Those qualities have helped DeLorenzo, now 56, turn the family business into one of the most successful advisory shops in the nation. As president of Garden City, N.Y.-based United Asset Strategies, DeLorenzo oversees a team of 20 that serves 800 households and manages $827.5 million of client assets.
Working with her dad, now retired, DeLorenzo helped to expand the firm's purview from insurance sales to stock brokerage to financial advisory and investment management. In 1992, with her dad semiretired, they founded United Asset.
It's an especially impressive story for someone without a college degree. After graduating from high school half a year early, DeLorenzo opted to work full-time as a bookkeeper rather than attend college. Jumping to her dad's business, she quickly earned her life, health, annuity, and stockbrokers licenses and later became a certified financial planner.
These days, DeLorenzo is putting her expertise to work navigating an expensive stock market and a bond market that's bumping up against the prospect of rising interest rates.
DeLorenzo says that corporate earnings are for the most part supportive of stock valuations. Fourth-quarter Standard & Poor's 500 earnings were up 7.3%, and the market needs another 8% earnings growth in the first quarter to support current prices, she says. "If we don't have that, we're going to have profit taking," she adds.
In the slightly longer term, DeLorenzo warns that the investing public will get "pretty frustrated" if Congress breaks for summer recess without making significant progress on tax reform. The brewing battle over the GOP health plan could bog down legislation, she notes.
DeLorenzo is a patient but opportunistic investor. Ahead of the election, she bet on an infrastructure push by snapping up shares of a U.S. engineering firm. Postelection, the team took a position in a mining exchange-traded fund and an industrial-steel stock. And when bond yields rose after the election, DeLorenzo and her colleagues put extra cash to work buying longer-dated muni bonds with call protection.
Right now, energy and health care are undervalued, she says. She wouldn't name particular stocks, but for her growth portfolio, she selects companies based in part on value, momentum, and the chance for higher pricing or spending. "When there's that trifecta with value, it's ka-ching!" she says.
DeLorenzo and company run multiple strategies, including total return, momentum, growth and income, and dividend investing. "We can always find a place to put some money to work," she says.
Knowing when to sell a holding is critical, and DeLorenzo and her team have spent years honing their discipline. They frequently use stop orders on at least a portion of certain positions in their growth-stock portfolio. "It eliminates any emotional attachment that investors, as well as advisors, might get for a certain stock," she says.
AFTER THE 2001 CRASH, her team started using a rule of thumb that involved selling once a stock rose 15% or fell 7% or 8%. That range turned out to be too restrictive, so they made adjustments. In June of 2008, with a crash imminent, DeLorenzo's equity portfolios were 50% in cash due to all of the stops that had been triggered.
Today, stops are used selectively, based on factors like a company's fundamentals and momentum and the direction of the economy. Some stocks—including some of the nation's dominant tech companies—don't require stops because they're such strong and reliable performers.
If a great company pops 30% on takeover rumors, DeLorenzo might sell half of the position. "Don't wait for the terms of the deal to take some profits off the table," she says.
DeLorenzo's clients run the gamut from middle class to ultrahigh net worth. "We've built something for everybody," she says. Outside of work, DeLorenzo likes to do hands-on philanthropy, most of it through her church. She's currently working as a health-care proxy for an older gentleman who has no family to look after him, for example. "I'm attracted to these old people who have no one," she says.
When Lee DeLorenzo's dad offered her a chance to join his practice back in 1979, she jumped.


The 2nd African Youth Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit took place in Accra, Ghana from the 7 – 9 November 2018 under the theme "Partnership with Youth to Achieve the SDGs: Moving from Policy to Action". UNFPA, the 2030 Youth Alliance, Youth Advocates Ghana, and the Ghana Ministry of Planning co-hosted the Summit. I was one of the eight Patrons of the Summit. Much of the discussion around the central theme of the Summit focused on good health for young people including reproductive health (Goal 3 and 5). There were also issues on gender equality (Goal 5), clean water and sanitation (Goal 6), decent work and economic growth with a heavy emphasis on youth employment and migration (Goal 8 and 10), climate action emphasizing climate change and smart agriculture (Goal 13) and youth leadership and governance (goal 16). A central issue was also Education (Goal 4), which became a cross-cutting issue covering all the focus areas of the summit. The subject of nutrition as being fundamental to the economic and social development became a charming topic after international nutritionist Isatou Jallow from the Gambia provided a thorough insight that linked proper nutrition to a healthy nation for our development imperatives that would spread throughout the length and breadth of the African continent.
In my interventions, I highlighted many of the current wisdom and insight that young Africans can articulate these days in respect of how to improve the living conditions in their communities. Nowadays, Africa's youths know what they want, and they were able to bring in some insightful thinking to the continent's current planning initiatives. Many asked questions about the role of the African Union, the Regional Economic Communities and other Africa-based organisations on the measures they are currently embarked on to ensure that the continent consistently implements Agenda 2063 taking into account the global SDGs. Many young people want to know how they could be systematically involved in the many local government initiatives that are currently on-going in their respective nations. I met different categories of young people from the continent from very high-level professionals in formal employment with the government, NGOs and international organizations to self-employed entrepreneurs in varying professions that include law, banking, energy, tailoring, and fashion design, auto-mechanical engineering, and construction engineering and so forth.
At our last count, there were more than 1,200 young Africans from 44 African countries with approximately 45% of them being female at the Accra International Conference Center attending the Summit. I left with the feeling the majority of young Africans continue to keep their innate high hopes and aspirations. However, they told me on several occasions during the summit that despite having these hopes, there remain some severe mismatch between their expectations and the opportunities that are available to them. They expressed great distaste for corruption on the African continent, and how this has consistently frustrated their hopes and aspirations. I noticed a great deal of energy and dynamism among these young people during this Summit. From their various interventions, I was highly overwhelmed by their resourcefulness, creativity, and innovative and adventurous spirit. Young people are therefore vital for Africa's growth and development.
We at the Coalition on Media and Education for Development Africa Forum (CAFOR) will ensure as we work and coordinate initiatives with the African Union and other partners and entities on the continent that our programming in advocacy and partnership mobilisation for youths aligns well with the vision African youths have for their future. We must understand their real needs and what they have always longed for. We must be in an excellent position to be also able to tap into their energy and dynamism.
I want to commend the leadership of Youth Advocates Ghana (YAG) for demonstrating strong leadership in organising an event of this nature and for being a good example for other youth-led organisations on the continent.


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Post subject: Had to happen one day
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Driver fined £60... for admiring a pretty girl
I would say he was very unfortunate to have had a traffic patrol in sight
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Daily Mail - Alun Rees wrote:
Driver fined £60... for admiring a pretty girl: Police insist motorists must not be distracted by 'gorgeous people'
By Alun Rees - PUBLISHED: 00:40, 8 July 2012 | UPDATED: 14:32, 8 July 2012
Doug Maclean admits getting a 'good eyeful' of the attractive pedestrian
But 26-year-old gunsmith claims he was always in full control of his car
Pulled over by police officers for driving without due care and attention
Mr Maclean: 'Nicking me for looking at a pretty girl is no way to earn a living'
It is a temptation to which most male motorists have surely succumbed.
But for Doug Maclean, taking his eye off the road to steal a glance at an attractive female pedestrian has landed him with a £60 fine – after his sneaky look was caught on police camera.
Officers said he was driving without due care and attention, but the 26-year-old complained: 'Nicking another bloke for looking at a pretty girl is no way to earn a living.'
'The girl was a cracker': Doug Maclean (pictured) has been fined £60 after being pulled over by police for taking his eye off the road to steal a glance at an attractive female pedestrian as he drove past
He added: 'The girl had a very nice backside and I wanted to check out her face to see if it was as nice as her figure. It's what practically every bloke on the planet would do.'
Mr Maclean admits that the photographic evidence shows him leaning over and staring out of the back window, having driven past the good-looking stranger – but he insists he was in full control of his car.
He said: 'I saw a police car parked about 150 yards down the road but I didn't think anything of it as the road was empty and I was in complete control of my vehicle as far as I was concerned. I wasn't leaning out of the window shouting and wolf-whistling either.'
Nevertheless, he attracted the attention of the officers stationed on the Ibstone Road at Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, who pulled him over and showed him the image they had taken from their dashboard camera.
Head-turner: Mr Maclean said he was always in full control of his car while catching a glance at the woman (not pictured)
'It was a really high-quality picture of me leaning across the seat of my vehicle,' he said. 'They said that my behaviour constituted driving without due care and attention.
'They told me that if I agreed, I could have a fixed penalty fine and would have to attend four hours of driving awareness courses. Otherwise I would be summonsed and then I'd get points on my licence too. Of course, I took the fixed penalty and the driving course.
'Unless you're wealthy and have the resources to challenge these things you just have to go with the flow.'
Mr Maclean, a gunsmith, added: 'The girl was a cracker, but it wasn't worth getting a £60 fine for.' However, he claimed that it was 'a matter of opinion' whether his actions were dangerous, saying: 'I would argue that I can do two things at once and am an experienced driver. They would argue that they're keeping death off the road.'
He added that the object of his attention 'must have walked past while I was being reprimanded – though I wasn't looking at her by then. If she realised what happened I expect she had a good laugh.'
Mr Maclean also claimed one of the policemen had been distracted by the woman. 'While they were doing the paperwork one of them, who seemed more human than the other, said something like, "I had a good look at her too. She was a bit of a cracker."
' "There you go," I said. "You had a bit of a look at her as well – why shouldn't I?"
' "He wasn't driving," said the other one, who was having a bit of a break from his sense of humour.'
After the incident, Mr Maclean posted on his Facebook page: 'Camera footage was good – me looking across and out back window getting a good eyeful.' One of his friends responded: 'That'll teach you for being a dirty old perv then, eh?'
A Thames Valley police spokesman said: 'We haven't processed this penalty notice yet so we cannot comment on this particular incident.
'However, we would remind motorists they have a duty not to be distracted by anything at all, not just gorgeous people, and so lose concentration while they are driving.'
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So if 'people' can be this much of a distraction, and whilst I agree it does sound like this chap took a prolonged look, then surely we should remove all items, which may also cause a major distraction, and even directly cause accidents. Therefore all speed enforcement cameras should be removed surely ?
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After one of my contemporaries rode his motorcycle into the back of a car in traffic in Bowness on Windermere, we formed a theory we named Geoffrey's Law after our hapless friend.
It states that the severity of the road conditions ahead, is directly proportional to the amount of clothing worn (or not in some cases) by a female pedestrian close by.
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"Dance at Bougival" by Auguste Renoir
"Dance at Bougival" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, made in 1883, depicts two of Renoir's friends dancing at one of the open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, on the Seine outside Paris. Renoir used intense color and lush brushwork to heighten the sense of pleasure conveyed by the whirling couple who dominate the painting.
The woman's face, framed by her red bonnet and is the focus of attention. The woman's body is arched to the dance as she turns her head and looks away, delighted with the pleasure she inspires in her dance partner and herself. Her dress swirls to the rhythms of the dance.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919), commonly known as Auguste Renoir, was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As one who celebrated beauty and especially feminine sensuality, Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions. In characteristic Impressionist style, Renoir suggested the details of a scene through freely brushed touches of color, so that his figures softly fuse with their surroundings.
At the age of 51, Renoir developed rheumatoid arthritis, which in his last twenty years of his life, severely limited his mobility. He developed progressive deformities in his hands and ankylosis of his right shoulder, requiring him to change his painting technique. Renoir remained positive and passionate about his art and did not let his condition affect his painting or diminish the beauty that he saw around him. In the advanced stages of his arthritis, he required an assistant to place his paintbrush in his hand. His hands were also wrapped with bandages to prevent skin irritation. Renoir applied a variety of effective coping strategies and used his ingenuity to come up with different ways to continue painting even as his arthritis weakened him.
Dance at Bougival
Title: Dance at Bougival
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Type: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: 181.9 by 98.1 centimetres (71.6 in × 38.6 in)
Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Name: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Born: 1841 – Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
Died: 1919 (aged 78) – Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Nationality: French
Movement: Impressionism
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"Why should beauty be suspect?"
– Auguste Renoir
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Stanisław Markowski (ur. 20 czerwca 1904 w Brześciu nad Bugiem, zm. 13 stycznia 1996 w Warszawie) – kapitan piechoty Wojska Polskiego, major Armii Krajowej, kawaler Krzyża Srebrnego Orderu Wojennego Virtuti Militari.

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Syn Stanisława (kolejarza) i Aleksandry z domu Wejdowskiej (krawcowej). W rodzinnym Brześciu nad Bugiem ukończył szkołę powszechną i szkołę średnią. Po zdaniu matury wstąpił do Szkoły Podchorążych Piechoty w Ostrowi Mazowieckiej, w której kształcił się w latach 1927-1930.

Zarządzeniem Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Ignacego Mościckiego (sygnatura B.P.L. 19333-I-30) mianowany został na stopień podporucznika w korpusie oficerów piechoty, ze starszeństwem z dnia 15 sierpnia 1930 i 199. lokatą, oraz wcielony do 66 pułku piechoty. W 1930 zajmował 718. lokatę łączną wśród podporuczników korpusu piechoty. W roku 1932 zajmował już 196. lokatę wśród podporuczników piechoty w swoim starszeństwie. Na mocy zarządzenia Prezydenta RP z dnia 12 marca 1933 awansowano go do rangi porucznika piechoty, ze starszeństwem z dnia 1 stycznia 1933 i 229. lokatą. Pozostając oficerem 66 pułku piechoty zajmował na dzień 1 lipca 1933 nadal 229. lokatę wśród poruczników piechoty w swoim starszeństwie (była to jednocześnie 2196. lokata łączna wśród wszystkich poruczników korpusu piechoty). Z kolei na dzień 5 czerwca 1935 zajmował 1708. lokatę łączną na liście starszeństwa poruczników piechoty (była to 224. lokata w starszeństwie). Do stopnia kapitana awansowany został ze starszeństwem z dnia 19 marca 1939 i 87. lokatą wśród oficerów piechoty. Na dzień 23 marca 1939 piastował funkcję dowódcy plutonu łączności w 66 pułku piechoty.

W kampanii wrześniowej wziął udział na stanowisku dowódcy kompanii ckm w Podgrupie "Radom" ppłk. Bronisława Kowalczewskiego (wchodzącej w skład Grupy "Kielce" płk. dypl. Kazimierza Glabisza). Walczył pod Iłżą po czym przedostał się do Kowla, gdzie ponownie objął dowództwo nad kompanią ckm. Następnie w Samodzielnej Grupie Operacyjnej "Polesie", po bitwie pod Kockiem w niemieckiej niewoli, z której uciekł (z obozu w Jędrzejowie) pod koniec października 1939. Od 1939 działał w konspiracji - w Związku Walki Zbrojnej i Armii Krajowej. Początkowo w Warszawie, a od początku października 1942 we Lwowie. 1 listopada 1942 aresztowany we Lwowie przez Gestapo i poddany brutalnemu śledztwu, zachorował na tyfus. Uciekł z lwowskiego więzienia w dniu 25 kwietnia 1943 i powrócił do Warszawy.

Uczestnik powstania warszawskiego na stanowisku zastępcy dowódcy batalionu "Łukasiński". Od 15 sierpnia 1944 dowódca tegoż batalionu. Za całokształt swej służby w konspiracji i męstwo wykazane podczas powstania odznaczony został, w dniu 28 sierpnia 1944 przez Dowódcę Armii Krajowej, Krzyżem Srebrnym Orderu Wojennego Virtuti Militari. Po upadku powstania w niewoli niemieckiej - oflag II C Woldenberg. Awansowany do rangi majora w dniu 4 października 1944 (rozkaz Dowódcy Armii Krajowej Nr 517). Po wyzwoleniu z oflagu powrócił do stolicy. Pracował w spółdzielni "Samopomoc Chłopska" oraz jako główny księgowy w ELUDZ-ie.

Żonaty z Ireną Białczyk, z którą miał córki Małgorzatę i Marię oraz synów Jerzego, Andrzeja i Leszka.

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 Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Wojennego Virtuti Militari Nr 13367
 Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami

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Ludzie urodzeni w Brześciu
Oficerowie Armii Krajowej
Uczestnicy kampanii wrześniowej (strona polska)
Uczestnicy bitwy pod Iłżą (1939)
Uczestnicy bitwy pod Kockiem (1939)
Członkowie Związku Walki Zbrojnej
Jeńcy polscy w niewoli niemieckiej (powstanie warszawskie)
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#include <atomic>
#include <thread>
#include <utility>

#include <folly/executors/InlineExecutor.h>
#include <folly/futures/detail/Core.h>
#include <folly/lang/Pretty.h>

namespace folly {

namespace futures {
namespace detail {
template <typename T>
void coreDetachPromiseMaybeWithResult(Core<T>& core) {
  if (!core.hasResult()) {
    core.setResult(Try<T>(exception_wrapper(BrokenPromise(pretty_name<T>()))));
  }
  core.detachPromise();
}
template <typename T>
void setTry(Promise<T>& p, Executor::KeepAlive<>&& ka, Try<T>&& t) {
  p.setTry(std::move(ka), std::move(t));
}
} // namespace detail
} // namespace futures

template <class T>
Promise<T> Promise<T>::makeEmpty() noexcept {
  return Promise<T>(futures::detail::EmptyConstruct{});
}

template <class T>
Promise<T>::Promise() : retrieved_(false), core_(Core::make()) {}

template <class T>
Promise<T>::Promise(Promise<T>&& other) noexcept
    : retrieved_(std::exchange(other.retrieved_, false)),
      core_(std::exchange(other.core_, nullptr)) {}

template <class T>
Promise<T>& Promise<T>::operator=(Promise<T>&& other) noexcept {
  detach();
  retrieved_ = std::exchange(other.retrieved_, false);
  core_ = std::exchange(other.core_, nullptr);
  return *this;
}

template <class T>
void Promise<T>::throwIfFulfilled() const {
  if (getCore().hasResult()) {
    throw_exception<PromiseAlreadySatisfied>();
  }
}

template <class T>
Promise<T>::Promise(futures::detail::EmptyConstruct) noexcept
    : retrieved_(false), core_(nullptr) {}

template <class T>
Promise<T>::~Promise() {
  detach();
}

template <class T>
void Promise<T>::detach() {
  if (core_) {
    if (!retrieved_) {
      core_->detachFuture();
    }
    futures::detail::coreDetachPromiseMaybeWithResult(*core_);
    core_ = nullptr;
  }
}

template <class T>
SemiFuture<T> Promise<T>::getSemiFuture() {
  if (retrieved_) {
    throw_exception<FutureAlreadyRetrieved>();
  }
  retrieved_ = true;
  return SemiFuture<T>(&getCore());
}

template <class T>
Future<T> Promise<T>::getFuture() {
  // An InlineExecutor approximates the old behaviour of continuations
  // running inine on setting the value of the promise.
  return getSemiFuture().via(&InlineExecutor::instance());
}

template <class T>
template <class E>
typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<std::exception, E>::value>::type
Promise<T>::setException(E const& e) {
  setException(make_exception_wrapper<E>(e));
}

template <class T>
void Promise<T>::setException(exception_wrapper ew) {
  setTry(Try<T>(std::move(ew)));
}

template <class T>
template <typename F>
void Promise<T>::setInterruptHandler(F&& fn) {
  getCore().setInterruptHandler(static_cast<F&&>(fn));
}

template <class T>
void Promise<T>::setTry(Try<T>&& t) {
  throwIfFulfilled();
  core_->setResult(std::move(t));
}

template <class T>
void Promise<T>::setTry(Executor::KeepAlive<>&& ka, Try<T>&& t) {
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}

template <class T>
template <class M>
void Promise<T>::setValue(M&& v) {
  static_assert(!std::is_same<T, void>::value, "Use setValue() instead");

  setTry(Try<T>(static_cast<M&&>(v)));
}

template <class T>
template <class F>
void Promise<T>::setWith(F&& func) {
  throwIfFulfilled();
  setTry(makeTryWith(static_cast<F&&>(func)));
}

template <class T>
bool Promise<T>::isFulfilled() const noexcept {
  if (core_) {
    return core_->hasResult();
  }
  return true;
}

#if FOLLY_USE_EXTERN_FUTURE_UNIT
// limited to the instances unconditionally forced by the futures library
extern template class Promise<Unit>;
#endif

} // namespace folly

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Roxie Roker net worth 2021, Biography, Age, Death, Husband, Kids, Wikipedia, Height, Weight, Parents, and Career Details
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Date Of Birth/Birthday: 28th August 1929
Died: 2nd December 1995
Height/How Tall: In Centimetres – 170 cm In Feet and Inches – 5′ 7″
In Pounds – 123.5 lbs
Parents Name: Father – Albert Roker Mother – Bessie Mitchell
College: Howard University Shakespeare Institute
Boyfriend: None
Husband/Spouse Name: Sy Kravitz ( 1962- 1985)
Kids/Children Name: Lenny Kravitz (son) Zoe Kravitz( grandchild)
Profession: Actress, Television Personality and News Anchor
Net Worth: $ 6 Million to $20 million
Roxie is a renowned American Actress, Television and news anchor. She was not only a professional woman, but she also loved to give back to society through her engagement in community service, which is also acknowledged and celebrated. Her role as Helen Willis as a wife in an interracial marriage has given her fame, and her works as an actress are greatly celebrated and recognized by many even after her death.
Roxie was born on August 28th,1929. Roker was an American nationalist born in Miami, Florida, united states. She was born to a native father from Andros, Bahamas, who was a potter. His name was Albert Roker, an immigrant to the united states from the Bahamas. Her mother's name was Bessie Roker, a housewife who divorced her father and took on the surname Mitchell. Roxie grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and spent the rest of her childhood there before joining college. She had a weight of 56 kg and was 170 cm tall. She is of Bahamian- American, African American descent. There is no information about siblings she grew up with. Her family background was a poor one, as seen by her parents' profession.
Roxie attended the Howard University. She pursued a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama in 1952. She later joined Shakespeare institute in Stratford-On-Avon, England. There is, however, no information about the high school she attended.
Personal Life: Husband, Dating, Kids, Boyfriend, etc.
Roxie Roker was married to Sy Kravitz, a Television producer. Their marriage was interracial, just like her marriage in the show Jefferson. They bore a child together and named him Lenny Kravitz, who is a renowned singer, songwriter, and actor. The couple married in the year 1962 and divorced in 1985. The reasons behind the divorce are unknown. Roxie was the grandmother of Zoe Kravitz, who is also an actress. Roxie Roker died on December 2, 1995, at the age of 66 years old after battling breast cancer. She died in Los Angeles.
Is Roxie Roker Lesbian/Gay?
Roxie is straight. She was married to a man whom she later divorced but did not have a history of dating a woman, neither is there any rumor of having an affair with another man. Roxie remained single after her divorce till her death.
After completing her studies, she moved to New York and got her first job in Negro Ensemble Company, where she grew and became a successful stage actress. At the same time, she was still playing in Off-Broadways plays. She played in a Jean Genet production known as 'The blacks'. In between 1970 and 1990, she appeared in several television shows, as I will list 'Stone in the River', 'Punky Brewster, 'Hanging with Mr. Cooper', 'Murder' and 'A different world'. She also acted in 'The Jeffersons' as Helen Willis. In 1987 she appeared in the movie 'Amazon Women on the Moon'. She was also an advocate for children and a board member of the 'inter Agency council on child abuse and Neglect', and through this, she was cited twice in the Los Angeles city council for her incredible community work.
She won an Obie Award for her role as Mattie Williams in 'The River Niger' in 1974. She also received Tony awards for her role as Mattie Williams in 'The River Niger' in 1974 and was nominated as the best-supporting actress.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Roxie Roker in 2021
Roxie did well in her career, and it earns her a decent amount of wealth. Before her death, Roxie Roker had accumulated more than 6 million to 20 million in her name from the acting and TV shows. Her estimated net worth was about 10 million though it ranged from $6 Million to $20 Million.
She was born in Miami but raised in Brooklyn, New York.
Roker and actress, comedian, singer, writer, and television producer Marla Gibbs were good friends with one another.
She has acted in a movie that showed her state in real life, interracial marriage.
She was a child advocate interested in protecting children against abuse.
She became a member of a sorority called 'Alpha Kappa Alpha' while studying at Howard University.
Her ex-husband died of leukemia (cancer of the blood) while she died of breast cancer.
Her son has also divorced as well as her parents.
Despite her poor background Roxie Roker worked hard to change her own history and inspired other black women to stand and fight for their own dreams and change their stories. Even after her death, she is remembered and celebrated by many for her great accomplishments.


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First fully rechargeable carbon dioxide battery lasts 500 cycles
By Nick Lavars
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A breakthrough in battery chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago could lead to greener energy storage devices
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The search for advanced materials that can take battery technology to the next level has led scientists to some imaginative places, including designs inspired by the human spine and others that fashion key components into nanochain structures. Another example concerns an element we're producing too much of in carbon dioxide, which scientists have now worked into a high-potential battery with the ability to recharge 500 times.
Promising more than seven times the energy density of today's typical lithium-ion designs, there is considerable interest in the development of lithium-carbon dioxide batteries. And research has turned up some promising results in the past, with a breakthrough we looked at last year from MIT one recent example.
That team of mechanical engineers pioneered a new type of electrochemical reaction that increased the discharge voltage and actually converted the carbon dioxide into a solid carbonate material as a result. The researchers noted one shortcoming of the battery design, however, in an ability to only run for around 10 cycles before failure.
A team at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) now claims to have developed the first lithium-carbon dioxide battery capable of full rechargeability. The technical problem the researchers have overcome centers on the tendency of these batteries to quickly fail due to the buildup of carbon on the catalyst during charging, which has plagued similar efforts so far.
"The accumulation of carbon not only blocks the active sites of the catalyst and prevents carbon dioxide diffusion, but also triggers electrolyte decomposition in a charged state," said Alireza Ahmadiparidari, first author of the paper and a UIC College of Engineering graduate student.
A way around this, the researchers have found, is to introduce new materials that shore up the battery's ability to recycle the materials, over and over. This meant integrating nanoflakes of molybdenum disulfide into the cathode catalyst, and using a new type of hybrid electrolyte made of ionic liquid and dimethyl sulfoxide.
This combination, the researchers say, leads the battery to output a composite made up of multiple components rather than individual products, which sees the carbon naturally incorporated into the recycling process rather than form a troublesome buildup on the battery's catalyst on its own. So much so, they were able to recharge their prototype battery across 500 consecutive cycles.
"Our unique combination of materials helps make the first carbon-neutral lithium carbon dioxide battery with much more efficiency and long-lasting cycle life, which will enable it to be used in advanced energy storage systems," says associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, Salehi-Khojin.
This research is a long way from commercial production, and even further away from putting a dent in the carbon dioxide that is continuing to build up in the atmosphere. It does, however, provide yet another proof-of-concept energy storage device for a next generation battery, along with yet another possible way we might one day be able to channel carbon dioxide into something more useful.
The research was published in the journal Advanced Materials.
Source: University of Illinois at Chicago
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Nick has been writing and editing at New Atlas for over six years, where he has covered everything from distant space probes to self-driving cars to oddball animal science. He previously spent time at The Conversation, Mashable and The Santiago Times, earning a Masters degree in communications from Melbourne's RMIT University along the way.
ljaques September 30, 2019 11:34 AM
That headline is misleading. Nothing has been released and they're a far distance away =from= releasing anything commercially. And what are the odds that they're producing that CO2 in the labs rather than recycling it from the environment? Keep going, guys, but wait until you have something competitive and are ready to go commercial before you release info on it, please.
rattus September 30, 2019 01:12 PM
So to keep the carbon from sticking to the catalyst, they used moly disulfide, commonly known as the main component of WD-40. Makes sense.
...and to keep the batteries from exploding at high charge acceptance rates, they wrap the casing with duct tape, right? ;-)
Babaghan October 1, 2019 03:43 AM
Lots of promising battery techonology in the last 10 years, but do these discoveries ever make it out of the lab? New Atlas and it's many competitors constantly report on battery breakthroughs under laboratory conditions, yet I'm still using alkaline or lithium batteries in all my household devices.
Graham196 October 1, 2019 08:03 AM
I like to hear about any technology when its just at the proof of concept stage. Sure 99/100 of these will either die or become dormant waiting for some breakthrough but spreading ideas is an important role.
Look at how many years its taken vanadium flow batteries to be accepted. Thorium reactors and fusion reactors are other never ending stories. I think these have been about 10 years from commercial success for the last 50 years One has made it and the other is still "evolving" How do you find investors with such patience?
Just a credibility issue CO2 is not an element its a compound. It doesn't look good to get the basics wrong.
b@man October 15, 2019 05:54 AM
"WE" are NOT "creating" too much co2, in fact we are dangerously close to the lowest possible amount to sustain plant life on earth:)
JohnWhite October 21, 2019 12:13 PM
Carbon dioxide is not an element. It is a molecule.
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The 2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 26th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 16th year head coach Mark Krikorian.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.

The Seminoles finished the fall season 11–0–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play, to finish in first place.  As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame, Duke, and finally North Carolina to claim the championship. The Seminoles did not play any additional games in the spring season and entered the NCAA Tournament as the ACC's automatic qualifier because they won the ACC Tournament.  They were selected as the first overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and defeated Milwaukee in the Second Round and Penn State in the Third Round.  They advanced past Duke in the Quarterfinals and Virginia in the Semifinals on penalty shootouts.  However, their shootout luck ran out in the Finals, where they fell to Santa Clara to end their season. Jaelin Howell went on to win the Herman Trophy.

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The inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM London, celebrate the success of national, regional and city tourist boards and recognises outstanding private sector companies and individuals.
One of the most competitive categories saw the judges select eight of the most original and best PR campaigns that the travel industry has to offer.
Kieron Dodd, Sales Director, Great British Chefs and one of the judges for this category explained: "It was great to see the huge variety of different styles of entries, different budgets and different objectives.
"What was fascinating was how much the best entries and innovation seems to have been driven by challenges, changing perceptions and helping destinations that have had some real unfortunate events.
PR Agency DEC BBDO on behalf of Canary Islands Tourism orchestrated the #StopBlueMonday campaign in 2016. Through a 1-day campaign, which encouraged people to make their own positive poster to share via social media, increased UK winter tourists by 19.8%, attracting £76,435,000 of new revenue.
As a travel safety advocate, and as part of its role as an educator AIG Travel created the campaign Be aware, be alert, be confident to minimize travel risks and help women make their journey safe and enjoyable.
The campaign aimed to promote women's travel safety awareness and position AIG as a global leader and point to its insurance and travel services. The company saw their travel assistance website registrations increase by 8 %, along with an increase in app utilization by 14%.
Rhonda Sloan, Head of Marketing and Industry Relations, AIG Travel commented: "We are thrilled our Women's Travel Safety Campaign has been named an award finalist for the Best PR Campaign category.
Travelworks Public Relations had the job of communicating a 100-year-old, landmark hotel in an increasingly competitive luxury hospitality environment.
The Poseidonion Grand Hotel campaign used a traditional public relations strategy, resulting in a targeted approach that was trusted and respected amongst the audience.
Kostas Panagakis, CEO and Founder, Travelworks PR commented: "As a growing and evolving boutique agency, Travelworks is honoured to have been shortlisted for Best PR Campaign at the International Travel & Tourism Awards, and we are particularly glad that it has come from an entry with one of our most unique and historic clients, the 100 year-old Poseidonion Grand Hotel".
Faroe Islands Translate by Visit Faroe Islands and Atlantic Airways sought to raise awareness about the Faroe Islands as a travel destination and help protect the Faroese language by creating a clever and ambitious campaign that dared to take on Google. The campaign went viral and generated 1.4 billion media impressions and 20 million euros in PR value. The translation service generated 1.3 million translations from 181 different countries, and it engaged the local community, with 41% of the Faroese population taking part in the campaign. The worldwide media coverage was enough to capture Google's attention, and they are now working together to add Faroese to Google Translate.
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico just days after Hurricane Irma had also struck the Island. That changed everything for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, having to swap their fun and exciting marketing campaign with round-the-clock efforts to guide the destination through a humanitarian crisis.
With almost 50% of travellers revealing that media coverage of the natural disaster had lead them to have a negative outlook of the island, The Puerto Rico Tourism Company worked with Ketchum PR and were tasked with changing this perception. Ketchum worked closely with trusted influencers to promote recovery milestones; they also validated the destination with third party accolades. They came up with the "seeing is believing" strategy which helped convey that the Island was ready to continue welcoming tourists and in doing so it put Puerto Rico back on the map as a tourism destination in record time.
'The Intern-Ship of the Seas' campaign by Good Relations was focused on changing the consumer perceptions of cruise holidays as a pensioners' pastime to the place where the extraordinary happens.
Royal Caribbean offered the world's first Instagram internship, inviting travel mad, adventurous Instagrammers to apply for an #ExtraordinaryExplorer internship role where they would sail for 3 weeks, on 3 ships, across 3 seas, capturing their adventures on Instagram.
The campaign elicited 330,000 individuals globally to enter the competition, increased online sales conversion by 92% year-on-year, and enabled the brand to reach 25% more new-to-cruisers online.
Coming into 2017, Orlando had been struggling with attracting new visitors, keeping up hotel occupancy numbers and overall perception, so the regional tourist board, Visit Orlando developed a campaign to reinforce its brand identity as a top holiday and meetings destination. Orlando's BIG Thank You by Visit Orlando campaign saw them create a personal and emotional connection with their core audiences. The campaign resulted in a 5% year on year increase in visits in 2017. Results were also seen in the meetings and convention market, with total attendance at the Orange County Convention Centre up 5% on the year.
Marketing Manchester's campaign, Worker Bee Weekender, consisted of 77 influencers, photographers and traditional journalists that were welcomed to Manchester for a few days in order to capture and create positive images of the city following the devastating Manchester Arena attack. A first for a Destination Marketing Organisation on such a large scale.
The campaign resulted in 600 social media images, 250,000 likes on the #WorkerBeeWeekender hashtag and 10 million impressions by the time the campaign wrapped. The result also worked to benefit an entire city in recovery and positioned Manchester as a must-visit destination for the travel-savvy millennial generation.
Sheona Southern, Managing Director at Marketing Manchester, said: "It's an honour to have been selected as part of such a prestigious shortlist. We feel it speaks volumes about the work Marketing Manchester does to promote the city-region, and shows that Manchester is building its global reach and maturity as a visitor destination.
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Will You Perpetuate the Darkness or Shine A Light?
Jul 23, 2019 | Keeping It Real
The wave of racism that washed across this nation last week was too dangerous to ignore. Certainly, most Americans have grown accustomed to the nationalist, xenophobic and racist rantings of Trump, but last week it took on an added resonance.
He let go of efforts to bound his racism in the loose wrappings of immigration laws to justify the inhumane treatment of those seeking a safe harbor at our borders. He didn't bother to pretend the only cause for his disdain was disrespect for the national anthem and by proxy the nation as he had in relation to athletes who knelt in protest the indiscriminate killing of Black men and boys, and the list goes on.
No, in contrast last week, his messages last week were clear and unambiguous—dark people whether citizens or not—have no right to criticize this nation and do not belong in this country according the president and his supporters. He gave this nation a 21st century example of what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. meant when he referred to someone "having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification."
For those apologists who argue Trump's verbal assaults on four women of color who happen to be congressional representatives was just one of the president's many distractions to keep the nation from focusing on how he is destroying the environment; selling the country's national resources and control of services to the highest bidders; gutting the institutions that keep this country and its people safe; and baiting the country into war—I agree; but such efforts are not mutually exclusive to his other primary goal—furthering the vision of White nationalists to reign supreme over the nation's dark skinned people.
The four congresswomen are emblematic of all of us whose skin color makes us targets of his wrath; they are also emblematic of all women regardless of color who stand in their own power, strength, truth and understanding that women are not second class citizens as 'they hold up more than half the sky.'
For those who continue to sit silent as he cages and kills children, destroys the environment, denies the reality of global warming, insults women, disparages dark people and treats the nation as a personal piggy bank that he has broken open for the benefit of his family and friends—it is time for you to find your voice.
For the Republican elected officials who represent this region and do not have the courage to speak out against him—your lack of courage says to many of your constituents, "that you do not represent us." And, as a result, we are committed to working to remove you from office.
Census projections indicate by 2045 White people in America will be the minority. If America is the true democracy it professes to be—then the color of your skin should not matter if you become the minority in a nation that prides itself on "one person, one vote." In other words, whether this country is majority White or majority Black, Brown, Red and Yellow, it should make no difference—but to White supremacists—it does—remember the souls who hallowed the ground at Gettysburg.
Despite the president's inclinations and those of his supporters—most Americans have no desire to return to that era nor are most Americans interested in becoming South Africa during the era of Apartheid—we are unwilling to acquiesce to either possibility.
America is not perfect and there is still much work to do regarding equality in several arenas—in the arc of history this is a young nation and as such, remains a work in progress.
As the president seeks to pull this country back into the dark tunnel of its racist past, most Americans have their sights on becoming a more perfect union. As a result, good people of all races must resist the dangers of this moment. Everyone must find their voice and speak out, stand up, get ready to vote for change.
In his seminal work Les Misérables the French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo highlighted the importance of showing love and compassion when confronted with issues related to social justice and human rights. He challenged those who would sit silently in the dark shadows of the moment, to shine a light. He wrote, "If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed." We see that happening under Trump's leadership today. But Hugo lamentation did not end there. He continued. "The guilty one is not he who commits the sin," he warned, "but the one who causes the darkness."
All of us must have the courage to shine a light in any and every way that we can. It is written that the greater the darkness the brighter our light must shine.
Of course, this is just my opinion. I'm keeping it real.
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Strategic Sample Management
Graham Hughes reports on the Global Sample Management Benchmarking Symposium in Brussels – an event organised by Biostorage Technologies, and supported by International Clinical Trials
In recent years the storage of biological samples and specimens obtained during clinical trials has become increasingly important. The Global Sample Management Benchmarking Symposium brought together a panel of experts to explore these themes in Brussels this May. I had the pleasure of moderating the event, which was organised by industry-leader Biostorage Technologies. The speaker panel consisted of: Alexander Roussanov, Associate, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Brussels; Agnes Rivaille, Scientific Affairs Director – Europe, PRA International; Hyung Park, Director Translational Development Operations, Celgene; and Steve Sweeney, Head of Clinical Technologies, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Provisions of the Current European Clinical Trials Directive
Alexander Roussanov explained that the intention of the Clinical Trial Directive is to protect patients, ensure that clinical trials are conducted in accordance with sound ethical principles and, of course, to maintain the reliability and robustness of data that is generated, which can eventually lead to the marketing authorisation of medicinal products. A further objective is to simplify and harmonise the national administrative provisions which govern clinical trials. Unfortunately, as the commissioner has recently pointed out, there is a lack of harmonisation within Europe. Currently there is no centralised assessment of clinical trials and every member state in the EU has set up its own administrative procedures to govern their conduct. At the present time, each trial requires a positive opinion from a competent ethics committee as well as an authorisation from its competent authority. Perhaps surprisingly, the EMA itself is not involved in the assessment of clinical trials, apart from offering scientific advice to applicant companies.
In the EU, regulations are implemented in various ways by member states, which potentially leads to inconsistent and diverging interpretations and occasionally opposing decisions. A further complication is data protection legislation, which again is interpreted in various ways by different countries.
The European Commission has prepared a strategic paper and proposed several options on how to address the issue. According to the commission, the legislation will be a regulation rather than a directive, which is more binding on the member states. It is expected the proposal will attempt to increase the numbers of clinical trials in Europe, harmonising the EU rules on the conduct of clinical trials and reducing administrative burden on companies. The favoured option at the present time appears to be a Coordinated Assessment Procedure by competent authorities of the member states. It seems unlikely that a single ethics committee approval will be possible or required. Further complications may lie in the areas of patient insurance, liability rules and data protection requirements. The situation as far as the new legislation goes is, unfortunately, not yet clear, and we will have to wait until July before the commission proposes rules, which will be adopted in the following years.
Prospective and Retrospective Sample Management
Key to the conduct of clinical trials are the trial sites themselves. Currently sites are expected to provide robust and accurate data and to comply with current Good Clinical Practice and other legislation which governs the conduct of trials. Agnes Rivaille concentrated on so-called minimal risk studies and, in particular, looked at the role of biomarkers in such studies. It is important to decide at the outset whether the study's objective is to discover a biomarker, or to validate a biomarker that has been predefined. This approach defines which specimens will be taken and how they are managed. Thus it is important to define at the start what analysis will be performed, whether the samples are going to be stored and what kind of storage will be required.
Rivaille went on to explain that it is important to evaluate the experience of the site and whether it has prior experience of similar studies. Companies should consider not only how sites can comply with legislation, but also how they manage their patients. A clear and concise explanation of what the patients will be expected to do, and how their specimens will be managed is critical. One issue of particular relevance is that sites must be aware of a sample management plan, and this has implications in terms of site training. The plan will also consider what the key milestones of the study are and whether interim analysis will affect the conduct of the study. Good communications from clinical trial management to site can reduce the frequency of on-site visits. Optimisation of the quality of the samples is more important than their quantity.
Rivaille concluded that for biomarker studies, flexibility is needed in terms of implementation and execution. The management of samples is a continuous evolution from the beginning to the end of the study. However, even if you try to anticipate problems and mitigate risk, some steps in the process will go wrong and will need to be revisited in order to reorganise the conduct of the study.
Advancement of Personalised Medicine
Personalised medicine is a form of medicine that uses information about a person's genes, proteins and cellular environment to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases. All of these factors require biomarkers, which provide a key to delivering the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. As a result, biomarkers can be used to determine the optimal dosage regimen, identify subjects most likely to respond to a drug, detect alterations in disease processes and, most often in cancer, identify patients likely to experience adverse events.
Hyung Park explained that one of the challenges we face in delivering personalised medicine is obtaining a sufficient quantity of samples of sufficient quality so that we can measure what we need to and then interpret the results. In order to do this, a standardised method of collection, processing and storage throughout the study is needed so that samples can be tested in a robust and consistent manner. One of the complications in this area is the transportation of samples over national borders, in particular from Europe to the US. The translation of a laboratory-developed biomarker, and the validation of diagnostics as a true surrogate marker of a disease or response to treatment, has become increasingly challenging and is extremely expensive.
Park stated that a comprehensive sample management plan is imperative. One of the problems with this is preanalytical variability, which may be contributed to by specimen collection, processing and storage. This variability must be minimised. Samples need to have their stability determined; once a sample has been shown to be unstable, there is little quality that can be associated with that sample. Thus, the quality of the sample begins at the investigative site. Training is one of the most important tools at a company's disposal so that sites do collect the samples in an appropriate manner and process them in the right way. Likewise, the sample repository must be meticulously organised for the reception and redistribution of specimens.
Park concluded that having a quality sample begins at the investigative site and the preparation that goes into ensuring that the sites deliver quality samples. From then onwards, with an adequate sample repository of your own or an outsourced repository in place, it is possible to store biospecimens with the quality necessary to deliver meaningful personalised medicine that ultimately benefits the patient.
Using Technology to Improve Sample Asset Utilisation and Research Results
Steve Sweeney recounted the process of setting up an on-site sample biorepository at Infinity Pharmaceuticals: why they did it, how they did it, and how technology has been used at this facility to support improved research and development of new drug candidates. Being a small molecule emerging company, Infinity decided to keep its science in-house. It built a translational medicine group and molecular pathology group to help discover the new successful oncology therapy, the 'needle in the haystack'. In order to manage the samples generated by its research groups, Infinity decided to build its own biorepository.
This decision, Sweeney continued, was made because Infinity had regulatory obligations, chain of custody concerns and sample quality issues. It is important to note that samples beget samples; you extract an aliquot, and you cut paraffin blocks. Thus, maintaining the highest quality and integrity of samples was a key objective. Since the company was just about to launch a Phase 3 study, a specimen repository had to be set up very quickly. Since the company wanted to focus on its core research competency, it sought a partner whose competency was in sample management. The company selected BioStorage Technologies and set about in-sourcing their technology and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to help set up and manage its internal repository.
Sweeney explained that the sample management system in-house is managed through web services. It now has a system to identify where all the samples are, and for managing requests – finding the samples, getting the requests implemented and tracking the experiments that have been done and the data they generate. Infinity has had to put in place a whole series of quality control checks and part of this includes generating sample labels for secondary samples generated from specimens taken from patients. Thus, utilisation of the web services to manage the sample repository is crucial, has improved quality and has replaced large volumes of paper.
From regulations to samples, sites and technology, the EU symposium focused on the importance of sample integrity and management to supporting R&D.
Points to Consider When Developing a TMF (Trial Master File) Strategy
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Many organizations are currently outsourcing clinical trial activities to one or more contract research organizations (CROs). This strategy enables companies to leverage specialized expertise and take advantage of flexible resourcing throughout the conduct of a clinical trial. Outsourcing minimizes the costs of recruiting experts, building a team and maintaining an infrastructure. However, it can also add complexity as the organization looks to meets its compliance obligations regarding clinical trial documentation. The documentation referred to in Article 15(5) of Directive 2001/20/EC as the trial master file shall consist of essential documents, which enable both the conduct of a clinical trial and the quality of the data produced to be evaluated.1 This essential study specific documentation is also known as the TMF. As organizations try to minimize their reliance on paper files, the electronic TMF (eTMF) has emerged. A current industry initiative to standardize the organization of this content is known as the TMF Reference Model. This model is helping standardization efforts across paper and electronic systems. As companies implement outsourcing strategies, CROs and sponsor organizations look for a common foundation on which to build their TMF capabilities. The following paper outlines some of the challenges organizations face when outsourcing clinical trial activities to multiple contract research organizations and a strategy to facilitate partnering and management of trial information between sponsors and CROs.


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Brain cancer is a disease of the brain in which cancer cells (malignant) arise in the brain tissue. Cancer cells grow to form a mass of cancer tissue (tumor) that interferes with brain functions such as muscle control, sensation, memory, and other normal body functions.
*Environmental pollutants – many people worry that chemicals in the environment (such as from rubber, petrol and many manufacturing industries) can increase the risk of brain cancers, but research has so far failed to prove a link with any degree of certainty. Neither is there clear and irrefutable evidence for risk from mobile phones, electricity power lines or viral infections, although research is ongoing.
The initial test is an interview that includes a medical history and physical examination of the person by a health-care provider.If he or she suspects a brain tumour, you should be referred to a specialist within two weeks. Tests are likely to include blood tests and the most frequently used test to detect brain cancer is a CT scan (computerized tomography). This test resembles a series of X-rays and is not painful, although sometimes a dye needs to be injected into a vein for better images of some internal brain structures.
Another test that is gaining popularity because of its high sensitivity for detecting anatomic changes in the brain is MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). This test also resembles a series of X-rays and shows the brain structures in detail better than CT. MRI is not as widely available as CT scanning. If the tests show evidence (tumors or abnormalities in the brain tissue) of brain cancer, then other doctors such as neurosurgeons and neurologists that specialize in treating brain ailments will be consulted to help determine what should be done to treat the patient. Occasionally, a tissue sample (biopsy) may be obtained by surgery or insertion of a needle to help determine the diagnosis. Other tests (white blood cell counts, electrolytes, or examination of cerebrospinal fluid to detect abnormal cells or increased intracranial pressure) may be ordered by the health-care practitioner to help determine the patient's state of health or to detect other health problems.
*Radiotherapy – some brain cancers are sensitive to radiotherapy. Newer treatments (stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery) carefully target maximum doses to small areas of the tumour, avoiding healthy brain tissue.
*Chemotherapy – these treatments are limited by the fact that many drugs cannot pass from the bloodstream into brain tissue because of the 'blood-brain barrier', but may be useful when tumours are difficult to operate on, or have advanced or returned.
Other treatments may include hyperthermia (heat treatments), immunotherapy (immune cells directed to kill certain cancer cell types), or steroids to reduce inflammation and brain swelling. These may be added on to other treatment plans.
Clinical trials (treatment plans designed by scientists to try new chemicals or treatment methods on patients) can be another way for patients to obtain treatment specifically for their cancer cell type. Clinical trials are part of the research efforts to produce better treatments for all disease types. The best treatment for brain cancer is designed by the team of cancer specialists in conjunction with the wishes of the patient.
Survival of treated brain cancer varies with the cancer type, location, and overall age and general health of the patient. In general, most treatment plans seldom result in a cure. Reports of survival greater that five years (which is considered to be long-term survival), vary from less than 10% to a high of 32%, no matter what treatment plan is used.
So, why use any treatment plan? Without treatment, brain cancers are usually aggressive and result in death within a short time span. Treatment plans can prolong survival and can improve the patient's quality of life for some time. Again, the patient and caregivers should discuss the prognosis when deciding on treatment plans.
Discuss your concerns openly with your doctors and family members. It is common for brain cancer patients to be concerned about how they can continue to lead their lives as normally as possible; it is also common for them to become anxious, depressed, and angry. Most people cope better when they discuss their concerns and feelings. Although some patients can do this with friends and relatives, others find solace in support groups (people who have brain cancer and are willing to discuss their experiences with other patients) composed of people who have experienced similar situations and feelings. The patient's treatment team of doctors should be able to connect patients with support groups. In addition, information about local support groups is available from the American Cancer Society at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp.
Although there is no way to prevent brain cancers, early diagnosis and treatment of tumors that tend to metastasize to the brain may reduce the risk of metastatic brain tumors. The following factors have been suggested as possible risk factors for primary brain tumors: radiation to the head, HIV infection, and environmental toxins. However, no one knows the exact causes that initiate brain cancer, especially primary brain cancer, so specific preventive measures are not known. Although Web sites and popular press articles suggest that macrobiotic diets, not using cell phones, and other methods will help prevent brain cancer, there is no reliable data to support these claims.
This entry was posted in Ailmemts & Remedies and tagged Brain, Brain tumor, Breast cancer, British Journal of Cancer, Cancer, Cannabidiol, Clinical Cancer Research, Glioblastoma multiforme, Glioma, Grand Bauhinia Medal, Intracranial pressure, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Lung cancer, Magnetic resonance imaging, Meningioma, Nausea, Pollution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Tetrahydrocannabinol, University of Calgary, X-ray computed tomography on March 10, 2011 by Mukul.
Sewage treatment plants fail to remove artificial sweeteners completely from waste water. These pollutants contaminate waters downstream, and may still be present in your drinking water.
A new, robust analytical method, which simultaneously extracts and analyzes seven commonly used artificial sweeteners, demonstrated the presence of several artificial sweeteners in waste water.
Until now, only sucralose has been detected in aquatic environments. Through the use of the new method, researchers were able to show for the first time that four artificial sweeteners — acesulfame, saccharin, cyclamate, and sucralose — are present in the waters from sewage treatment plants, indicating incomplete elimination during waste water treatment.
This entry was posted in News on Health & Science and tagged Business, Drinking water, Environment, Pollution, Sewage treatment, Wastewater, Water, Water Resources on July 13, 2009 by Mukul.
Women who take fish oil supplements while pregnant may improve the hand-eye coordination of their children, according to a small Australian study.
In a trial published online Dec. 21 in The Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, scientists divided 98 women into two groups. Beginning at 20 weeks of pregnancy and continuing until the women gave birth, the first group took a daily dose of four grams of fish oil, while the second group took four grams of olive oil each day. Neither the mothers nor the researchers knew which supplement the women had received until the study ended.
The researchers examined 72 children born to women who completed the study when the children were 2½ years old. In tests of locomotor ability, speech and hearing, vocabulary and practical reasoning, the children whose mothers were given fish oil during pregnancy scored slightly higher, but the differences were not statistically significant. However, after controlling for maternal age, birth weight, breast-feeding and other factors, the children of the women who took fish oil were significantly better at hand-eye coordination than those of the women who took the olive oil supplement.
The authors acknowledged that their sample was small, and that they could not exclude the possibility that the result was due to chance. Still, children who received prenatal fish oil did consistently perform better on all measures of development.
This entry was posted in News on Health & Science and tagged 2008 Summer Olympics, Air pollution, Beijing, China, Environmental health, Environmental Health Perspectives, Historical capitals of China, Low birth weight, Pollution, Pregnancy on January 10, 2007 by Mukul.


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Whilst Spain has announced a new record for organ donations the number in Germany is stabilising at a 'low level'. The good news? The number did not fall any further following scandals surrounding the manipulation in the allocation of donor organs.
In the third year following the transplant scandal no end to the problems is in sight.
The German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO), the coordination centre for post-mortem organ donations in this country, reports the number of organ donors nationally increased slightly from 1.5% in 2014 to 877 in 2015 – 10.8 donors per one million inhabitants (2014: 10.7) compared to Spain with 39.7 organ donors per one million inhabitants.
Thus the dramatic decline in willingness to donate halted, for now. Although 1,296 donor organs were available in 2010, the number decreased continuously over following years. There are currently around 12,000 patients await donor organs. According to the DSO, the reason for the drastic decline is transplant scandals uncovered in four hospitals – in Göttingen, Regensburg, Munich and Leipzig. They are accused of manipulating patient data and misrepresenting the severity of patients' conditions to improve their allocation ranking.
'In the third year following the transplant scandal no end to the problems is in sight. The legal follow-up to the scandal continues at the forefront,' said Professor Björn Nashan, President of the German Transplant Society (DTG), during the society's congress a few months ago. Both politicians and the media reacted: A number of fundamental changes to improve transparency and quality assurance have now occurred in transplantation work.
The Transplant Law, which came into effect in August 2012, has been modified several times in the light of the above events of 2013. Along with extended governmental control over transplants, the law also introduced a statutory offense to address potential future manipulations. A nationwide transplant register is also envisaged. This law also created the legal necessity to employment of transplant coordinators, to be employed by all donor hospitals.
Additionally, the law has introduced a formalisation of processes and continuous monitoring, as well as the implementation and expansion of quality assurance procedures for organ removal, donor hospitals and transplant centres.
Waiting lists for organ transplants are lengthening in most European countries, forcing the need to increase donations higher up the medical and political agenda, Mark Nicholls reports.


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How Walkers' Twitter campaign backfired spectacularly
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Twitter is a hugely powerful tool for companies to directly interact with users, keep people in the loop and build relationships with their customers. It is also a social media platform that can easily land companies in hot water! Marketing campaigns can get out of control… Fast! Attempts at humour can easily backfire, misusing the platform can invoke outrage and hashtags can be hijacked.
Walkers released a campaign to give their Twitter followers the chance to win tickets to the UEFA Champions League Final. In order to be in with a chance of winning these tickets followers were asked to tweet a selfie to Walkers with the hashtag #WalkersWave. The image was then automatically uploaded and featured in a video alongside Gary Linekar. He then goes onto say "Thanks for joining the Walkers Wave and celebrating the UEFA Champions League final" before holding up a picture of the picture sent in by users.
But, almost inevitably, pranksters online saw the potential and within hours twitter users had flooded the Walkers timeline with images of criminals and hated public figures. How could such a large company let this happen?
Having an automated campaign like this one is a great marketing tool that, if done correctly, gives companies the opportunity to generate a buzz and attention quickly. However, as Walkers have discovered, it can easily backfire when no one checks the images that are being posted, which appears to be what happened in this example. This meant that Twitter users could take advantage and start posting images of anyone and everyone!
What lessons can brands learn from failed Twitter campaigns?
Don't auto-generate content that is based on other user's content. Merging these two together risks associating your brand with someone or something you and others deem offensive or undesirable. It's just like lighting a match that will inevitably cause a wildfire! This one mainly comes in light of the Walkers misstep but has also been a big fail for The New England Patriots who did a similar campaign with auto-generated content.
Know the ins and outs of any campaign before going live with it. Take the time to thoroughly research and fully understand what a hashtag means regardless of if it's trending or not. Always do a search on Twitter of the hashtag you want to use as this will show you if users are using it in a different way or using it to post offensive content.
Don't jump onto a trending hashtag before fully understanding the content in which it's been used. While speed is of the essence, you can afford to wait a few minutes to research into why that specific hashtag is trending, then you are less likely to run the risk of seriously offending users.
If you would like to learn more about Twitter and how to use it effectively, get in touch today and we can offer tailored training on this social media platform. Contact us either on 01635 521224 or [email protected].
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Thank-you for choosing Theatre Manager. We have included this tutorial with the demonstration software to ensure your first use of Theatre Manager runs smoothly.
Theatre Manager is an enterprise wide application designed to manage ticket sales, donations, gift certificates, patrons, media, finances, web sales, ticket scanning & gate control, facilities, project planning, email blasts and much, much more.
Theatre Manager has always been an integrated customer relationship management (CRM) tool since its inception in 1985. 'Integrated' truly means from the ground up: sales on the Web interact in real time with the sales at the box office with common patrons. With Theatre Manager, you have one application that does it all – there is no data to transfer between modules.
To enter the demonstration program, logon to the Demo Database as the Master User. The password for the Master User is MASTER.
The purpose of the demonstration tutorial is to introduce the customer to a few of the many features and benefits of Arts Management System's flagship software, Theatre Manager.
These features are available in the demonstration software, and you should feel free to explore Theatre Manager to its full potential, once the tutorial has been completed. If you wish to be personally guided through additional features, please contact the Arts Management Systems sales office at (403) 536-1214 or e-mail our sales office at sales@artsman.com. They can schedule a time for an extended conference call with one of our Training and Support Team members.
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Lizzie ensures we always deliver insightful, integrated engagement campaigns that aren't just aligned with internal HR practices, but that also improve key business results and deliver on brand promise. Before joining us here at Hodes, Lizzie ran the employee engagement practice for Ogilvy in EMEA. This included launching a revolutionary new brand for Merck (for no less than 55,000 global employees), creating an employer brand for London-based law firm Reed Smith LLP and creating a campaign to educate and engage employees on the Bakers brand for Purina Nestle.
Simon created the Employer Brand approach to people management and believes that the deep engagement of an organisation's leadership is critical to its success.
He created this concept when, after being a Brand Manager on Knorr and later Colgate, he became a line manager and saw that the management of employees needed the same understanding, innovation, measurement, coherence and discipline of that approach.
He is a global speaker on the EB (now a subject with over 3.4m Google results). He has worked on 41 Merger & Acquisition transactions where this thinking is critical to performance.
He is joint author of two business books – The Employer Brand - bringing the best of brand management to people at work (Wiley 2005) and Employee Communications in Mergers and Acquisitions – the soft stuff is the hard bit (Gower 2009). His book of poems about management, Humanity at Work, will be published shortly.
A corporate career in real estate was brought to a close 16 years ago when Paul opted to go it alone in the healthcare sector, focusing upon care homes for the elderly. A small portfolio of 8 homes was gradually acquired before recently selling 3 in order to re-invest in further care opportunities.
A strong believer in personalised care with a dedication for quality that can only be achieved with a staff team offering continuity and a shared desire to do the very best for everyone living with Victoria Nursing Group.
Jon is one of the founding partners at Chatter, an award winning employer brand agency helping clients improve how they attract, recruit and engage with talent across a range of industries. With a background in web development and consumer advertising, he's passionate about the use of technology in recruitment and the growth of AI and Machine Learning in the space and the benefits (and problems) it could bring for recruiters and candidates alike.
Jo is an award-winning marketeer with 14 years of agency and client-side experience gained in the UK and Australia. She is the former Head of Recruitment Marketing at Teach First, the largest graduate recruiter in the UK. During her time there she transformed the marketing function from a reactive support to an 'always on' digitally led team, achieving record levels of engagement and applications. Jo has an extensive background in recruitment, employer brand and education. She is an expert in attraction strategy and she has a passion for people and film, most recently speaking on the use of video in attraction in Zurich.
Tracey is all things "Engagement" at Arval, with a passion for people and relationships. She wears many hats – her first being the lead on Employee Engagement and Internal Comms, hence her love of the Journey Maker Experience. She also drives Arval's CSR agenda and is their Road Safety Ambassador responsible for education, charity partnerships and customer engagement, both internally and externally. She also squeezes in time for event management too, running Arval's flagship customer event programme for many years, ensuring our customer experience is the best out there.
With 12 years' brand, comms and marketing experience, Chris looks after marketing for employee engagement specialists Synergy Creative, who work with brands to define who they are as an employer, and help them deliver on that promise at every stage of the employee journey.
From creating a culture that's all about the customer and rallying employees around a common purpose, to crafting an employer brand, the team at Synergy Creative get to the heart of challenges quickly, delivering strategically-led creative comms for the likes of RBS, ODEON Cinemas Group, Lidl, Vodafone and Sainsbury's Argos.
Founder of award-winning Employer Brand and People Comms agency Creed Comms, Caroline has over 25 years' experience in recruitment marketing, employer and people comms. Caroline's passion is for great service, relevant creative and delivering results across ever-changing channels. She has embedded brands for major organisations and the agency has a wealth of awards for most effective employer brand, best innovation and best creative.
Mark co-founded tonic with the core purpose of creating exciting solutions that would work exceptionally well. 6 years as the co-founder and creative director he's worked nationally and internationally with brands across a variety of sectors, from professional services, retail, armed forces, charities, law to pharma, construction, travel and banking. He's developed employer brands and EVP frameworks, he's created experiences, films and devised attraction campaigns that have changed minds and influenced reputations. He's helped tonic win 57 awards and the Grand Prix at every major award ceremony in the UK for the last 18 months. He loves what he does, he loves tonic and loves creating wonderful work, that's works.
Alon is a co-founder of PathMotion and has 10+ years online recruitment experience. He previously worked as a senior advisor on labour market policy at HM Treasury, and earlier at Goldman Sachs and Bain & Co where he advised on private equity transactions and business strategy. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and from Columbia University.
Andrew Page is the Executive Chairman of Alfa. He was founding director of the company in 1990 and was Chief Executive Officer until 2016. As CEO, Andrew launched a new version of Alfa's flagship software, spearheaded international expansion, and achieved class-leading growth. In September 2016 he became Executive Chairman and in the following year he oversaw the flotation of the company on the London Stock Exchange. As Executive Chairman, Andrew provides commercial oversight and, with the Board, sets the strategic direction and goals of the company.
Dave has worked in the recruitment marketing industry for over 11 years, supporting clients large and small in their various talent attraction and retention challenges.
As Client Services Director, he specialises in providing best in class solutions and service to clients, helping them to develop and evolve their employer brands and talent attraction strategies.


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By James Gaddy
The first time Theophilus London performed in Brooklyn, as a lanky, self-conscious 14-year-old at the 2002 Flatbush Fair, he was wearing a pink shirt, white pants, and a white hat—or, "the worst outfit of all time!" as he refers to it. Not coincidentally, the dozen or so people in the audience greeted him with a fittingly lukewarm reception. It was a very different scene—and a very different, far more confident singer—that showed up this past June at the Brooklyn Museum, where a crowd of certified London fans packed inside the atrium and joined him in a chant of "Where Brooklyn at?" (a reference to the famous freestyle by his childhood hero, the Notorious B.I.G.). "It spiritually fucked me up in a really positive way," he says. The Trinidad-born, Flatbush-bred musician began to hone his skills in 2008 when he released JAM!, a mix tape homage to Prince and Michael Jackson. But it was his second effort, This Charming Mixtape, released the following year, that showcased a maturing, musically omnivorous talent that seamlessly integrated Kraftwerk, Bill Withers, the Crazy Cousinz Bongo Jam, and, of course, the Smiths with his own tracks. The 23-year-old's recently released major-label debut, Timez Are Weird These Days (Warner Bros.), highlights his chameleonic ability to inhabit different genres while retaining a romantic pop sensibility. The slow jam "Why Even Try" includes guest vocals from Tegan and Sara's Sara Quin, while the vocoded falsetto hook on the fist-pumping electro anthem "Love Is Real" is straight out of the Kanye West–Usher radio-ready songbook. His distinctive eclecticism is also visible in his high-low fashion sense—pairing Lanvin suits with Air Jordans, vintage gold jewelry, and a Borsalino hat. His advice for looking good? "Dress down," he says. "You gotta learn your body, how clothes fit on you. Dressing up, for me, is looking like an idiot."
Photo: Theophilus London in Brooklyn, June 2011. Blazer: Hugo Boss. Shirt and Pants: Louis Vuitton. Hat and Jewelry: Artist's Own. Grooming: Asami Matsuda/www.TheMagnetagency.Com. Special Thanks: Fast Ashleys.
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Increase in M&A activity as a source of business growth.
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"Shakespeare" is an app that is available for iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. It contains many of the dramatic works of Shakespeare, and it features easy-to-understand synopses of each line. This makes the works accessible while introducing some Shakespearean language. The app is free, but an upgrade to "Shakespeare Pro" includes additional notes, including biographical information, a guide to scansion, and a photo gallery.
Posted on December 7, 2014 by Jordan Smith and tagged literature.