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SOAR Canada
All About SOAR Canada
Formerly called CEIDA Media, SOAR Canada is an incorporated not-for-profit that publishes print and other media aimed at raising and maintaining the self-esteem of children and youth with disabilities. Our first product is Outfox Magazine, which is a print publication created for autistic children cognitively aged between 8 and 13 years old. We are working on children's books which are written and/or illustrated by autistic youth and adults as well other disability-positive books. Our team includes youth advisors that are on the autism spectrum, a comic artist team that created the first autistic superhero (the author of which is autistic himself), and writers that are committed to helping youth believe in themselves and aspire to their full potentials.
Our mission is to
Celebrate,
Encourage, and
Diversity and
CEIDA.
Why is SOAR Canada necessary?
Some statistics from recent studies highlight why we believe that it is important to combat the seeds of future depressive disorders in children with autism and other disabilities:
Approximately 40% of autistics have symptoms of at least one anxiety disorder at any time, compared with up to 15% of the general population
66% of adults newly diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrom (a "high functioning" form of autism) reported having contemplated suicide
a 2016 study in Sweden concluded that suicide is a leading cause of premature death in people with autism spectrum disorder
the unemployment rate for individuals with autism spectrum disorder is over 80% yet over 77% of unemployed autistics say they want to work. Over half of working autistic people said their skills were higher than those their job required
worldwide, people with autism spectrum disorder are subject to stigma, discrimination, and human rights violations
CEIDA Media Inc. was founded when one little boy came home and said he hated having autism and called himself stupid. To combat the early onset signs of depression, one mom talked to another who had years of experience with autistic children and a similar amount of experience in the publishing industry. They shared the idea and their vision for the magazine with other autism moms, teachers, autism specialist, children with autism, and children without it. Through their comments, the founders produced a prototype which was tweaked and revised. By February 2017 the first issue was ready and shared as Outfox Magazine.
We want to see a future where society is more accepting and knowledgeable about all forms of diversity – including neurodiversity. We want to see people comfortable in their own skin; we want to see people reject messaging about what they "should be" like and accept what they ARE like. We want a future where all people have strong connections within their families, their personal relationships, with their schools and with their communities. We want to see autistic and other challenged and vulnerable youth more prepared for the world and able to take care of money management and relationships in the workplace.
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Bill Barhydt on 'Cutting the Cord' from Traditional Banks
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Bill Barhydt is reimagining the future of banking.
"I'd love to be in the position to shut off my bank accounts and have a crypto-centric bank, effectively," Bill said in the latest Follow the White Rabbit podcast. "If you have Hulu and Netflix, you can cut the cord. I don't pay for cable or satellite television anymore because I can pretty much get it all through my Internet connection. In banking, that's not possible right now -- and I think that's about to change."
To facilitate "cutting the cord" from banks, Bill founded Abra -- a peer-to-peer, decentralized, money-transfer app available that allows people to invest in cryptocurrency and carry out digital cash payments. Essentially, Abra aims to be a full-fledged banking service for cryptocurrency.
Bill created Abra after a career spanning centralized institutions and forward-looking tech companies alike. Bill's experience at the CIA, NASA, Goldman Sachs, and at Internet companies such as Netscape, convinced him of the need for financial decentralization. "I never thought that they would all come together -- cryptography, fixed income trading, my work with Internet payments -- it's all come together with Abra," he said.
With Abra operating in over 150 countries, Bill experiences directly one of cryptocurrency's main benefits. Avoiding relying on central authorities is in many people's best financial interest -- especially in countries vulnerable to inflation. While some critics point to cryptocurrencies' volatility, many people are already used to instability in their native currencies, preferring to trust decentralized networks.
"Crypto represents a different perspective to people ... who don't trust the government to create sound money," Bill explained.
Crypto's next step is to become more accessible. This means making the technology easier to use and currencies fungible -- cash-like and interchangeable. For people to cut the cord from their banks, they should feel comfortable using decentralized technology, and the technology should have the same traditional use cases.
"I worry about this a lot -- this idea of fungibility and privacy as it relates to money," Bill said. "We need to address this at the base protocol layer of the money itself -- and we will."
To hear more about Bill's banking revolution, follow us down the rabbit hole. Listen to the conversation here or on your favorite streaming service.
Decrypt Reporter on Making Omelettes with Bert the Robot
Miko Matsumura on Creating "Immortal Software"
Marvin Tong on Battling the "Data Empire" with Privacy and Decentralization

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Mikey Whittaker
Senior Research Fellow, Drug Delivery Disposition & Dynamics
EmailMichael.Whittaker@monash.edu
Research Output (141)
Research Statement: Dr Whittaker is expert in advanced polymerisation techniques and the synthesis / modification / characterisation of functional soft and hard matter. In his research career he has demonstrated the use of these materials to form functional and smart polymer materials and hybrid organic/inorganic nanoparticles with precise architectures and properties. As well as providing fundamental insights and new methods for materials synthesis, his transdisciplinary research has focused on using these functional materials as building blocks for advanced functional nano/materials used in a range of high-end technologies: precision nanomedicines (therapeutic drug, DNA, RNA delivery: and clinical imaging), bio-coatings and environmental remediation.
Professional Experience: After spending a number of years in industry he received his Ph-D in polymer chemistry in 2000 from the University of Queensland for work investigating the molecular dynamics and diffusion within hydrogel polymer networks using advanced solid state NMR techniques.
In 2001 he joined Bio-Layer Pty Ltd as a Senior Research Scientist where he developed new methods for the modification, synthesis and self-assembly of polymer interfaces to preferentially orientate antibodies. During this period of industry employment he also held an adjunct lecturer position within the University of New South Wales. In 2004, he joined the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN: http://www.aibn.uq.edu.au/) as Research Fellow. From 2008 until May 2013 he served as the Research Manager, and Senior Research Fellow, for both the Centre of Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD: www.camd.unsw.edu.au) and the Australian Centre for Nanomedicine (ACN: www.acn.unsw.edu.au), University of New South Wales.
Currently he is Senior Research Fellow within the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, a visiting academic at University of Warwick (UK) and visiting Professor with the group of Prof. Laurent Fontaine, University du Maine (France).
Founding Chair of the hugely successful PolymerVic symposium series.
Whittaker Research Group
Current research interests also include:
1. Toxicology of nanoparticles,
2. Synthesis of 'smart' hybrid inorganic/organic nanomaterials,
3. Application of advanced polymer materials in environmental (soil/water) remediation,
4. Applications of advanced polymer materials in theranostic nanomedicine.
Nano-Materials
Polymeric Materials
Understanding the kinetics of nanomedicine clearance from healthy and diseased lungs
Kaminskas, L., Whittaker, M. & Whittaker, A. K.
IRTG: International Research Training Grant (IRTG)_Renewal of Molecular pathogenesis of male reproductive disorders project
Meinhardt, A., Loveland, K., Bhushan, S., Ellem, S., Hedger, M., O'Bryan, M., O'Donnell, L., Stanton, P., Risbridger, G., Baker, M. A., Hobbs, R., Loveland, B., Exintaris, B., Western, P., McLachlan, R., Whittaker, M., Wagenlehner, F. M. E., Bergmann, M., Diemer, T., Fietz, D., Fijak, M., Konrad, L., Linn, T., Middendorff, R., Pilatz, A., Schagdarsurengin, U., Schuppe, H. C., Steger, K. & Scheiner-Bobis, G.
Designing Nanoparticles to Combat Cellular Dysfunction
Whittaker, M., Kaminskas, L., Quinn, J. & Sloan, E.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
Optimal formulations of PolyActiva's drug-polymer conjugates
Whittaker, M., Sulistio, A. & Valade, D.
A study of the interrelationships between drug release and polymer biodegradation of novel drug-polymerconjugates (DPCs)
Davis, T., Prankerd, R., Whittaker, M., Donohue, A. & Tait, R.
Australian Research Council (ARC), PolyActiva Pty Ltd
Controlling Nanomaterial Size and Shape for Biomedical Applications via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly
Khor, S. Y., Quinn, J. F., Whittaker, M. R., Truong, N. P. & Davis, T. P., Jan 2019, In : Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 40, 2, 22 p., 1800438.
Development of a shape-controlled H 2 S delivery system using epoxide-functional nanoparticles
Yu, S. H., Esser, L., Khor, S. Y., Senyschyn, D., Veldhuis, N. A., Whittaker, M. R., Ercole, F., Davis, T. P. & Quinn, J. F., 23 Apr 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 12 p.
Local inflammation alters the lung disposition of a drug loaded pegylated liposome after pulmonary dosing to rats
Haque, S., Feeney, O., Meeusen, E., Boyd, B. J., McIntosh, M. P., Pouton, C. W., Whittaker, M. & Kaminskas, L. M., 10 Aug 2019, In : Journal of Controlled Release. 307, p. 32-43 12 p.
A comparison of the lung clearance kinetics of solid lipid nanoparticles and liposomes by following the 3H-labelled structural lipids after pulmonary delivery in rats
Haque, S., Whittaker, M., McIntosh, M. P., Pouton, C. W., Phipps, S. & Kaminskas, L. M., 1 Apr 2018, In : European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 125, p. 1-12 12 p.
A tunable one-pot three-component synthesis of an 125I and Gd-labelled star polymer nanoparticle for hybrid imaging with MRI and nuclear medicine
Esser, L., Lengkeek, N. A., Moffat, B. A., Vu, M. N., Greguric, I., Quinn, J. F., Davis, T. P. & Whittaker, M. R., 7 Jul 2018, In : Polymer Chemistry. 9, 25, p. 3528-3535 8 p.
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Australian/Shell Innovation Challenge 2011 - University of Quensland
Mikey Whittaker (Recipient), 2011
Australian Mining Awards 2011 - University of Quensland
Finalist UniQuest Trailblazer 2006 and 2008 - University of Quensland
6 Contribution to conference
3 Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
2 Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
9th International Nanomedicine Conference
Mikey Whittaker (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
12th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics: From Laboratory to Clinical Practice
Mikey Whittaker (Invited speaker)
26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Conference 2018
Mikey Whittaker (Keynote/plenary speaker)
RACI Centenary Congress
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David Thomas ist der Name folgender Personen:

* David Thomas (Politiker, 1762) (1762–1831), US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
 David Thomas (Botaniker) (1776–1859), US-amerikanischer Ingenieur und Botaniker
 David Thomas, 1. Viscount Rhondda (1856–1918), walisischer Politiker, Mitglied des House of Commons
 David Thomas (Sänger) (* 1943), britischer Sänger (Bass)
 David Thomas (Journalist) (1953/1954–1991), britischer Journalist
 David Thomas (Politiker, 1955) (* 1955), britischer Politiker
 David Thomas (Cricketspieler) (1956–2012), britischer Cricketspieler
 David Thomas (Autor) (Pseudonym Tom Cain; * 1959), britischer Journalist und Schriftsteller
 David Thomas (Musiker), britischer Musiker
 David Thomas (Gedächtnissportler) (* 1968), US-amerikanischer Gedächtnissportler und Autor
 David Thomas (Fußballspieler) (* 1979), walisischer Fußballspieler
 David Thomas (Tennisspieler) (* 1988), deutscher Tennisspieler
 David Clayton-Thomas (* 1941), kanadischer Musiker
 David Gilbert Thomas (1928–2015), britisch-US-amerikanischer Physiker
 David St. Thomas (1929–2014), britischer Herausgeber und Buchautor

Siehe auch:
 Dave Thomas

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Fucellia tergina est une espèce d'insectes de l'ordre des diptères et de la famille des Anthomyiidae.

Description
Cette  est caractérisée par un vol court et maladroit. Comme toutes les espèces de son genre, elle a un cycle biologique de 28 jours, ce rythme mensuel lui permettant de mener à bien une reproduction dans l'espace de temps qui sépare deux grandes marées.

Elle est typiquement associée aux espèces Scathophaga intermedia, Coelopa frigida, Orygma luctuosum, ainsi qu'à celles du genre Thoracochaeta et Chersodromia pour former l'entomofaune hautement spécialisée du kelp (Macrocystis, Fucus) et des  constitués de fucacées. Elle pond sur les algues en décomposition des laisses de mer (sur substrat sableux à vaseux) dont les larves vont se nourrir.

L'hiver ou les jours froids, des groupements denses de Fucellia s'amassent dans les crevasses des roches, semblant hiverner. L'été, elles peuvent pulluler sur les algues et sont souvent le prétexte de demandes d'intervention de la part des vacanciers pour l'enlèvement des laisses.

Distribution
Cette espèce colonise aussi bien les littoraux pacifique qu'atlantique.

Synonymes
Thrixina masatierrana Enderlein, 1938
Thrixina masafuerana Enderlein, 1938
Fucellia pacifica Malloch, 1923
Fucellia intermedia Lundbeck, 1901
Parachortophila modesta Bigot, 1885
Chortophila sulcans Rondani, 1866
Chortophila effodiens Rondani, 1866
Anthomyza dorsalis Zetterstedt, 1845
Fucellia arenaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1841
Scatophaga marina Macquart, 1838
Scatophaga maritima Haliday, 1838

Notes et références

Voir aussi

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Anthomyiidae
Espèce de Diptères (nom scientifique)


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Reality TV star and former Olympic medallist Bruce Jenner's new look as a woman was unveiled on the cover of Vanity Fair this week.
On Monday, she revealed her new name as Caitlyn Jenner, and launched a Twitter account that attracted more than 1 million followers in four hours and three minutes, a new world record.
Born in 1949, Bruce Jenner had dyslexia and struggled in school. But he excelled in sports, and became an American sporting hero by setting a world record in the decathlon in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. He was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986.
After the Olympics he was a spokesman for Wheaties breakfast cereal. He also acted in the television series The Love Boat, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was also a race car driver in the 1980s.
He is a motivational speaker, television sports commentator and author of several books.
He has six children from three marriages.
He was married to Chrystie Scott from 1972 to 1981, and they had a son, Burton, and a daughter, Cassandra.
Less than a week after his divorce was finalised, he married actress Linda Thompson. They have two sons, Brandon and Sam Brody, and divorced in 1986.
After five months of dating, he married Kris Kardashian in 1991. They have two daughters together, Kendall and Kylie. Kris has four children from her prior marriage - Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob. Jenner and Kris recently divorced in 2014.
Jenner once again became a household name with the reality TV series Keeping Up With The Kardashians, appearing as the sometimes bemused stepfather of the flamboyant Kardashian daughters.
As Caitlyn Jenner now, she will be getting her own show documenting her transition to a woman.
Jenner has been the most high-profile American transgender to date. She made the announcement in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer in April.


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Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea (13 June 1578 – 4 November 1639) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.

Early life
Finch was the third, but second surviving, son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. Among his siblings were Sir Theophilius Finch, 2nd Baronet, Lady Anne Finch (who married Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet), Hon. Sir Heneage Finch (Speaker of the House of Commons), Hon. Francis Finch (MP for Eye), and Lady Catherine Finch (who married Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, of Gosfield).

His paternal grandparents were the former Catherine Moyle (a daughter of Sir Thomas Moyle). and Sir Thomas Finch and his uncle was Henry Finch (MP for Canterbury and St Albans). His maternal grandparents were the former Anne Poyntz (daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz) and Sir Thomas Heneage, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the latter years of the reign of Elizabeth I.

Career
Finch represented the constituencies of Winchelsea from 1621 to 1622 and Kent from 1628 to 1629 as a Member of Parliament.

Upon the death of his elder brother Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet in 1619, Finch inherited his father's baronetcy. Later, he inherited the earldom of Winchilsea from his mother Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea on her death in 1634.

Personal life
In 1609, he married Cecille Wentworth, a daughter of John Wentworth of Gosfield Hall, High Sheriff of Essex, and Cecille Unton (dau. and eventual co-heiress of Sir Edward Unton). They had a son and three daughters, including:

 Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (–1689), the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire who married Hon. Diana Willoughby, eldest daughter of Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby in 1645. After her death in 1648, he married Lady Mary Seymour, second daughter of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, in . After her death in 1672, he married Catherine ( Norcliffe) Wentworth, widow of Christopher Lister and Sir John Wentworth (and daughter of Sir Thomas Norcliffe) in 1673. After her death in 1678, he married Elizabeth Ayres, only daughter and heiress of John Ayres, in 1681.

Lord Winchilsea died on 4 November 1639 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son, Heneage.

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Creative Mornings: Ben Chestnut
I recently started attending Creative Mornings a breakfast lecture series for creatives around the world, with a Chapter run by Creative Director, Nate Spees, here in San Diego. It was held in the Moniker Building of the East Village, a section of our city known for its growing arts community (think Williamsburg circa 2006). Immediately I was in awe of what I saw happening. Coming from Brooklyn I had grown quite used to seeing artists everywhere. It was an inherent part of moving to Brooklyn, to pursue your passion or at least spend time with artist types. Until my attendance at Creative Mornings I had no idea such a large amount of artists lived in San Diego. It was as if they all came out of hiding and rapidly created a line that wrapped around the block, and being Halloween was filled with costumes from Kermit the Frog to a Randy Macho Man Savage.
The lecture I attended was that of Dane Danner of Consortium Holdings who provided talk revolved around the idea of SHOCK and how a shocking moment in life, particulary as a child, can resonate with you as an adult and how he used these moments to form a career.
My favorite new part of Creative Mornings however is access to the podcast series it provides, which captures some of the greatest talk from across the globe and provides it in a clean, easy to digest package online and on Itunes (find it here http://creativemornings.com/podcast)
The episode I would love to Reference is from Mail Chimps CEO Ben Chestnut and his concept of management in the creative field, something I've always been interested in especially after reading Laszlo Bock's, Work Rules and Eric Schmidt's How Google Works. Creatives undoubtedly work different than other positions and to understand the creative and empower them often proves to be the critical driving force behind successful companys. With Mr. Chestnut being a creative individual himself I think this further helped prove his theory on creative management. Its almost like you need to think like a creative to manage one...
I highly encourage those of you in a management position in a creative organizaton to listen to the entire podcast, found here http://creativemornings.com/podcast/episodes/ben-chestnut
But just in case you dont have the time I jotted down a few of the major points I believe Eric was trying to drive home.
You have to set up a business to take advantage of generating creativity. Heres a scenario.
The entrepreneur starts a business and the business grow to success. Things go wrong when that original entrepreneur (the creative) steps out of the position and delegates (or hands off) the business to an unsuspecting manager without the original vision.
"Before you know it your whole company is thinking like managers. You're not all managers but you are all thinking like managers. Defending the money machine you made 10 years ago.
No one is making new machines, no one is looking to improve it, you are just defending. Even worse the creative people at the bottom, the assume the only way to move up is to become a manager or think like a manager. Thats where things really start to end. To much order is really horrible. You have to balance it out with disorder and chaos."
From here Mr. Chesnut relates this to physics and entropy, the study of waste and disorder, stating the nature loves chaos.
"Lets say you have a nice orderly studio, but once you let humans in they are going to turn it into a pigsty. But managers hate disorder, its inefficient, it ruins their sorting and if they had their way entropy would be 0. No chaos=no work no output. No pigsty=no pigs, no pigs, no bacon. CHAOS is good! My job as a manager is to find ways to create chaos."
An example of how Chestnut does this is to let innovation happen. Avoid meetings, let people create. What he does is find out what people are working on and how he can make those little pieces fit together.
If you are in a management position for a creative company or a creative or really just anyone who may need to take the lead I think this way of thinking is incredibly applicable. In our modern world I think the new generations are quick to look at how things are down and try to improve it. If something is not working this generation is not afraid to voice their opinion, work to change it, and increase productivity as a result. Its just up to the managers to free themselves of their preconceived notions on management and learn to work together with the creative in symbiosis.
Thats where the real magic happens.
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Business as Usual is Unusual
Close your eyes and image going into your office...
Dragging your feet, you drudge over to your desk, plopping into your semi cushioned swivel chair. After a short reprieve in energy you walk over to the kitchen and load up the good ol' Keurig. Popping in the pod you suck in a deep breath and exhaust in frustration. You get back to your desk to sip your coffee - digesting the morning news. Ah, the New York Times. Get up to go pee. Type and email. Engage your coworker in monotonous conversation about last night and end up plotting plans for the summer. O no, its 3:00pm? How did the day escape you? You write another email. What did you do with the time? What do you even do?
Sounds like a bit like the Mike Judge film "Office Space" -- the horrifying tale of a man stuck in work limbo.
Did you put the new coversheet on your TPS report - Lumbergh, Office Space
While carrying the title of millennial doesn't always constitute as a positive description of oneself in some ways I think millennials are the answer. So what the hell is the question?
We've all heard the term "business as usual" referring to a state of standard functions and processes within an organization. While some may long for this structure of business as usual promises one thing. Stagnancy. It removes the aspect that most businesses crave, but few are bold enough to make the leap towards. CHANGE. I feel growing up in an error of predicted doom economically with the financial collapse and an uncertain recovery, severe climate change, education underfunded and prisons overcrowded, Millennials are keen to the fact that something needs to change. And whether its wanted or not change is coming and in a very big way.
Change comes in all forms, but undoubtedly is a necessity when growing a company and imperative to the success. Take the companies we value most in our society in terms of financial success and innovation and they have clearly followed the mark. From a company who began with computers and last I heard is now in the watch business, or a search engine that wants to sell me glasses. Or look to the latter with once inventive companies like Facebook, whose popularity still proves to be a driving force for the company but a staggering lack of change and a lackluster CEO has continued to drive shares down.
Change resolves the age old power structures and destroys the notion that scarcity is a means to build a successful business. (scarcity of information, distribution, market reach, choice, and shelf space) How Google Works, Eric Schmidt.
This revolution in mind set is not only coming from vets like Apple or Google, but is followed and repeated in newcomers like tech giant Elon Musk and his groundbreaking Tesla. And believe it or not it looks to be the future of tried and true classics. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, and maybe thats true in some cases, but you can get another dog. And run it alongside the old dog. Hell maybe they become friends, learn from each other, and open the door to new possibilities.
Fortune Magazine recently reported this occurrence in the May 2015 Issue in the article Startups Inside Giant Companies where we are seeing big companies fund and seek the next big thing within their own four walls, attracting new talent and letting creatives run with ideas that may have otherwise not seek the light of day outside of moms garage in the front and center stage with the funding of a corporate giant such as Coca Cola.
"For now, the Silicon Valley mind-set is in. GE has enlisted 500 coaches to train executives to embrace concepts like risk taking and learning from failure. Mondelez sends its brand managers to work inside partnering startups to learn how they operate, while Tyco, the fire and security giant, invites venture capitalists to speak on behaving like a startup. "It's the new way of working that eventually every large company will embrace," says David Butler, Coca-Cola's vice president of innovation." (Fortune Magazine, Startups Inside Giant Companies)
It's not that big companies don't get what startups do, says Coca-Cola's Butler. It's just that replicating the unstructured, unfettered moves of, say, a five-person outfit is difficult to do with the systems and vast teams needed to operate on a global scale. "Big companies tend to hire managers, not explorers," Butler says. "You tell them to do this and keep doing it, not explore new ways to do it. Early-stage companies employ nothing but explorers." (Fortune Magazine, Startups Inside Giant Companies)
Startups offer revitalization, newness, potential, and a alleviation to that age of fear of sitting at a desk working for the weekend.
Close your eyes. Slug back into that desk. Wow you've been reading this and let more time slip away. You forgot to send that email. And left the coversheet off your TPS report. Lumbergh is very disappointed. Get back to work.
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Mad Men - The End of An Era - And the Lessons Therein
Mad Men has played an integral part in my life. I know. It sounds silly. It's a TV show written about a 1960/70's advertising agency, a time period I did not live in and a job description I am not currently pursuing.
To describe the show in its entirety in the scale of a few paragraphs is almost an impossible task. Is it about advertising? Certainly. For anyone working in the field you will no doubt relate to the pace, the types of people, the day to day of the Accounts, Media, and Creative Team that you either love or hate. But beyond the front facing theme of advertising Mad Men is at its core about people, our relationships with them, and an attempt to understand human nature.
So who is Don?
Why is Don?
I had a conversation with one of my best friends the other day. It began in the day to day and as per usual drifted much deeper. Relationships. The way we were raised in the Midwest. How the neighborhoods we grew up in shaped our definition of self into manhood. Family. The recent riots in Baltimore and race relations in America.
The beauty of Mad Men is that the messages and symbolism aren't as blunt as other shows and not easily deciphered. I . We are merely guided through the through a series of complex events through the eyes of our lead (protagonist/antagonist?). That all comes from your perception and how you see things. The show is very similar to the conversation I had. Not objective. We weren't solving any problems --we weren't doing it the sake of narrative -- we were just recounting our tale, the lives that we lived, the ups and the downs. And in the process understanding who we are in the process. Thats how I view Mad Men.
So what have I learned from Mad Men, what is my personal take away that can make you understand why I liken Mad Men to a some sort of life epiphany. Here it is in 2 short bullets.
Your family is everything. And there are those who will stop at nothing to escape them. But what makes life so much more sweet is when you realize that they are the key. Cheating will catch up to you and never worth it. Cherish your kids. And be there for them.
Your job isn't everything. I think it can be glamorized that when one attains x,y,and z you have it all, whatever that all might be to you -- power, money, women.. Mad Men showed me that you can have all of those things and still be left alone. From the outside looking in Don is everything we want to be -- smart, handsome, charismatic, charming, cool calm and collected. But after spending the time to look inwards Don is lost. But with hope, Don is searching and with some hope he will find what he is looking for.
Mad Men really is the end of an era.
And wherever Don choose to go, I wish him the best. I hope that he continues his pursuit to find himself and what he truly wants. And I hope above all it leads him to a sense of happiness and purpose that money and Madison Avenue could never provide him.
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Work Rules! and adding life balance through commuting.
My day is typically dispersed through a number of locations. Finding a since of balance therein is not only something I had hoped to find since joining Outside the Lens, but rather an imperative quality that I knew would be necessary to work efficiently, manage multiple classrooms at multiple sites, and somehow still grow in the process.
Since joining audible on a discounted rate I was able to negotiate I have picked up a number of books to make my travels more tolerable, and task myself in the meantime to create a booklist that helps me evolve as a man, teacher, and entrepreneur. Of these reads I try to learn from great minds I admire, the likes of Einstein, Obama and the Clintons, Steve Jobs, and Eric Schmidt.
For anyone looking to mange the scale of work and life (and maybe even pair them to one in the same) I highly recommend Work Rules by Mr. Bock. Bock attempts to break down Googles structure in an attempt to show why and how it has grown into one of the most respected and sought after companies to work for on the planet. And given his expertise in the area or hiring and managing he does it from a humble perspective not failing to not Googles's flaws and failed attempts along the road.
Some of the major insights I was able to acquire from this book will translate instantly to anyone in a managerial role or hoping to start a business of their own. Particularly in regards to hiring reform which Google believes should not be one managers and rather it should be a deeper screening process. Be willing to concentrate your people investment on hiring. Rather than join and then have to prove yourself, you hire folks who are already capable and let them hit the ground running.
One of the biggest confirmations I received was a thought I have always had regarding short training sessions are a waste of company time. Companies often use the illusion of seminars and certifications to allow employees to feel empowered and "learn new skills" when in fact nothing is genuinely acquired in these short periods and serve little purpose in the office. I have been to many of these both in the education and advertising world, leaving with a feeling that I have simply put another check on my resume rather than gaining any real world value and experience. Hire people smarter than themselves, steer away from micro management, and let the magic unfold. You'ld be amazed what workers like this are capable of.
Finally -- think like a founder. Even if you are the founder.
"Building an exceptional team or institution starts with a founder. But being a founder doesn't mean starting a new company. It is within anyone's grasp to be the founder and culture-creator of their own team, whether you are the first employee or joining a company that has existed for decades."
If you pick it up let me know what you think. Glorified HR consultant telling why his company is the best or the blueprint on how to build the next best company?
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The Audacity
Because how can you be the man you want to be, without learning from the men you want to be like.
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OTL & NCAN Arts Meeting
Looking for new ways to grow, engage new participants and learn from others in the field is a way that I myself stay focussed and interested in my role in the work-sphere. In my work with Outside the Lens, a startup based in San Diego I take place in any networking event I can find. Our region is often overlooked and overshadowed by the major art cities California has natured (San Francisco and Los Angeles) however San Diego has a growing scene that reminds me of my early days in Brooklyn. Young people congregating in specific pockets, doing what they can to make it flourish, gallery opening here, pop up here and all the craft beer you can drink along the way.
However what is happening in San Diego, only happens toward one end of the region leaving the Northern region dry from any major happenings. The NCAN or North County Arts Network was developed to bridge that gap, forming an artist coalition of sorts from politicians to painters to gain funding, events, and artists to the region. Institutions from my undergraduate Alma Mater at CSUSM to the Escondido Center of the Arts and Lux Institute are all there in action scheming news to reach success.
These meetings are incredibly important to me as my pursuit in the arts began at California State University San Marcos as a freshmen with literally no idea what I was even doing in college. It was there that my mind was crafted to think independently, use technology to my benefit, and create. As Outside the Lens continues to expand I can only hope north county will be able to house us.
The reason for this post is the power to work with others to create something great. To pair together with individuals with a similar interest as often as you can to build dreams into reality. Thats where it all starts. And you may have friends along the way who question you on what your doing -- how do even have time for this? why do you even care? They don't get it. But you do.
Go out there creatives. Spark minds. Change lives.
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The Mediterranean island of Malta saw the direct economic contribution made by its financial services sector nearly double in the five year period ending in December 2012 – a period of considerable turmoil and consolidation in many other jurisdictions, particularly elsewhere in the European Union. According to preliminary data from Malta's National Statistics Office, the financial services sector was directly responsible for 8.5% of the Maltese economy's gross domestic product last year, up from 4.5% in 2008.
That was the year that New York-based Lehman Brothers collapsed, several of Iceland's banks were placed in receivership, and a number of UK banks were bailed out by the British government. The financial sector's wider contribution to the Maltese economy, through such ancillary professional and business services as law, accounting and similar types of businesses, is difficult to measure, but is thought to bring the total share of GDP attributable to financial services to "roughly 15%", according to Malta Financial Services Authority chairman Joe Bannister.
Comparable figures for 2008 are not available. Direct employment in direct financial intermediation services is now around 9,000, up from 6,200 at the end of 2008, or equal to about 6% of the working population of a little more than 150,000, Bannister said. "An additional 1,000 professional jobs, such as legal, accounting and so on, and 500 administrative jobs are estimated have been created as a result of demand from the financial services sector over the same five-year period," he added.


In multivariate time series analysis, objects of primary interest to study cross-dependences in the time series are the autocovariance or spectral density matrices. Non-degenerate covariance and spectral density matrices are necessarily Hermitian and positive definite, and our primary goal is to develop new methods to analyze samples of such matrices. The main contribution of this paper is the generalization of the concept of statistical data depth for collections of covariance or spectral density matrices by exploiting the geometric properties of the space of Hermitian positive definite matrices as a Riemannian manifold. This allows one to naturally characterize most central or outlying matrices, but also provides a practical framework for rank-based hypothesis testing in the context of samples of covariance or spectral density matrices. First, the desired properties of a data depth function acting on the space of Hermitian positive definite matrices are presented. Second, we propose two computationally efficient pointwise and integrated data depth functions that satisfy each of these requirements. Several applications of the developed methodology are illustrated by the analysis of collections of spectral matrices in multivariate brain signal time series datasets.


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Q: Crate dictionary with for in in swift I'm trying to make a dictionary with looping using for in swift
but the result that appears is only the last value
my code is
  let items = [10, 9, 8 , 7, 6]

  var paramp: [String: Any] = [:]
  for item in items {
        paramp["paramp_id"] = item
  }

the resulst is ["paramp_id" : 6]
the results i want is
["paramp_id" : 10]
["paramp_id" : 9]
["paramp_id" : 8]
["paramp_id" : 7]
["paramp_id" : 6]

i want to get all the dictionary

A: You seem to be describing an array of single-value dictionaries. That's unlikely to be useful. What you really want is probably an array of structs that have a paramp_id property:
struct MyStruct {
    let paramp_id: Int
}
let items = [10, 9, 8, 7, 6]
let structs = items.map {MyStruct(paramp_id:$0)}


Hi friends! Happy Saturday, and welcome to another adorable installment of Amore LauraFadora with the fabulous Laura Bassen!
In this feature, Laura is bringing out some of her favorite Picture Book characters (Lion, Zebra, and Giraffe) along with a rainbow of Simon Says Stamp cardstock to make this darling card! Be sure to watch the video for more info and enjoy!
You are my people too. I really like your take on cards. They are colorful and fun. They inspire me too. Thanks a bunch!
Such an adorable card! Really love the sentiment!
Cute card! I love all the picture book dies and how you put them together!
Those are the cutest dies. I already follow by email.
Another adorable card from Laura!
Laura has done it again! I love her projects. They are always colorful, creative and her videos always make me laugh. I always learn something from her. These picture book animals are truly THE cutest!!
I love this card with the beautiful rainbow and little animals.
I love the all the dies! Dies are my favourite part of card making. I think I have almost more dies than stamp sets.
Love your rainbow Cards. So adorable.
This is the kinda card that just gives me the feel-good-fuzzies! Absolutely adorable!
Such amazing and fun card as usual!
What a sweet card!!! Love the layout and the bright colours!!!
This card is so cute and sweet! Love the adorable critters. And the rainbow is beautiful.
This is the cutest thing- love the picture book animals. Their expressions are adorable (& the sentiment is just perfect)!
Adorable card! I love those bright colours and the animals are so cute!
Can't ever go wrong with a beautiful rainbow and adorable critters! So very cute.
Oh my gosh…is that ever cute!
Oh yes, you're one of my crafty people, Laura! Love this card and video, and love those sweet storybook animals!
Oh my gosh- so cute!! I love all the happy, bright colors and the picture book animals always make a card look great! Thanks for the die cutting and coloring tips!
Adorable card, I love all of the fun zoo animals!
This is TOO CUTE! Love the rainbow & critters!
Is the SSS Rainbow die discontinued? I couldn't find it on the SSS Website. (The Mama Elephant rainbow has only 7 stripes, instead of the 10 stripes.) Thanks.
I was wondering the same thing. I couldn't find the rainbow die either.
Such an ADORABLE card Laura!!!
Classic Laura… rainbows and animals!
Simply love Laura's videos! Great tips too on ways to put the Picture book critters together-love the backer idea.
Laura, this is too darned cute for words! ♥ your work!
Love this card! It's so bright and happy. The picture book dies are so adorable and the giraffe and zebra are my favorites! Great tip for lining up the letters in the sentiment, too.
What a fun and bright kidscard!
Gorgeously cute as always! Love the rainbow and sweet animals!
I love this card! The Picture dies are my favorite!
Sooooo Super Duper ADORABLE!!!!! Love LOVE L*O*V*E it!!!!
Love the look of those animals. Couldn't resist one yet. Great look with the rainbow. Thanks for the inspiration.
Super adorable card, love it!
This is so adorable! Love the rainbow and cute animals!
Laura, you're my people too. I'm an older person and I would LOVE to receive this card – it makes my heart happy and those animals are so adorable. Love the card, love watching you create and thanks so much for sharing with us.
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Preventing leptospirosis: protecting your cattle and your family
Animal Health, Seasons
With an increased vigilance around zoonotic diseases (diseases which transfer directly from animals to humans), it's worth reviewing the key reasons cattle producers are utilising Ultravac® 7in1 to protect the workforce on their farm.
The human version of the disease, leptospirosis (also known as "lepto") causes flu-like symptoms with a high proportion of people requiring hospitalisation. David Petersen caught the disease while calving a cow on a dairy farm near Finley NSW. He spent several days in hospital, with a severe fever and headache. With the aid of a good doctor, who recognised the signs early and initiated antibiotics, he recovered quickly. Unfortunately, the diagnosis of leptospirosis is not always achieved quickly, and treatment can be delayed. This can be a reason that people report chronic flu like symptoms for some time after infection.
The disease is contracted both in humans and cattle through direct contact with infected urine, placental material or contaminated water. The bacteria enters the body through mucous membranes of the eyes and mouth or damaged skin.
Human infections can occur:
while assisting during calving without proper protection
from urine splashing from infected cows during milking or calving
indirectly via contaminated water, food or soil
by handling an aborted foetus or afterbirth
through contact with floodwaters.
Leptospirosis affects beef and dairy cattle. The bacteria can live in the environment for months in moist conditions before infecting an animal. It can also survive for a long time in stagnant water and can spread over large areas in floodwaters. Once infected, cattle can subsequently shed Lepto in their urine. In the case of L. hardjo, cattle can shed lepto for periods greater than 12 months after their initial infection.
The consequences of infection in cattle are infertility, abortion and weak calves. Lepto can cause a form of mastitis where cows show a sudden drop in milk production and high cell count, with any milk produced potentially going a yellow colour. This can happen in an individual cow or group of cows, often in the absence of other clinical signs.
Cattle are a host to two common species of Leptospira, Leptospira borgpetesenii serovar Hardjo type Hardjobovis, referred to as Lepto hardjo for short, and Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona, which is generally shortened to Lepto pomona. It's importnt to note the different scientific names and not realise that different vaccines contain different species of Lepto hardjo, which cause different responses to the vaccine in cows.
Ultravac® 7in1, which is manufactured in Australia, contains the above two strains of Lepto hardjo and pomona which have been sourced locally. The Australian Lepto hardjo strain used in Ultravac® 7in1 elicits a strong cell mediated immune response which is necessary to prevent infection of the kidneys of cows and subsequent urinary shedding. When used prior to natural exposure, Ultravac®7in1 prevents urinary shedding of Leptospira, breaking the cycle of infection in cow herds and stopping the spread of new infections.
Ultravac®7in1 can be given to calves from as early as four weeks of age. The vaccine works in the presence of maternal antibodies. Other vaccines only work to minimise shedding and can only be given to older calves after maternal antibodies have worn off, providing an opportunity for infection to occur. Given only a tiny number of bacteria are required to cause infection and disease in both cattle and humans, Ultravac®7in1's unique mode of action is the only way to stop new infections occurring and clear the disease out of the herd. By preventing urinary shedding of Lepto, you will also be providing a safe workplace for staff.
To provide protection to cattle, it's essential to begin vaccination early in life. The grahic below shows suggested dosages.
Graphic showing suggested dosage rates in cattle at different stages of life.
Ultravac® 7in1 also protects against the five key clostridial diseases affecting cattle in Australia – tetanus, blackleg, enterotoxaemia, malignant oedema and black disease.
Zoetis recommends Ultravac® 7in1 as the core vaccine for cattle. It's simple to implement and highly effective.
Article written by Dr Matthew Petersen BVetBiol, BVSc, Zoetis veterinary operations manager for Seasons magazine.
Ultravac® 7 in 1 is available in Elders branches.


The brand Concept X stands for passion, innovation and straightness.
In a few years only, Concept X has become an authority in the windsurfing- and kitesurfing sector.
From the beginning the satisfaction of our customers was and still is our strongest motive.
are offered unnecessarily overexpensively. We do without it.
It is our philosophy to offer the customer professional and innovative products.
paying half of the product price for advertising and video productions at the end.
For sure, it was and still is not the easy way, but it is an honest, true and right way, for sure.
We also would be very pleased to be able to fill you with enthusiasm about our products as a long-term customer.
If you are doing your sport with a permanent smile, this is the strongest drive for us.


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Foamy's Sports Bar- free beer, strippers at halftime, $1 wings
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B-Force
Originally Posted by Sonnet
The U.S. has yet to embrace the metric system, for heaven's sake. I doubt they're ready for soccer.
The dimensions of a soccer field are measured in yards and feet, they should feel comfortable with that. Maybe there are too many draws and much too less goals for the US-Audience.
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izzyj4
What the hell was that???
South of Heaven, North of Hell
NHL = No Hockey Losers!!!
I'm Back!!!!!! Izzy-J-4
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Foamy
occupation fool
Foamy's Playoff Picks
Houston 27 Cincinnati 20
Green Bay 38 Minnesota 24
Baltimore 20 Indianapolis 17
Seattle 24 Washington 20
Tony Romo +3 on the front nine
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2013 WJC: U.S. stuns Canada with emphatic semifinal victory
UFA, Russia — For the first time, in a long time, American defenceman Jake McCabe stood on his blueline, saw his nation's flag raised and heard the Star Spangled Banner being played.
"I think to myself how many times I've had to see a different country's flag go up and I can count that on one hand," said the U.S. captain. "It's not fun and it's pretty awesome having that flag rising up at the end and singing our national anthem.
"It's pretty special."
His special moment was a nightmare for Team Canada.
The Americans stunned the Canadians with a 5-1 victory in the semifinals of the world junior championship. The Canadians, who earned a bye to the semifinal, were undefeated in round-robin play and had beaten the U.S. earlier in the week.
"We played exactly how we needed to," said McCabe, who scored a pair of goals for the U.S. "We played in their zone, we controlled the pace and we put them on their heels right off the bat. They really didn't know what hit them in the first, I don't think."
It's the second time in nine years the U.S. beat Canada at a world junior championship. John Gaudreau also scored twice and Jim Vesey added a single marker for the U.S., who will face Sweden in the gold-medal game. After Sweden's 3-2 shootout win over Russia, defenceman Robert Hagg was asked by a Russian reporter if the defending champions got lucky.
"Lucky? No," said Hagg. "We were better."
Canada will face Russia in the bronze medal match on Saturday at 4 a.m. ET.
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Originally Posted by Foamy
Nah, i'm sure they did mean this:
Not so bad, actually....
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DarthTater
Dork Lord of the Sith
Up your ass.
Any game that gets kids off their asses and outside is a good game, in my opinion.
I'll say Seahawks vs Broncos in the Superbowl.
"There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light.
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong from what's right.
It comes in Black and it comes in White and I'm frightened
by those who don't see it."
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U.S. Beats Sweden for World Junior Title
UFA, Russia (AP) — The United States won the world junior hockey championship on Saturday after Rocco Grimaldi scored twice and Vincent Trocheck added an empty-net goal for a 3-1 victory over Sweden in the final.
It was the third title for the United States, which also won in 2004 and 2010.
In the bronze medal match, Valeri Nichushkin scored in overtime to give Russia a 6-5 victory over Canada. (Canada 4th? dubya tee eff)
^^^ Having won a medal in each of the last 14 WJHCs (five gold, six silver and three bronze), Canada thought it would only be fair to let some other teams experience the same feeling of satisfaction. That's just how generous we are.
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the Foamster was a perfect 4-0 in the opening round and looking to parlay that into a big week this week
the "bet the mortgage on it" picks
quote the Ravens for another week..... Baltimore 24 Denver 23
Rogers means "over and out" for the Niners, Kaepernik caddies for Romo and Alex Smith next week........ Green Bay 35 San Francisco 20
it's a story of a man named Brady....... New England 38 Houston 17
I'm sorry Wilson, the road trip ends here. Matty Ice is too cool...... Atlanta 28 Seattle 24
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All day Saturday, December 13, around Echo Park before, during and after the Echo Park Community Parade. Lots of businesses are offering discounts for shopping local along with musical performances and maybe a little wine while you shop. Click here for a list of the discounts and participating stores.
Sunday at Echoes Under Sunset from noon to 8:00 pm on Sunday, December 14. There will be music, drinks, food and local artists to shop from. Click here for a list of participating vendors.
What started as a small artist craft fair on a lawn is now a bi-annual event featuring over 70 artists and designers. Takes place at Mack Sennett Studio on December 13 from noon to 7:00 pm and December 14 from noon to 5:00 pm. Click here for the website and more info.
Worth the drive to the Port of Los Angeles if you're coming from Northeast Los Angeles - CRAFTED is an old warehouse converted into stalls for artists to sell their goods. This event, on Saturday, December 20 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, is put on by the SoCal Etsy Guild and features 100 local crafters, live music, art projects for all ages, a hula hoop station, face painting and more.


HISTORY: Jerusalem was completely destroyed at least twice, once by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 25:8-10) and again by the Romans under Titus in AD 70. The Mongols destroyed at least a portion of the city around AD 1260, and the Roman emperor Hadrian destroyed it in AD 135. In addition, the city was captured at least 40 times and besieged at least 23 times.
THOUGHTS: Many times throughout the Old Testament we see God allowing His people to be conquered and spread over the land. It always comes in the wake of them turning away from His commandments and guidance. (Zechariah 7:13-14) "As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear," says the Lord of hosts, "and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known… This seems to only be a punishment for those people. But once we realize that all things are done for the glory of God, I wanted to think deeper. What if God scatters His people to spread His presence over the earth? God's judgement acts like a droplet of water to cause a ripple that spread to the corner of the earth. These people turn from God so He scatters them, they find the error in their ways and turn back to God from their foreign land. Now God has placed His people over all the earth who turn to Him and lead the other nations to turn to His as well. (seen in Zech 8:23 above) What a wonderful thought to see how God uses what seems to be a punishment for His people to not only draw them back to Him but also to spread His name and glory throughout the earth. How great if the God serve!


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Inaugural Worldwide Participation Conference a success
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) used the inaugural Worldwide Participation Conference to issue a call to action as the much-anticipated event at Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge stadium in London concluded yesterday.
Close to 200 delegates from 55 nations participated in an interactive forum centred around discussions on growing participation in sport and increasing physical activity across the globe.
A total of 28 presentations were heard during 11 sessions as attendees shared best practices and identified projects which have proven successful in boosting participation and retention rates in sport.
Following an opening address from ITF Chief Operating Officer Kelly Fairweather on Sunday, the conference heard discussions on utilising data and measuring insight in sports participation as well as the benefits of physical activity.
Focus then switched to strategies for attracting more women to engage in sport and then how widening access to physical activity can combat and eliminate social barriers.
The discussion moved to the use of technology and data in driving participation figures before former Great Britain Fed Cup captain Judy Murray used her unique insight to provide a rousing conclusion to day one.
There was a distinct feeling on the conference's opening day that the sporting world was pooling its knowledge base as a range of disciplines offered their expert understanding of the topics discussed.
The International Olympic Committee, World Rugby, International Table Tennis Federation, Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, Sport England and Special Olympics were just some of the organisations to present their findings and observations, while others, like International Golf, were also in attendance.
If day one was a sporting collaboration, Monday's closing section of the conference was very much tennis-specific with a range of case studies heard from national associations worldwide.
While the most productive ways to escalate participation was the underlying theme, the success stories and indeed challenges of such initiatives were given an international flavour.
The conference heard how the member national associations from Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, Tunisia and the United States are tackling the need to increase participation and their aims, ambitions and goals for the future.
ITF chief operating officer Kelly Fairweather said: "The inaugural Worldwide Participation Conference was a real opportunity to push the ITF2024 strategy. Development and participation is a principal strand of that and one of our eight key priorities. Getting nearly 200 people from federations and other sports together and setting an agenda was the goal and we achieved that. As the governing body and the guardian of tennis, the ITF's fundamental role is to drive this agenda and work with our national associations, regional associations and the industry to achieve its aims."
Luca Santilli, ITF Executive Director for Development, added: "I have spoken with many of the delegates here over the two days of the conference and I have only received positive remarks – it was the International Tennis Federation at its best. Increasing participation is the core objective of the ITF's 2017-2020 development strategy and it was important to send a strong signal to our stakeholders that the ITF is proactive, inclusive, committed and determined to make a big impact."
ITF forms ITF Ethics Commission
During meetings in Chengdu, China, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Board of Directors agreed the establishment of an independent ITF Ethics Commission with immediate effect, and approved the ITF Code of Ethics, whic
ITF announces plans for transformation of Davis Cup
The ITF today announced plans for a 25-year, $3 billion partnership with investment group Kosmos that will transform Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and generate substantial revenues for global tennis development.
FIH's dual events plan to broaden global appeal of field hockey
UCI seeks public input on road cycling development
Aeroflot becomes FIBA's Global Partner and Official Airline of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019
VTB support for gymnastics federation goes beyond decade marker
Meet the federations
International Judo Federation
https://www.facebook.com/ijudo
https://twitter.com/IntJudoFed
https://www.youtube.com/user/judo
https://www.instagram.com/judogallery
International Golf Federation
https://www.facebook.com/olympicgolf2016
https://twitter.com/IGFgolf
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
https://www.facebook.com/fig.gym
https://twitter.com/gymnastics
https://www.youtube.com/user/figchannel
https://www.instagram.com/figymnastics


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Landlord rent guarantee
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Boris Johnson has a masterplan for East London
By The Landmark Estates Team on 21st Jan 2019, 1 year ago
Interesting news about the Mayors plans for East London were revealed yesterday. Of key interest are the facts that Londons population is set to increase by 2.4 million and that Mr Johnson would like to see more than 200,000 homes being built in the region over the next 20 years.
City In The East masterplan.
City In The East masterplan
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson plans to transform East London and create more than 200,000 homes and 250,000 jobs.
The City In The East masterplan shows how development would take place from London Bridge to the Isle of Dogs and Greenwich Peninsula.
It is designed to bring together major developments that are already taking place in the capital, as well as brownfield land with capacity for new housing, commercial space and other development.
Detailed modelling carried out by City Hall has revealed a minimum of 203,500 homes and 283,300 jobs could be created over the next 20 years.
The document also contains a series of maps, which for the first time brings to life how the city is moving eastwards, covering much of the Thames Gateway and could benefit from improvements to transport infrastructure such as Crossrail and HS1.
Mr Johnson said: "East London is already enjoying incredible growth and these plans reflect how we make the area an even better place to live and work over the next 20 years.
"This blueprint reflects identified areas of land in London to build on and it will allow us to coordinate not only housing and commercial developments, but significant transport infrastructure to ensure this part of the capital can continue to flourish.
"Hundreds of thousands of new jobs will help the capital to remain the best big city in the world."
Director of borough planning at TfL Alex Williams, said: "East London is expected to be one of the largest growth areas in the capital, with the population set to increase by 600,000 in the next 15 years.Transport schemes such as the Overground extension to Barking Riverside and new river crossings will truly transform the area. London's transport network is vital to the economic and social wellbeing of this city and the country as a whole.
With greater connectivity from transport, people's horizons expand, their incomes rise and business prospers."
Just one more reason why 2016 looks set to be a great year to be a landlord.
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Osama Afifi: Casting a Feel-Good Spell
May 2016, Profile
Osama Afifi photo by Daniel Sheehan
By Andrew Luthringer
There is a realm of musicians, almost akin to a secret society, who fly under the radar of the public awareness but nevertheless reach the ears and spirits of huge numbers of music lovers. Evincing an old-school craftsman-like approach, these skilled practitioners showcase versatility, taste, and utter command of their instrument, all while making it look effortless. Emanating great vibes and devoid of antics, ego, or drama, they make the band sound good, and that makes the audience feel good.
Bassists, in particular, are often unsung heroes and form a large proportion of this cohort, and Osama Afifi is an archetypal member of this tribe. Born in Oakland, raised in Los Angeles, and based in Tacoma for over a decade, Afifi is a master of both upright and electric bass. With a ready laugh and bubbling enthusiasm, he can swing with abandon, slap and groove old school soul, provide beautifully supportive backup for singers, and tear the roof off when called upon to solo. Afifi holds down regular gigs with at least a dozen bands, covering all flavors of jazz, Latin, R&B, funk, rock, pop, singer-songwriter…there's really nothing he can't play.
Afifi averages at least six gigs a week, and when I spoke with him, he had just finished a stretch of 13 straight dates. Anybody who works that much clearly has broad skills.
"I get called a lot and sub for lots of people, because I'm pretty versatile….From the get-go, I always wanted to be a studio player in the footsteps of people like Nathan East, Leland Sklar, guys like that. As a young player, I always studied quite a few different styles."
In the '90s, Afifi spent long stretches touring internationally with the Lenny Kravitz-produced pop/rock singer Vanessa Paradis, multi-million selling instrumental pop icon Yanni, and the L.A.-based B Sharp Jazz Quartet, whose exploratory post-bop sounds were a fixture on the European jazz festival circuit.
Now settled in with his family, he tours less, but has no problem staying busy with a huge array of local talent in many genres, including many artists residing in the Tacoma area.
In quintessential sideman fashion, Afifi is clearly inspired by the fellow musicians with whom he shares the bandstand, and is always full of compliments for his compatriots. It's almost easier to get him to talk about his fellow players than about his own accomplishments. He has high praise for fellow Tacoma residents and frequent collaborators Kareem Kandi (with whom Afifi has played for over 10 years) and vocalist LaVon Hardison. Afifi appeared on Hardison's superb recent album Come Together, and raves about her talent. He plays in her regular band along with pianist David Joyner and the ever-present wizard of percussion, Jeff Busch.
"LaVon is really cool … she's really a musician who sings." Though Afifi is proud of the album, he is especially pumped by the band's live performances. "She takes it to a whole other place live. Oh, she gets into it! I can't even explain it!" he says, laughing.
Afifi also gets a lot of stage time at Renton's Shuga Jazz Bistro, one of ubiquitous pianist Eric Verlinde's favorite haunts, and the two play together frequently. They have regular shows at Shuga with Portland's soul and funk legend Andy Stokes, an absolute must-see. Afifi also performs frequently with Verlinde and Busch in the EntreMundos Quarteto, playing classic Brazilian grooves along with vocalist Adriana Giordano. In every one of these settings, Afifi is locked in and supportive, providing a burst of energy and groove that is infectious.
Afifi's broad contributions to the local scene extend beyond the bandstand: he's also a busy teacher, with a stable of about 15 students. He is revered as a mentor and guide, as well as a player.
Afifi credits early music education as a key element in establishing the good habits and solid musical skills that led to his success as a musician. He sees a lot of the same forces present in the Seattle/Tacoma area, and pushes his students to really learn to read, and put in the time it takes to get good – not just copy licks from YouTube.
"I really realize how much playing in orchestra and jazz band as a kid helped out. Kids can just learn on their own and they know how to jam, or they have a good ear, but when it comes to really playing in an ensemble they're playing catch-up."
Students, audience members, and fellow musicians all agree on Afifi. Jeff Busch sings the praises of his frequent rhythm section partner:
"I've seen him in jam sessions working with beginning players, encouraging them and helping them to feel at ease and play their best. That's what it's all about. He's one of the most versatile and positive players on the scene, and that's why people love him. He brings out the best in his band mates and he's humble too."
Afifi has some ideas percolating for some of his own projects, but the sideman role is not one that he merely settles for but actively thrives within. He gets to play great music with superb players, in a wide spectrum of styles.
So if you're in the audience at any venue in the Pacific Northwest, and you find yourself just feeling good for some indiscernible reason, check out the bassist. You may well find you are under the spell of Afifi.
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There is the Brazilian Smooth Snake, "False Water Cobra", Cyclagras gigas which occurs in Eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
The False Water Cobra is a large robust snake similar in stature to the Cribo and Indigo snakes.
The False Water Cobra is an excellent display snake and being diurnal it is usually active during the day.
Cobras are venomous snakes (Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous) of family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera) Elapidae (Cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes), of several genera (additional info and facts about genera).
Cobras kill their prey, usually small rodent (Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing) s and bird (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) s, by injecting a neurotoxin (Any toxin that affects neural tissues) through their hollow fangs.
The spitting cobra (Aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness) can also incapacitate larger would-be predators by delivering irritating venom to their eyes.
The Cobra Lily, Darlingtonia californica, is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California.
As the insect checks these false exits searching for an escape route, it is led down the tube structure and is unable to return to the top of the plant because of the slippery smooth surface of the inner tube and the sharp, downward pointing hairs which effectively block any chance of escape.
Cobra Lilies are fairly hardy, and in nature can survive being buried in snow during the winter.
ADW: Naja naja: Classification: Naja naja (Indian cobra).
Relative Toxicity in Snake Venoms: The order of toxicity is based upon the cobra scale, which has a number of one, and the other snake venoms are compared to the Indian cobra (Naja naja naja).
Due to their large size, speed, strength and ability to deliver relatively copious amounts of venom, False Water Cobras should be handled with great care.
Unlike a true cobra, the False Water Cobra's body remains horizontal with the ground rather than standing the anterior portion of the body vertically.
Water : False Water Cobras are semi-aquatic and frequently swim in their water, therefore a large water tub is required.
RainForest Facts: Having the ability to spread a "hood" this non-venomous snake is often mistaken for a true cobra.
As the name implies this animal is fond of aquatic habitats and is generally found near a permanent source of fresh water.
The false water cobra is killed by uninformed individuals who believe the snake is venomous.
Although their cobra impression of raising their bodies and flattening the neck when "hooding up" is impressive, it is by no stretch of the imagination very comparable to the display given by Naja species.
In 1997 several False Water Cobras were in my care in the breeding facilities at Coast to Coast Exotics.
The three remaining cobras are now housed separately in wood vivariums measuring 1.4mx0.7x0.7m in the same conditions described earlier.
Female King Cobras build a leafy nest early in spring; they lay up to 20 to 50 white, leathery eggs, which have an incubation period of 60 to 70 days.
False water cobras are rear-fanged and their venom is not deadly to humans; it just causes localized pain and swelling.
Aqua, a female Water monitor (Varanus salvator) we recently aquired, is a little over 3 ft long from tip of the nose to the tail.
Though water monitors are known for their tame disposition, this girl has her good days and her bad ones.
When excited, the snakes flatten their neck like cobras and are usually very agile and biting.
In December 1998, another group of False water cobras arrived at Ústí from ZOO Plock and we later succeeded to create two breeding pairs.
This dish is an excellent entree, served on a summer night with a side of fried rice with ginger and shitake mushrooms, and chilled asparagus.
A flatfish like flounder, halibut is found in the northern waters of Alaska, as well as the Atlantic coasts of Newfoundland and Greenland.
For swimmers with active imaginations, pond weeds that touch or get wrapped around a foot might as well be water snakes, man-eating trout or a tendril from this country's version of the Loch Ness Monster.
Im thinking about getting a fwc, but my dad wont listen to me when I said that except from taking an alergic reaction, theyre bites arent exaclty fatal, hes convinced one bite will be enough to kill you, and says he wont buy it until someone tells him other wise.
False water cobra bites a far worse then western hognose bites as already stated its the same toxicity as a timber rattlesnake but they have a very bad invenomation system.
BBC News | Special Report | Snake expert hunts "cobra"
A snake expert is scouring the banks of a south Wales beauty-spot in a bid to capture a seven-foot "cobra".
Police officers are patrolling the riverbank amid fears the snake could be a deadly water cobra.
He says the snake could be the deadly Water Cobra or the not-so-lethal False Water Cobra.
None of the teeth are hollowed to serve as poison fangs, but in some species (rear-fanged snakes) the teeth at the back of the upper jaw are enlarged and grooved along the front surface to conduct venom.
Exceptions exist, however, such as the BOOMSLANG, Dispholidus typus, of Africa; the mangrove snake, Boiga dendrophila, of southeast Asia; and the false water cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas, of Brazil--all of which produce venom in sufficient quantity or of sufficient toxicity to be dangerous.
Members range from the small insectivorous genera, such as the ringneck snakes, Diadophis, to the large rat snakes, Elaphe; king snakes, Lampropeltis; and whip snakes, Masticophis; and include desert dwellers, such as the glossy snake, Arizona; and tree snakes, such as the vine snake, Oxybelis.
False water cobra (aka brazilian smooth snake) hydrodynastes gigas.
To those not familiar with the False Water Cobra, she is a rear fanged snake this is mildly venomous (e.g.
I've still got the false water cobra and ball python left.
When cleaning the "pond" of the enclosure, partial water changes are in order once a week to help ensure a healthy balance of water quality.
Young crocodilians should consume approximately twenty percent of it's body weight daily and should be fed a diet of aquatic and invertebrate life along with small rodents and other young animals.
Um, keep the water temps at around 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit with the ambient air temperatures at five degrees warmer.
Psssttttt it was a false water cobra a dam Hydro! Nice of the media to get another one wrong.
It was a FALSE WATER COBRA!! Did she go into detail about the mild venom it produces not even being much of a factor on humans??
Katherine Heathcote, a veterinary surgeon and volunteer at the Reptile Trust charity, told magistrates how a venomous false water cobra, also from the Benton Pet Centre, Longbenton, Newcastle, had become "triangular" in shape due to it being so underweight.
She said she believed the animal would have died within 24 hours of respiratory failure due to low levels of calcium after a prolonged period of neglect.
Mrs Heathcote explained how the false water cobra, a usually aggressive snake which carries a toxic venom, had not only become emaciated, it had also developed a mouth infection.
Re: False Water Cobra Bite ????
Most likely the bite won't be anything even nearly severe, as you are likely to pull out of the snake's grip before it can do any harm.
I've had FWC envenomation described to me as causing nausea, drowsiness, headache, and local pain and swelling.
FWC venom secretions are similar to that of an Eastern Diamondback (C. adamanteus) though in much smaller quantities.
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I recently acquired a baby female FWC at a local reptile show, I had researched beforehand and from what I read they were eager and vicious feeders.
I have kept pythons, garters, and boas that were known as harder feeders and I thought a FWC would be no prob.
Like the hognose, mangrove and other collubrids, the FWC usually appears on venomous forums, so don't worry about it.
SCOP: Family: Snake venom toxins: Monocled cobra (Naja naja kaouthia)  (2) pic pic identical sequence to the Naja naja siamensis toxin.
The hand guard is the same colour as the Cobra head and is decorated with a dragon and a cobra.
CLEOPATRA IN CHICAGO: When she committed suicide in 30 bc, dressed as the goddess Isis and slain by the bite of a sacred cobra, she was only 39 years old.
When inspectors, reptile specialists and police went to the Dowers' home they found the 41 live animals living in horrific conditions in the house and the garden.
They included four tortoises, five turtles, a hawk, two rat snakes, a false water cobra, an albino Burmese python, two eagle owls, a female kestrel, two rabbits, four chickens, 10 "fancy" domestic poultry and seven domestic ducks.
Inspector Dean Astill-Dunseith, the RSPCA exotic animal coordinator, said: "In general the conditions in which these animals were kept were the worst I have ever seen." There was allegedly no water, food or climate control devices.
Johnson said water cobras are native to Asia and parts of Africa.
Johnson said Roberts kept the water cobra in a wooden box inside a glass aquarium.
The snake was a false water cobra - not a "dangerous" species - never documented of killing a human.
Explore a life-size image of a king cobra and uncover this sovereign snake's weapons, feeding habits, and more via startling stories, photos, more.
THE KING COBRA by MATT The king cobra is the largest poisonous snake.
But, a False Water Cobra was a close second.
I have owned a pair of false water cobras and if you think you're ready for a snake that could give you a nasty bite but is more likely not to they go with them.
They are always out in the day and will burrow in your aspen and poke their heads out, very interesting snakes to watch and mine where pretty handleable, never striking at me just running when I would go to pick them up tho i always wore gloves.
The King Cobra is found and Malaysia, India, Africa, China.
The King Cobra has scales covering its skin and looks shiny but is dry to touch.
Incubation medium: sterile sand, by volume 2:1, with enough water to register 7 on a moisture meter.
All eggs were incubated using 3 cups water to 10 cups vermiculite.
Incubated in river gravel and distilled water at 26-32 degrees C. 11 hatched March 19,1988, 3 did not survive.
The Hood: When the King Cobra is threatened or on the attack, it will hiss, rear up, and flatten its neck ribs into a hood.
Anatomy: King Cobras have been found up to 18 feet (5.5 m) long, but average about 13 ft (4 m) long.
Reproduction: Female King Cobras build a leafy nest early in spring; they lay up to 20 to 50 white, leathery eggs, which have an incubation period of 60 to 70 days.