasted peppers, onion, olive, cucumber, red leaf salad with sweet basil dressing. Cornbread.
Pho Bar: Made from chicken bones and flank steak, with vermicelli rice noodles, bean sprouts, cilantro, mint, thai basil, jalapeno, hoisin, Siracha, soy sauce.
Pan Seared Salmon. Jasmine rice. Grilled Sweet potatoes. Roasted vegetables. Grilled Romaine salad.
Created in partnership with our friends at The Land.
Deep in the hills of Mendocino County's Anderson Valley, just over two hours from San Francisco, sits a sprawling property of rolling hills, towering redwood trees and fields full of wildflowers. Known as The Land, this spot has been trending in the corporate retreat and team building scene since it opened, offering groups a chance to cultivate community and get outside their norm. Here your team can spend a few days focusing on meditation in the wilderness, eating nutritious foods, wandering trails and rivers, and connecting to the earth together.


One of the first signs of spring is the return of the arctic tern to Harris. You often hear their 'tirrick, tirrick' call before you see them flying over the beach. They have flown all the way from the South Atlantic to get here.
They nest on the edge of the beach, in amongst pebbles. In fact, the eggs are disguised to look like pebbles.
You can see terns feeding on the sea – they hover over the sea then dive into the water to catch sand eels.
You can tell an arctic tern from a common tern by the see through feathers on the edges of the wings.
When the arctic tern leaves Harris in Autumn it goes on one of the longest journeys of any animal. It flies all the way down to the south Atlantic and spends the winter in the waters off South America.


These adorable New Zealand x rabbits were recently rescued from a farm breeding carelessly for meat. They are around 7 weeks old right now and fairly shy as they have had minimal human interaction up until this point. Being so young, we have no doubt with some love and attention they will become a wonderful addition to any bunny loving home. Right now they are enjoying a warm home and solid flooring for the first time with their new foster parents.
These rabbits have been dewormed as a precaution but are not neutered/spayed yet due to their age. They are being fostered through the Rescue Angels Society who are a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Ontario. They are at the Downsview Merchant Flea Market on weekends and any families that are interested in a particular rabbit can arrange to have a meet and greet.
If you are interested in any of these gorgeous four bunnies becoming a part of your family please contact the Rescue Angels Society via Facebook here or Instagram here.
Meet Eddie Buns! This beautiful black bunny has been overlooked too many times. She would love to give her heart to you if only you would give her the chance to do so! Unfortunately black rabbits often go unnoticed because they lack more interesting colour patterns and markings than other rabbits. Eddie Buns has so much love and happiness to give – will it be to you?
Eddie Buns is being fostered through the Rescue Angels Society who are a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Ontario. They are at the Downsview Merchant Flea Market on weekends and any families that are interested in a particular rabbit can arrange to have a meet and greet.
Eddie Buns' adoption fee is $150 which includes her spay, grooming, nail clipping, deworming and a promise that she has been socialized to the best of RAS extents.
If you are interested in Eddie Buns becoming a part of your family please contact the Rescue Angels Society via Facebook here or Instagram here.
Meet Sidney! Sidney is a gorgeous white bun with adoring blue eyes that would have anyone falling for him! He has a sweet temperament that would make him easy to bond with any loving family!
Sidney is being fostered through the Rescue Angels Society who are a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Ontario. They are at the Downsview Merchant Flea Market on weekends and any families that are interested in a particular rabbit can arrange to have a meet and greet.
Sidney's adoption fee is $150 which includes his neuter, grooming, nail clipping, deworming and a promise that he has been socialized to the best of RAS extents.
If you are interested in Sidney becoming a part of your family please contact the Rescue Angels Society via Facebook here or Instagram here.
This is Japan. Japan was rescued along with another rabbit from becoming snake food. Japan is an adorable little black bunny specked with golden fur who is extremely curious. Japan's fellow rescue bunny has already found a home and we believe it's Japan's turn!
Japan is being fostered through the Rescue Angels Society who are a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Ontario. They are at the Downsview Merchant Flea Market on weekends and any families that are interested in a particular rabbit can arrange to have a meet and greet.
Japan's adoption fee is $150 which includes his neuter, grooming, nail clipping, deworming and a promise that he has been socialized to the best of RAS extents.
If you are interested in Japan becoming a part of your family please contact the Rescue Angels Society via Facebook here or Instagram here.
Meet Bunny! This sweetheart is currently looking for a loving, forever home. His owner travels frequently for long periods at a time and has decided it isn't fair to Bunny. He is currently being fostered by a friend. Bunny is around 5 years old, very sweet, litter trained, neutered, and has not shown any aggressiveness towards his foster mommy's rabbit. Bunny is located in San Antonio, Texas. If you are around this area please feel free to share this post! Please let me know if you are interested in Bunny by contacting us on Facebook or e-mailing info@budgetbunny.ca! Serious inquiries only please!


Included in this issue, by region, is a list of all noncommercial (NCE) applications filed during the last filing period (12 October 2007 - 22 October 2007).
IRW tips its cap to Electronic Applications Radio Service, Inc. for filing an application on 88.1fm in Lahaina, Indiana.
Oasis Radio has closed on their $3.8 million purchase of Country/WBTU (93.3fm, Kendallville) and Classic Dance/WVBB (106.3fm, Columbia City). Michael J. Bergner of Bergner and Company was the exclusive broker in this transaction.
After fifteen months in mornings at Federated Media's Hot AC/WMEE (97.3fm, Fort Wayne) the married morning duo of Craig Morrison and Samantha Adams exit the station.
After eight months at Oasis Radio's Country/WBTU (93.3fm, Kendallville), APD/MD/Night guy Adam Mayfield exits. Scott Roddy remains as Program Director, under GM Roger Diehm.
Where Are They Now (Part 1)? Former then-CHR/WDJB (106.3fm, Columbia City) PD/mornings Scott Thomas is now PD/afternoons at KXGE in Dubuque, Iowa.
Where Are They Now (Part 2)? Former Fort Wayne DJ (he was at several places) Zach Skyler is now Executive Producer for Greg Thunder and Melissa Moore at KSTF-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Where Are They Now (Part 3)? AllAccess reports that former Rock/WBYR (98.9fm, Van Wert, Ohio) GM Joe Conway exits as Market Manager for the Cumulus stations in Fayetteville, Arkansas to "start a local business."
Mid-America Radio Group recently announced an $11.1 million dollar sale of several of its stations to Vox Communications. Included in the sale are Classic Hits/WXXC (106.9fm, Marion), Country/WCJC (99.3fm, Van Buren), Standards/WMRI (860am, Marion), Oldies/WBAT (1400am, Marion), AC/WZWZ (92.5fm, Kokomo), Talk-Sports/WIOU (1350am, Kokomo), and Classic Hits/WMYK (98.5fm, Peru).
Ron Davis exits middays at Talking Stick Communications' Country/WAWC (103.5fm, Syracuse) for sister Rhythmic CHR/WYPW (95.7fm, Nappanee) where he is now PD. Kris Underwood replaces Davis in middays.
Oldies/WIOE-LP (98.3fm, Warsaw) adds a new studio inside the Performing Arts Center at Warsaw High School, for various productions that air on WIOE-LP.
Schurz Communications promotes Sales Manager John Schurz to President/GM of the WASK Radio Group (WASK/WASK-FM/WKHY/WKOA/WXXB). John Schurz replaces John Trent, who is retiring. Before moving to "the corner office," Schurz was Sales Manager of Classic Rock/WKHY (93.5fm, Lafayette) and CHR/WXXB (102.9fm, Delphi). WASK/WKOA Sales Manager Brian Green adds Schurz' former Sales Manager duties for WKHY/WXXB.
What will the anticipated new sports format on 1070am be called? Emmis' corporate website has a pair of job advertisements up for "1070 The Fan."
Crossroads Communications' Hot AC/WBOW-FM (102.7fm, Terre Haute) adds Adam Michaels as Creative Director and Morning co-host, while Julie Henricks takes middays. Henricks was formerly a weatherperson at Nexstar's NBC affiliate WTWO-TV (Channel 2/DT36, Terre Haute). Matt Luecking splits his weekends in radio between WBOW and Entercom's Hot AC/WZPL (99.5fm, Greenfield).
Oldies/WQRK (105.5fm, Bedford) PD/mornings Mike Shannon and morning co-host Deb Munson both exit.
On Monday 22 October at 9:00am, The Original Company's Oldies/WUZR (105.7fm, Bicknell) flipped format to Country. WUZR had been oldies since its 1991 signon. WUZR is now using Jones Radio Networks' "CD Country" format.


Clone: 777, Swan, Dijon, 667, 115, and a proprietary selection.
Named after my grandmother and youngest daughter this 9 acre vineyard sits in the heart of the Russian River Valley appellation. The selection of clones provides us with great fruit characteristics needed to create well layered and balanced Pinot Noirs.


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Loveland School Levy
This FAQ will be updated continuously. Please check back often.
What is the March levy for?
This levy is for operating funds to pay for day-to-day expenses, such as utility bills, supplies, busing, salaries and benefits for staff, and to maintain the academic improvements established over the past several years. The district is using a combination of the new levy request and reduction of $2.7 million in expenditures to continue academic momentum while curbing expenses. This levy is not for building plans.
How much will the levy cost home owners?
The 6.95 millage rate translates into $20.27/month ($243.25 annually) per $100,000 of appraised home value as determined by the county auditor. To understand exactly how much the district's 6.95-mill operating levy will cost your household, you will need to know your home's appraised (or fair market) value as determined by your county auditor. Go to your local county auditor's website and do a real estate property search:
Hamilton County(https://wedge1.hcauditor.org/)
To find the appraised value, referred to as "Market Value," go to "Tax Distributions" in the right column.
Clermont County(https://www.clermontauditor.org/_web/search/commonsearch.aspx?mode=owner)
To find the appraised value, go to "Values" in the left column.
Warren County(https://www.wcauditor.org/Property_Search/)
To find the appraised value, see "Value History" in the left column. The appraised value will be listed as the "True Value."
Please note that theassessed value, which is used by the auditor to determine your tax obligation, is 35% of the appraised or market value. A home that is appraised at $100,000 is taxed on only $35,000:
$35,000 x .00695*= $243.25/annually, or 243.25÷12=$20.27/monthly
*.00695 equals the millage rate of 6.95.
What happens if this levy passes?
A passed levy will provide the needed support for school operations, including sustaining educational programs for students. The levy,along with approximately $2.7 million* of reductions in expenditures, will allow the district to continue academic momentum while simultaneously curbing expenses. The district will continuously seek ways to reduce expenses. After 2021, the Board is committed to limiting the average annual growth in expenditures to 3% or less to extend the levy beyond three years.
*$2.7 million Expense Reductions - Details
What happens if the levy fails?
If the March levy fails, the district has a fiscal responsibility to enter into the new school year with significant adjustments to the budget due to uncertain funding.
Additional cuts affecting programs, class size, and services to students will be made. If the district fails to pass an operating levy in 2020, it will have to make approximately $3 million of additional cuts in 2021. Some of these cuts will happen before the start of the 2020-21 school year and include the reduction of a minimum of 25 staff members:
Additional elimination of administrators, including athletics, through reorganization after anticipated resignations, retirements or reduction, and reduction in administrative and clerical support.
Elimination of Loveland High School transportation per Ohio Revised Code 3327.01., including non-public routes, resulting in the elimination of classified staff.
Elimination of teaching positions through reductions and reorganization of programs, affecting music, physical education, media centers/library, and gifted services.
Elimination of instructional coaches (teaching positions), resulting in further reductions in teacher development and supports.
Additional increases in pay-to-participate fees for student activities.
Further reductions in department and building budgets.
What is an operating levy?
An operating levy is used to provide money for a school district's day-to-day operating expenses, including utilities, supplies and salaries/benefits for staff.
What is a "mill?"
A mill is the unit of value for expressing the rate of property taxes in Ohio. It is defined as 1/10 of a percent or 1/10 of a cent (0.1 cent). "Millage" is the factor applied to the assessed value of property to produce tax revenue.
Why a continuing ("permanent") levy?
Local property tax funding does not increase with inflation or higher property values - it remains flat from year to year unless a new levy is voted in. This is due to Ohio House Bill (HB) 920, which freezes the district's income by reducing the taxes charged by a voted levy to offset increases in the value of real property. It means that although property values may increase while a permanent levy is in effect, the amount of taxes collected on those properties does not increase. As inflation drives up the value of real property, the auditor reduces the school tax rate so the money going to the schools does not exceed the amount collected in the first year of levy collections. (The reduced rate at which taxes are collected is called the "effective millage.") Inflation, however, does not only drive up the value of property, it also causes the cost of the day-to-day operations of schools to increase. The state continues to put the responsibility of funding public schools on local communities - keeping up with inflation is impossible under HB 920 and the flat state funding model, and school districts in Ohio generally have to return to their tax payers for additional revenue every three to five years.
From 2016 to 2019, the Loveland City School District local property tax funding decreased by .41%, while residential property values increased by 10.21%.
What is House Bill 920?
Ohio has a law, known as House Bill 920, that keeps school tax collection flat. Basically, this means that school taxes do not increase when home values increase so the total amount collected by the school district on an existing levy stays the same. To find out more, watch this brief video in which the district treasurer, Kevin Hawley, explains state funding.
How long does the funding from a levy last?
The last operating levy for Loveland Schools was passed by voters in 2014 and promised to last four years. It has now been more than five years since the district started receiving tax collections on the 2014 operating levy.
The combination of the March 2020 6.95-mill request, $2.7 million in expenditure reductions, and a commitment by the Board of Education to limit the annual expenditure growth to 3% or less will allow the funding from this levy to last four years before the district will need to return to voters for additional operating funds. The district has committed to continually seek opportunities for efficiency gains, allowing further reductions in expenditures.
What happens to the construction projects outlined in the master plan?
The Board of Education has paused on the facility master plan while the district works on alternatives for how to meet the school facility needs. The district will not be on the ballot for a building plan in 2020. On January 21, 2020, the Loveland City Schools Board of Education voted to cancel the contract with the Grail, an Ohio nonprofit, for the option to purchase 110 acres of Grailville - a property located on O'Bannonville Road east of downtown Loveland. The land would have accommodated a new campus for Pre-K through 5th grade according to the facility master plan created in 2018-19. (Notice of termination of option to purchase.)
DISTRICT FINANCES and ACCOUNTABILITY
How much does the state contribute to the district's budget?
How does Loveland's per-pupil spending compare to other districts?
What happens when bonds retire in 2024?
Why a combination of 6.95 mills AND $2.7 million in cuts?
How did the district make decisions regarding the $2.7 million in expense reductions?
What are the $2.7 million in cuts?
What is Reduction in Force?
Where does your money go?
Why did spending increase after 2015, and why the spike in 2019?
How is the district financially accountable?
When is Election Day?
How do I register to vote?
How do I vote in this election?
How does the Board of Education conduct its work?

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The Dr Pepper Snapple Group Scholarship is open to full-time students who are currently enrolled at an HBCU (Historically Black College or University). Candidates must possess a minimum of a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. This scholarship will provide two (2) $2,500 scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year.
- and a 500 word essay defining candidate's academic achievements, accomplishments and their future career aspirations.
For additional questions, contact Yvonne Nash.


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Husky goes on two-day adventure and finds new best friend
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A camera caught the amazing adventures of a dog who went missing in the woods for two days, including the beginnings of a beautiful (and slightly unusual) friendship!
By Ashley Murphy, 31 Dec 2019
Rachel Howatts lives in Ontario, Canada, with a Husky called Koda.
Koda goes walkies
Koda loves to explore the local woodland, but a recent adventure trip lasted a lot longer than usual. In fact, Koda went missing for two whole days!
Rachel spent hours trying to find the pooch but had to give up when night fell. She returned home, confident that Koda would find her way back.
Speaking to The Dodo, Rachel said:
"She is really smart, so I didn't doubt she could find her way home."
And Rachel was right; two days later, Koda turned up at the front door as if nothing had happened!
Rachel was relieved, but she couldn't help wondering what Koda had been up to during the 'surprise' vacation.
She then remembered that a neighbour had a trail camera set up in the woods. Rachel asked if she could see the footage and, sure enough, it showed Koda getting up to all kinds of mischief.
What's more, she wasn't alone!
The pooch had made friends with a male deer! The footage showed Koda and the Buck playing in the woods before curling up for a little nap.
"It was quite something," said Rachel. "Based on the time they spent on the frame, it looked like they spent over 12 hours together. There's also another photo where there are two bucks in the picture with her."
Koda hasn't gone on any more adventures since, although Rachel thinks it's only a matter of time before she goes looking for her new best friend.
"Huskies have such a free spirit," Howatt said. "It doesn't surprise me at all that Koda was trying to make a new friend."
It looks like Koda just can't resist the call of the wild!


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Zelenev Evgeny
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Development of Jihad Concept: Minimalism and Maximalism in Islam
This article discusses evolution of the interpretations of jihad from the angle of two worldview platforms represented in the system of views of intellectuals in the Islamic world — minimalist and maximalist. These platforms differ in their perception of social reality, as well as concepts of truth and justice, which are basic for Islam. Minimalism in general allows critical attitude to the surrounding reality, even in Islamic states, as well as local interpretation of the concepts of truth and justice. Maximalism endorses critical attitude towards reality only in the states where Islamic laws do not apply, and only if approved by the highest religious authorities. Maximalism interprets concepts of truth and justice as universal. In accordance with Islamic moral and ethical norms, both platforms have the right to exist, and the choice between them is an individual matter of every Muslim. As a result, the Islamic communities witness stratification not only of the elite, but also of the Ummah, which is divided into a "systemic" opposition that is ready for a dialogue with the government, and a "non-systemic" opposition that a priori excludes the possibility of a dialogue with the government.
According to the authors, the events of the Arab Spring were caused by the spread of the elite's split into the entire Ummah, which created the basis for intra-Islamic tension, which, in its turn, pushed a poorly organized mass of believers into the streets of Arab cities. The authors describe the current stage in the development of the Islamic community as a period of liminality i.e., a structural crisis associated with political and social instability, a change in group and individual forms of self-identification and sharp cognitive dissonance among ordinary believers, coupled with an increasing trend towards re- Islamization in countries of non-canonical Islam.


Can we subtitle Animal? Let us know!
Hello! Thanks for addressing our notes on the earlier cut. Progress has definitely been made but we are still a long way's off from getting this right. Unfortunately, clarity is still a really big issue. Many scenes are pretty chaotic and therefore not funny. Remember: scenes are only funny when we carefully explain everything to the audience. Also, the characters' motivations are rather murky. Why is Kermit going to Hollywood? Why would Fozzie join him? What is Janice doing? A very strong and deliberate bite pass is in order; let's get into the head of every frog, pig, drummer, human and 70's comedy star we have. Once this bite pass happens, then we can give you some time coded notes. Please see below.
Let's get some more information about the swamp. Where is it? What it's like? Is there a pawn shop full of colorful-yet-completely non-threatening people? Dig through your footage and let us know.
When the agent gives his card to Kermit, we really need to hear a bite from Kermit about how his offer about the audition at World Wide Studios is quite enticing. Sure, we can get the idea of this based on Kermit's sound ups and reactions, but we really need to sell this. If it's not completely obvious to us, it won't be to our viewers!
By the way, do we ever hear the answer about why there ARE so many songs about rainbows? If we don't, let's cut it; too confusing.
Any bites from Kermit when he sees the Doc Hopper Frog Legs signs? If he's not happy about it, we definitely need to hear about it. Since Doc is the villain, he needs a much stronger, more pungent set up. A big montage of him frying frog's legs? Bites from him about how much he doesn't like frogs? Bites from Kermit about Doc's reputation? Let's mine the interviews and b-roll and think outside the box here, guys.
Good Schwinn bicycle product integration.
Fozzie Bear needs a better introduction. He comes out with a bunch of props; is Carrot Top a big influence? Let's do a big intro of him, his love of comedy, etc. Let's discuss!
When Doc Hopper plays his fast food frog leg commercial for our hero, Kermit is completely revolted. What's his motivation? It's either the fact that he doesn't like the idea of him shilling a restaurant that would be genocide for his people or that he wants to focus on going to Hollywood. Now, in scripted, characters can have multiple motivations. In reality, however, a character has ONE motivation per episode and that's it. Any more confuses us and the audience. Let's pick one and be consistent.
The car accident that brings Gonzo and Kermit together lacks the proper impact because we don't know who Gonzo is. Let's do a full intro package with him; where he's from, how long he and Camilla The Chicken have been together, how long he's been a plumbing artiste, etc. Also, is there another take where they meet? Right now it just seems a little too convenient that they run into each other and they all want to be movie stars. Let's flesh the scene out first with some header, some fluff and then go into the story stuff. Right now, the scene is just rather fakey and unfunny.
Miss Piggy is really popping on camera. She has a definite Nene Leaks appeal, so let's set her up for success. Give her a big intro package with as much sassy bites as possible. Is she on Twitter? I bet she's hilarious.
Piggy's intro scene is a beauty pageant; any fun backstage moments? OTF's with the other contestants? Let's see what other people have to say about our porcine powerhouse.
Why are they out on a date again? Let's restate the intent of this scene right from the top. Why is Piggy on this date? And then she leaves; what does Kermit think about this? Let's get his feelings out on the table with a good choice bite. Otherwise, we're left to just observing Kermit looking sad and depressed and that's just not enough.
Any good bites from Steve Martin the waiter? He has some great comedic potential.
Let's add an earlier pick up scene where Piggy practices martial arts; otherwise her use of karate to save Kermit from his kidnappers comes out of the blue and is therefore not funny. Humor comes from very predictable behavior, NOT from random chaotic moments.
Everyone is stranded in the desert and I've completely forgotten what's going on. Let's restate Kermit's why for his trek. Sure, he talks to himself and says everything in scene, but a great bite from him would work wonders.
Any fun tidbits about the ghost town Kermit ends up in? How about some backstory from Dr. Bunsen Honeydew? More context here would really help. When Floyd asks about the Insta-Grow pills, Beaker says "Mee mee MEE mee mee." Does he have a take where he says "Mee mee mee MEE MEE?" Please double check your footage.
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The Interview: GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg
The veteran newsroom leader talks the future of journalism, being the first woman to hold the public station's top position, and Cookie Monster.
By Jonathan Soroff· 1/17/2023, 12:00 p.m.
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GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg. / Photo by Celeste Sloman
Can you ever have too many tote bags? For Susan Goldberg, the answer is a definitive no. So it makes sense that last month she became president and CEO of GBH, Boston's behemoth public television and radio station. The Midwest native comes to the role after eight years as National Geographic's editor in chief and holding top positions at some of the country's most prestigious newspapers. We caught up with her just before her first day on the job to talk hard news, world travel, and her love for Antiques Roadshow.
How important is it to you to be the first female head of GBH?
Well, I've been the first female leader of a lot of different organizations: first female editor in chief of National Geographic, first female editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the San Jose Mercury News, first female executive editor in Washington for Bloomberg News. I was even the first woman the Detroit Free Press sent to cover the governor and legislature back in 1984. Of course, that should have happened in 1934. So I've had this opportunity a lot of times, and I'm a little bit conflicted about it because while I'm honored to have this role, and I feel incredibly lucky and humbled, I wish that having a woman in charge was just the normal course of doing business, whether in public media, banking, politics, law, you name it. Every time a woman gets a great job, that shouldn't be a national news story.
What prompted the move from National Geographic to GBH?
I was at Nat Geo for eight years, and I was incredibly proud of all the progress we made, the way we became much more diverse, much more inclusive, and we were telling stories for much broader audiences and a larger, wider range of stories. But I sort of felt like after 42 years in newsrooms, maybe it was time to try something else. And so, actually, I went to Arizona State University to work in their journalism department and also with their environmental school, but when GBH called back in August, I couldn't possibly say no.
What's the biggest story you've ever covered as a journalist?
Wow. Well, there's a lot. Most recently, the pandemic. At National Geographic, we covered the heck out of the pandemic, and I thought it was so important to show how that was playing out not just in everybody's backyard, not just in the United States, but around the world. That it was a global problem in search of a global solution. But another one that I think a lot about was back in 1989 when I was working at the San Jose Mercury News. I was the city editor, and the Loma Prieta earthquake struck on October 17, at 5:04 p.m. People called it "The World Series Earthquake" because right at that moment, the San Francisco Giants were playing the Oakland A's, so people all over the country were aware of it. People all over the Bay Area were plunged immediately into the dark, but we had a generator at the newspaper, and we were able to deliver the news not just to customers of the Mercury News but all over the Bay Area. I felt like our ability to produce trusted information to people who were literally alone and literally in the dark was just a lifeline for a lot of people and made a huge difference. Our newsroom won the Pulitzer Prize for that.
What does a Pulitzer Prize look like?
Well, it's a really impressive, amazing-looking certificate from Columbia University, which administers the prize.
Is a picture really worth a thousand words?
I think it can be, and I thought that even before I worked at National Geographic. But if you work at National Geographic for eight years, you see a lot of pictures that make you realize you don't need a lot of words to explain it. Words can make it better because they can provide context, but so many pictures are so powerful you understand exactly what's going on.
Hardest part of editing National Geographic?
At National Geographic, we had the ability to tell stories about the human journey, about science and history and culture…a lot of the same things that GBH focuses on. It was always hard deciding which stories to focus on because the world is full of so many amazing stories that need to be told. Deciding what to prioritize was tough, and I think the same will be true at GBH.
Biggest change you implemented at Nat Geo?
I think it was twofold. One was that we really focused on becoming much more of a digital-first organization. And now, National Geographic has one of the largest digital footprints and social media followings of any organization. The other thing, I think, that was the most important was really diversifying the staff and the kinds of stories we were telling in an attempt to be much more inclusive, much more transparent, and reach larger audiences.
What do you anticipate will be the biggest challenge at GBH?
I think both of those are still big challenges. We've got to continue to create the great content that people expect from linear television, but at the same time, to reinvent and reach people through digital and streaming platforms. It's like flying the plane and refueling it at the same time.
Favorite National Geographic photo of all time?
I couldn't possibly choose one. There are just too many. But I can tell you about a couple of photos I'm bringing with me to my office at GBH. One of them was taken by Lynsey Addario, who's a conflict photojournalist. We were doing a special issue about women, and she took this image of a Marine corporal named Gabrielle Green, who was training for deployment. In it, she has a 200-pound man over her shoulders, and she's walking up a steep ramp. This woman is just so amazing, and so powerful, and so strong. I get inspired every day looking at it, and whenever I think, "Can I do this?" I look at that photo, and I think, "Yeah, I can do this." Another is a National Geographic cover that we ran in 2017. It was a special issue about gender, and the person on the cover was a nine-year-old transgender girl named Avery Jackson from Kansas City, Missouri. She looked right into the camera and said something incredibly important. She said, "The best thing about being a girl is, now I don't have to pretend to be a boy." Such a powerful and profound thing to say, and we put it on the cover. Out of all the covers that ran in my time as editor in chief, more people told me that cover made an impact on their lives and that it allowed them to have conversations in their own families that they could never have before. And I'm really proud of that.
Favorite PBS show?
Again, how can I choose? I love Frontline, and Nova, and American Experience. But really, my guilty pleasure, like many people, is that I just can't get enough of Antiques Roadshow.
Any other guilty pleasures when it comes to TV? The Real Housewives or The Bachelor?
No, I'm not a Real Housewives fan. But I've always really liked Downton Abbey, and I really liked The Wire, and Breaking Bad, and stuff like that. But I'll say one more thing about Antiques Roadshow. One of the most exciting things to me, after I was lucky enough to be offered this job, was that I asked, "Does this mean I could actually go to a filming of Antiques Roadshow?" And they promised I could!
Speaking of which—isn't Downton Abbey just a frothy nighttime soap opera, like Dallas or Dynasty?
It's way better than that, and it's irresistible. I just can't get enough of watching Maggie Smith.
It's always a challenge for public television to stay competitive and relevant in a media landscape that's constantly shifting. Where do you see that leading for GBH?
I think every media organization has trouble breaking through at a time when everybody's bombarded with information 24/7. So the real key is: We have fantastic content. How do we make sure people are getting that in a format and on the devices where they want to receive it? It's breaking through. Getting heard. It's not a content challenge at all. The teams produce amazing content across a wide variety of subjects. Our challenge, like everybody else's, is getting noticed.
Do you think fundraising for public television needs a reboot?
Fundraising drives are an incredibly important part of how we continue to produce the amazing journalism and other programming that we're giving to audiences, and they appreciate that. I'm really proud of the fact that so many people directly donate money to GBH, but I think we should figure out as many ways as possible to touch audiences so that they want to be involved and want to be part of our organization and
give back.
Okay, so how many tote bags do you own?
[Laughs.] Oh, probably four dozen. But you can never have too many.
I know that you love to travel. What's the coolest place you've ever been?
Antarctica is one of the most amazing places I've ever been. Rwanda was also incredible because you see this amazing recovery that the country has had since the terrible genocide in 1994. It's a thriving, fascinating country. I've been so lucky to go all over the world. I also really love Egypt, because when you go, you're visiting history at the same time as you're visiting a modern country. I love looking at those connections between history and the present.
Place that you'd most like to explore that you haven't?
At the moment, it's Greater Boston. I mean, honestly, I haven't spent a ton of time in the Boston area, so I'm really excited about getting to know it.
Why do you think Cookie Monster never has any crumbs on him?
Maybe because he likes cookies so much, he eats every last bit.
What would you say is the current state of journalism?
Evolving. We've got a real trust deficit right now as journalists, and we have an incredible opportunity at GBH and in public media right now because we are trusted, and we need to double down on that when we tell stories. Our country's very fraught and fractured at the moment, so I'm excited about the opportunity to create credible, honest, believable, and true content that people can use to make informed decisions and that can help our democracy.
What unique skill set do you bring to the table?
Although I've never worked in public media, I look at what GBH does, and it's what I've done. It's important to reach local audiences, and I spent a lot of my career in local news. It's also important to reach national and international audiences, and I've had those experiences. So, I think about reinventing this legacy media organization for the moment that we're in and for the future. And I think that positions me well.
How would you like people to think about GBH?
I'd like people to talk about GBH as an organization that informs and inspires and reveals, that helps them get through their day, maybe tells them something about the world, and helps to make them a better citizen of both their community and also a better global citizen.
Do you have any words for out- going GBH head Jon Abbott?
Yes. Thank you! He's been an amazing leader, and I am deeply in his debt for creating these great teams, doing amazing work, and being so helpful and welcoming to me. So the two words really are: Thank you.
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GBH Is Live!
A by-the-numbers look at the 71-year-old public media organization.
Year GBH got its license for an FM radio station.
GBH's place on the dial.
Average number of people each month who support GBH with a membership.
Number of stations that aired a live tennis match or a cooking show before GBH.
Number of Peabody Awards the GBH-produced show Frontline has won.
Number of times the GBH-produced Antiques Roadshow has been nominated for an Emmy.
First published in the print version of the January 2023 issue with the headline, "Going Public."
The Interview: MIT President Sally Kornbluth
The Interview: Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper
The Interview: Boston Public Library President David Leonard
The Interview: CNN Anchor and Correspondent Audie Cornish
The Interview: Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block
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'America United': President-elect Joe Biden will be joined by 3 former presidents at inauguration
President-elect Joe Biden will be joined by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton during the upcoming inauguration on Jan. 20, underscoring unity at a time of division.
New York electors cast votes for Biden, Harris in brief ceremony
New York's 29 presidential electors awarded their votes to Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris Monday on Monday.
Hillary Clinton at DNC: 'This can't be another woulda coulda shoulda election'
Hillary Clinton returned to the Democratic National Convention to cement her legacy as a champion of women in politics — and issued a stark warning.
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On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, party leaders tried to blend its past with its future.
'There's only chaos': Bill Clinton slams Trump's handling of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 DNC speech
bILL Clinton's opened his speech by criticizing President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Linda Tripp of Clinton-Lewinsky scandal fame dead at 70
Linda Tripp, whose covert recording of conversations with Monica Lewinsky revealed an affair with then-President Bill Clinton, has died, Fox News confirmed.
Bomb sent to Clintons
A suspected bomb that was intended for Hillary and Bill Clinton in a New York City suburb was intercepted Tuesday, according to the U.S. Secret Service. The New Castle Police Department, which covers the area around the Clinton home, issued a statement: "This morning, the New Castle Police Department assisted to FBI, Secret Service, and the Westchester County Police with the investigation of a suspicious package."
Lucrative post-presidency
Returning to the public stage this week in Chicago, former President Barack Obama urged young people to get involved in politics. That appearance was unpaid. A scheduled speech for Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald this September is not. The 44th president will reportedly receive $400,000 for the appearance at a health care conference. But he is hardly the first former president to take on lucrative speaking engagements.


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'We Apologize.' Apple Offers $29 Fix After Uproar Over Slowing Down Old iPhones
By Abigail Abrams
December 28, 2017 6:05 PM EST
Apple has apologized to its customers for what it calls a "misunderstanding" around the revelation that the company has been slowing down older phones to accommodate for their aging batteries.
"We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize," the company said in a letter published on its website Thursday.
The controversy over the slowing performance of aging iPhones exploded last week after a blog post highlighted the relationship between iPhone performance and battery condition. Apple later confirmed that it has been slowing older iPhones' performance to prevent sudden shutdowns as their aging batteries lost potency over time.
In the letter posted Thursday, Apple said it considers batteries "consumable components" and that it has always wanted customers to be able to use iPhones "as long as possible." To that end, the company will cut the price of a battery replacement by $50 for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later starting in late January. That means instead of dropping $79 to get a new battery and make your old iPhone work like new again, you'll pay $29 through December 2018.
iPhone users can also expect an iOS software update early in 2018 that will include new information about their battery's health, letting people see when the phone's battery may be affecting its performance.
The iPhone battery revelations struck a chord because some iPhone users believe the company intentionally slows its older phones to get customers to buy new ones. However, Apple says the practice is meant to prolong the life of older batteries. "This feature's only intent is to prevent unexpected shutdowns so that the iPhone can still be used," Apple says in a new support article.
Still, Apple is now facing several lawsuits over the matter. The company also promised to keep working on how it manages performance to avoid shutdowns, and said it hopes to earn customers' trust again next year.
Write to Abigail Abrams at abigail.abrams@time.com.
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Today I announced some promising news regarding Oakland's housing goals. The City is on track to exceed its goal of protecting 17,000 households from displacement and building 17,000 new homes by 2024, according to a new report by Enterprise Community Partners and the City of Oakland.
In the three years since the Housing Cabinet released the initial Oakland at Home report and 17k/17k Plan, over 90% of the housing cabinet's recommended actions are either complete or underway. Nearly 13,000 Oaklanders are enjoying new tenant protections and services and the city has produced more than 10,000 new homes.
I am proud of the progress we have made since the Housing Cabinet released its 17k/17k Plan. Oakland's experience demonstrates that our focused efforts to protect low-income tenants and produce more housing is working; but we have to remain focused and do more.
In 2015, I convened the Oakland Housing Cabinet to identify and prioritize an action plan for addressing the housing affordability crisis and improving housing security for all Oaklanders. The Cabinet consisted of City Councilmembers, housing experts and community stakeholders. The following year, the Cabinet released the report, Oakland at Home, and formally announced the "17k/17k" plan.
Oakland rents appear to be stabilizing. Citywide rents increased only 1% in 2018 - compared to a 22% increase in 2015 (the baseline year prior to launching the 17k/17k Plan).
Oakland evictions are declining. This past year, eviction notices filed with the City of Oakland and Unlawful Detainer Actions filed in the courts were 30-33% fewer since our baseline year of 2015.
The percentage of rent-burdened Oaklanders is declining; with the biggest decreases for Latino renters. Racial disparities still exist, but are improving slightly. Compared with our baseline year 2015, the percent of Oaklanders who spent more than 30% of their income on rent in 2017 decreased from 52% to 49%, and from 59% to 47% for Latino renters.
The Housing Cabinet identified an ambitious set of strategies to increase funding for affordable housing. Although nearly all of those strategies have been implemented, those actions haven't produced sufficient new protected affordable units to meet Oakland's needs.
We are producing more affordable housing, but not nearly enough. During the three years since Oakland launched the 17k/17k Plan, it has produced 34% more protected affordable housing units compared with the previous three-year period. However, this is still slightly less than half of Oakland's need over the past three years for additional protected affordable units.
Successfully placing and passing on the ballot updates to the City's Just Cause for Eviction ordinance (Measures JJ and Y).
Successfully placing and passing on the ballot an infrastructure bond that included $100 million for affordable housing (Measure KK).
Updating the Tenant Protection Ordinance.
Passing an ordinance to provide preference for existing and displaced Oakland residents and workers in the City's affordable housing programs.
Adopting new regulations to protect existing Single Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels.
Establishing a new program to improve the seismic safety in vulnerable "soft-story" buildings.
Increasing spending on anti-displacement services.
Passing a new affordable housing impact fee.
Easing regulations to encourage more Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).
Updating the City's off-street parking requirements to facilitate new development.
strategies to increase funding for affordable housing production.
strategies to reduce racial disparities in housing affordability and displacement.
The City will continue to work with regional, state and federal government agencies, along with philanthropy and the private sector, to increase funding for affordable housing. In that spirit, I've been an active participant in CASA - The Committee to House the Bay Area, a diverse, multi-sector set of partners from across the Bay Area working to identify and act upon game-changing regional solutions to the Bay Area's chronic housing affordability challenges.
The success of the Oakland Housing Cabinet's recommendations serves as an indication of the potential regional benefits of the CASA Compact - what is working in Oakland can be expanded to the rest of the Bay Area.
The CASA Compact includes strategies for increasing regional funding for affordable housing. Oakland has made substantial local commitments to affordable housing, but can't do it alone. Additional funding from the region would better enable the City to fully meet its affordability goals.
Read the housing cabinet's full 3-year update report here.
Lastly, our city is committed to improving housing security for all Oaklanders and indeed all who choose to call the Bay Area home.
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The main action individuals can take to limit their chances of becoming infected is through effective hand washing, which reduces the overall spread of bacteria. Particular attention should be paid to the periods before and after meals, as well as after using the toilet.
Open wounds can enable the MRSA bacteria to invade beneath the skin, causing infection. As a result, cuts, grazes and other open wounds should be kept clean and covered with a plaster or bandage until fully healed.
Due to the fact that most people become infected in hospitals or other care settings, staff in such facilities also have a large role to play in preventing the spread of bacteria.
Hospitals and their staff can take a number of measures to reduce instances of MRSA, including: regular cleaning of bedding and hospital wards, keeping all wounds clean and covered, treating MRSA patients in isolated wards and wearing clean gloves when coming into physical contact with them.
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Santa Maria business park employees concerned over trash, sewage left by homeless
By: Melissa Newman
Employees of a Santa Maria business park say homeless people are throwing trash and sewage into canals around their workplace and they're concerned about safety.
For people like Joseph Perry, the trash around the Gateway Business Plaza is more than just an eyesore.
"Sometimes I've come out and seen used condoms out there, broken bottles, I haven't really seen too many needles or anything – but there's a lot of trash," Perry said.
Perry says he finds people sleeping outside and even dumping their bodily waste in the canals off Preisker Lane and Roemer Place.
He says it's now becoming a health and safety issue and he's frustrated.
"I don't come into your backyard and throw trash everywhere. I don't come into your work and sit on your doorstep, drinking my coffee because I'm tired and that's where I want to sit. I go do it in my car, in my house, or wherever it is I'm supposed to be doing that because again, if you live in America, you agree to follow rules," Perry said.
The Santa Maria Police Department says handling calls about the homeless in these areas is becoming a growing concern.
"It's been an issue that's branched out to other thefts especially to the hotels that are in the area. We've moved some of the blue light cameras into those areas to be able to watch and monitor those areas and see that those problems don't overlap," said Lt. Russ Mengel, Santa Maria Police Department.
The department has a community services unit that patrols the area and tries to make safety improvements where they can.
"It's a constant issue. It's one that we do try to stay on top of but with limited resources, it's not something we're able to get today in and day out," Lt. Mengel said.
We're told last year, there was a major clean up of these canals that cost over $15,000 to complete.
If you have any complaints like these, you're asked to contact the police department's beat coordinator.
KSBY reached out to the Santa Barbara County Flood Control District about this issue. They tell us they are continuing to work with agencies like Caltrans and the City of Santa Maria to try to address the problem but there is "no easy solution".


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Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 03/09/2013
» When Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones announced a split last week after 13 years of marriage to "evaluate" their relationship, for some people thoughts turned to human papillo-mavirus (HPV). Two months earlier, Douglas had made comments about his throat cancer, saying that it had been caused by the virus and was contracted from oral sex. He later clarified this, saying he did not contract it from Zeta-Jones and media outlets have reported that it was likely a pre-existing infection.
» There was a lot of nervousness and awkwardness during the interview when photo-grapher Nipon Indraridh recalls his background _ the simple life before he got a break to showcase his first photography exhibition in a top Bangkok gallery. A college dropout, a former air conditioner repairman and a father of two whose obsession with photography made him lose a chance to bond with his first-born daughter during her early years _ Nipon views his art with a mix of humility and passion. His honesty was clear in his words, and the Tak native's accent is clear. His frankness, however, shows even more in the photographs now on show at Kathmandu Photo Gallery.
A room full of mystery
» When you walk into a room inside the white colonial house, a bed dominates the empty space. Instead of a mattress, you see a bunch of cacti in different shapes and sizes. Amidst the green thorny plants are four hand sculptures placing in different spots on the bed; they seem to be giving a sign to the living things trapped in one place.
Worth getting excited about
» It's campy and flamboyant, feisty and funny. I'm So Excited is everything you love about the works of prominent (and gay) Spanish director Pedro Almodovar.
Fight for your rights
» A week before Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, had a son, the UK made a historic move when Queen Elizabeth II officially approved a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
Room revamp
Muse, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 27/07/2013
» It's official - the rainy season has arrived. Raindrops and wind may seem romantic in the movies, but in real life, especially in the big city with traffic jams and clogged drains, they can be quite an annoyance.
Lab-tested performer
» Boonsueb Phanpraserd is living the life of his dreams. By day, he wears a long white coat in a hospital as a medical laboratory technician, and during the evening he disguises himself under thick make-up and glittery costumes as a Thai folk theatre performer.
Construction wonderland
» Japanese artist Eiji Sumi returns to the Bangkok art scene once again with his new obsession. Now based in Bangkok, last year he staged a mixed-media exhibition inspired by wire cables. In his exhibition that premiered last week, he shows us how obsessive he is with construction sites.
Hormones running rampant
» On the floor between rows of desks in an empty classroom, we see two pairs of feet, seemingly entwined. We don't see bodies or faces, but the uniform shoes tell us they are a teenaged boy and girl. We hear the girl's voice: "You got it?" A pause. "Give it to me, I'll put it on for you."
Beat mid-year boredom
» It seems as though we just celebrated New Year 2013, but in reality we are more than half-way to 2014. As the mid-year lull begins to set in, beat it with small changes to your daily routine.


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These glittering polishes that are perfect for the holidays.
Guests of Art Basel could choose from 16 nail designs inspired by famous artists, or work with their celebrity nail artist to create their own original manicure.
This season calls for a celebration of color and CND presents Creative Play Holiday 2016 collection with eight new and festive shades.
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There were 16 posts published in September 2006 (this is page 2 of 2).
I've been so busy this summer that I've really fallen off in my blogging. I suppose it happens to all bloggers, but I really want to kick things back in motion. Since I've also done a poor job keeping up with my feeds I'm a bit short on general blogging fodder so I thought instead it might be interesting to fields questions from readers. So if you have any questions for me please post them here. I'll then pick a few and respond via a dedicated post. I'll also try and answer everyone's questions in the comments if I don't do a post on the question.
Note, I won't be responding below until after I choose a few questions to respond to towards the end of the week.
I'm open ended on the questions so whatever you've got. Business, HelpSpot, other, it's all on the table.
A nice customer service story which demonstrates a great point to small ISV's out there. You should pretty much always charge a premium for great customer service. In fact, it's worth letting customers go away and come back as long as you can really live up to your end. I've already made dozens of decent size sales where people tried HelpSpot, then tried another help desk tool and finally came back to HelpSpot because they couldn't get their questions answered, get timely support and so on.
This is a really important consideration when working out your maintenance pricing. If you're providing top notch customer support make sure you're charging for it. Don't be tempted to simply match the competition or under cut them. People like to pay for the best as long as you really are.
As customer service organizations continue to look at ways to reduce operational costs, drive greater productivity, and enable users to help themselves, many businesses have made the adoption of customer self-service a key priority. At the same time the economics of outsourcing remain compelling, especially in countries like India and the Philippines, where labor costs continue to be significantly lower than in the United States, Europe, or parts of Asia, such as Korea.
But can companies make up for the potential loss of customer intimacy if clients are helping themselves online, or chatting with other users in a forum, rather than interacting with the firm's agents? If a business chooses to outsource and another company is answering the client's phones (or emails or chats), does that enterprise face the same risks? And what about political issues? Is it more acceptable to replace staff with a support portal versus an offshore call center?
For early success, the service desk is where ITIL can really shine.
In ITIL, the service desk function performs a number of critical tasks. To say it is simply the traditional help desk renamed does not do the service desk justice.
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Buprenorphine could end heroin addiction, curb disease, and cut crime. But bureaucrats, doctors, and much of the treatment industry are just saying no. A case study in why the best technology doesn't always win.
At 28, Joe has become something of an expert at heroin detox - he's tried it nine times. Between programs, he's attempted to quit on his own. Once, when the cravings got the best of him, he tried to knock himself out by hitting his head against a brick wall. So late last year, when Joe checked himself into a New York outpost of Phoenix House, the country's largest residential rehab program, he knew exactly what to expect: the plastic cups of methadone to wear down his dependence, the sedated days and sleepless nights, the chill of the toilet seat, the sickening sight of food. But then a doctor handed him a medication he'd never heard of. Something called buprenorphine - or simply, bupe. No way, Joe thought. No way this little orange pill is going to do the job.
That first day at Phoenix House, Joe remembers, his last heroin high was wearing off. He felt the familiar beads of sweat. Nausea began to creep to his throat. Perfect conditions, his doctor said; bupe works only when patients are in withdrawal. So Joe curled back his tongue, placed the little hexagonal tablet underneath, and waited. He felt it slowly soften to a gritty paste and disappear. It still amazes him how quickly it worked. He didn't feel high, didn't feel withdrawal symptoms, didn't even feel medicated; he just felt better. "It took away the pain," he says. "It even took away the craving. I had my strength back, and I was eating sooner than I ever had in detox. I got clarity when I took that first pill." The details of his addiction - kicked out of high school, stripped of a college basketball scholarship, and ultimately sent upstate to prison - already seem like stories from someone else's life.
Bupe won approval as an addiction treatment in late 2002. Sold by British firm Reckitt Benckiser and prescribed under the brand name Suboxone, bupe is a synthetic opiate that pushes the same buttons as heroin or painkillers like Vicodin, Percocet, or OxyContin, only without the high or any other significant side effects. It frees recovering addicts from cravings and crashes, allowing them to focus on counseling, work, and relationships. "It is the first real innovation in treatment in 40 years," says Phoenix House medical director Terry Horton.
Before bupe, there was mainly methadone, an amber syrup that offers similar relief from opiate cravings but is highly habit-forming. By law, methadone must be dispensed at special clinics and, for most patients, only in single daily doses. Widely prescribed beginning in the 1970s, methadone was medical science's first real attack on addiction, and study after study showed it prevented relapses and deaths by overdose. But public opinion swelled against it. Neighborhood groups battled methadone clinics, where patients congregate daily for their meds. Politicians charged that junkies were merely swapping one habit for another. Methadone has been controversial among addicts, too. Some rejected it for producing a powerful sedative effect that makes it difficult for a recovering addict to perform job duties. Others took methadone illegally as a cheap tranquilizer. "People get a methadone habit because it feels like what you were taking before," says Solinda, a former Wall Street office manager, heroin addict, and occasional methadone abuser who also went through bupe detox at Phoenix House.
Patients on bupe do become physically dependent on the pill - as do people taking medication for most chronic conditions. Suboxone, though, has no strong side effects. Nor can users get high by taking a larger dose - in other words, no inching up from dependence to addiction. Bupe is also safer than methadone - which, like any strong opiate, suppresses breathing if too high a dose is taken - and easier to taper off. And instead of visiting a treatment center every morning or quitting cold turkey, addicts can get a bupe prescription from their regular doctor. This offers real appeal to addicts, particularly white-collar ones, who cringe at the stigma of methadone lines. "You're just taking medication," Solinda says. "You don't feel sick. You don't feel high. It makes you feel stronger as a person."
For all these reasons, doctors and mental health professionals expected bupe to take off quickly. But that has not been the case. While Reckitt Benckiser won't disclose sales data, Shaun Thaxter, vice president of pharmaceutical marketing, says that 5,000 doctors are now prescribing buprenorphine. However, according to two prominent bupe researchers, sources inside the company late last year said only half that number is prescribing either Suboxone or Subutex, a form of pure bupe often used at hospitals for detox. And Herbert Kleber, director of the substance abuse division at Columbia Medical School, says the company told him it had recorded only about 1,500 prescribing doctors nationwide last summer.
Reckitt Benckiser estimates that since bupe was introduced, 100,000 patients in the US have used it, whether in the form of a single dose during detox or in ongoing treatment. But Yale scientist David Fiellin, a longtime bupe researcher, says that medical privacy laws make it impossible for the company to accurately count the number of patients taking the drug. "They can't know," he says. A more reliable indicator is the number of prescriptions filled by pharmacies, which are required to report their data to state health agencies. In New York City, home to an estimated 200,000 heroin addicts and perhaps two to three times that many prescription opiate addicts, some 34,000 people were on methadone maintenance throughout 2004, while only about 1,000 people filled a bupe prescription last year. "It's depressingly few," says Lloyd Sederer, New York City's deputy executive commissioner for health and mental hygiene.
So why has bupe's progress been so sluggish when it's clearly a superior innovation? There are several reasons. The general practitioners who were meant to write most of the prescriptions have proved ambivalent, at best, about treating addicts. Lawmakers have bungled regulations; at one point, there was even a federal law barring methadone clinics from dispensing bupe, despite their experience and reach within addiction circles. Meanwhile, Reckitt Benckiser has been conservative in marketing the new drug.
It's all enough to drive Sederer crazy. Reducing the number of active addicts in the city would help check the spread of HIV and other diseases that hang out on dirty needles. It would lessen the number of deaths by overdose. It would cut crime; 20 percent of all convicted felons in New York test positive for opiates. It might even save money. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that every $1 spent on drug treatment erases $7 in social costs ranging from unpaid ER bills to prison overhead.
But Sederer remains hopeful. He and Andrew Kolodny, a city health department psychiatrist, have launched a campaign to place at least 60,000 New Yorkers on bupe maintenance by 2010 - nearly double the number on methadone. They are turning city staffers into part-time drug reps to push bupe to health workers and patients at needle exchanges, methadone and HIV clinics, residential treatment centers, hospital wards, even prisons. They figure that if the bupe brand surges in these settings, then the harder-to-reach patients like white-collar professionals will hear about it, either when they make the occasional foray from their middle-class world to buy drugs, or when the city's inroads on addiction make headlines. Then these patients will ask their doctors for prescriptions, which in turn will make the medical community more comfortable with treating addiction as an illness.
"We're doing all the work for the drug company," Sederer says laughing. "Here you have a couple of psychiatrists launching a marketing campaign!"
Andrew Kolodny looks uncomfortable at the head of a long conference table in the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where staffers are filing in for a final briefing on the bupe campaign. Soft-spoken, with a shy demeanor and a disarming smile, Kolodny, 36, joined the health department a couple of years ago while doing a fellowship at Columbia Medical School for doctors interested in clinic or government work. Tomorrow, the city's marketing literature, written by health department staff, will arrive from the printer. "Hopefully, by the time we're done today, everyone will feel comfortable delivering this information," Kolodny begins encouragingly.
It's cram time. Kolodny reminds his colleagues of the drug's advantages. He stresses that bupe in the form of Suboxone is safe and almost impossible to abuse, a huge selling point at many of the clinics they will visit. Suboxone has a second active ingredient in the mix, he explains, an anti-overdose drug called naloxone. It does nothing if you take bupe as directed. But if you sniff bupe or inject it or otherwise try to pack enough into your bloodstream to get high, the naloxone acts like a chemical booby trap, erasing the effects of any opiate, bupe included, and bringing on sweaty, nauseating withdrawal. "That's the last time you'll do it," Kolodny says dryly. The length of treatment varies, with some doctors preferring a short detox and others believing addiction is best treated as a chronic condition - like depression or diabetes - with ongoing medication.
"Any questions?" he asks. One employee is still confused about why Reckitt Benckiser needs help marketing its drug. If anything, pharmaceutical firms promote their products too well, turning millions of otherwise sensible Americans into Googling hypochondriacs, and doctors into vending machines.
"They are not a pharmaceutical company," Kolodny replies. "They make Lysol."
"Woolite, also," adds another employee. "And French's mustard," Kolodny says, smiling a bit. The room breaks up laughing. "How did they come up with this?" another staffer asks. "Were they injecting Woolite?"
"I hope they're not making all this stuff in the same lab," a guy in the back mutters.
Reckitt Benckiser, "the world's number one in household cleaning," according to company literature, stumbled upon the compound in the 1970s. A few years later, scientists at Kentucky's Addiction Research Center discovered that buprenorphine reduced opiate craving. It bound tightly to the brain's opiate receptors - nerve endings designed to catch the body's pain-easing, pleasure-pumping endorphins - so that even a low dose blocks the effects of heroin or anything else a relapsing addict might take.
In the early 1990s, when bupe began its slow path toward FDA approval, it faced more obstacles than the average drug. Until the early 20th century, you could order just about any narcotic you wanted from the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog: morphine, heroin, opium. But in 1914, Congress passed the Harrison Narcotic Act, barring doctors from prescribing opiates to known addicts. Congress amended the act in 1966 to permit methadone as an addiction treatment and again in 2000, to allow doctors to prescribe bupe. But it tacked on strict conditions in 2000, partly in response to methadone's troubled history.
First synthesized in the 1940s by German scientists and scooped up after the war by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, methadone attracted attention in the addiction community in the 1960s. That's when a husband and wife team, doctors Marie Nyswander and Vincent Dole of Rockefeller University, found that with a daily dose of methadone and some counseling, opiate addicts had a much better chance of staying clean. Public health officials heralded the discovery as a revolution. To get methadone to the masses, Congress created a class of tightly regulated health clinics to treat nothing but addiction and barred them from issuing any prescription but daily single doses of methadone.
Some 40,000 New Yorkers were signed up by the mid-1970s. But the public success fizzled as NIMBY neighbors protested the location of clinics, illicit methadone hit the street, and critics slammed maintenance programs as nothing more than legalized addiction paid for by the government. "Methadone is stigmatized, destroyed," says Edwin Salsitz, a leading methadone expert based at New York's Beth Israel hospital and a regular instructor in buprenorphine licensing classes. "It's a medical tragedy."
Meanwhile, methadone regulations effectively ostracized addiction treatment from the medical mainstream. Most med schools leave it off the curriculum for all but psychiatry students, who get a mere four weeks of exposure. When young doctors train at big-city hospitals, most of their encounters with addicts are hard cases showing up in the ER in the middle of the night. "The top attendings make fun of them," Salsitz says.
An opportunity to bring addiction treatment back into the mainstream appeared when lawmakers amended the Harrison Act in 2000 to enable bupe to come to market. It made a step in that direction by allowing general practitioners to prescribe the new drug. Yet it barred methadone clinics from prescribing the pill at all. This set the stage for some treatment centers to view private-practice physicians as rivals. Yale's David Fiellin, who attended several early training courses, recalls clinic workers standing up to share horror stories about hardcore addicts and suggesting that family physicians, if they prescribed the new drug, could expect the same in their waiting rooms.
After bupe had been on the market a year, the law was amended to permit methadone clinics to prescribe it, but only under the same rules used for methadone (one dose per visit), which erases one of bupe's major advantages - that you don't have to schlep to a clinic every day. Meanwhile, many methadone providers have remained openly skeptical of the new med, fearing that it will further stigmatize methadone, or siphon off their most stable patients. The government reimburses methadone programs for the number of patients they oversee, not for the specific services they provide, so the payment for a stable patient who takes a dose and goes to work subsidizes treatment for more fragile clients with multiple addictions, mental illness, housing and unemployment issues, and more.
The regulatory problems didn't stop there. Influenced by tales of unscrupulous methadone clinics taking on huge case-loads for the reimbursement cash, Congress barred doctors from maintaining more than 30 bupe patients at a time. And in a monumental blunder, the law classified giant HMOs like Kaiser Permanente, as well as hospitals, as single providers, with the same 30-patient cap that Kolodny has in the solo practice he maintains on evenings and weekends. Four years later, the law remains unchanged. One clear sign of the law's unintended consequences: The world-renowned Addiction Institute of New York (better recognized by its old name, Smithers) doesn't mention bupe in its advertising because with a 30-patient limit, it fears it would have to turn people away.
Meanwhile, even private-practice physicians open-minded enough to seek bupe training find that it reinforces old stereotypes. "The courses are a disaster," says Columbia's Herbert Kleber, who has a contract from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to redesign the curriculum. The classes rely on scenarios instead of letting doctors interact with live patients - who tend not to be the monsters that many doctors imagine, Kleber says. The message that comes across? "Addicts are a difficult group to deal with. They'll rob your office blind and steal your nurse's purse," Kleber says, frowning. "You're a general practitioner: Tell me if you're going to prescribe."
The result is that bupe faces an uphill battle to find its way into doctors' offices.
Kolodny steers a big government sedan through the busy streets of Queens, past a billboard that promises, somewhat disturbingly, The World's Boldest Corrections Officers, then over the bridge to Rikers Island, where he'll talk about bupe to a group of prison docs and nurses. "Best-case scenario, everyone hears my speech and thinks this is an amazing treatment," he says. "But they may not want to be innovators. They may be content in what they're doing." What they're doing is maintaining inmates on methadone, trying to tame their addictions before they return to the street. Kolodny hopes that with the enticement of meds donated by Reckitt Benckiser - seed drugs - the prison will agree to put some inmates on bupe instead. Then, when they check out, they can tell their neighbors about it and increase the pressure on local doctors to write prescriptions.
A security escort leads Kolodny through two guard stations and a razor-wire fence that stands between roughly 17,000 inmates and a postcard view of the Manhattan skyline. He hands Kolodny a visitor ID - "Lose this and I'll fucking kill you," he instructs - and asks what brings him to Rikers. "You're talking about replacing methadone?" he says, skeptically, before Kolodny corrects him. "We're pretty anal about change here," the guard warns. "We don't like change."
A group of 25 doctors and nurses is already waiting when Kolodny arrives at the prison's health offices. He surveys the collection of bored, tired faces staring back at him, shuffles his notes, and begins. "With any new medication with significant advantages, you'd see ads on TV, like you do with Zoloft, you'd see ads in journals, docs would start prescribing it," Kolodny says. That obviously hasn't happened with bupe.
The doctors ask about side effects. Good news there. They ask whether it shows up on a drug screen (methadone does, so many people who might face a urine test at work avoid it). Nope, Kolodny says, a bupe patient's urine tests negative - more good news. They ask about the potential for black-market dealing; inmates learn to hold their methadone in their throat, spit it back up, and sell the spit. That's pretty much impossible, Kolodny says, to nods of approval. Will inmates be able to keep receiving bupe after they leave prison? Some, but not all, Kolodny says. That's because of the nearly 300 doctors in New York licensed to prescribe bupe, only a handful will accept Medicaid, even though it covers the treatment. Any more - well, the city is working on it.
As he leaves through the tall, steel gates, Kolodny breaks into a smile. "I didn't think people would greet us this warmly," he says, genuinely surprised. "I don't know if I'd go so far as to say we achieved buy-in, but it was a start."
On the drive back to his office downtown, Kolodny's Treo rings twice, just minutes apart. Two more people looking for bupe treatment at his private practice. "That's weird," he laughs. Or, maybe, an encouraging sign.
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Andrew Kolodny, health department psychiatrist turned bupe evangelist, is pushing to get 60,000 New York City addicts on buprenorphine by 2010.
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Honduras Civic Center
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
By representing the public sector, Gomez Vazquez International helped to create a community and build the Honduras Civic Center.
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The project portrays the country determination to have facilities comparable to those in the most advanced nations of the world.
The building provides a facility to the government agencies of Honduras. It's located in the central district. Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela are two buildings with office spaces that help create efficiency in the internal functioning of the state with a criterion of sustainability and inclusiveness. The total construction of both buildings is 301,661.56 sqm.