The College of Business Administration serves business and society through the expertise of our alumni, students, and faculty. The College provides academically rigorous programs emphasizing the application of theory and skills in scientific, technological, and traditional business environments. The faculty develop and disseminate knowledge of business theories and practices.
Students who major in information systems become experts in how to use computers to advance an organization's goals. Information systems professionals help organizations design and use systems for conducting financial transactions, managing information about customers and suppliers, and ensuring the security of communications. They study how people adapt to new information technologies and advise organizations how to make the most of the information available to them. Information systems is one of the fastest growing fields in the country. Small companies, large companies, not-for-profits, and government agencies all need information systems professionals.
The MS-CBS-M degree program, part of an interdisciplinary cybersecurity MS degree, prepares students to enter the cybersecurity profession in a wide variety of positions. While the curriculum emphasizes both managerial and technical aspects of cybersecurity, its overall structure is designed to prepare students for a career leading to managerial- and/or executive-level positions related to cybersecurity. Students will learn to design, implement, and manage cybersecurity systems with the purpose of providing organizational decision-makers the ability to manage the cybersecurity function effectively and efficiently.
The MS-IS degree program prepares students to enter the information systems and technology (IS/T) profession in a wide variety of positions. While the curriculum emphasizes both managerial and technical aspects of IS/T, its overall structure is designed to prepare students for a career leading to managerial- and/or executive-level positions related to IS/T. Students will learn to design, implement, and operate information systems with the purpose of providing organizational decision-makers with the information needed to manage effectively and efficiently. In addition, students will learn to obtain new business insights by using various business analytics and data management tools.
This program is designed for professionals who want to identify meaningful patterns in business data, understand cause and effect, and help an organization reduce risk and make better decisions. Program participants will learn to mine and analyze data, design experiments, apply statistical methods, and design solutions to business problems. Students will have many opportunities to apply analytical techniques to real problems as part of a business analytics practicum.
The MS-SCLM program is for professionals who want to use supply chain management theories and methods to make significant contributions in solving strategic and managerial supply chain problems. Students learn about supply chain dynamics; conduct analyses necessary for designing supply chain management systems that fulfill an organization's supply chain strategy; model and interpret supply chains and processes for identifying problems, improving efficiencies, and improving service to stakeholders; translate data from supply chain systems into useful information for improved decision-making; and how to manage all aspects of an organization's integrated supply chain. Students will have many opportunities to apply supply chain tools and techniques to real problems as part of a supply chain practicum.
Offered at night to accommodate working professionals, the Enterprise Resource Planning Certificate prepares graduates to employ ERP systems in commercial and DoD environments, and provides students with an understanding of their importance in organizations and their power to integrate all business functions.
With the demand for IT security professionals at an all-time high, UAH's College of Business Administration has created a graduate certificate program in Cybersecurity Studies. Learn how to secure and defend networks, recover from security failures, use computer forensics, and manage data security. In addition to receiving a graduate certificate from UAH, students will also get training to help them prepare for tests that will qualify them for additional security certifications, such as Security+ and CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).
Introduces the theories and concepts of business contingency planning through risk analysis and disaster recovery planning. This course is designed to provide a greater understanding of the assessment and management of risk and disaster recovery within the organization. The course will emphasize the nature of risk, risk assessment, risk management, and disaster recovery and how these concepts can be addressed effectively through businesscontingency planning.
This course will change the way you think about the relationship between data and business decision-making. We will examine real-world examples and cases to understand how Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIA) can enhance business competitiveness. We will use many BIA tools, giving students hands-on experience mining data. More importantly, this course will help students to develop data-analytical thinking in the era of "big data.".
Explores the theories, features, and capabilities of relational database management systems in a business environment. Examines how to read and interpret database design documents and how to query database driven business applications. Emphasizes the use of database management systems and data mining tools in real-world business settings and how these technologies can be applied effectively to solve business problems.
Develops an understading of how information technology (IT) can enable organizations to conduct business more effectively in a rapidly changing business environment. Includes strategies to manage and leverage the organization's IT capabilities to deploy digital business models and maintain efficient and profitable business operations. Students will use systems and business process thinking to create and analyze strategies for technology enabled organizational transformation. Students will also use Enterprise Systems like SAP and other technologies as part of the course to understand their integrative capabilities to meet the Information needs of an organization.
This course discusses the management of the operations function for the creation of goods and services and its relationship with other business functions in service, manufacturing, and government organizations. Topics include operations strategy and infrastructure decisions, merging process technologies, planning and scheduling, inventory management, just-in-time systems, quality management, six sigma and lean operations. Concepts are illustrated using the SAP software.
This course presents the main concepts of supply chain management systems and software including ERP, CRM, and SCM systems as well as the underlying technologies and managerial implications. It provides hands on familiarity with SAP supply chain modules.
This course examines the concepts, design, configuration and implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with a view to integrate all aspects of an organization into one information system. Specific attention is given as to how ERP systems facilitate the flow of information supporting core business processes and the organization's supply chain. The course will emphasize the SAP configuration and strategic use of ERP systems to support the organizational structures and business processes of the particular company to efficiently and effectively manage a firm's business. Extensive use of SAP software is made in illustrating the configuration, implementation, and use of ERP systems in business and governmental organizations.
An analysis of transportation and logistical services to include customer service, distribution operations, purchasing, order processing, facility design and operations, carrier selection, vehicle routing, and transportation costs.
This course covers most of the important topics in computer forensics. It examines the problems and concerns related to computer investigations. It introduces systematical problem-solving techniques and applies them to computing investigations. It implements a variety of computer forensic tools in real-life scenarios.
Examines the management issues associated with the control and audit of information systems. Specific emphasis is on IT controls and their evaluation, computer-based auditing techniques, encryption, and security policies. Recent developments in IT, such as client-server systems and the Internet and their impact on auditing control, and security, are also considered.
Provides an introduction to the area of network security. Addresses security issues and practical applications related to Network Address Translation, packet filtering, proxy servers and firewalls, and Virtual Private Networks. This course assumes familiarity with the Internet and basic networking concepts such as TCP/IP, gateways, routers, and Ethernet.
An overview of the IT Infrastructure in modern organizations. The course starts from basic telecommunications networking concepts to digital platforms and ecosystems in the market. The course will cover internet, LAN & WAN protocols.
Advanced business language features, control language and file handling, object oriented programming, software quality and maintenance. Workflow programming is also covered.
Fosters data-analytical thinking. Uses real-world examples and cases to explore the use of big data for business descision-making and how Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIA) enhances business competitiveness. Provides hands-on experience mining data using many BIA tools.
The management of data resources to effectively support the information systems of organizations. The course focuses on relational database model and Oracle SQL. It provides students with extensive experiences in formulating and executing SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate information from a relational database management system.
This course examines the concepts and uses of enterprise systems to integrate all aspects of an organization into one information system. Specific attention is given to how ERP systems facilitate the flow of information supporting core business processes and the organization's supply chain. The course will emphasize the adaptation of ERP systems to support the organizational structures and business processes of the particular company to efficiently and effectively manage a firm's business.
This course emphasizes the integration of various principles, theories, and techniques for implementing, deploying and managing enterprise information systems in organizations to gain strategic and operational advantages. Includes lectures, tours, readings, cases, and the completion of a major project. Normally taken during a student's last semester of studies.
Identifying, analyzing, developing and acquiring information systems are central to the information systems discipline. The course covers identifying, conceptualizing and analyzing business opportunities where information systems applications can add value followed by design, development, and implementation of such applications. Planning for and management of this core IS activity is a critical organizational competence.
This course presents teh main concepts of supply chain management systems and software including ERP, CRM and SCM systems as well as the underlying technologies and managerial implications. It provides hands on familiarity with SAP supply chain modules.
Provides an introduction to the area of computer forensixs. Examines the problems and concerns related to computer investigations. Blends traditional investigation methods with classic systems-analysis problem-solving techniques and applies them to computing investigations. This course is lab intensive and students are expected to gain hands-on experience through learning to use various forensic software. Several information security topics nonspecific to forensics will also be covered.
Introduction to network security issues and practical applications. Addresses translation, packet filtering, proxy servers, and firewalls, and Virtual Private Networks. This course assumes familiarity with Internet and basic networking concepts such as TCP/IP, gateways, routers, and Ethernet.
An overview of te IT infrastructure in modern organizations. The course starts from basic telecommunications networking concepts to digital platforms and ecosystems in the market.
A capstone course emphasizing the integration of various principles, theories, and techniques for developing, implementing and using cybersecurity tools and strategies and applications in organizations. Includes readings, lectures, situation analysis, cases, and the completion of a major practical project.
Introduction to cryptography and computer security through hardware and physical security to a knowledge of audit methods, security management, and public law. The course will introduce security engineering skills such as business process analysis, software security, IAE evaluation, and IAE testing.
This course examines the issues related to security policies, models and mechanisms applicable to providing security for computer-based systems including operating systems, database management systems, and networks.
This capstone course emphasizes the integration of various principles, theories, and techniques for developing, implementing and using information systems strategies and applications in organizations. It aims at providing a holistic view of Information Systems and Technology (IS/T)function in an organization with a view to serve an organization's mission and strategy throughout the value and supply chain. These skills will be placed in the context of business processes where they will be applied. Thus, in this course we will explore ways and means to help executives and managers make better decisions in the manufacturing and service sectors through a strategic use of IS/T.
Identifying, analyzing, developing and acquiring information systems are central to the information systems discipline. The course has to do with identifying, conceptualizing and analyzing business opportunities where information systems applications can add value followed by design, development, and implementation of such applications. Planning for and management of this core IS activity is a critical organizational competence.
This course focuses on concepts and methods in business analytics. Topics include data quality and cleaning, predictive modeling, design of experiments, segmentation, forecasting, usage and limitations of models, and interpretation and presentation of results. This course provides a hands-on environment using real data to prepare students to apply these techniques in business environments.
A capstone course emphasizing rigorously interpreting the results of analytic models and intuitively communicating the derived business insights to business clients and corporate executives. The majority of this course is devoted to a major practical project in which students apply skills learned from previous analytics courses to a real world business problem, preferably in cooperation with a local organization.
This course will change the way you think about the relationship between data and business decision-making. We will examine real-world examples and cases to understand how Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIA) can enhance business competitiveness. We will use many BIA tools, giving students hands-on experience mining data. More importantly, this course will help students to develop data-analytical thinking in the era of "big data."
This course focuses on tools and methods for modeling, analyzing and solving problems involving business decision making. Spreadsheet analysis, optimization, and simulation techniques will be covered. Topics include linear and nonlinear optimization, network models, decision analysis and simulation of complex models in a spreadsheet environment as well as using other commercial software packages.
A graduate level introduction to the accounting framework and how it is used in evaluating economic conditions and success in decision making organizations. The course considers financial statements, accounting reports, and accounting terminology that constitutes the language of business. The course also introduces the use of accounting information for decision making, coordinating, motivating, and evaluating.
An introduction to and application of several fundamental quantitative methods and business analytics tools in business. Topics include probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, ANPVA, linear regression, linear optimization, and simulation.
Broad-based introductory survey of Modeling & Simulation intended to provide an overview that exposes entering Modeling & Simulation students to a full range of teh discipline. Surveyed items include indentification, categorization and comparison of modeling methods, applications, architectures, and environments. Appropriate applications for different simulation paradigms and relative advantages and disadvantages of each. Model testing and validation approaches, distributed simulated, graphics and visualization, and other topics are introduced. Case studies of Modeling & Simulation applications.
This course discusses the concepts and components of the entire supply chain from a system of systems perspective. Emphasis is on integration, collaboration and planning related to major functional areas required to organize the flow of products from inception through delivery to satisfy final customer needs. Information and communication technology as an enabler of supply chain management strategies is also discussed. Concepts are emphasized utilizing experiential learning and case studies.
This integrative course discusses the strategic role of supply chain management in organizations and develops a working knowledge of the process of formulating and implementing supply chain strategies to gain competitive advantage in a global environment. Topics covered include the linkage of supply chain strategies with corporate strategy, customer relationship and supplier relationship strategies, outsourcing strategies and related infrastructure needs to implement supply chain strategies. A team based practicum project helps students apply concepts and methods to real world problems.


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GCHQ-operated Internet and telephone surveillance system
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) operates "Tempora"[1]
XKeyscore
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Stone Ghost
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Boundless Informant
Pinwale
RAMPART-A
R&AW
DGSE
Michael S. Rogers
Keith Alexander
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Duncan Campbell
Russ Tice
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USA Freedom Act
FISA amendments
Data Retention Directive
Data Protection Directive
Proposed changes
FISA Improvements Act
Other proposals
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Intelligence agency
Stop Watching Us
Nothing to hide argument
Tempora is the codeword for a formerly-secret computer system that is used by the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). This system is used to buffer most Internet communications that are extracted from fibre-optic cables, so these can be processed and searched at a later time.[2] It was tested since 2008 and became operational in late 2011.[3]
Tempora uses intercepts on the fibre-optic cables that serve as the backbone of the Internet to gain access to large amounts of Internet users' personal data, without any individual suspicion or targeting. The intercepts are placed in the United Kingdom and overseas, with the knowledge of companies owning either the cables or landing stations.[4]
The existence of Tempora was revealed by Edward Snowden, a former American intelligence contractor who leaked information about the program to former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald in May 2013 as part of his revelations of government-sponsored mass surveillance programs. Documents Snowden acquired showed that data collected by the Tempora program is shared with the National Security Agency of the United States.[5]
According to Edward Snowden, Tempora has two principal components called "Mastering the Internet" (MTI) and "Global Telecoms Exploitation" (GTE). He claimed that each is intended to collate online and telephone traffic.[5] This contradicts two original documents, which say that Tempora is only for Internet traffic, just like the XKeyscore system of the NSA, components of which are incorporated in Tempora.[2][6]
It is alleged that GCHQ produces larger amounts of metadata than NSA. By May 2012, 300 GCHQ analysts and 250 NSA analysts had been assigned to sort data.[5]
The Guardian claims that no distinction is made in the gathering of data between public citizens and targeted suspects.[5] Tempora is said to include recordings of telephone calls, the content of email messages, Facebook entries and the personal Internet history of users. Snowden said of Tempora that "It's not just a U.S. problem. The U.K. has a huge dog in this fight...They [GCHQ] are worse than the U.S."[5]
Claims exist that Tempora was possible only by way of secret agreements with commercial companies, described in Snowden's leaked documents as "intercept partners". Some companies are alleged to have been paid for their co-operation. Snowden also alleged that GCHQ staff were urged to disguise the origin of material in their reports for fear that the role of the companies as intercept partners would cause "high-level political fallout".[5] The companies are forbidden to reveal the existence of warrants compelling them to allow GCHQ access to the cables. If the companies fail to comply they can be compelled to do so.[5]
Lawyers for GCHQ said it would be impossible to list the total number of people targeted by Tempora because "this would be an infinite list which we couldn't manage".[5]
GCHQ set up a three-year trial at the GCHQ Bude in Cornwall. GCHQ had probes attached to more than 201 Internet links by mid-2011; each probe carried 10 gigabits of data a second.[5] NSA analysts were brought into the trials, and Tempora was launched in 2011, with data shared with the NSA. Ongoing technical work is expanding GCHQ's capacity to collect data from new super cables that carry data at 100 gigabits a second.[5] The data is preserved for three days while metadata is kept for thirty days.[1]
TEMPORA comprises different components, like the actual access points to fibre-optic cables, a sanitisation program codenamed POKERFACE, the XKEYSCORE system developed by NSA, and a Massive Volume Reduction (MVR) capability.[2]
In May 2012, GCHQ had TEMPORA systems installed at the following locations:[2]
16 for 10 gigabit/second cables at the CPC processing centre
7 for 10 gigabit/second cables at the OPC processing centre
23 for 10 gigabit/second cables at the RPC1 processing centre
Reactions[edit]
UK Defence officials issued a confidential DA-Notice to the BBC and other media asking the media to refrain from running further stories related to surveillance leaks including US PRISM program and the British involvement therein.[7][8]
The US Army has restricted its employees' access to the Guardian website since the beginning of the NSA leaks of PRISM and Tempora "in order to prevent an unauthorized disclosure of classified information."[9]
German Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger tweeted that she considered the program an "Alptraum" ("nightmare") and demanded that European Union institutions investigate the matter.[10][11]
Jan Philipp Albrecht, German Member of the European Parliament and spokesperson for Justice and Home Affairs of the Greens/EFA parliamentary group, called for an infringement procedure against the United Kingdom for having violated its obligations relating to the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data under Article 16 of the Treaties of the European Union.[12]
INDECT – European Union project
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Tempora mutantur – Latin adage
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^ a b Philip Bump (21 June 2013). "The UK Tempora Program Captures Vast Amounts of Data – and Shares with NSA". The Atlantic Wire. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^ a b c d GCHQ report on the technical abilities of the powerful spying program TEMPORA, which allows for a "full take", released by Der Spiegel on 18 June 2014
^ Shubber, Kadhim. "A simple guide to GCHQ's internet surveillance program Tempora". Wired. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
^ Ball, James (25 October 2013). "Leaked memos reveal GCHQ efforts to keep mass surveillance secret". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Ewen MacAskill; Julian Borger; Nick Hopkins; Nick Davies; James Ball (21 June 2013). "GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ Report on the NSA's access to TEMPORA, Released by Der Spiegel on 18 June 2014.
^ Staines, Paul. "D-Notice, June 7, 2013". Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^ Halliday, Josh (17 June 2013). "MoD serves news outlets with D notice over surveillance leaks". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ Phillip Molnar (28 June 2013). "Restricted web access to The Guardian is Armywide, officials say". Monterey Herald. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
^ Politik (22 June 2013). "Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger: Justizministerin entsetzt über britisches Abhörprogramm". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "Twitter / sls_bmj: #sls "#Tempora Alptraum a la". Twitter. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "Amerikanischer als die Amerikaner". jetzt.de (Süddeutsche). 23 June 2013.
TEMPORA - "The World's Largest XKEYSCORE" - Is Now Available to Qualified NSA Users, released by Der Spiegel on 18 June 2014
MacAskill, Ewen; Borger, Julian; Hopkins, Nick; Davies, Nick; Ball, James (21 June 2013). "How does GCHQ's internet surveillance work?". The Guardian. London.
Ball, James; Harding, Luke; Garside, Juliette (2 August 2013). "BT and Vodafone among telecoms companies passing details to GCHQ". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
Schneier, Bruce (5 June 2014). "GCHQ Intercept Sites in Oman". Schneier on Security. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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Kosovo War
EU police arrest Kosovo war veterans' leader, raid offices
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINISeptember 25, 2020 GMT
Kosovo police guard the entrance of the offices of a war veterans association in Kosovo, in Pristina, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Witnesses say European Union security police have stormed the offices of a war veterans association in Kosovo. The association represents the former ethnic Albanian separatists who fought Serbian troops in a 1998-1999 war for independence. Members of the group said police from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, or EULEX, prevented them from going into the association's offices in Pristina on Friday. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — European Union security police arrested the leader of a Kosovar war veterans association for obstruction of justice when officers stormed its offices Friday, apparently to get hold of international prosecutors' files from a war crimes investigation that the association said it received anonymously.
Hysni Gucati was arrested following an arrest warrant and transfer order by a pre-trial judge, according to a statement from the Specialist Prosecutor's Office at the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers. The prosecutors were assisted by police officers from the European Union Rule of Law Mission, or EULEX, and local police.
A statement said Gucati's "arrest warrant was issued for the suspect for offences against the administration of justice, namely intimidation of witnesses, retaliation and violation of secrecy of proceedings."
The pre-trial judge's decision said Gucati "made available to the media confidential and non-public information and documents relating to the work of the Specialist Prosecutor's Office, and made no interventions when Nasim Haradinaj mentioned by name certain (potential) witnesses and gave information regarding their place of residence and other personal details ... thus exposing these individuals to potential threats to their safety."
"Such disclosures have been made with explicit indifference to security risks posed to (potential) witnesses and with the aim of delegitimizing the Specialist Prosecutor's Office and the Specialist Chambers, which he does not recognize," it said.
EULEX police stayed at the association's offices for about eight hours after which court officials were seen leaving and taking files and computers with them.
Members of the veterans' association, which represents the former ethnic Albanian separatists who fought Serbian troops in a 1998-1999 war for independence, were prevented from going into the association's offices.
Attorney Tome Gashi also said that Gucati's deputy, Nasim Haradinaj, refused to be taken into custody by EULEX police and was detained by Kosovar police.
Gucati has been transferred to The Hague, where a special court is investigating alleged crimes by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or KLA, during and after the Balkan nation's war.
"We are against such a court. Full stop," Haradinaj told journalists before the arrest, calling on Kosovo's government and parliament to react.
Neither Gucati nor Haradinaj had been summoned earlier from the court for questioning.
Faton Klinaku, the association's secretary, told reporters that police officers speaking different languages, including Kosovar police forces, had entered the offices in Pristina. An Associated Press video journalist observed police officers telling reporters to move away from the entrance.
Earlier this week, the war veterans group said that for the third time in two months an unknown person had provided war crime files from The Hague investigation. The veterans said they would make the files public.
Specialist Prosecutor's Office spokesman Christopher Bennett said that releasing the documents would be "undermining the proper administration of justice" and making them public was a criminal act.
Former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, an ex-commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army, wrote on Facebook that "there is no reason for operations or storming because everyone will respond voluntarily to justice."
Haradinaj himself was twice prosecuted and acquitted in another international war crimes court in The Hague. He resigned as prime minister last year when the Kosovo Specialist Chambers called him in for questioning.
On Thursday, The Hague-based court arrested a former KLA commander on charges including torture of detainees and the murder of one prisoner held at a compound in Kosovo. He was taken to the court's detention center in Netherlands.
Kosovar President Hashim Thaci, former parliamentary speaker Kadri Veseli and others have been charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, enforced disappearances, persecution and torture. Both men have denied committing any crimes.
A pretrial judge hasn't made a decision on whether to proceed with their case.
Thaci said there was no need for spectacular actions because no potential suspect would escape justice. Leaking of the war crime files "has damaged the image of the Kosovo state and the rights of the potential defendant," he said.
"The whole world knows that Kosovo is a victim. The KLA and the entire Kosovar people faced genocide and ethnic cleansing," he said in a statement.
The 1998-1999 war for Kosovo's independence from Serbia left more than 10,000 people dead — most of them ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, and more than 1,600 people remain unaccounted for. The fighting ended after a 78-day NATO air campaign against Serbian troops.
Kosovo, which is dominated by ethnic Albanians, declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a move recognized by many Western nations but not Serbia or its allies Russia and China.
Llazar Semini reported from Tirana, Albania.


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Tradeshows always make people bring out their best denim. This article is a small selection of some of the most beautiful authentically worn in jeans at this summer's Bread & Butter tradeshow. Enjoy.
Mike Hodis, owner and designer of Rising Sun Co. Mike was wearing the Blacksmith fit from his own collection, which he has been doing for 2 years now, and he has never washed them.
Gerard Backx founder of Atelier LaDurance. Gerard wore the sample of a limited edition of the Royal pant from 2004. He has been wearing it on and off over the past 8 years.
Nick Clements founder of Men's File. At first I thought he was Christer Mårtensson, who's actually 20 years senior to Nick. I hope he accepts my apologies. Nick was wearing a Levi's Vintage Clothing 505, which he has been doing for 2 years. Over that period of time he has washed the jeans around 5 times.
Mike (right), truck driver. Mike has been wearing this 1935 Mechanic Bib from Pike Brothers for the last 2 years. He has never washed the bib and he mostly uses it for work in his garage. The founder of the company, Fabian Jedlitschka, who's standing next to Mike in the picture, told us that this was actually the first run of the bib, which is the only to carry the logo on the front.
Dirk Thomas from Merz b. Schwanen. Dirk was wearing a pair of 1933 501 Levi's Vintage Clothing jeans that he had bought at Pauls Boutique in Berlin. When he bought them he was told that the jeans used to be raw. Also, notice the boots.
Christopher Bloor-Evans, men's denim designer from American Eagle. He was wearing a pair of old 501 jeans that had no labels or anything in them, but they were pre-worn when he got them.
Wouter Munnich from Long John. Wouter has been wearing this pair of Eat Dust jeans from about one and a half years now and he has never washed them. Pictures are taken at the DC4/The Flat Head party at the DC4 store on Wednesday July 4.
Anthony Rouas, the French representative of Mads Nørgaard. Let's just say that these jeans don't have the proper button stamp. Then you can figure out what that means. No matter what their origin is they are beautiful. The jeans were pre-washed when Anthony got them, but he has also given them quite a lot of wear and tear.
Norman Roberts from Aspecto, a chain of a retailers in the northern part of the UK. Norman was wearing a pair of Edwin ED39 in the Red Listed selvage. Over the 3 years he has been wearing them they've had about 12 washes.
And of course Christer Mårtensson, founder of Peak Performance, now agent of Johnson Wollen Mills and distributor of Pendleton and Eastland Maine in Scandinavia. Christer was wearing his regular outfit consisting of his 1937 501 Levi's Vintage Clothing jeans from one of the wearing first collections and his 1980s oxford Red Wings with SuperSoles in portage red.
3sixteen, Atelier LaDurance, Big John, Bread & Butter, Broken in denim, Made in Japan, Made in USA, Mike Hodis, Pike Brothers, Rising Sun & Co.
Folk City – Levi's Fall/Winter 2019 Lookbook takes to the streets of Manhattan
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When i used the front panel to measure the VPP. The VPP result will display in the left-bottom side. Is it remote command also can have the same result? Or do i need to specify something on command or i need to do issue some initialise commands at the beginning of the program? Anyone can help me on this.
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News Mazda Skyactiv-X Comes in at 177 Horsepower
Mazda Skyactiv-X Comes in at 177 Horsepower
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2019 Mazda3 Skyactiv-X | Photo: Mazda
Mazda has confirmed its new Skyactiv-X engine specs for the European market.
Reports out of Europe have put the new Mazda Skyactiv-X engine in the new 2019 Mazda3 at 177 horsepower and 165 pound-feet of torque. Mazda confirmed the numbers after earlier reports from a Slovakian source that pegged the power output at 178 horsepower. Back in November when the new Mazda3 was unveiled, Mazda Canada told us that the Skyactiv-X engine would develop "around 180 horsepower".
In other words, the numbers are consistent and although the North American numbers may be slightly different from the European specs, the Skyactiv-x engine should develop somewhere around the 177-horsepower European number. On the other hand, we're still not sure if and when the new Mazda engine will come on this side of the Atlantic.
The redesigned 2019 Mazda3 currently offers a base 2.0-liter four-cylinder with 155 horsepower with a more powerful 2.5-liter engine with 186 horsepower available as an option.
2019 Mazda3 Sport | Photo: Mazda
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The Skyactiv-X engine has the unique ability to use compression ignition just like a diesel engine which results in a more efficient burn and higher torque without a fuel consumption penalty. The engine can also run on spark-controlled ignition and essentially provides the best of both worlds with optimal ignition based on the situation.
Mazda says the engine will be paired with a mild-hybrid, 24-volt system for even better efficiency and European buyers will have the option to go with either front-wheel drive or i-Activ all-wheel drive. Hopefully, we'll learn more about Mazda's intentions for its Skyactiv-X engine in North America before the end of the year.
At the New York Auto Show last April, Mazda announced a new diesel engine for its Mazda CX-5 SUV. Mazda had been toying with the Skyactiv-D diesel engine for North America for years, and it will finally bring the engine over for the 2019 model-year.
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2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE receives exterior and technology updates
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The hybrid Civic will be available in Hatchback and sedan forms and will share its powertrain with the Accord hybrid. Gasoline-only powertrains will...
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The 2024 Cadillac Lyriq will start at $58,590 in the US.
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The 2023 Targa Newfoundland "Race the Rock" Event Will Pit EVs Against ICEs
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Clean driving 2018-04-20
Charged up: a growing number of cities are turning to electric buses
TRATON is entering an era of electric mobility with trail-blazing concepts. Road tests featuring electric buses have just begun in Östersund, Sweden. chargE, an electrified school bus manufactured by the Group's strategic partner Navistar, has set off on a road show. Furthermore, the development of an electric counterpart of the MAN Lion's City is in full swing over Munich.
"We have set ourselves the target of getting an entire public transportation system up and running by 2030 without the use of fossil fuels," says Anna Sörensson, of the city of Östersund. "In other words, the introduction of electric buses is paving the way for the future." It is also a logical decision given that this city in the Swedish Jämtlands Iän province and its 50,000 inhabitants have been campaigning for sustainable transportation concepts for a long time. The community is the ideal candidate for a model project in cooperation with Scania. "Thanks to its seasonal climate with cold winters and relatively warm summers, Östersund offers the perfect conditions for testing the performance of electric buses under operating conditions," explains Karin Rådström, Head of Scania Buses and Coaches. "The pilot runs are the first step in the development of buses that run on electric batteries."
Three Scania Citywide Low Floor buses were handed over to the city of Östersund in March. They operate on a highly frequented route that is 14 kilometers long and features 40 stops. Tom Terjesen, editor of Norwegian specialist newspaper Busmagasinet and President of the International Bus & Coach Jury, was clearly impressed with the first tests. No noise whatsoever could be heard from the engine, even once the buses had reached their maximum speed of 70 km/h. In order to be able to supply the buses with electricity, two charging stations have been set up at the first and last bus stop along the route, where the buses are charged for ten minutes before continuing their journey. They complete around 100 trips every day. More electric buses should join their ranks next year.
Electric buses are in equally high demand in a city 2,100 kilometers south of Östersund: Munich intends to electrify its public transportation network by 2030. If you think how long ago diesel technology was even invented, you will realize that this is breakneck speed. The engine that still powers the majority of buses today had over 100 years to reach technological maturity. To make matters even more complicated, the journey toward electrification is also taking place under tougher conditions. A growing number of people are drawn to big cities. As well as taking their cars with them, they also come with their own individual needs, which is why more and more goods are transported to the cities. A growing number of road users have to fight for space on what are increasingly congested roads.
"We are witnessing the dawn of a new era," says Ralf Willrett, Head of the Bus division at Munich transportation company Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG). According to him, simply replacing combustion engines with electric ones is not enough. An electric vehicle can get stuck in a traffic jam on Munich's Ludwigstraße the same way a bus running on fuel can. Willrett stresses the importance of developing solutions to make public transportation not just more sustainable, but also more efficient and intelligent. Stefan Sahlmann believes that along with new software solutions for battery charge management, this also includes optimized bus stop networks. "If I only have to change twice instead of four times, that saves me a lot more time than if the bus goes three kilometers an hour faster," adds Sahlmann. An industrial engineer by trade, he is heading up the team at MAN Transport Solutions. His consultancy supports public transportation companies and private fleet operators in navigating the path to alternative drives. At the end of 2016, MAN Truck & Bus and the city of Munich entered into an innovation partnership which will see, among others, MAN buses join other vehicles on the roads of the Bavarian capital as part of a field test.
MAN Truck & Bus's first generation of electric buses is set to launch before 2020 – based on the new MAN Lion's City introduced in mid-March. Sustainable. Efficient. Intelligent. And comfortable. The better the quality of the vehicles on offer, the more likely these are to encourage as many people as possible to switch to public transportation. This is of fundamental importance to Munich. Things are not much different in Hamburg. The Hanseatic city wants to move to zero emission buses from 2020 onward. Hamburger Hochbahn and Verkehrsbetriebe Schleswig-Holstein public transportation companies in Hamburg are also working closely together in partnership with MAN Truck & Bus to make this reality. "This cooperation initiative enables us to turn specific questions into technical solutions more quickly than was previously possible," says Felix Kybart, Head of Alternative Drives at MAN Truck & Bus. "It is not just about delivering vehicles, but also actively starting a dialog to be able to put customized solu-tions into practice for the city of Hamburg."
There are around 40,000 buses on the roads in Germany alone. Most of them are powered by diesel. More and more communities are taking the offensive in order to drive down emissions, especially in intercity areas. Munich and Hamburg are just two examples. A study carried out by auditor and advisory service provider PwC revealed enormous potential for manufacturers. According to the study, hundreds of orders are planned over the next three years, which would mean that over 500 electric buses can be expected to operate on regular services in German cities by the end of 2021. Wiesbaden's plans are the most ambitious to date. The capital of Hessen plans to have zero emission public transportation by 2022. In light of the above, it intends to acquire 225 electric buses. According to PwC analyses, local transportation authorities want to order a total of 821 electric buses by 2031. Hansjörg Arnold, Head of Infrastructure & Mobility at PwC, expects this number to increase considerably in the future since the majority of the invitations to bid have not yet been submitted.
As part of the serial production of their electric buses, Scania and MAN Truck & Bus use one and the same electric powertrain. This electric drivetrain is designed as a modular element – and is set to be installed in all electric models in the future. "By using technologies on a cross-brand basis, we are able to avoid duplicate work and leverage synergies," says Anders Nielsen, Chief Technology Officer at TRATON. "This enables us to concentrate our research and development resources on new technologies, as well as reduce our time to market while improving cost efficiency." As part of this cooperation initiative, each brand is responsible for its own development project. The central Research and Development function is in charge of coordinating the lead engineering concept. Nielsen highlights the benefits of this type of cooperation: "This puts us in a position to realize several large projects at the same time and with the same level of intensity and quickly address a variety of issues." Strategic partner Navistar in the U.S.A. also reaps the benefits.
Navistar will install the electric drivetrain in one of its electric distribution trucks starting in 2020. chargE, a school bus designed by IC Bus in cooperation with TRATON, is already in operation on U.S. roads. IC Bus is a Navistar brand. The prototype set off on a road show, where it will present this new technology to the public, on March 24. The tour includes stops at trade fairs and in schools. The bus began its trip at the 50th annual meeting of the California Association of School Transportation in San Diego. "We are actively approaching our customers as part of this tour to get their feedback. We will incorporate these suggestions into the further development of vehicle and design. That's part of our philosophy, which we call DriverFirst," explains Trish Reed, Vice President and General Manager of IC Bus. Interest in zero emission buses is also on the rise in the U.S.A. Together with its brands and partners, TRATON believes it is its duty to make a contribution toward transforming public transportation in a sustainable way – around the world. In doing so, its top priority is to offer reliable and efficient solutions to operators. This is the only way to bring change about successfully.
Clean driving
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Aside from the flexible work schedule and relaxed dress codes, one of the big appeals of the entrepreneur life is being able to create your own definition of success. Is it the big car, high tech condo and blinged out watch? Being able to fly first class to Paris? Paying the bills and relaxing in a lean-to on camping trips? Whatever is most important to your life becomes your unique version of success – and negotiation can help you get from here, to there.
Grab your journal or a swanky piece of paper and map out your ideal day. Where will you be? Who will be there? What are you doing for work, fun and relaxation? Use that vision to guide your goals and priorities for each of your business endeavors and negotiated deals.
Can I get a peek at your ideal day? Mine would include waking up in Paris, journaling at the café, and spending my day writing and working with clients at a little desk by the window – fresh flowers nearby. Share yours in the comments below!


KUTI#47 – the spring 2018 issue is our latest open call -based comics cocktail, with 48 pages featuring an all-star cast of international talent: Adrián Astorgano (ES), Gabor Bata (CA), Nora Einbender-Luks (US), Chiara Lammens (BE), David Liljemark (SE), King Louie's Lab (UK), Ulli Lust (DE), Jaakko Pallasvuo (FI), Iván Riskin (AR), Maria Tetzlaff (DE) and Lika Zakirova (RU).
Edited by Terhi Ekebom & Heikki Rönkkö, with layout by Benjamin Bergman and cover by Jaakko Pallasvuo. Assistant editor Tommi Musturi. Edition of 6 500 pcs.
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2020 Smarter than Smoking Healthy Golfer of the Year announced!
Jody Williams 18th December 2020
Today, siblings, 10-year-old Jade and 7-year-old Dane Wilkins from Kondinin Golf Club have been named joint winners of the inaugural 2020 Smarter than Smoking Healthy Golfer of the Year. They were both acknowledged for their incredible entries at the Smarter Than Smoking Junior Tour Presentations, held at the prestigious Lake Karrinyup Country Club.
The 2020 Smarter than Smoking Healthy Golfer of the Year competition demonstrates Healthway's commitment to supporting the health of junior golfers from across our State. The competition was launched earlier this year to continue to engage, educate and motivate our Smarter than Smoking Junior Tour participants who were unable to play their beloved sport during COVID-19 restrictions.
Entries were of a high standard in recognising and promoting healthy living and revealed that our juniors are equally as skilled off the course, as they are on the greens as they put their creative videography talents to the test.
The Wilkins' were presented with a $1, 000 gift voucher by local champion and 2020 Nexus Risk WA Open winner, Hayden Hopewell. Harry Squibb (age 5) from Gosnells Golf Club and Owen Spedding (age 6) from Kwinana Golf Club, each received a voucher to the value of $250, as finalists.
GolfWA Chief Exexcutive, Gary Thomas, said we are grateful to Healthway who proudly continue to support junior golf in Western Australia. The Smarter than Smoking junior program is a great avenue to inspire young people to live healthier lives.
"With Healthway's support, we are able to continue to support and teach young people in local communities right across Western Australia," Gary said.
"Just like Hayden Hopewell, we look forward to continuing to celebrate all the stars of tomorrow. We hope to one day see these juniors take to the course in a professional capacity, but most of all, to be happy and healthy."
The top 3 videos can be viewed here. Stay tuned in 2021 for competition start dates.
The first event of the 2021 Junior Tour presented by Healthway will take place at Royal Perth Golf Club on January 22nd. Have you registered your child to play the Healthway Junior Tour?


Sleeve Gastrectomy is a type of restrictive weight loss operation. It reduces the amount of food you can eat by reducing the size of the stomach. A thin vertical sleeve, or narrow section of the stomach, is created by using a stapling device, removing approximately 80% of the total volume of the stomach. Populations of cells that may contribute in the stimulation of hunger are removed during this process. The remaining stomach "sleeve" is roughly the size of a small banana. This smaller stomach now restricts the amount of food one can consume before feeling full, thus leading to weight loss. There is no intestinal bypass with a Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Sleeve Gastrectomy has several benefits over other procedures. With the Sleeve, there is no foreign object implanted within the body and no adjustments or "fills" are necessary. Also, since there is no malabsorptive component to the operation, nutritional deficiencies are uncommon. Weight loss from the Sleeve is similar to that of Gastric Banding, but is less than weight loss with Gastric Bypass.
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some with their reflective lights still in hand and voices still blaring in their ear pieces.
As Seen at RDU International Airport on December 16, 2015. It was a typical business travel day for me. Rushing to the airport. Multi-tasking between conference calls, emails and trying to meet my flight time. Sparing hardly just a few mins if any before my flight boards.
I remember reaching the gate and noticing several armed servicemen standing around the edge of the gate area. I thought something strange in the beginning based on just how they were interacting with each other and with a few other plain dressed individuals. I sat down and didn't think any of it anymore when about 15, 20 mins later, the announcer came over the loud speaker and announced that we would have a fallen soldier riding with us to St. Louis as their final destination home and that there was a ramp ceremony starting in honor of him. I looked around and sure enough in the middle of my last minute work before boarding, I didn't notice that the entire group in which I spotted before was now gone. We were welcomed to watch the outside ramp ceremony where they all now stood from the terminal window. There was nearly a dry eye at the gate, even men sniffling and hiding tears. I was very moved by this even after we'd gotten on the plane, I could not control my emotions and was unsuccessfully pressing them down.
Total American killed in all US Wars is over 1.1 Million. For this 1 fallen soldier, I can't stop thinking of who was he, who did he leave behind, what were his dreams and what was his thoughts of this war that he's lost his life over. Today, we all get the opportunity to go about our day freely and return home when it's all done. This is only possible because of the many that serve and protect us in the US and around the world. For this soldier and 1.1 Million before … sincere gratitude and thanks.


I'm so happy to have Anneli Purchase back on my blog. Today, she's sharing the beautiful new cover for her romantic suspense novel Orion's Gift!
What would you do if you had a letter telling you your days were numbered?
If you had a supportive husband, that would be one thing, but a philandering, selfish blowhard with a temper, would be quite another.
Would you stay to be cast aside when you become a burden? Or would you take the nearest escape route to salvage what's left of your life?
When Sylvia makes a break from her California home and goes on a camping escape to Mexico's Baja Peninsula, she doesn't expect to meet and fall in love with Kevin who is also on the run. She doesn't expect to find happiness again.
But her controlling husband sends a burly private investigator to bring her back. Although Sylvia tries to find refuge and peace in the quiet camping areas of Baja, a crazed drug dealer, whom she has inadvertently offended at a chance meeting on the road, is also out for revenge. Kevin promises to protect her, but can she trust him? He has problems of his own. Big ones.
Perhaps she should never have left home. Escaping her fate doesn't seem so easy anymore.
Anneli Purchase lives on Vancouver Island in western Canada. She has written four novels and is working on her fifth. She enjoys camping, fishing, gardening, and photography. Outdoor life plays a role in much of her writing.
Thanks so much for hosting me here, Bonnie. I really enjoyed writing this book, as it took me back to happy times in Baja. I hope your readers will enjoy the book too.
Awesome cover — does the story justice.


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Andrew P. Wick
University of North Texas, Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, School of Visual Arts, M.A., 2005.
Southern Methodist University, B.F.A., 2003.
Southern Methodist University, Drawing Instructor, SMU Continuing and Professional Education Program, Beginning and Advanced Drawing, 2007- present.
Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX. Visiting Critic and Lecturer, 2008.
Southern Methodist University, Visiting Lecturer in Art, Meadows School of the
Arts Community Education, Drawing for Beginners, September-October 2007.
Southern Methodist University, Visiting Lecturer in Art, Meadows School of the Arts Community Education, Drawing in the Meadows Museum for Beginning Artists, July 2007.
Art Instructor, Plano ISD, 2005-present.
Selected Exhibitions:
A Very Grand Opening, Dahlia Woods Gallery, 232 NLBJ Drive, San Marcos, TX, March 24, 2016 – April 14, 2016.
Infinite Meridian: Selected Paintings by Andrew P. Wick and Drawings by Benjamin Bascombe, Eisemann Center: Forrest and Virginia Green Mezzanine- Gallery, Richardson, TX September 21 - October 29, 2011.
Mad About Art: A Holiday Group Show, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, TX, December 10 - December 31, 2010.
Earth and Sky: Landscapes by Katie Maratta and Andrew Wick, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, TX, November 5, 2010 - December 4, 2010.
Hot Time, Summer in the City: Summer Group Show, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, TX, June 11, 2010 - August, 2010
Art for the Masses: A Holiday Group Show, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, TX, December 5, 2009 - January 30, 2010
Slow Cooked and Hickory Smoked: A Group Show, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, TX, July 10, 2009 - August 15, 2009.
Smoke and Mirrors - Jamie Pink/Andrew Wick, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, TX, April 17- May 16, 2009.
Going Native: A Group Show, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, TX December 5, 2008- January 3, 2009.
The South Press Printastic Printacular, Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, November 14- December 6, 2007.
Plano ISD Annual Staff Art Shows, Plano ISD Administration building, Plano, TX, 2005-2007 (Annually).
Works Not For Sale, UNT SOVA, Denton, Texas, 2004.
Alleged Junctions: Recent Works by Andrew Wick and Benjamin Bascombe.
Mary Hay Gallery. Dallas, Texas, 2003.
Plano Art Association: National Juried Competition. Plano Art Centre. Plano, Texas, 2003.
Senior Class Exhibition, Part I. Doolin Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts , Southern Methodist University. Dallas, Texas, 2002.
Like Mom Used To Make. Greer Garson Theatre Sculpture exhibit, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. Dallas, Texas, 2000.
Young Master's Group Exhibition. Oil on Canvas. Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, Texas, 1999.
Dallas Horticultural Center at Fair Park. Dallas, Texas, 1998.
Young Master's Group Exhibition. Graphite on paper. Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, Texas, 1997-1998.
Selected Press:
Artist Interview: Voyage Dallas, December 15, 2018, http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-andrew-wick-andrew-p-wick-fine-art-sachse-tx/
Infinite Meridian: Andrew P. Wick, World Arts Today, Web Magazine, October 6, 2011
The Dallas Morning News - Guide, pp 33, Friday, June 11, 2010. Dallas Morning News, Inc., a subsidiary of A.H. Belo Corp.
THE Magazine, DFW Edition, p. 20, December, 2008. Santa Fe Publishing Group, Inc.
Plano Art Association National Juried show illustrated catalogue, 2003.
Young Master's Group Show Publications. Dallas Museum of Art, 1997-1999.
Andrew Wick: Artworks. Independent circulation, 2003.
Stephen D. Wilder Annual Travel Award for Graduating Senior. Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. Dallas, Texas, 2003.
Division of Art Artistic Scholarship Merit Award. Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. Dallas, Texas, 1999-2003.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zelle Scholarship for Artistic Merit. Meadows School of The Arts, Southern Methodist University. Dallas, Texas, 2000 and 2003.
O'Donnell Foundation Awards for Advanced Placement Art Portfolios, 1998 and1999.
Related Activities:
On Drawing and its Relation to Painting, Southern Methodist University lecture of works by Andrew Wick, October, 2007.
Drawing in the Museum Summer Program at The Meadows Museum Studio, SMU, 2007.
Guest critic and speaker at Southern Methodist University's annual Portfolio Day, a designated time where incoming students can discuss their work with art professors and other arts professionals. Dallas, Texas, 2000.
Co-Curator, Senior Class Exhibition, Part II. Doolin Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. Dallas , Texas, 2002.
References provided upon request.


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Stu Ungar
Stu Ungar will always be remembered as one of the greatest poker players who ever lived – some even say he was the greatest No Limit Hold'em player of all time. Stu was born on September 8, 1953 in the Lower East Side of New York City, where he grew up with his parents and his older sister Judy. Stu was exposed to gambling since he was a kid; back then, his father Isadore "Ido" Ungar ran a bar/social club/gambling establishment.
At the age of 13, his life took a drastic turn when his father died after suffering a fatal heart attack. Just twelve months later, his mother suffered a stroke; she was not able to care for herself or her children. Stu dropped out of school and became a dealer for a local card club to support his mother and sister. As a youngster, Stu had great success gambling on the streets of the Lower East Side, and before long Stu Ungar made a name for himself as a tournament gin player.
In 1978, at the age of 22, Stu arrived in Las Vegas, where he had huge success playing high-stakes gin rummy. Ungar started playing poker in Las Vegas in 1980; his youth and success earned him the nickname "The Kid." He quickly became a force to be reckoned with: Stu went on to win five World Series of Poker bracelets and become a three-time World Champion. Stu won the Main Event back to back in 1980 and 1981, a record shared with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan. Ungar and Johnny Moss are the only players to ever win three championship titles at the World Series of Poker.
"The Kid" won ten major $5,000 or higher buy-in No Limit Hold'em championship events. To understand his dominance in No Limit Texas Hold'em, you have to consider that T.J. Cloutier (winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets) and two-time World Champion Johnny Chan have won half that many. Even more impressive is the fact that Stu only played in approximately thirty of these events in his entire life. Stu Ungar was the only man to ever win the World Series of Poker and Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker. He won Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker three times; back then it was the second largest poker tournament in the world.
Stu was enormously talented, his mind was extremely quick and he simply dominated every single card game. Unfortunately, one of his problems was that he never had any respect for money; the more he had, the more he bet. Stu used to bet at poker, gin, horses, golf, or at any other sport. At the 1997 World Series of Poker, Stu Ungar won the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event for the last time; it was also his final win. Despite his undeniable talent and his accomplishments, his life was a tragedy, mainly triggered by his history of drug abuse. Stu Ungar died of drug addiction on November 22, 1998 at the age of 42. His place in history as a legend of poker is unquestionable.
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$10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw
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Watchdog group files complaint with EPA inspector general over apparent violation from agency head
The Acting Associate Administrator for the Office of Air may be in hot water
Sophie Mann, Just the News
The watchdog group Protect the Public's Trust has filed a complaint with the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency alleging an official may have "improperly exerted his influence to arrange a high-level meeting with personnel on behalf of his former employer."
Before accepting his current role at the EPA, Joseph Goffman, the acting associate administrator for the agency's Office of Air, was employed by Harvard Law School as the executive director of the Environmental and Energy Law Program.
But following the signing of his EPA recusal statement in early April of this year, Goffman recommended to someone who worked for him the agency take a meeting with Harvard – an action he was barred from taking due to his recusal statement.


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The Communist regime tried to substitute purely secular national symbols, and a calendar of largely secular holidays was instituted. The flag of the primary independence movement in 1945, the Lao Issara, replaced that of the Royal Lao Government . With the collapse of communism, the state has reverted to purely nationalist symbols; this "retraditionalizing" of the regime has meant a greater prominence for Buddhism. The national day of December 2 was celebrated after the revolution, but has been eclipsed by the celebration of the That Luang Festival.
Many members of the aristocracy fled after the revolution, as did members of the state-primarily based elite, such as army generals, and capitalists and business traders, a lot of whom were Chinese or Vietnamese. The new elite was composed of the higher echelons of the communist state apparatus.
In the north, Hmong teams, have resisted these makes an attempt at management, typically violently. In its early years the communist government highlighted its alleged respect for minority cultures, but at present there's a higher emphasis on Lao culture.
With liberalization, this entry to energy has allowed these teams to department out into private enterprise. Foreign funding and overseas assist led to corruption in the upper echelons of the state, which then turned pervasive all through. A very small urban-primarily based center class has begun to type, but most people belong to the peasantry and are powerless and poor.
Laos was nearly absorbed into Siam and that has tinged Lao nationwide identification with fears of disappearance. The fact that most ethnic Lao within the Thai northeast don't establish themselves with the Lao nation-state is a supply of confusion, blurring the cultural boundary between Laos and Thailand. Although Lao and Thai languages are very close, central Thai is the important thing cultural marker of the distinction. Lao identity could have been extra clearly demarcated when it had a monarchy of its personal. Now, many Lao observe the itineraries of Thai royalty as if to fill a cultural absence at home. The key nationwide symbols are Buddhist, despite the fact that solely around 60 percent of the inhabitants is Buddhist. Before the revolution in 1975, Buddhism and the monarchy were linked as key symbols.
Usually this is carried out when the monks file via the village or metropolis early in the morning. Among some southern minority groups giant buffalo sacrifices take place laos mail order brides, but they have been discouraged by the federal government. Less spectacular sacrificing of buffaloes and other animals occurs amongst all the ethnic groups.
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Among the Hmong, Chinese characters are used in non secular rituals. Many Hmong are totally literate in an orthography developed by missionaries, and there is a Hmong messianic script. Among the Iu-Mien , literate people use Chinese characters to write down histories.
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The present authorities combines components of an orthodox communist state and a military dictatorship. The rise of the army is partly a product of the waning of orthodox communism, but the navy also has come to play an important financial position. their class background for political functions whereas buying and selling on their possession of cultural and economic capital. This elite has gravitated toward deeply rooted symbolic practices of power, similar to sponsoring temple rebuilding and the casting of Buddha photographs. With the rising financial energy of those new elite households, extra conventional entourages have gathered round "big men," who demand deference, which was frowned upon in the egalitarian aftermath of the revolution. Since the abolition of the aristocracy in 1975, there have been no hereditary castelike groups.
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The That Luang stupa in Vientiane, built by the revered King Sethathirat, is one of the most sacred areas and is recognized by all groups. Other nationwide icons are also Buddhist, but some, such as the megalithic jars from the Plain of Jars, point to advanced origins. The appropriation of "old regime" symbols has muted some of the conflict between refugee Lao and the LPDR (Lao People's Democratic Republic), but has led to debates over how a lot of the previous to "revive." Among the minorities, there is the Miao-Yao (Hmong-Iu Mien) language group, largely spoken within the north.
This preliminary bipolar categorization of ethnic Lao and minorities gives way to a threefold categorization of the population into Lao Lum (lowland, Lao), Lao Theung , and Lao Soung . The authorities has attempted to come up with a comprehensive classification of the ethnic teams, which ranged in number from sixty-eight to forty-three in 1995. Ordinary Lao are doubtless to make use of the tripartite classification or even derogatory phrases for those designated Lao Theung and Meo. Most disrespect is reserved for the Austronesian teams in the south, whose pipe-smoking women are singled out for remark. LPDR makes an attempt at resettlement of minorities for political management, ecological preservation of forests, and delivery of social providers have been poorly executed and have caused resentment. In the south, this has led to the breakup of matrilineal longhouses as teams are moved into commonplace housing.
Tibeto-Burman speakers, primarily within the north, additionally make use of Chinese characters for ritual purposes. Austronesian and Mon-Khmer audio system stay within the north but are most closely represented in the south. Illiteracy is as high as 40 %, primarily among older folks and girls. Because of the use of Lao as a lingua franca, most people have some knowledge of it, notably for purposes of trading. Vietnamese and Chinese in city areas have autonomous traditions of literacy, and have their very own schools. But as soon as the primary impressions settled, I began to see a extra nuanced picture.
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Many urban Chinese have assimilated into Lao culture, and even those that have not are considered to symbolize a significant civilization. Vietnamese also have assimilated, and people who haven't are located just under the Chinese, although they are more disliked. A small Indian inhabitants lives within the urban areas, and dislike for them normally focuses on their darkish pores and skin, odor, and alleged deviousness.
In conferences with authorities, I noticed that, while women had been current, they have been principally not taking part within the assembly, but had been quite busy serving tea and cookies. There were some exceptions for sure, robust women that made bold points; however this was far from the norm.
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