Marc Newson was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World and has received numerous awards and distinctions. He was appointed The Royal Designer for Industry in the UK, received an honorary doctorate from Sydney University, holds Adjunct Professorships at Sydney College of the Arts and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and most recently was created CBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Born in Sydney, Newson spent much of his childhood travelling in Europe and Asia. He started experimenting with furniture design as a student and, after graduation, was awarded a grant from the Australian Crafts Council with which he staged his first exhibition - featuring the Lockheed Lounge – a piece that has now, twenty years later, set three consecutive world records at auction.
In April 2015, Newson's riveted aluminium and fiberglass lounge fetched € 3,315,000 during a sale at auction house Phillips in London With that result the Lockheed Lounge became the most expensive object sold by a living designer.
The Idée edition was made by some Japanese surfboard makers Marc had met whilst living in Japan and who had experience of working with carbon fiber. The Black Hole Table was carved out of polyurethane, then laminated with carbon fiber on the top and fiberglass on the bottom (the latter being a cost-cutting choice taken by the surfers); the legs were fabricated separately using a mold.
Only originally producing a handful of tables, Marc was unsatisfied with the quality and he later produced an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs in France achieving an entire surface made of carbon fibre and meeting his exacting specifications.
With the Event Horizon Table, Marc was finally able to achieve what he had sought with the LC1 and the Lockheed Lounge - to work with aluminium as if it were a soft, bendable material, stretching it and warping it seamlessly. Made by an Aston Martin restoration firm near London, where the coachbuilders were highly skilled at welding, wheeling, and forming, and worked almost exclusively in aluminium. The table is fabricated in spun aluminium, with four trumpet legs supporting a shaped top which, being open at both ends, reveals a hollow interior. The interior is coated in deep 'Ferrari' red enamel paint.
The Event Horizon Table, along with the Orgone Chair, Orgone Stretch Chair and the Alufelt Chair, was shown at the 'Wormhole' exhibition, Marc's first solo show in Milan, during the furniture fair of 1994.
Pod/Marc Newson Edition of 10 + 3 artist's proofs + 1 yellow version.
Having already completed two riveted aluminium pieces, Marc felt compelled to revisit his LC1 lounge of 1986 with the hopes of coming closer to his original goal for that piece. He wanted to address two issues, the first being that the LC1 felt "too derivative and postmodern" and the second being that the form was not as ambiguous or as fluid as he had intended.
The prototype differs slightly from rest of edition in the finishing of the feet, which have fiberglass showing where aluminum stops; the pieces in the edition have rubberised paint covering the feet.
Edition of 10 + 4 artist's proofs (black feet) + 1 prototype (white feet).
Inspired by the 18th Century style of the 1920s French cabinetmaker, Andre Groult, Marc began working on the Pod of Drawers, his second riveted aluminium piece after the LC1, using a similar technique of applying hand-beaten and cut aluminium pieces over a fluid fibreglass form. He handmade the first Pod of Drawers in London before later finishing the edition in Sydney. The piece has five drawers and painted wood feet.
Marc Newson Edition of 10 + 2 artist's proofs + 1 prototype.
Stylistically, the Embryo was an important breakthrough, defining for the first time a very identifiable Marc Newson signature style.
The Embryo was Marc's most technologically advanced project to date, making use of injection molded polyurethane foam over an internal steel frame, and the surface was then covered in brightly-coloured wetsuit neoprene.
Having designed pieces for Idée for several years, Marc decided to take advantage of the company's avid working relationship with a wicker factory in Thailand to make a wicker version of the Felt Chair. It took six weeks of daily work to weave the first chair, which ended up not meeting Newson's expectations in terms of quality. Subsequent ones were perfected, and the steel frames were made according to a jig Marc had fashioned.
Idée Lounge/chair, version 1: Tubular steel, cane, woven rattan.
Idée Chair, version 2: Fiberglass shell, woven rattan.
The Wicker Chair is still in production and is manufactured by Idée.
Horizontal 'hourglass'-shaped Orgone chaise-longue form of shiny moulded fibreglass. The upper raised end is supported on one cone shaped fibreglass leg and the lower end supported on two cone legs.
The term 'orgone' was adapted from the eccentric orgone energy theories of 1940s scientist Wilhelm Reich. The flattened, moulded 'chaise-longue' form of the 'Orgone' was also inspired by the shape and construction techniques of surfboards.
Riga is awooden writing desk, loosely inspired by a jeweller's table for home use, matt lacquered in all the colours of the Cappellini collection. The feet and knobs are finished in natural anodised aluminium.
The piece is in production and is manufactured by Cappellini.
The Orgone Stretch Lounge was made as a companion piece to the Event Horizon Table and the Orgone Chair. The form is what Marc was striving for when he made the Lockheed Lounge however at the time did not have the knowledge or the resources to make it. Both pieces were fabricated by British coachbuilders specialising in the restoration of Aston Martins.
Pod/Marc Newson Edition of 6 + 2 artist's proofs + 1 prototype.
The Orgone Chair is a progression from Marc's Lockheed Lounge and reflects Marc's desire to find a way to work with aluminium in a fluid form as well as his ongoing investigation of new production methods and processes.
"Subconsciously, I think I started leaving holes and spaces because it seemed such a shame to cover up some very high-quality manufacturing and finishing. Both the interior and the exterior of the work merge together creating a fluid and utile object with a liminal space that draws the outer surface inside and vice versa: there is an interstice where the interior voids become the exterior legs. I do like the idea of creating negative space within forms." The Orgone Chair, along with the Orgone Stretch Lounge, Event Horizon Table and the Alufelt Chair, was shown at the 'Wormhole' exhibition, Marc's first solo show in Milan, during the furniture fair of 1994.
Pod/Marc Newson Edition of 6 + 2 artist's proofs.
The Gluon chair was conceived as an object to appeal to the masses that, being modular, could adapt to a wide variety of settings. The void in the centre acts as an air cushion to make it comfortable to sit on, the hole wasn't just about styling, but the function of the chair.
The piece is still in production and manufactured by Moroso, Italy.
The Alufelt Chair differs from the other pieces in the aluminium series as it is not a fully self-contained shape, having no tubular aspect, although it shares much of the same vocabulary.
Reworking his Felt Chair for the aluminium series offered Marc a chance to resolve the rear leg detail. He was happy with the Cappellini version of the leg, a simple steel tube, but felt it was 'foreign' to the chair (it had been an afterthought). Making the whole piece out of aluminium meant that, following the black hole theme, he could simply extrude the leg.
The Alufelt, along with the Event Horizon Table and the Orgone Chair and Stretch Lounge, was shown at the 'Wormhole' exhibition, Marc's first solo show in Milan, during the furniture fair of 1994.
Pod/Marc Newson Edition of 6 + 2 Prototypes.
Hangman clothes hanger in satin stainless steel in two different sizes . The design of the piece was informed by the vocabulary of a simple wire coat hanger: the shape of the foot mimics that of a coat hanger, as it had been re-bent into the shape.
The Felt Chair was conceived while Marc was working on studies for what would become the Orgone Chair, he sketched a hollow variation with a sliced off bottom and sides that continued down to the floor.
The relative simplicity of the Felt Chair's design made it a good candidate for production. The Felt Chair is made from natural a polished aluminium base with a reinforced fibreglass body.


It is with a heavy heart that I announce the Idyllwild Spring Challenge is now on hold once again due to the damage the Cranston Fire did to the entire May Valley area. And 2019 was looking so good! So here we go again with closures and an undetermined amount of time before we can once again bring this event back to life.
What is the Idyllwild Spring Challenge...?
Cycling Illustrated labels The Idyllwid Spring Challenge one of the top 5 mountain bike races in So Cal. This elite group includes the likes of the Sea Otter Classic!
"The Idyllwild Spring Challenge is held each May in the small town of Idyllwild, in the San Jacinto Mountains. It's a very popular race due to the beautiful scenery and sublimely flowing singletrack. The race includes a 1 mile 13% gradient climb, followed by technically challenging singletrack. If you only do one race in So Cal, make it this one."
Never raced the Idyllwild Spring Challenge?
This event is about as old school as it gets. The venue is held in the beautiful Hurkey Creek Campground and is an excellent place to bring the entire family. There are several courses in the adjacent May Valley Trail System to match all riding abilities and best of all, no laps! Each course includes a combination of superb single track (some of the best anywhere and miles of it!), challenging climbs*, flowing trails, ripping downhills, streams, meadows, woods, rocks and loads of dirt. This is real mountain biking!
*The 13% climb is only on the long course (so some of you can breath a little easier!). It is the highest point of the race and is famous for evoking just a little pain.


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Monument Circle is the heart of Indianapolis. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is dramatic, with its overwhelming scale and lavish sculpture, and the buildings lining the circle provide a rich backdrop with their own sense of place and beauty. In 1821, Alexander Ralston did not specify land uses in his plan for the circle, other than for the center of the circle, which was to be the governor's residence. Until the 1860s, many lots on the circle were owned by churches. Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Episcopalians all built simple frame chapels facing the circle. Only the Episcopal church remains today; Christ Church Cathedral is a stone Gothic Revival sanctuary dating from the 1860s. Gradually, the congregations found their members living farther and farther away, with office and commercial uses crowding out their church buildings. Merchants bought up the church sites. Contractors began construction on the State Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the 1880s, and in time, its limestone obelisk rose above its surroundings. The completion of the monument in 1902 made the circle a civic space. The circle's gradual transformation into a business, commercial, and civic core was complete.
Architects of several generations have had to contend with fitting their design concepts into a concave footprint to match the radius of the circle. Early architects chose to ignore the radius and placed conventional buildings at a tangent to the circle. By the 1870s and 80s, however, the freedom of expression that came with cast-iron fronts allowed builders to warp façades easily. One of the best remembered buildings on the circle, the English Hotel, filled a quarter-radius of the circle with its Italianate/Queen Anne façade. The English Hotel succumbed to progress after World War II. A Penney's store replaced it with a Modernist curving blank limestone curtain wall. Eventually, Penney's vacated the store, and a Postmodern façade now fills the northwest quadrant of Monument Circle.
Indiana limestone became the most popular building material for the new generation of buildings lining Monument Circle. The Guaranty and Test Buildings, both from the 1920s, occupy portions of the southwestern quadrant. These two show the refinement and quality of Monument Circle's architecture, with their curved facades, tasteful Neo Classical design, and respectful height that allows the State Soldiers and Sailors Monument to stand tall. The Test Building also features sculptural panels. Other buildings on Monument Circle have public art: Circle Theater, with its terra-cotta frieze and mural over the marquee; the Columbia Club with its sculpted panels; and Circle Tower's intricately cast neo-Egyptian brass screens set in the main entrance arch.
However impressive, the technological innovations of 1920s architecture raised concerns. Would Indiana's revered c. 285 tall State Soldiers and Sailors Monument, completed only two decade before, be cast into shadow by steel-framed skyscrapers? In 1921-22, local architect William Earl Russ and city leaders proposed, and the city implemented, local legislation that limited heights to 10 stories and called for elevation setbacks to preserve the prominence of the monument. George Edward Kessler had made the initial suggestion to the city during his years as a consulting park planner. Circle Tower, with its Deco stair-step roofline, is the most obvious example of how the legislation shaped architecture on the circle. The Emmis Building, completed in the 1990s, also reflects the setback design concept.
Attempts to beautify Monument Circle took shape after the war years in the late 1940s. Architect Edward Pierre was a leading home, business, and civic designer in Indianapolis in the 1920s and 30s. Pierre, then near retirement, made suggestions about revitalizing the circle. Among others, he recommended that Monument Circle and the Monument itself be strung with holiday lights. Thanks to his idea, visitors lucky enough to be in downtown Indianapolis during the holidays will experience the magical effect of the lighting. The City of Indianapolis hoped to improve the image of the circle in the 1970s. Workers laid paving bricks on Monument Circle and Market Street and installed brick walks. Names of donors to the project were inscribed on the sidewalk bricks.
In the 1970s, the downtown was developing into a sports destination, with the Indiana Pacers playing at the then-new Market Square Arena. The Indiana State Museum was downtown in the Old Indianapolis City Hall, but the downtown lacked other major cultural draws. In the early 1980s, city officials lured the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra downtown to the old Circle Theater, turned into a fitting home for the symphony, thanks to a multimillion dollar restoration. Today, Monument Circle more than fulfils the civic ideas Alexander Ralston had for Indianapolis.


Yesterday morning, we picked Edie up from camp. Three weeks ago, that amount of time seemed so long. Somehow, it flew by. I didn't get everything accomplished that I wanted to, but I also knew that it was quite likely that was going to be the case. There were roadtrips to be taken (3 in one week), concerts to be attended (2, with a third being turned down), friends to be visited with, a house to be cleaned, canning and sewing to be done and much quality time to be spent with my husband.
We knew when we decided to send her that this would be a really great experience for her. As an only child, she spends a good bit of time alone during the summer. She goes to various day camps, but she still has a sizable amount of unstructured time on her hands. Summers are tough and I think they are even tougher for an only child. She generally is bored to tears by the beginning of August and so the last 3 weeks before school starts are brutal around here. Most of the fun, creative day camps are over with the end of July and it seems everyone clears out on vacation. It's her & us. And it's hot. By the time the first day of school rolls around, she's so happy to see the big yellow angel, she's singing Hallelujah.
Her first letter from camp said she was having an okay good time. She asked us to please send candy and she included specific instructions as to how this was to be packaged and sent. Over the course of the 3 weeks she was gone, we got exactly 5 letters from her. Each one sounded like she was having more fun than the last one. I kept hearing how it was good we weren't hearing from her – that meant she was doing well. She wrote about how she was enjoying archery. We got a letter from her counselor, telling us what a joy she was to have and how she was doing well with riflery. I immediately started thinking that she was going to take care of that little squirrel problem we've been having.
When we arrived at camp yesterday, she ran out to meet us and burst into tears. She later told us it was not entirely because she was happy to see us, but rather because she wasn't quite sure she wanted to go home. Our already sweet, way cool, confident girl had blossomed. Oh yeah, she likes to shoot things. She's a little bit good at it too and is willing to consider some target practice on the squirrels that have been giving me trouble. She gave us a tour of camp and showed us where they did yoga. Her dad, who's been doing yoga with her since she was a wee one asked very excitedly, "Did you do yoga?" She shrugged and gave us a very nonchalant, "oh yeah". Later, during closing ceremony, when she was recognized for her excellence in yoga (as well as crafts and drama), we giggled about her coolness.
That's the inside of the 'craft' cabin at camp. It seems our sweet gal not only learned how to shoot things, but also got to play, supervised, with power tools. And in her own, very cool way, is taking it all in stride. There is a whole list of things she learned to do, not just shooting things, but horseback riding, how to play tennis, how to deal with outhouses and pond bathing for 3 weeks. She grew on both the outside AND the inside. She definitely has a new, bigger perspective on life that is amazing to see.
Will told us we'd get sick of camp stories around December. We're on day 2 of camp stories and already Daddy is rolling his eyes….we only have 11 more months of hearing them before we can drop her off again. Because yes, she's already waiting for next year.
And quite frankly, I'm looking forward to another 3 weeks with my husband.
Summer camp may be the best thing ever invented.


The beautiful community of Cameron Village is located in the city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This charming community rests right off of Highway 707 and consists of single family homes. This beautiful community was built by Beazer Homes and all of them were constructed with quality materials. Residents can choose from many different upgrades and floor plan options. You can also choose the lot you want, color scheme, and more details that other communities don't allow. Many of the home sites feature lake views. You will have the choice between a single story and two-story home. There are many areas for residents to enjoy shopping, dining, entertainment, nightlife, golf, and outdoor recreation. Residents are also close to all of the amazing attractions that are located in the Myrtle Beach area. Feel free to take a look at the beautiful homes we have available and let us know if you have any questions or interest.


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New artwork for world premiere of 'The Durham Hymns'
Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, inspired by the true-life experiences of County Durham people, has written lyrics for a major new work for brass band and choir. This suite of new hymns commemorating their sacrifice, courage and endurance was commissioned by the Northern Regional Brass Band Trust in partnership with Durham County Council. www.brassfestival.co.uk
The world Premiere was performed on 16 July 2016 in Durham Cathedral. In the brochure Stephen has four textural artworks; two new ones and two from exhibitions ('Last Post' and 'The Unseen'). These are now avialable as limited edition (100) prints signed by Carol Ann Duffy and Stephen Raw. They cost £166 inclusive of p&p. Email Stephen if you would like to order one (info StephenRaw.com).
The original watercolurs of 'No-Man's Land' and 'The Unseen' are also for sale for £1000 and £800 respectively.

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Eduardo Rodrigues Souza (born September 20, 1991 in Guararapes), known as Dudu, is a centre forward raised by Flamengo in Brazil. He is currently playing for São Gonçalo Esporte Clube.

Career
The young Dudu was considered a promising talent when playing in the junior squads of Flamengo, but was not rewarded with a contract and ended up with Corinthians Alagoano (not to be confused with the more illustrious Corinthians of São Paulo). He then went on loan to Beira-Mar in Portugal.

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External links

 Dudu at ZeroZero

Living people
Brazilian footballers
1991 births
People from Araçatuba
Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players
S.C. Beira-Mar players
Rio Claro Futebol Clube players
Bonsucesso Futebol Clube players
Clube de Regatas Brasil players
Tupi Football Club players
Bangu Atlético Clube players
NK Dugopolje players
Primeira Liga players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Association football forwards
Expatriate footballers in Croatia
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Footballers from São Paulo (state)

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Populations of the (Bear cuscus) as its commonly known continue to steadily decline even though there are limited – conservation measures in place protecting the species (There remains as yet no data on population size). The Bear cuscus has practically gone extinct within the Tangkoko-DuaSudara Nature Reserve of which a staggering 95% decline has been recorded within the region alone of which the primary threat within the nature reserve is hunting and trade for pets.
North Sulawesi has also seen a staggering decline identical to the population decreases documented within the Tangkoko-DuaSudara Nature Reserve too. Yet again hunting and the illegal pet trade are very much responsible, and may very well within the next five to ten years lead to a complete extinction occurring.
As much as I myself hate to say it I am pretty certain from viewing statistical data past and present that extinctions are going to occur even sooner than predicted. Should extinctions occur it proves yet again that poaching is having a disastrous effect onto just about every African and Asian species known.
Habitat loss and forest clearance are all playing a pivotal roll at decreasing populations of this beautifully attractive marsupial. As a conservation and botanical scientist sometimes I wonder to oneself why we even bother to help species of animals and flora when some governments show no support, or respect whatsoever in our quest to protect and serve. Then I remember, my children and their children's heritage is just as important as mine and the teams fight to protect.
Bear cuscus are known as arboreal marsupials meaning, they mostly thrive and spend the majority of their peaceful and playful lives within trees and dense forest. Unfortunately these forests and trees are slowly dwindling in size primarily for land clearance to support local farms and communities and, not forgetting slash and burn activities. I cannot begin to imagine what these creatures think and feel when destructful and greedy humans destroy their homes and pastures. The feeling of not-knowing-when such harm is to be inflicted must be terrorizing for them.
The genus contains the following single species that is known to be related to the Bear cuscus; Ailurops melanotis that inhabits the Salibabu Island listed as (critically endangered) and endemic to Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Typically found in undisturbed tropical lowland moist forests, this species does not readily use disturbed habitats, thus it is not usually found in gardens or plantations. It is a largely diurnal and as explained a arboreal species that is often found in pairs. Diet usually consists of a variety of leaves, preferring young leaves, and like many other arboreal folivores it spends much of its day resting in order to digest similar to the Koala bear of Australia.
The only known conservation actions that are taking place are within in few protected areas, that include: Tangkoko-DuaSudara Nature Reserve, Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Lore Lindu National Park, Morowali National Park, and a host of forest reserves. This species is nominally protected by Indonesian law. Unfortunately even though the species is protected the illegal pet trade still continues of which I myself have on many occasions located small pet shops in Indonesia selling Bear cuscus from rusty, cramped cages.
Please donate by clicking the link below and help the board of directors establish their Viet Nam pet and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation clinic today. Without your help we cannot take dogs, cats and small bush meat animals of the streets and into safety. No donation is to small and all donations are greatly and kindly appreciated.


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Reno, Nevada. Jan. 9, 2014. The Washoe County Building & Safety Division and the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District (NLTFPD) will hold a forum Jan. 16 on the 2012 Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Code.
WHAT: There will be a presentation and discussion on the 2012 WUI Code and amendments. The WUI code was adopted by Washoe County and the NLTFPD in September 2013, but the 2009 WUI has been adopted by the State Fire Marshal and has been enforced by the fire district for several years.
WHERE: The NLTFPD Incline Station Training Room at 875 Tanager Street, Incline Village.
WHEN: Jan. 16, 2014 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
DETAILS: Visit www.washoecounty.us/building/codes_index.html for a guide on the WUI Code. For more information, please contact (775) 831-0351, extension 8107. Copies of the WUI can be obtained through the International Code Council at www.iccsafe.org.


One of the things that I've been doing lately with my online groups in Palestine is telling puzzle stories. By this I mean stories which end with a question where the students have to work out the solution.
They push the learners to listen to the story in a lot of detail.
They encourage the learners to ask a lot of questions. Often it's teachers who ask all the questions in class but turning things around can give learners a stronger sense of control over their own learning.
As these questions come out they involve a lot of retelling and revisiting of the story which I think is often necessary if any new language items are going to be retained by learners.
Sometimes these puzzles carry on between sessions and I ask them to try to work out the answer before the next session. And sometimes the students tell me their own puzzle stories and give me this homework task. The other day I was sharing some of the Palestinian kids' puzzle stories over dinner and my 11 year old nephew, Zac, told us his own one. It's probably the hardest puzzle story I've ever heard.
Astute followers of the Hands Up project's work will notice that some of the girls in this video were also the runners up in the HUP playwriting competition, with their play 'Window onto the outside'. If you haven't already seen it, you should. It's a great piece of theatre and I imagine it involved a lot of thinking outside the box to make.
Great example of engagement in the classroom – Nick this is WONDERFUL to see & I'd like to include parts of it in my next teacher training course.
Nope! I've got no idea! Look forward to the solution, and I love the idea of puzzle stories. So did the students, I think.
Trying really hard but can't figure out. Great idea to get students speaking!!!!


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Home World New Zealand 'Medical refugee' moves to Australia to access life-changing drugs
'Medical refugee' moves to Australia to access life-changing drugs
Fiona Tolich has moved to Australia with her family to ensure she has access to the drug Spinraza to treat her spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
Photo: Things / Abigail Dougherty
An Auckland woman who has a rare genetic condition says moving her family to Australia last week was her only option to access a life-changing drug.
Fiona Tolich, 42, has been fighting for years to get Pharmac to fund the drug Spinraza and is a leading advocate for patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in Aotearoa.
Last month, the agency announced it would fund the drug for people 18 and under starting January 2023, but Tolich is not eligible because of her age.
And now the former Flat Bush resident has made the move to the other side of the ditch and is settling down in Sydney as a self-described "medical refugee".
Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative genetic disease that causes muscle weakness and loss of movement. Sufferers may lose the ability to perform most basic daily tasks as the connection between their nerves and muscles breaks down.
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The mother-of-two was first diagnosed with the condition 12 years ago, when she was pregnant with her son, after experiencing weakness in her legs.
"My muscles are 100 percent healthy right now," Tolich said. "But what affects the SMA is the messages that go to my muscles and that leads to the atrophy."
She said access to Spinraza in Australia would allow her to maintain her existing quality of life.
"I still want to be able to play football with my son. If I were in an electric wheelchair, I probably wouldn't be able to."
Tolich says access to Spinraza in Australia will allow her to maintain her existing quality of life.
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Tolich arrived in Sydney last week and has been busy setting up a new family home with her partner and two children.
She said Pharmac should fund the drug for people with the disease so they can enjoy a better quality of life.
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"It essentially helps you keep what you already have for longer and in some cases reverses some of the symptoms," Tolich said.
"But instead we're spending money to keep people sick when they should be living more fulfilling lives. It doesn't make any sense at all."
She said the decision to sell the family home in Flat Bush and move across the Tasman was not an easy one for her and her partner.
"I'm gutted I had to make this choice, but it had to be made," Tolich said.
"I've had to leave friends and family behind and my kids have been taken out of school," she said. "But they are young enough to hopefully handle the transition."
Tolich is pictured with her two children, Kaija and Ryker, in 2018. She says she is "gutted" that she had to make the choice to move to Australia with her family.
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In a statement, Pharmac's director of operations, Lisa Williams, said last year during her consultation process on Spinraza's funding that a number of petitioners had pushed for the drug to be provided to all people with SMA, including those over the age of 18.
But she said the agency's final eligibility criteria for the drug reflected those people who, according to clinical advisors, had the highest unmet health needs and the most potential to benefit from the treatment.
However, Williams did not rule out Spinraza being funded for a larger group of SMA patients in the future.
"The decision we announced in December 2022 does not mean that we will not broaden access to nusinersen (Spinraza) in the future."
Pharmac declined to answer questions about the plight of people like Tolich, who have had to leave the country to access medicines funded in Australia.
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'Despacito,' Other Videos Altered by Security Breach at Vevo
Vevo says the company is working to reinstate the affected videos
Published Apr 11, 2018 at 3:26 PM | Updated at 3:46 PM EDT on Apr 11, 2018
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In this April 27, 2017, file photo, singers Luis Fonsi, left, and Daddy Yankee perform during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Florida. The music video for "Despacito," along with other videos, was affected by a security breach on Vevo.
"Despacito" and other popular music videos were the target of a security breach on the video sharing service Vevo.
The cover image of the Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee hit was replaced by an image of masked people pointing guns. Clips by Taylor Swift, Drake, Selena Gomez and Shakira also were affected.
A YouTube spokesperson says the company worked with its partner to disable access after seeing "unusual upload activity" on some Vevo channels.
Vevo says the breach was contained and it is working to reinstate all videos that were affected and restoring its service.
Vevo says it is investigating the source of the breach.


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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The Oakland Athletics are pulling the tarps and opening a portion of the upper deck at the Coliseum for their upcoming 10-game homestand.
The View Level will include 12,103 additional seats, and are to be available beyond this homestand. Tarps will still cover the area known as "Mount Davis" after it was built for late Raiders owner Al Davis to increase stadium capacity as he returned the team to the Bay Area from Los Angeles in 1995. The seating blocked splendid views of the Oakland Hills.


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Rescuing First Nations Youth: What Did the Attawapiskat School Saga Teach Us?
Shannen Koostachin's Children's Campaign for a 'safe and comfy' school in Attawapiskat First Nation was deeply moving. It spawned Shannen's Dream, a Canadian youth-driven movement dedicated addressing the glaring educational inequities and alerting policy-makers to the urgent need to improve funding of on-reserve First Nations education. With the support of Northern Ontario MP Charlie Angus, Shannen got her school, was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize, and then featured in Alanis Obomsawin's 2013 documentary film Hi-Ho Mistahey.
While reading the latest C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, Students in Jeopardy (January 2016) written by Barry Anderson and John Richards, a chill came over me. With clinical precision, the two authors document, once again, the abysmal First Nations graduation rates and the apparent 'failures' of what are termed "Band-Operated Schools." What, I wondered, had Anderson and Richards learned from Shannen and her youth crusade for First Nations community-based schools?
For those seemingly fixated on documenting the "deficits" and proposing structural reforms in First Nations education, a refresher may be in order. In 2007, Shannen was 13 and in Grade 8, having spent her entire elementary years in squalid, poorly heated portables. When the proposal for a new Attawapiskat school was shelved, she and her Grade 8 classmates stood up for the younger students behind them. Utilizing letter writing, then Facebook and You Tube, Shannen's children's crusade went over the heads of politicians and bureaucrats to get their message across in the elementary schools of Southern Ontario, union halls, then on Parliament Hill and even in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tragically, in 2010, Shannen was killed in a highway accident on one of her long trips in the Near North, but her Dream lived on. Taking up the youth campaign, MP Charlie Angus pushed for a new school and succeeded in securing passage of a February 2012 House of Commons resolution to "put reserve schools on par with non-reserve provincial schools." In September 2014, fourteen years after the old school was closed because of a diesel fuel leak, a new Attawapiskat school opened with brightly lit classrooms, a library, a music room, a home economics department, and a gymnasium. Without the "outraged energy" of Shannen's campaign it may not have happened at all.
Shannen's educational journey is regrettably all too common. She and her older sister, Serena, graduated from the Attawapiskat school and were compelled to move hundreds of kilometres away to New Liskeard, Ontario, for high school. While campaigning for better schools, she travelled far and wide and saw, first hand, the gross inequities in schooling, especially between schools in suburban Toronto and those in First Nations communities.
Completing high school in First Nations communities requires incredible persistence. One of Shaneen's fellow students, Holly Nakogee, attending Grade 12 in Attawapiskat in 2014-15, was typical of the true survivors. After losing her closest sister Dakota following childbirth, she moved south three times for high school, only to return 'homesick' each time. In a community where some 95 per cent of the housing is sub-standard and the water isn't drinkable, graduating from high school can seem insurmountable.
First Nations children in Attawapiskat are still facing long odds and feel essentially trapped with no real bridges to a healthier, happier, more fulfilling life. Looking at those all-too familiar C.D. Howe Institute bar graphs showing 2011 First Nations High School Certification Rates of 48.9 per cent for Ontario, compared to well over 80 per cent province-wide, cannot possibly convey all the "burdens" borne by those First Nations students who "fall out" of the system.
Somehow the "Action Steps" proposed in the C.D. Howe Institute report leave me cold. A "seven step" strategy is presented with the declaratory certainty of the "policy-wonk" at a safe distance from the unfolding crisis among First Nations youth. The same recommendations reappear: close the funding gap; focus on improved student results; clarify who's responsible for what, improve Region and 'Band' competencies; seek incremental improvements; target program funding; and improve second-level support services.
Such an approach may produce marginal improvement and help to ease the tortured conscience of federal and provincial policy-makers and Indigenous Affairs officials. It doesn't really get at the root of the problem and does precious little to empower First Nations people themselves.
With a new Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Dr. Carolyn Bennett, and more generosity of spirit, the time for social reconstruction may have arrived. Supporting traditional industries, creating sustainable employment, refurbishing housing, and embracing First Nations community-based schooling is a much better 'whole of government' approach. In that respect, my own Northern Policy Institute report, Picking Up the Pieces co-authored with Jonathan Anuik (September 2014), offers a sounder point of departure.
Social reconstruction and community-school development require a completely different more comprehensive, grassroots up strategy respecting First Nations ways of knowing and traditions. More funding would be a real help, but it's going to take a generation to rebuild broken trust, foster cross-cultural reconciliation, and assist First Nations peoples themselves in this vitally important work.
What have we learned from Shannen's Dream and the Attawapiskat School campaign? Why do First Nations 'policy experts' tend to fixate so much on the obvious "deficits" in student learning and graduation levels — and not really address the underlying causes? Where have top-down First Nations supervision and accountability schemes gotten us, so far? Is it easier to affix blame and point fingers than to listen, learn and act with more sensitivity? Why not try harder to get more in sync with First Nations communities and their deepest aspirations to rebuild their own communities and institutions?
Community Hub Schools: Where Will We Find the "Cage-Busting" Leadership?
A year after Nova Scotia's official adoption of the Hub School model and the imposition of a set of school-level regulations, the Province of Ontario is now preparing to embark on a Community Hub initiative of its own. While the Maritime province was first out of the gate in June 2014 with Education Act amendments, the recent "rejection" of three grassroots Hub School projects in the rural communities of Maitland, River John, and Wentworth, has stalled the venture in its tracks.
On August 10, 2015, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne publicly endorsed a special report by provincial consultant Karen Pitre calling for closed public schools to be given a second life as "community hubs." Premier Wynne and Education Minister Liz Sandals are certainly much more active than their N.S. counterparts in promoting the changes and clearly see 'hubification' as a provincial priority.
The Nova Scotia experience, so far, has produced a few bitter lessons for provincial policy-makers and Hub School advocates alike. First and foremost, without committed and determined "cage-busting" political leadership, policy pronouncements go nowhere.
Ontario may be playing 'catch up' on hub schools, but that province, with visible political leadership, is taking a far more comprehensive, short- and long-term, approach to transforming schools into hubs.
In Ontario, the hub school initiative is being driven as much by urban neighbourhood imperatives as by rural village concerns. It was all precipitated by the Toronto District School Board governance review conducted by Margaret Wilson and related provincial school facilities studies revealing that the province was littered with "half-empty" and abandoned schools.
Ms. Pitre's report recommends an immediate measure to lengthen the time allotted for school site disposal, giving public bodies and community groups 180 days to come up with hub proposals. Her plan would also allow prospective buyers to pay less than market value and open the door to shared funding by the province.
Instead of proclaiming legislation and then imposing restrictive regulations, Ontario is looking at clearing away the red tape to preserve schools as public buildings and making space-sharing easier (not harder) for community activities, health clinics, daycares, seniors' centres, and cafes.
Jumping ahead with enabling legislation without integrating community planning and investing in making it work may turn out to defeat the whole Nova Scotia project. Leaving Hub School advocates to produce proposals without any visible provincial or school board support likely doomed the pilot projects. Two months after the axe fell, River John hub school promoters are getting the 'runaround' in their determined attempts to get someone, somewhere to take responsibility for community renewal.
Will Ontario's Community Hub initiative suffer the same fate? The prospects look brighter in Ontario for a number of reasons. From the beginning, Nova Scotia's provincial strategy was essentially reactive, driven by a desire to quell a 2013-14 rural earthquake of widespread and fiercely determined local school closure protests. Community hubs were an idea proposed by "outsiders" and almost reluctantly adopted by Nova Scotia education authorities.
Community hubs are already more accepted and common in Ontario than in Nova Scotia even without the enabling legislation. Some 53 examples of hubs are cited in Pitre's report, most located in urban and suburban communities rather than rural localities. The big push at Queen's Park is also coming from Toronto and major population centres with far more political clout.
Nova Scotia hub school proponents faced a wall of administrative obstacles and totally unrealistic cost recovery targets, and Ontario is looking instead at clearing away the red tape. In addition, Pitre's report proposes recognizing the Social Return on Investment (SROI) in hubs. There is a clear recognition that investing in hubs produces social dividends, including lower delinquency rates, better health outcomes, healthier lives for seniors, and higher levels of community trust.
Cage-busting leadership will be required to transform schools and other public buildings into viable community hubs. It starts with tackling the fundamental structural constraints: the need for integrated community planning, the adoption of an integrated cross-departmental service delivery model, and the provision, where needed, of sustainable public funding.
Creating viable community hubs is a true test of political and educational leadership. Little or nothing that is sustainable will happen without busting open the "iron cage" of education. Only then will we see community hub schools that fill the glaring local social and community service gaps left by the regionalization of public services.
What's standing in the way of establishing community hubs in emptying and abandoned public schools? What went wrong in Nova Scotia, the Canadian province first out of the gate with enabling legislation? Will Ontario fare any better with a more comprehensive "whole of government" policy framework? And where will we find the "cage-busting " leadership at the provincial, board, and school levels?
Children's Zones: What's Standing in the Way of Child-Centred Community Redevelopment?
The Inverness Community Leadership Centre in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, is edging closer to realization. A former coal mine office is about to be transformed through a $2 million renovation into Nova Scotia's first "children's zone" development initially housing two innovative local ventures, the Early Years Co-op and the Inverness Cottage Workshop for intellectually disabled adults, with plans to add an entrepreneurship centre. In it's conception, the little venture is actually inspired more by American than Canadian precedents.
Campaigning to eradicate child poverty and promoting universal social support programs remain the well-worn Canadian policy approaches to "closing the income gap." Community reconstruction in Inverness is markedly different because it begins and ends with children, youth and families. Much like glittery American ventures such as Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Neighborhoods, it taps into the enormous, largely underutilized potential of community-based, child-centred alternatives.
The ambitious project in Inverness, a struggling Cape Breton town of 2,000 souls, is anything but an overnight success. It's clearly the brainchild of a true visionary, Jim Mustard, a messianic Town Councillor with Early Child Development in his DNA. He is, after all, the son of the late Dr. Fraser Mustard, the world renowned McMaster University pediatrician famous for promoting maternal health and early childhood education.
Early learning is gradually advancing in Nova Scotia, by baby steps, and it is vital to the longer-term social regeneration agenda. Since the 2012 Canadian Pediatrics Society (CPS) report, the province has come onside. For every dollar spent on the early childhood years, governments now see a $4 to $6 return to society in terms of more productive youth and reduced expenditures for juvenile justice, jails and social assistance.
Child and family poverty remains a stark reality in Nova Scotia, especially outside of Halifax. Since 2000, the target year for the eradication of child poverty, Dr. Lesley Frank of Acadia University reports that the child poverty rate (22.2%) has barely budged, in spite of modest increases in the minimum wage and child support programs.
Children, youth and families in lower income homes bore the brunt of the brutal 2008-10 economic recession. One in 3 children (32.6%) in Cape Breton are living in poverty, compared to 24.4% in Kentville, 24.3% in New Glasgow, 21.8% in Truro, and 18.6% in Halifax. While child poverty statistics are hard to find in Yarmouth, there's a steady demand for shelter at SHYFT Youth Services, responding to the needs of homeless youth.
Most of the remedial measures bandied about — legislating a living wage, introducing the Guaranteed Basic Income, or province-wade subsidized child care — are well known. Most often they are proposed by Canadian child welfare activists committed to restoring the diminished and porous social safety net.
The Toronto LOI project is a promising first step, openly acknowledging that not all public school communities are equal. It can also be an extremely valuable indicator of where a school system needs to target its educational resources. The Toronto board, however, is less clear in how the LOI is actually being used. Beyond reporting in 2014 that LOI is utilized to "help allocate staff and other resources" it's hard to identify visible, targeted programmatic initiatives.
Looking south to the United States, the initial glow surrounding Geoffrey Canada's signature project, the Harlem Children's Zone, has faded as time and student results tone down the somewhat unrealistic transformative expectations. While Canada's project falls short of being "The Harlem Miracle," it has produced measurable gains for kids living in one of North America's most disadvantaged urban districts.
Now that Geoffrey Canada has stepped down as CEO of Harlem Chidren's Zone (HCZ), more objective assessments of its success are appearing. Although they focus on HCZ, the appraisals may well apply to the replica projects supported by President Barack Obama in 20 different cities across the United States. Already, it is clear that allocating $60 million to the Promise Neighborhood projects in cities like Los Angeles, Boston, and Washington, will be insufficient to duplicate HCZ that required over $200 million to make a dent in schools serving 8,000 children and 6,000 adults across 97 blocks of Harlem.
Critics of Geoffrey Canada and his HCZ tend to miss the whole point of his massive social reconstruction project. Through his work with HCZ's precursor, Rheedlen Centres for Children and Families, Canada learned that child and family poverty was not amenable to eradication when projects focused on only one dimension of the problem. Establishing charter schools alone would not work without addressing the underlying social determinants of chronic student underperformance: early childhood development, housing, and health care. His ambitious initiative, as MIT neuroscientist John Gabrieli recently noted, demonstrated how "ambitious community programs…. paired with aggressive school reform efforts" offer the best hope to "close the achievement gap" and revitalize whole communities.
American Children's Zones, it turns out, have rather surprisingly much in common with Jim Mustard's Inverness Community project. It too is a community-based social reconstruction venture that has the potential to change that dynamic. What Geoffrey Canada undertook in Harlem, is just the Inverness project on a gigantic scale. One look at that little Cape Breton project is enough to awaken anyone ready to think "outside the box" about the potential for child-centred models of community re-development.
What's the real purpose of Children's Zones in both inner city neighbourhoods and small communities? Does child-centred community redevelopment still have the potential to break the cycle of child and family poverty? If so, what's standing in the way of its realization?
First Nations Education Renewal: What's Wrong with Building from the Schools Up?
First Nations Education in Canada has been the focus of a great deal of controversy and discussion in recent months. The latest proposed "solution" put forth, the First Nation Education Act (Bill C-33), was built around an enhanced federal financial contribution. The bill was, however, ultimately rejected by many first nations and subsequently abandoned by the government. In our Northern Policy Institute research report, "Picking up the Pieces," Dr. Jonathan Anuik and I demonstrate why the education reform proposed in the proposed Bill C-33 missed the mark.
More money in the form of increased capital funding might have brought modest gains to on-reserve schooling, but replacing one bureaucracy with another rarely changes the state of education or improves the quality of student learning at the school or community level.
A community school-based approach, respectful of what Indigenous scholars such as Marie Battiste term the "learning spirit," that supports a real shift in the locus of decision-making, stands a far better chance of making a difference and improving the achievement of all Indigenous children and youth.
Education governance is a contested democratic terrain. Provincial district school boards across Canada are currently facing a public crisis of confidence, and the proposed Act ran the risk of perpetuating that problem by extending it into First Nations communities. Publicly elected trustees and school-level administrators now voice serious concerns, most recently in a 2013 Canadian School Boards Association study, that "centralization" is slowly choking-off local-decision-making and rendering elected boards powerless. Simply enabling the establishment of school boards may well reinforce that centralization impulse.
First Nations control over education now involves a transformation enabling First Nations to develop educational programs and practices rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems and consistent with Aboriginal ways of learning, exemplified recently in what First Nations call Holistic Lifelong Learning Models. However, instead of accepting the centrality of First Nations knowledge systems as an essential pre-condition to discussion, Ottawa focused on advancing a plan more narrowly focused on improving employability skills, reflected in student achievement and graduation rates.
The declaration between the federal government and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) on February 2014 speaks of "mutual accountability" yet insisted upon a core curriculum that "meets or exceeds provincial standards," requiring students to meet minimum attendance standards, teachers to be officially certified, and schools to award "widely-recognized" diplomas and certificates. Following the declaration, a small group of First Nations people, sparked by Blood First Nations activist Twila Eagle-Bear Singer, began wearing "blue dots" symbolizing the tradition of exclusion. Subsequently, First Nations leaders across Canada not party to the national agreement coalesced, forcing the AFNs Chief Shawn Atleo to resign and the rejection of Bill C-33.
With the federal bill broken into pieces, we propose an alternative model for First Nations schools that we term "Community School-Based Management" renewal. That approach embraces a mode of decision-making that has much in common with First Nations ways and practices, and most notably the "Talking Circle" tradition of the Mi'kmaq.
Pioneered in the Edmonton Public Schools in the 1980s and now adopted by the World Bank in its international education initiatives, the essential concept of "school-based management" would seem to be more in accord with the aspirations of First Nations for a greater measure of self-government in education.
The First Nations population is not only young but growing rapidly, creating a sense of urgency. Forty-two percent of the country's registered Indian population is 19 years of age or younger as compared to 25% of the Canadian population as a whole. By 2026, the on-reserve First Nation population of 407,300 in 2000 is expected to increase by 64% to 667,900.
We urge the Canadian government to invest in supporting and expanding promising community-led initiatives like the MK involving teachers, parents, and families outside of the existing span of administrative control to achieve longer-term goals of improved literacy, academic achievement, and life chances.
It's time to pick up the pieces and start over again. Community school-based renewal rather than bureaucratic reform will build sustainable school communities, unlock the First Nations "learning spirit," and truly engage children and youth on and off First Nations reserves.
Where did the Stephen Harper Government go wrong with the proposed First Nations Education Act? What can be learned from the toppling of National Chief Shawn Atleo and the demise of Bill C-33? Why do federal authorities look to bureaucratic solutions and put such faith in introducing school boards into reserve communities? Is it possible to seed a "community-schools" model and build upon First Nations ways of learning? If so, what would be a realistic timeline for achieving improved student life chances?
Rural Regeneration: Where Do Schools and Children Fit in the Revitalization Strategy?
Bringing together community leaders like Acadia University President Ray Ivany, Yarmouth Mayor Pamela Mood, and prominent CRA pollster Don Mills with passionate rural activists such as Leif Helmer of Petite Riviere, NS, Dr. Michael Fox of Sackville, NB, and Dayle Eschelby of Lockport, NS was long overdue and worthwhile in, and of, itself. New bridges have already been built in defense of the vanishing settlements in the countryside.
Sharing our views provided 275 more "points of light," but will it – can it—accomplish any more than that? Some of us have more robust aspirations – to initiate the significant change required to arrest the rural decline and set the Maritimes on the road to rural regeneration.
The Georgetown Conference 2013 initiative may help to dispel popular myths that rural Maritime life is bucolic, backward and a 'deadweight' in the modern global economy. Claims that Nova Scotia's economic stagnation is caused by a "failure to urbanize" have likely been put to rest. The Nova Scotia Commission on Our New Economy, headed by Ivany and now on election hiatus, has probably acquired some fresh momentum.
Whether the Conference can bridge the great divide apparent in Atlantic Canada's emerging economic vision for the future is far more problematic. Judging from the recent 4Front Atlantic Conference, held May 30, 2013 in Halifax, the 250 top business leaders and rising urban entrepreneurs may be proceeding with a different regional economic development agenda.
The 4Front Atlantic movement has proposed an Economic Positioning Strategy (GPS) for the region's immediate as well as the long-term future. Coming up with that plan was an impressive show of business solidarity, but where does the three-year odyssey leave rural communities? The five "stretch goals" of 4Front Atlantic for the next five years tended to focus , much like that of the former Darrell Dexter Government, on expanding trade, promoting wealth creation and providing better jobs. Securing young, talented workers and pushing-up immigration levels were also touted as a kind of miracle cure for what ails our provincial economies.
Promoting Maritime 'hub cities' and 'townsizing' rural communities only advances urbanization. It also runs counter to the fundamental goals and aspirations of the rural community leaders and activists who gathered in Georgetown, PEI. Some 45 per cent of Nova Scotians are rural dwellers living in places of 5,000 people or less and the pattern is similar in the other provinces. Promoting rural sustainability is what drives them and they are not about to be swayed by visions of jobs 'trickling down' from mega projects. Innovation in today's world is, more and more, being driven by small idea incubators and start-ups located outside cities and increasingly scattered throughout the countryside. This is evidenced by regular reports of the remarkable success of a host of Nova Scotia tech start-up companies.
What lessons are we gradually learning? Traditional business operations are proving to be surprisingly slow footed in the fast changing, globally-networked economy. Yet, without sustainable, thriving rural communities, the long–term well-being and food security of cities and towns is imperiled in the decades ahead.
Now is not the time to give up on rural regeneration. Moving schools to the centre of community renewal and development could well be the starting point. It is a critical piece of the agenda embracing support for innovative local enterprises, saving our farms, building, modelling sustainable living practices, and establishing networked communities. Building and preserving smaller schools is gradually being recognized as an essential building block for a revitalization in this corner of rural and small town Canada.
What's driving the Georgetown Movement of rural revitalization? Does Rural Regeneration actually figure in the Economic Growth and Global Trade visions of today's business leaders? Will schools and children find a place on the go forward economic development agenda?
School and Classroom Design: What's "Progressive" about Imposing Change?
Two radically different Canadian schools, Regina's Douglas Park Elementary School and Calgary's Connaught School, have each been recently hailed as exemplars of 21st century advances in school architecture. They also exemplify, in many ways, the advantages of "Fixing It First" over "Tear It Down and Start Anew" when it comes to building and sustaining true community-based schools for the future.
The gleaming new Douglas Park School, a "new build" project designed by Fielding-Nair International, for the Regina Public Schools purports to be a "School of the Future" with its shiny glass walls, open area classrooms, and 'learning suite' interior design. Its futuristic design, highlighted in a fully animated fly-over video, projects the outward image of progressive educational practice. Presented as "innovative" design features, the open spaces , lack of walls and moveable partitions will be familiar to those acquainted with the infamous "open concept" schools of the late 1960s and 1970s.
New build schools give the outward appearance of being innovative and "progressive" in embracing so-called "21st Century Learning." In the vast majority of cases, they are the creations of school design theorists like Prakesh Nair who are disdainful of traditional school architecture and make a living off disposing of old schools and building brand new ones. School design visionaries describe traditional schools revered by generations of graduates as "obsolete" and only suited to "preparing students for a world that no longer exists.'" During the building phase, school user groups are normally either used as 'sounding boards' or engaged in giving limited input into the placement of functions. Such designs are seen as such masterpieces that public input is more or less a bit of a nuisance.
One of the most innovative recent school design projects, John A. Johnson Elementary School in Saint Paul, MN, is sure to alter public perceptions. Once a struggling, inner city traditional school, it has been reborn as "a beacon of academic excellence, design innovation, and community involvement." Very much in line with current school design thinking, it exemplifies "Schools as Centers of Community " principles in opening its doors to the community, tapping into local talents and resources, while offering community hub services in return. Considered one of America's "Great Schools by Design," it has also been recognized with the Richard W. Riley Award for Excellence for Schools as Centers of Community.
What is "progressive" about the "21st Century School Models"now being planted in empty lots or fields in North American urban and rural communities? Should community groups and parents be engaged from the outset in determining whether the school will be renovated or completely replaced? To what extent are the new school designs repeating the mistakes of the late 1960s and 1970s? How long after a heritage school is torn down does it take to re-build the sense of community?


Cloud-based unified communications company BroadSoft Inc. has launched BroadCloud platform as a service, a product that enables service providers to offer customizable communications and collaboration services. The platform-as-a-service product is a managed cloud infrastructure residing in BroadSoft data centers.
BroadSoft, based in Gaithersburg, Md., provides software to telecommunications service providers that deliver the hosted, cloud-based unified communications to enterprise customers.
The BroadCloud platform as a service, or PaaS, is part of the BroadCloud platform that powers BroadSoft Business, an integrated portfolio of cloud, unified communications, team collaboration and contact-center applications. The PaaS product delivers cloud communications based on the BroadSoft Business suite, which includes three core apps: UC-One, Team-One and CC-One, with BroadSoft Hub providing contextual intelligence across the platform.
According to BroadSoft, the BroadCloud PaaS product enables service providers to develop differentiated, on-demand cloud unified communications and collaboration services, accelerate delivery of services and minimize nonstrategic expenditures.
According to a report from Frost & Sullivan, a research firm based in San Antonio, a global transformation to cloud-based services is underway with 45% of telecom providers planning to deploy a turnkey service hosted and operated by a third-party company.
In other BroadSoft news, the company reported a net loss last week of $10.5 million in its first quarter. BroadSoft stock tumbled last week after it missed revenue expectations and cut its revenue guidance.
Collaboration software provider AeroFS, based in Palo Alto, Calif., unveiled a new release of its Amium cloud-based collaboration platform that offers users the ability to collaborate with people outside their organizations. Amium's external collaboration capability -- a free service -- allows individuals and teams to work with outside users, such as customers, partners and contractors.
Amium gives external users and work teams the same internal collaboration features with real-time updates, communication and project management. Users can collaborate with others outside a team by inviting them to a project.
Amium also offers group and direct messaging with automated file syncing and updating while maintaining an audit trail of interactions and feedback from every internal and external user. The new app offers a centralized repository for all files and conversations and the ability to manage workflows, conversations and activity feeds.
The lack of external collaboration has been a problem for many collaboration apps, such as Slack, Cisco Spark and Microsoft Teams. Often, employees can't use the apps to communicate with people outside their organizations. In March 2017, cloud communications provider 8x8 Inc. acquired Sameroom, an interoperability platform that lets employees, customers and partners collaborate across disparate team messaging services.
The latest release of Amium is available on Mac, Windows and Linux, as well as iOS and Android. Amium is free and includes up to two projects and 2 GB of file storage. Users can upgrade for unlimited projects and 100 GB of file storage per user for $9 per user per month.
Mobilize, a messaging platform for large groups, has launched a mobile application that aims to fill an industry gap for scalable and structured mobile messaging communication to reach groups and network partners. The app, now available for download at the app store, is built to enable communications for tens of thousands of contacts.
Mobile messaging services -- such as Slack, Google Groups and Yammer -- can't scale effectively to facilitate conversations between thousands of people, Mobilize said in statement. The new app allows users to send group and targeted messages, organize topic-based threads and manage multichannel communications.
Member management and organization: Store member and contact data in one network directory with synced and customizable profiles that can be organized into subgroups. Users can also publish an external registration form to sign up new members.
Multichannel communications: Enables organizations to message their entire network or send targeted messages via SMS and email. Companies can also organize communications among large groups by topic.
Events and polls: The app posts events to users' calendars. Users can reply from their email, calendar or on Mobilize. Organizations can increase engagement and measure sentiment with member polls.
Group-level analytics and network dashboard: Track member growth, post activity and engagement rates. Managers can conduct follow-up actions.
Choose the right PaaS product for application development.
Evaluate the market for communications platform as a service.
Consider these features when selecting collaboration tools.
How might your organization use a PaaS product?


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The Bridgehouse project, by Skipton Properties, involves the conversion of a listed mill building and new extension into retirement living apartments. The site also features new 2 and 3 storey family houses arranged into a high-quality mill courtyard setting.
The natural stone facades have a modern contemporary 'twist' using, to date, 170m² of Trespa Pura PU17 Aged Ash Flush panels on key elevations around the development. The project when completed will display approximately 400m² of Pura, due to its "ease of use and low maintenance finish".
The introduction of a variety of materials to both the new build houses and the mill conversion helped to create crisp edges, with the utilisation of Trespa Pura nicely stitching the architectural styles together and strengthened the overarching concept.
This project is due for completion in 2020 and additional information and images will be added to this page as appropriate.


15 : Chapter XV Christine! Christine!
And he seemed to hear the girl's screams through the frail boards that separated him from her. He bent forward, he listened, ...he wandered over the stage like a madman. Ah, to descend, to descend into that pit of darkness every entrance to which was closed to him,...for the stairs that led below the stage were forbidden to one and all that night!
Suddenly, Raoul remembered something about a gate opening into the Rue Scribe, an underground passage running straight to the Rue Scribe from the lake....Yes, Christine had told him about that. ...And, when he found that the key was no longer in the box, he nevertheless ran to the Rue Scribe. Outside, in the street, he passed his trembling hands over the huge stones, felt for outlets ...met with iron bars...were those they?...Or these?... Or could it be that air-hole?...He plunged his useless eyes through the bars....How dark it was in there!...He listened.... All was silence!...He went round the building...and came to bigger bars, immense gates!...It was the entrance to the Cour de I'Administration.


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### Meu outro blog
[Cuzcuz com Kimchi](https://sillasgonzaga.wordpress.com/)

### Formação
Graduação em andamento em Engenharia de Produção na Universidade Federal de Sergipe.

### Vivência internacional
Entre agosto de 2013 a agosto de 2014, morei na **Coreia do Sul**, onde estudei na KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), que é uma das 20 melhores universidades de engenharia do mundo segundo a Qs World Universities Ranking e um lugar onde conheci pessoas espetaculares. Escrevi alguns textos sobre minha experiência na Coreia em meu [blog pessoal](https://sillasgonzaga.wordpress.com/).

### Experiência profissional
Ainda na Coreia, estagiei durante três semanas na [Soosung Lift](http://soosung.com/eng/main.php), onde realizei serviços de tradução, analise de dados de comércio exterior e pesquisa de mercado sobre os produtos na empresa no Brasil.

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- Inglês: fluente
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Inteligência de mercado, analítica, Business intelligence, analise e mineração de dados e programação em R, VBA e SQL.

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Fela Kuti: 'Saluting The Black President' Exclusive Videos
Watch exclusive video recaps of the entire Fela Kuti afrobeat tribute show in London.
On May 17, a host of artists came together at the 229 Club in central London to salute The Black President, afrobeat originator Fela Kuti. The sold-out show brought together a slew of legendary musicians Fela worked with as well a batch of artists that simply wanted to express their respect — the lineup included Cream/Blind Faith drummer and Fela collaborator Ginger Baker, afrobeat percussion pioneer and Fela's drummer Tony Allen, Fela's keyboardist Dele Sosimi, plus a crop of Fela-inspired acts like Afrikan Boy, Keziah Jones, Shingai Shoniwa (of The Noisettes), TY, Blak Twang, BREIS, Terri Walker, KOF and Bumi Thomas. All the performers offered their interpretations of Fela songs aided by the backing grooves of Dele Sosimi and his Afrobeat Orchestra.
With the help of Knitting Factory and the Fela team, we'll be releasing the entire show in separate video segments published each day up until the FREE Okayafrica presented Femi Kuti & The Positive Force concert at Central Park Summer Stage, with Sinkane and King Britt [SHOW INFO]. Keep an eye on this space for the all the videos to drop!
"Gentleman" performed by Afrikan Boy and Dele Sosimi
"Sorrow, Tears & Blood" performed by Breis & Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
"Ololufemi" performed by Bumi Thomas
"Zombie" performed by TY & Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
"Shuffering & Shmiling" performed by Black Twang & Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
"Lady" performed by Shingai Shoniwa, Breis & Dele Sosimi
"Trouble Sleep Yango Go Wake Am" performed by Keziah Jones & Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
"Water No Get Enemy" performed by KOF & Terri Walker
"Upside Down" by Tony Allen & Biola Dosunmu, backed by Dele
"Egbe Mi O" performed by Tony Allen & Ginger Baker
"Ye Ye De Smell" performed by Tony Allen, Ginger Baker & Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
"Opposite People" by TY & Tony Allen, backed by Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
"Shakara" by TY, Breis, Shingai Shoniwa & Black Twang, backed by Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
Shingai Speaks About Her New Record 'Only the Brave' - OkayAfrica ›
Shingai Speaks About Her New Record 'Life.Sounds.Dimensions' - OkayAfrica ›
Interview: Bumi Thomas Was Given 14 Days to Leave the UK - OkayAfrica ›


Automated checking: Lottery results by email, SMS text message or carrier pigeon.
If you use email or SMS text message or carrier pigeon to receive lottery results, then you will never ever forget to check your winning numbers. This is a good thing because you might just one day actually win – and what a shame it would be if you forgot to check the lottery results and there was a tonne of money with your name on it. No one wins the jackpot twice (or do they?) so you must get it right the first time.
SMS and emails can also be set up to remind you of rollovers so that you can buy that special ticket that might net you that special win.
Personally, I have found carrier pigeons to be unreliable. They are easily distracted, often get eaten by eagles and other such birds of prey and are liable to leave pigeon poo all over your winning numbers and lottery results notification. Most unacceptable.


Profoto announces the B1X – Power in All the Right Places!
We'd like to think of the new B1X as power with a purpose. And that purpose is simple, we want image creators everywhere to be able to realize their vision. If that's halfway up a mountain, overpowering the sun in the middle of the desert or hanging off a rock overlooking the Mediterranean – then so be it.
That's why the LED modeling light adds 80% more light output, the battery holds 50% more power and why the B1X has the widest HSS range available on any flash.
Because we want you to have power in all the right places. And the most important place of all just happens to be your imagination.
NOW AVAILABLE @ COMPETITIVE CAMERAS!
Two new OCF Hard Reflectors.
Adding hard light to the shaping palette of Profoto OCF Light Shaping Tools are the OCF Zoom Reflector and the OCF Magnum Reflector.
The OCF Zoom Reflector doubles the effective light output at two meters range, while the slightly larger OCF Magnum Reflector adds even more effective power output making it perfect for throwing light over long distances without being overpowered by natural light – and both are compact and lightweight.
The size is small enough to fit the reflector into BackPack M, Bag XS and Bag S Plus when mounted onto B1X, B1, D1 or D2.
Profoto TTL-0 – Use your Olympus OMD w/ Profit TTL/HSS Now!
Buy a Profoto B1/B2 Off Camera Flash, Get a Profoto Air Remote Free!


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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw release date on PC
Everything spacefarers need to know about the Rebel Galaxy Outlaw release date on PC.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is an upcoming prequel to 2015's Rebel Galaxy. This time around, players will take on the role of Juno Markev, a smuggler and outlaw who has been grabbed back into the criminal life. If you're interested in diving into the upcoming title, then you're going to know when Rebel Galaxy Outlaw's release date is, and how you can pick it up on PC. We've got all the info you need below, so let's dive right in.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is currently set to release on August 13, 2019. The game will be available exclusively via the Epic Games Store at release and will roll out for only $29.99. The upcoming title will be a prequel to 2015's hit indie, Rebel Galaxy. In the game, players will have access to features like the new Autopursuit system, which makes combat in space much more accessible to everyone who picks the game up—from novices to experts.
The game will also offer over 21 hours of in-game music that players can joyride through space to, as well as gambling, side games, and other events for players to take part in. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw will also include a full single-player story campaign, as well as a massive open world for players to explore in their ship.
We'll continue to keep a lookout for more information about Rebel Galaxy Outlaw as we grow closer to release. For now, you can rest assured that Double Damage Games has heard the pleas of their citizens and are working hard to bring the new installment of the indie series to life. You can check out the new release date trailer for Rebel Galaxy Outlaw above and be sure to follow Shacknews on Twitter for more of the latest news and guides right on your timeline.
Joshua holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and has been exploring the world of video games for as long as he can remember. He enjoys everything from large-scale RPGs to small, bite-size indie gems and everything in between.
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John G. Geer is currently Distinguished Professor and Chair of Political Science. Geer earned his PhD from Princeton University (1986), securing his BA from Franklin and Marshall College (1980). Geer has published 5 books and over 20 articles on presidential politics and elections, and recently served as Editor of The Journal of Politics (2005-2009). His most recent book is In Defense of Negativity: Attacks Ads in Presidential Campaigns published by the University of Chicago Press, which won the Goldsmith Book prize from Harvard University (2008). He has provided extensive commentary in the news media on politics, including live nation wide interviews for FOX, CNN, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, and NPR. Geer has also written op-ed pieces for Politico, The Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today, and Chicago Tribune. His lecturing has earned him a number of awards at Vanderbilt, including the "Squirrel Award," the 2004 Birkby Prize, the 2005 Jeffrey Nordhaus Award, and the 2009 Ellen Greg Ingalls Award for teaching excellence. Geer is currently working on a series of projects that looks at the news media's coverage of attack advertising and how negativity may help voters make better choices.


Last week during the FPSO Research Forum in Oslo, we demonstrated our new prototype, the CrackGuard LT, to our JIP participants. This prototype has an enhanced design which is very thin, flexible and has an optimized shape and improved electronics.
Thanks to all the participants who could join the meeting. Next CrackGuard JIP meeting will be on Thursday October 20 in the afternoon during the FPSO JIP Week held in La Ciotat, France.


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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 2000s → 2000 → November 2000 → 10 November 2000 → Written Answers (Commons) → CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Athletics Stadium
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§ Mr. Peter Ainsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value is of public funds(a) spent and (b) committed, to date, on the proposal to build an athletics stadium at Picketts Lock. [137838]
§ Mr. Chris Smith
No Exchequer funding has been committed to the development of the National Athletics Stadium at Picketts Lock. The English Sports Council have so far far made a grant of £240,000 from the Sports Lottery Fund towards initial feasibility studies. On 6 November, the English Sports Council agreed to provide a further grant of £1.3 million towards the costs of design, site investigation, and cost planning.
Back to National Lottery Grants Review
Forward to Wembley National Stadium Ltd.


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Couples urged to say 'I do' to fairtrade gold rings
The Fairtrade Foundation is calling for couples of faith to play a vital role in trade justice when they marry ...
The Fairtrade Foundation is calling for couples of faith to play a vital role in trade justice when they marry.
Churches and faith groups have taken the lead in promoting Fairtrade goods over the past 20 years, but the job is not done, and the Fairtrade Foundation is now asking the religious community to encourage brides-to-be to choose wedding rings made from Fairtrade gold as part of their commitment to social, environmental justice and the principles of fair trade.
Fairtrade's call to action is part to of a new bridal campaign, 'I Do' which launches next Spring and aims to generate $1 million in Fairtrade Premiums for small-scale mining communities by selling 100,000 wedding bands to 50,000 couples.
Reverend James Sharp from Bournemouth said: "'As a Church of England priest, I am delighted to support the Fairtrade Foundation's "I Do" campaign. Fairtrade has its roots in the Christian concept of trade justice and it is great news that people can now buy wedding rings that represent and reflect the values of equality fairness and directly help to alleviate poverty."
Greg Valerio, Fairtrade International gold and precious metals programme co-ordinator said: "The church's role is as significant today as it ever was as we continue to fight to bring the benefits to those who need it the most and to expand Fairtrade into new areas such as the luxury jewellery market. Christian organisations, in partnership with development agencies, helped Fairtrade's journey from marginal to mainstream.
"Small scale mining is the second biggest global employer, and many of those mines force their workers to labour long hours in dirty and dangerous conditions for a pittance, whilst we enjoy the high value, glittering jewellery made using their gold."
Artisanal and small-scale mining is a poverty driven activity with the average daily wage being an estimated $2 and small-scale miners are the forgotten majority in the mining sector where more than 100 million people globally are dependent on it for their livelihoods. Small-scale miners work in remote, marginalised and harsh conditions, doing back-breaking work to scrap a living. They are consistently exploited by middle men, their access to markets is limited and they rarely receive a fair price for their gold.
Fairtrade gold is a ground breaking initiative that links consumers of jewellery with the source of their purchase and offers transparency, traceability, truth and justice embedded into the livelihoods of the millions of artisanal and small-scale miners across the world.
Couples celebrating the start of a life-long commitment with the people they love can choose Fairtrade gold engagement and wedding bands from over 150 retailers, jewellers, designers and goldsmiths listed at www.fairtrade.org.uk/gold who have all signed up to support the campaign.
For more information, visit www.fairgold.org.uk
Photo above left: Fairtrade mine, Aurelsa Gold, Peru – photo by Nigel Wright
Check out our story from February 2014 on ethical jewellery campaigner Greg Valerio ...
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