We are back with a new release. We pushed out a couple of releases late last year and during that time we were talking with users, scouring reviews and running tests like crazy. In fact no employees house was safe so if you saw a problem with the WEMO devices on your network you better make a trip to the store because you are going to have some house guests for a few hours.
Today we released the 1.14 iOS App for all users. This App has some great updates to it that we hope will fix some of the more common issues that have been brought up by the userbase here.
• Improved device presentation, typography, and drawer behavior in the device list.
• New year's resolution: fewer crashes, random spinners and gray-outs.
We took a good hard look at the local discovery issues that the userbase contacts us about and dedicated a good chunk of time trying to get that fixed which you should hopefully see in the form of fewer "Not Detected" devices on your network.
• Streamlined the downloading process.
• Made firmware update check less intrusive.
• Fixed a rare case in which the app crashes while upgrading the firmware.
• Fixed an issue that caused update pop-ups to appear for devices no longer in use.
• You can now go to town creating LED rules in remote mode.
Originally if you had multiple WEMO devices only 2 would download at any given time and if one had trouble updating it could slow down the whole works. Now all devices will update at the same time allowing for faster no-fuss updates.
We also aren't going to bug you as often for a firmware update. We will let you know its there and then wait a while before doing it again if you don't accept the first time.
Also we got rid of that annoying issue where you would get prompted to update the firmware on a WEMO that isn't plugged in. Can't update it if it isn't there so now you won't be bugged about it.
• Overall accuracy has been improved for LEDs in both local and remote mode.
• Reduced LEDs lagging behind other WEMO devices in appearing in the app.
Hopefully this should improve the experience for all of you that use the WEMO Link and its associated lighting products.
Now, we hope that this release will improve the WEMO experience for the vast majority of you out there. Our beta testing results were very positive and the testers had a lot of great feedback about the App. We know though that not everyone has the same setup and may have a different experience so I am starting this thread to get your feedback on your experience with the App update.
We welcome all feedback whether positive or negative. If you run into an issue please provide details about your setup that we can use to find out happened and make sure it gets fixed.
I hope this release helps fix some issues that you guys are experiencing and look forward to all the feedback you have to provide.
Further to my suggestion that you make the products work (posted yesterday) it seems to me that one (of the many) problems is that there are no definitive instructions.
As I mentioned instructions (in the lid of the box) mention that the plug-in controller (for the smart light bulbs) has a button that needs pressing for 5 seconds while plugging in. Obviously this pairing makes sense but it is not mentioned anywhere else and it does not seem to work.
The other main problem is the relationship between the 'Wemo network' and the existing Wifi network. This is not clear (I admit I still don't understand it) and tends to screw up the smartphone unless you switch out of the Wemo one.
The Ap is completely counter intuitive too, Add Devices should start looking for new ones not just give you (incomplete) instructions.
Thanks for your comments. We truly appreciate them. We recognize that our "onboarding" process can use some revamping, and we have our User Experience team already working on an alternate onboarding experience in the app to make it clearer what a user needs to do and why.
In order for a WeMo device to do its thing, it has to join your network. That means that it needs to know which of the networks it can see is yours and what the netwrok's access credentials are. Since it has no way of knowing this, you need a means of communicating to it and providing it that information. It has no interface of its own where you can input this information, so the next best thing is to allow another wireless client (in this case, the WeMo app on your smart phone or tablet) connect to it and provide that information to it so it can then join your network.
So, each WeMo unit has two WiFi radios--one where it can broadcast its own presence during setup to allow your phone to connect to it to provide your home WiFi credentials, and one for it to join your WiFi network once it has those credentials (and subsequently to all its WeMo magic while maintaining a connection to your WiFi network). When the WeMo device is first plugged in, it's in a pairing mode. It automatically establishes an Access Point and broadcasts its presence in anticipation of your connecting to it with your phone or tablet to provide it your home WiFi credentials. Once it establishes a connection to your home WiFi network, it turns stops broadcasting its Access Point. You then switch your phone or tablet to connect to your WiFi network, where, when the WeMo app is initiated, it discovers the WeMo device on your network (and any other WeMo devices that have been paired to it). Voila--everything is happy.
Is it convoluted? Maybe. But this is how more or less any headless client (a device with no interface of its own) is instructed to join a new network (check ChromeCast and Fire TV Stick as other examples).
Now, once you have your first WeMo on the network, there are some technology tricks we can employ to make it easier to connect subsequent WeMo devices. This is something we've previously invested quite a bit of time on, but we've never got all the inter-network communications functioning in all the different potential network and firewall environments working to our satisfaction and quality standards and have put those efforts on hold.
In the meantime, I hope my explanation helps clear up what's going on during setup. I trust our User Experience team will be able to communicate these nuances more succinctly than I, but the takeaway is that you should look forward to a better onboarding experience that makes these things clearer during setup and first-time use in coming months.
Personally I really think this update is really good. The app performs much better.
I'm curious if there is a new firmware version along with the update?
The corresponding firmware release (builds 10061 & 10062, depending on the WeMo product in question) was made available before the holidays. However, we restricted access only to users running the latest app at that time, WeMo 1.13.5 (or greater). If you are running 1.13.5 or 1.14, you should have 10061 & 10062 available to you to install, if you haven't already.
We are also preparing to make a new Link firmware available, 10114, tonight or tomorrow, which fixes an issue with the ability to update the firmware of bulbs connected through the Link. Bulb firmware hasn't changed in quite some time and is currently on version 83 (though the firmware that shipped with a lot of the bulbs in our resellers' inventory is version 7E and should be updated to 83 upon first install).
If you're not receiving 10061 for our smart appliances and 10062 for our switches and 10114 for our Link and 83 for our bulbs, please respond here and we'll see if we can get your situation worked out.
App does seem far more responsive than previous versions.
Seems all of mine are in alphabetical order! Reorder them?
I'm on 10062. Everything is good here. My assumption was that an app update also brought on a firmware update.


Samsung looks ready to consign the TouchWiz user interface to history, by finally giving it a new name.
According to a SamMobile report the latest Android Nougat beta for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge sees the love-it-or-loathe-it UI re-Christened the Samsung Experience.
Samsung hadn't actively named the custom skin TouchWiz in years, but the name has stuck among critics and consumers.
The change was officially acknowledged in the Software Info settings that will arrive with the Android 7.0 roll out.
While this isn't a major thing, it's interesting to see Samsung take a step to remove TouchWiz from the modern lexicon.
Early on it became synonymous with phone makers over-egging the pudding when it comes to customizing Android.
Although the company has eased off a little in recent times, through the years Samsung's UI's have been criticised for so-called 'bloatware' and bespoke services that cause clutter for owners of its Galaxy phones.


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New Bankwest postcode tool adds simplicity for brokers
Bankwest has today launched a new Valuation and Policy Tool, which aims to make it easier for brokers to support customers through a simple postcode search.
The new tool will, for the first time, enable brokers to instantly view Bankwest's LVR limits and maximum loan amount for the majority of postcodes in Australia, according to each property type.
The purpose of the tool is to help brokers avoid the need to cross-reference multiple sources of information to identify the maximum lending limit for a certain area.
Bankwest Head of Third Party Banking Ian Rakhit said Bankwest's new LVR limits in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth mean a Bankwest home loan for the purchase of a high density, off the plan property has become a real possibility for buyers in those cities. Mr. Rakhit added the tool would prove extremely useful for brokers working with buyers in those areas.
"We know more and more people, especially first-time buyers, are looking to buy apartments and units. With the new LVR limits in place, this new tool will help brokers to find Bankwest home loans to as much as 90% LVR for these customers," he said.
Mr. Rakhit said the new tool was the latest in a series of digital services Bankwest has rolled out to help provide a world-class suite of products and services to the broker community.
"Bankwest has been a long-term supporter of brokers, who provide an essential service that helps meet the needs of customers right across Australia and the new valuation and policy tool is a great addition to the suite of services we provide to brokers," he said.
"Over the last two years we've prioritised investment in our digital and broker offering in line with our vision to deliver amazing customer experiences that matter.
"We're in continual dialogue with brokers and we'll continue to listen to feedback to ensure we design products and services that meet their needs and customer and community expectations."
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Payment of dues shall not be a precondition for submission of member scores to the YCCC Club aggregate in competitions.
Sec. 1 - The club shall enact appropriate rules to minimize interference in operation between stations of its members. The club shall also maintain a program to foster and guide public relations.
Sec. 2 - The club shall submit a club score in all major contests for which there is a club competition. Club members shall be encouraged to participate in all amateur radio contests, with particular emphasis given to the American Radio Relay League Sweepstakes, DX contests, and Field Day, and the CQ WW DX contests and WPX contest.
This constitution or the By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members attending a Regular or Special meeting at which a super quorum is present and voting. Proposals for amendment must be submitted to the general membership at least 30 days in advance of the meeting at which the proposed amendments are to be acted on. Such notice shall be posted on the YCCC web site and include the proposed new language integrated into the existing language. Proposals for amendments must be submitted to the Secretary in writing at a Regular or Special meeting and voted on at that meeting.
Excepting local area meetings, membership meetings shall be conducted in accordance with and be governed by the YCCC Constitution & By-Laws and Robert's Rules of Order.
The center of the club shall be located at Erving, Massachusetts. The jurisdiction of the club shall encompass an area within a radius of 175 miles of the above location.
New members shall be enrolled after attendance at a Regular, Special or Local Area meeting, presentation of an application for membership, election into the Club, and payment of current dues.
After joining, members are expected to keep their dues current and are highly encouraged to contribute to the Club aggregate scores in the major contests listed in Article VII.
Regular and Special meetings shall be held in person or via electronic means at least four times each calendar year at such places as the President shall order pursuant to Article V of the Constitution. Votes may be acted on in person, via electronic means or U.S. Mail.
Special meetings may be scheduled at the discretion of the President. Also, upon request by an Area Manager, a Local Area meeting may be called. The agenda for Local Area meetings shall be educational programs, contest forums and/or the enrollment of new members. Other than enrolling a new member, no official business may come before a Local Area Meeting.
3B. In the case of a Local Area meeting called pursuant to By-Law 3A a list of members attending such meeting and a brief report of the proceedings shall be submitted to the Secretary and published in the Scuttlebutt.
Elections of Officers shall be scheduled pursuant to Article II of the Constitution. A super quorum must be present and voting. Nominations will be submitted by members from the floor, be properly seconded, and shall be received by the President. All nominees must consent to the nomination. Upon close of nominations, a secret or open ballot shall be conducted by the Secretary; this ballot shall be repeated, the nominee receiving the least votes being dropped from the ballot, until a nominee has received a majority of votes cast. This process shall be repeated until the offices of President, Vice President, Activities Manager, Secretary, and Treasurer are filled.
An Advisory Committee may be appointed pursuant to Article IV of the Constitution. The Advisory Committee shall consist of positions such as deemed necessary by the President. Area Managers shall be appointed for such areas as deemed appropriate by the President. These Managers shall be responsible for serving the interests of members in their area, which may include assisting in antenna projects, helping procure transportation to club meetings, and recruiting new members.
An annual dues assessment covering the calendar year is hereby levied pursuant to Article VI of the Constitution to meet current Club operating expenses.
The dues assessment schedule may be modified from time to time by a majority vote of the membership, with a super quorum present and voting, resulting in the automatic amendment of the applicable By-Laws.
A former member who has moved out of the Club area may continue to participate in the Club's e-mail reflector and receive the electronic newsletter at no cost.
6A. When circumstances warrant, and upon the approval of a majority of the club officers, payment of dues for an individual member may be waived for a period of two years.
Upon nomination by any active member and approval by a two-thirds vote of the members attending a Regular or Special meeting, with a super quorum present and voting, an individual may be granted Honorary Life Membership with no dues payment required. This membership would entitle the individual to all the rights and the benefits of a full membership.
For purposes of effecting an official Regular or Special meeting, a quorum is considered to be achieved if at least 5% of the members are in attendance. A super quorum is achieved if at least 15% of the members are in attendance. To enroll a new member or for local area meetings, a quorum is not required.
The fiscal year for the Club is July 1 through June 30. Spending will be guided by a detailed Budget. Unbudgeted expenditures over $500.00 must be approved by a majority of the Officers. Budgeted expenditures up to $500.00 must be approved by the President or Treasurer and over $500.00 by the President and the Treasurer.
Upon the dissolution of the Club, the Club shall, after paying or making provision for paying all its liabilities, transfer all assets to the American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL), under the guidance of its Officers. In the event that the ARRL no longer exists, then the Club shall dispense of all its assets to an organization recognized and operated for purposes of maintaining and furthering Amateur Radio, as determined by its Officers. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the appropriate Court in the county in which the principal office of the Club is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization(s), as said court shall determine.
Upon nomination by a member in good standing and unanimous approval by the current Officers, Awards Manager, and Advisory Council of YCCC, another present or past member may be inducted into the YCCC Hall of Fame to recognize that member's superior long-term achievements and contributions to the club and contesting. The nominating member shall provide a biography of the candidate to support the nomination. If approved, the induction shall be announced at the next General Meeting where the nominator shall be asked to present the biography of the inductee. The award will include a wood plaque presented to the inductee, Honorary Life Membership, and posting of the inductee's biography and other relevant accomplishments on the YCCC Hall of Fame listing on the YCCC website.


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Is Steven Gerrard the toughest manager in football?
GQ catches up with the Liverpool legend as he takes charge of the reds' Under 18 team, playing at Wembley and beyond...
By Akash Bhardwaj
We had the chance to talk to Steven Gerrard and ask him his thoughts on going from Football player to Manager along with his thoughts on upcoming events.
GQ: The Wembley Cup is coming up and you are participating this year. Will you be as tough on the players as Jamie Carragher was last year?
Steven Gerrard: Was he really that tough? (Laughs) Jamie is a competitor and I'm the same. I'm sure I will be very similar to Jamie, he want's to win, I want to win. Like most ex-players tend to be. I'm looking forward to it, I think it will be a great event and it will be good to get my boots back on.
You are now the Under 18s Liverpool FC manager, what inspired you to take the jump to a managerial position straight after playing football?
I have played a lot games, worked with a lot of these players and learnt an awful lot. I've got the knowledge and leadership qualities. So, its normal that under these circumstances that I got into coaching. I'm learning an awful lot.
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You have worked with a lot of managers during your career, did anyone in particular inspire you?
Yes, all the managers that I have worked with have inspired me. I've learnt a lot of stuff from all the past managers. I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some top top managers and I have tried to learn as much as I can off them. There is also a lot of managers in the current game that I watch quite closely and see how they go by their business.
Is training anyway different in the U18s to how the first team train at Liverpool FC?
They are very similar. The first team are role models, so the drills will be similar. Obviously the kids have got a lot more to learn and develop. It's more of a learning style.
'I think Manchester City look particularly strong this year'
It's the World Cup next year, do you believe England can have a better attempt this time round?
I think it's very early days at the moment, we still got a long way to go until the end of the season. Coming back from the Euros, I think Gareth Southgate has done an excellent job to try and inspire the team. I don't want to make any predictions, as we have a lot of players who can develop this season and be within a chance of getting into the squad.
Who do you think is going to win the Premier League this year?
I very much hope it could be Liverpool, but I personally think Manchester City look particularly strong this year.
Steven Gerrard is taking part in the 2017 EE Wembley Cup final at Wembley Stadium connected by EE on Saturday 7th October. To view the latest episode of the Wembley Cup online series and purchase tickets for the live final go to: www.ee.co.uk/wembleycup
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Q: ISO 8601 Field to Python DateTime Field I am taking in a DateTimeField from an API with the format of "2016-08-09T02:16:15Z". I am using the code below to parse it and turn it to what I thought was a date time field, but am getting an error from one of my class methods to compare the time. Please see the parsing code below:
time= dateutil.parser.parse(x['MatchTime']) #MatchTime is the ISO 8601 field

The time seems to be pulling correctly, but when I add it to my Game model, pasted below, my is_live method is giving me an error
Game model:
class Game(models.Model):
    time = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
    livePick = models.BooleanField(default=True)

    def is_live(self):
        now = timezone.now()
        now.astimezone(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
        if now < self.time:
            return True
        else:
            return False

This is the error I am getting when I run the script to add in the Game with the time
line 34, in is_live
if now < self.time:
TypeError: unorderable types: datetime.datetime() < NoneType()

Update:
Time is added to the Game model with the following
g = Game.objects.create(team1=team1, team2=team2)
g.time = time
g.save()

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

A: This is happening because time in your model is nullable, and is empty (None) for the model instance for which the comparison fails. This raises an exception when you try to compare it with a datetime object.
You need to account for the null possibility in your logic, e.g.,:
if self.time is not None and now < self.time:
    return True
else:
    return False

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Het visafslagershuisje van de haven van Goes is een rijksmonument aan de Turfkade bij de hoek met de Kleine Kade.

Het verhandelen van aangelande vis in Goes vond aanvankelijk plaats op wat nu de Oude Vismarkt heet. Vanaf halverwege de 16e eeuw verplaatste de handel zich naar de Turfkade. Hier werd in 1647 een visperk geopend met een afslagershuisje. Het visperk bestaat uit een ijzeren hek waarlangs de visvrouwen zich opstelden om vis te kopen. De afslager bevond zich achter een luik in het afslagershuisje. In 1745 werd het huisje flink opgeknapt, in 1912 werd het afgebroken en in originele staat herbouwd. Het koepeldak van het afslagershuisje wordt getooid met een zeemeermin. Deze is een kopie van het origineel, dat in 1982 werd ontvreemd. In de gevel zijn diverse gevelstenen verwerkt met voorstellingen met vis. Eén gevelsteen geeft aan hoe hoog het water bij de stormvloed van 1682 in de haven van Goes stond. Deze gevelsteen is afkomstig van een kademuur bij de getijdewatermolen. Het visperk is nog steeds aanwezig; aan de andere kant van het visafslagershuisje, waar de ingang zich bevindt, is een terras van een restaurant aangelegd.

Bouwwerk in Goes
Rijksmonument in Goes

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"Awake in the Night Land" is my favorite book I've read this year, my favorite of Mr. Wright's, and easily the best-adapted parallel work that I can think of — a lollapalooza of fan fiction. Its Promethean characters are rousing, its Lovecraftian monsters are horrifying, and its Tolkien-esque prose help make it stand as one of the greats among the Dying Earth genre.
And dying it is. We begin circa AD twenty one million, and the text tells us plainly we are seven million years before the extinction of mankind. What's left of humanity survives in the Last Redoubt – a pyramid cities stacked into cities seven miles high – situated on the last source of living energy (the 'earth-current'). Outside of the citadel is the Night Land, a hellish, hostile, and gloaming landscape full of Night-Wolves, Watching Things, abhumans, Behemoths, Walkers, and evil Powers beyond reckoning. The tales told here center around characters who for some tragic, foolhardy, and brave reason must leave the invulnerable redoubt and venture into the Night Land. Anyone who leaves carries a suicide capsule, to escape death, torture, and worse. So stark is the setting and so heroic the characters traversing it that Wright makes Frodo walking across Mordor look like child's play.
Wright has taken William Hope Hodgen's work (of which I am not familiar) and constructed a rich, textured story that is as delicate as it is epic. Of what I've read, this is without a doubt his most masterful.
This entire volume is packed with moments that stick with the reader long after the book is closed, yet some moments tower over all the others. The second scene you reference is one of these. By the stirring in my soul that reading it or even recalling it produces, I must emphatically agree that it carries something decidedly Divine.
Another thing I've noticed with the Castalia House books so far is the strength of the endings. "Awake in the Night" having one of the best.
This is an amazing follow up to William Hope Hodgson's Night Land. I was left wanting more after reading Hodgson, and this offered a richly developed exploration of Hodgson's world at a micro and macro level.
The sum exceeds the parts, it's a masterpiece made from smaller masterpieces.
I really liked this book too, but I'm just commenting to get on the CH mailing list.
I also liked the book, and would like to be on the CH mailing list.
I agree with Frank and Scott and am commenting for the same reason.
First book I read by Mr. Wright. Fantastic read. I had to do a bit of research on the background I was not familiar with the original work.
Also, please add me to the CH mailing list.
Oh, he's pretty fantastic. He's one of those few authors that you know isn't going to short you a pay-off when it's all said and done. The Golden Age trilogy is my favorite.
Awake in the Night was my first introduction to the work of both Mr. Wright and Hodgson. Awake in the Nightland is incredibly evocative and haunting even months after reading it, improving upon the original material while maintaining the same tone and style.
Currently on the third story in Awake in the Nightland. Superb so far. Of the first two stories I still prefer Awake in the Night. I know that Mr. Wright tried to end the second novella on something of an up note, but I just didn't find it as inspiring as the first one. Still a truly excellent read.
That final story was bizarre.


Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease characterized by parathyroid hyperplasia, endocrine enteropancreatic tumors and pituitary adenomas. Anterior pituitary tumors occur in approximately 35–40% of patients with MEN1 (1, 2). Prolactinoma, present in 63% of these patients, is the most common subtype of pituitary tumor in MEN1 (2), followed by non-functioning tumor (15%), GH-producing tumor (10%) and ACTH-producing tumor (4%). PRL is frequently co-produced with GH in the same pituitary tumor (3), and there are several reports of co-secretion of PRL-GH-TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone), GH-TSH, PRL-TSH and PRL-ACTH (4). Although these mixed pituitary adenomas were reported to be more frequent in patients with MEN1 than in those without, excessive secretion of PRL and ACTH from pituitary adenoma is rare (2, 5).
Here, we describe a MEN1 patient with rare pituitary macroadenoma with excessive PRL and ACTH secretion. His hyper-PRL-ACTH-nemia was normalized by treatment with dopamine agonist (cabergoline) and long-acting analog of somatostatin (octreotide).
A 54-year-old man was referred to the Wakayama Medical University Hospital because of hypergastrinemia and suspicion of pancreatic tumors. He had been affected by perforated duodenal ulcer and treated with omental implantation 1 month before arriving at our hospital. Family history revealed that he had two older brothers who died from pancreatic tumor at the ages of 67 and 30 years respectively. He had three sons and two of them (aged 28 and 21 years) suffered from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) (Fig. 1). The results of biochemical and endocrinological tests are shown in Table 1. Serum calcium (Ca) and ionized calcium levels were near the upper limit of the reference range, and serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) levels were elevated. Plasma gastrin levels were elevated to 1.878 pg/mL, although the patient was receiving medication with a proton pump inhibitor. In addition, serum PRL and plasma ACTH levels were also elevated to 1.699 ng/mL and 125 pg/mL respectively. On physical examination, he exhibited hyperpigmentation, but did not have symptoms of hyperprolactinemia or Cushingoid features; his body mass index was 20.5 kg/m2 (HT: 185 cm, BW: 70 kg), blood pressure was 112/70 mmHg and HbA1c was 5.4%. Abdominal computer tomography (CT) identified multiple early enhancing pancreatic tumors (at least three tumors) and bilateral adrenal swelling (Fig. 2A). Carotid CT and ultrasound examinations detected the enlargement of three parathyroid glands (data not shown). Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pituitary identified a pituitary tumor with invasion of both right and left cavernous sinuses, suggesting that the pituitary tumor may be single adenoma and not multiple (Fig. 2B). Taking his family history and these results into account, he was strongly suspected of having MEN1. As described below, the diagnosis of MEN1 was eventually confirmed by genetic analysis. Although we could not measure urinary cortisol excretion, elevation of plasma ACTH levels and bilateral adrenal swelling suggested an overproduction of ACTH. Therefore, we performed further examination on the ACTH–adrenal axis. After oral administration of dexamethasone at a dose of 0.5 mg, midnight serum cortisol and plasma ACTH levels and morning plasma ACTH and serum cortisol levels were not suppressed (Table 2). During an 8-mg dexamethasone suppression test, plasma ACTH levels were weakly suppressed and serum cortisol levels were suppressed (Table 2). These results strongly suggested autonomous ACTH secretion from the pituitary tumor. However, we also suspected the possibility that the pancreatic tumors might ectopically secrete ACTH before the surgical removal of the pancreas, because the association between the Zollinger–Ellison syndrome and Cushing's syndrome has been reported previously (6).
Images of the abdomen and pituitary, and immunohistochemistry of the pancreatic tumor. (A) Computed tomography of the abdomen; multiple pancreatic tumors and bilateral adrenal swelling were identified. (B) MRI of the pituitary gland. (C, D, E and F) Immunohistochemical analysis of the resected pancreas tumor.
GH, growth hormone; PRL, prolactin; LH, luteinizing hormone; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factors-1; PTH, parathyroid hormone; PG, plasma glucose; IRI, immunoreactive insulin.
Diurnal variation and 0.5-mg or 8.0-mg dexamethasone suppression test of ACTH and cortisol.
Reference range: ACTH 7.2–63.3 pg/mL, cortisol 2.9–19.4 µg/dL.
After the diagnosis, parathyroidectomy and total pancreatectomy were performed. Histological and immunohistochemical analysis revealed that there were 44 gastrin-producing tumors in the resected pancreas, and that the maximum tumor size was 6 cm in diameter (Fig. 2C). The tumors were well-differentiated endocrine carcinomas of the pancreas with lymph node metastasis (TNM classification and Stage IIIb: T3 N1), and the Ki-67 index was below 1%. According to the WHO classification 2010, the tumors were classified as NET G1. Immunohistochemical analysis also demonstrated that the tumors did not produce ACTH. This result indicated that ACTH was not secreted ectopically from the pNET. Therefore, we decided that there was no association between the Zollinger–Ellison syndrome and Cushing's syndrome, and the pituitary tumor was strongly suspected to be a plurihormonal adenoma secreting PRL and ACTH in this case.
The genomic DNA was extracted from the oral mucosa of the patient and the peripheral blood leukocytes from the patient's son using the Maxwell 16 DNA Purification Kit (Promega). Normal subject's genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes. All coding regions of the MEN1 gene were sequenced using a BigDye Terminator v3.1/1.1 Cycle Sequencing Kit and an ABI PRISM 3130 GeneticAnalyzer (Applied Biosystems). A heterozygous germline mutation (Gly156Arg) in exon 3 of MEN1 was observed both in the patient and the patient's sons (Figs 1 and 3A, B, C).
MEN1 gene analysis. Genomic analysis of the MEN1 gene using DNA extracted from (A) patient's oral mucosa, (B, C) patient's 28-year-old and 21-year-old son's peripheral blood leukocytes respectively, (D) patient's autopsy pituitary tumor and (E) normal subject's peripheral blood leukocytes. Arrows indicate the site of the mutation.
Clinical courses of medical treatment administered prior to trans-sphenoidal surgery are shown in Fig. 4. Medical treatment with cabergoline was initiated at a dose of 0.25 mg/week in expectation of tumor shrinkage because the pituitary tumor invaded the cavernous sinuses. Six months later, serum PRL levels had significantly decreased to 37.8 ng/mL and plasma ACTH levels had slightly decreased to 57.6 pg/mL. However, MRI of the pituitary after 6 months of treatment revealed no decrease in the volume of the pituitary macroadenoma. Thus, the dose of cabergoline was increased to 0.5 mg/week. Eighteen months after the total pancreatectomy, metastatic gastrinoma emerged in the liver, and octreotide was initiated at a dose of 30 mg/month. We intended to increase the cabergoline dose in expectation of pituitary tumor shrinkage, but because the liver metastasis of gastrinoma could result in poor outcome, we decided that pituitary hormone PRL and ACTH control could be enough to stabilize the patient's condition. After the addition of octreotide, serum PRL and plasma ACTH levels further decreased to 5.1 ng/mL and 19.7 pg/mL respectively. As plasma ACTH levels normalized, the hyperpigmentation observed before the initiation of medical treatments was abolished.
Before transsphenoidal surgery for the pituitary tumor, the patient died of liver dysfunction due to multiple liver metastasis of gastrinoma, 3 years after the first visit to our hospital. Autopsy was performed and the results are as follows.
The genomic DNA was extracted from the patient's pituitary tumor at autopsy using the Maxwell 16 DNA Purification Kit (Promega). The previously demonstrated MEN1 mutation was also confirmed to be present in the DNA extracted from the pituitary adenoma after the autopsy. There was loss of heterozygosity of the MEN1 mutation in the DNA from the tumor (Fig. 3D).
Histopathological analysis revealed that the pituitary tumor was a single adenoma, and there were no microadenomas or multiple adenomas in the pituitary (Fig. 5A). Immunohistochemical analysis showed that cells were strongly positive for ACTH, positive for GH, weakly positive for LH and PRL and negative for TSH and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). ACTH-positive cells were widely distributed in the tissue (Fig. 5B, C, D, E, F and G).
Histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis. (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) Histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of the autopsy pituitary tumor.
The RT-PCR results of (a) pituitary hormone genes, (b) pituitary transcription factor genes, (c) SSTR genes and D2R gene are shown in Fig. 6 (PCR primers are shown in Table 3). The tumor expressed mRNA encoding all anterior pituitary hormones. The mRNA expression levels of pituitary transcription factor genes excluding ERβ and ERα were approximately equal to those of normal pituitary. The mRNA expression levels of ERα were lower than those in normal pituitary. Although the levels of mRNA expressions of SSTR2 and SSTR5 in pituitary tumor were lower than those of normal pituitary, mRNA expression of SSTR2 was slightly higher than that of SSTR5. The levels of D2R mRNA expression were approximately equal to that of normal pituitary.
RT-PCR analysis. (A) RT-PCR of pituitary hormone genes. (B) RT-PCR of pituitary hormone genes. (C) RT-PCR of SSTR genes, D2R gene.
αSU; α-subunit; D2R, dopamine receptor D2; ER, estrogen receptor; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; GATA2, GATA-binding protein 2; GH, growth hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone; NeuroD1, neurogenic differentiation factor; Pit1, pituitary-specific transcription factor; POMC, proopiomelanocortin; PRL, prolactin; Prop1, prophet of Pit1; SF1, steroidgenic factor 1; SSTR, somatostatin receptor; Tpit, T-box transcription factor; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone.
The patient's pituitary tumor with PRL-ACTH-GH-producing plurihormonal pituitary adenoma associated with MEN1 was diagnosed.
In this report, we describe a clinical case of a patient with MEN1 harboring plurihormonal pituitary adenoma associated with a remarkable increase in circulating ACTH and PRL concentrations. In addition, the MEN1 mutation (Gly156Arg) we detected has been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database and in a previous paper (7). Considering that MEN1-related tumor has developed in the patient and the patient's two sons are having this MEN1 mutation in the family, it is predicted that this MEN1 mutation could be involved in the onset of MEN1.
The concurrent secretion of anterior pituitary hormones by a single pituitary adenoma is rare, except for the case of GH- and PRL-producing tumors. In particular, only a few case reports have described PRL- and ACTH-producing tumors (8) because the transcription factors on the differentiation and function of corticotrophs and lactotrophs lineage are different in the development of the pituitary (9). In general, prolactinoma is the most frequent type of pituitary adenoma observed in patients with MEN1 (2). A recent study of plurihormonality of pituitary tumors in patients with MEN1 showed that plurihormonal pituitary adenoma was observed more frequently in patients with MEN1 than that in patients without MEN1 (2); however, the combination of PRL and ACTH is rare (5). To date, no study has demonstrated a relationship between the hormonal phenotype of pituitary tumors and any specific group of mutations in patients with MEN1 (5).
Although the pituitary tumor in this case was PRL- and ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma, an RT-PCR analysis revealed that the molecular phenotype of the tumor was plurihormonal pituitary tumor expressing mRNAs encoding all anterior pituitary hormones. We suggest that this might be because the pituitary tumor expressed transcription factors involved in neurogenic differentiation factor (NeuroD1)-, T-box transcription factor (Tpit) lineage (corticotroph), steroidogenic factor1 (SF1)–GATA-binding protein 2 (GATA2) lineage (gonadotroph) and pituitary-specific transcription factor1 (Pit1) lineage (somatotroph, lactotroph and thyrotroph) differentiation (9). In contrast, immunohistochemical analysis revealed that ACTH and GH were positive, whereas LH and PRL were weakly positive. The discrepancy between RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry might be due to either differences in the sensitivity of these two methods or a lack of translation of these transcripts into proteins. The discrepancy between the clinical and molecular phenotypes might be due to the lack of post-translational modification and/or a failure to secrete hormones into the bloodstream. In addition, because serum PRL levels were successfully normalized with cabergoline and octreotide during the terminal stage of the disease in the patient, restricted numbers of PRL-positive cells were observed in the autopsy specimen of the pituitary. Immunohistochemistry for GH was also positive in the autopsy study. On the patient's first visit to our hospital, serum GH levels were below 1.0 ng/mL, but insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels were greater than two standard deviations above the mean value for age, suggesting that low levels of GH might have been continuously secreted into the blood. Unfortunately, we missed the opportunity to perform follow-up examinations and further confirm these findings regarding the GH/IGF-1 axis.
In this case, the patient did not exhibit the Cushingoid features on his first visit to our hospital and did not exhibited elevation in serum cortisol levels (in contrast to the elevation of plasma ACTH levels). We suspected that a biologically inactive high-molecular-weight form of ACTH might have been generated from impaired processing of POMC and/or pro-ACTH. Indeed, the ACTH immunoassay kit (Roche Diagnostics) used for the measurement of plasma ACTH concentration can detect not only intact biologically active ACTH (1–39) but also the ACTH precursors POMC and pro-ACTH.
Recent study has reported that corticotroph adenomas expressed mRNA for SSTR2, SSTR5 and D2R; and mRNA expression of SSTR2 tends to be lower than that of SSTR5, which is thought to be the cause of low effectiveness of octreotide (10, 11). Although various pharmacological agents, including dopamine agonist and somatostatin analogs, have been used to treat patients with Cushing's disease, these agents (with the exception of pasireotide) can normalize excessive secretion of ACTH in only a minority of the patients (12). In the case described here, treatment with cabergoline and octreotide normalized plasma ACTH levels, thereby abolishing the hyperpigmentation of the skin. We suggested that this might be because mRNA expression of SSTR2 was slightly higher than that of SSTR5 and that of D2R was also observed in the pituitary tumor. Consistent with our clinical report, T'Sjoen et al. (8) reported that the treatment with cabergoline successfully normalized excessive PRL and ACTH secretion in a patient with a PRL- and ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma. Additional clinical and basic studies will be necessary to elucidate the role of dopamine and somatostatin receptors in the regulation of ACTH secretion.
In summary, we encountered a case of a MEN1 patient with plurihormonal pituitary tumor whose plasma ACTH and serum PRL concentrations were decreased after the treatment with cabergoline and octreotide. PRL- and ACTH-secreting tumors are very rare pituitary tumors, and treatment with cabergoline and octreotide may be useful for controlling hormone levels secreted from the plurihormonal adenoma such as the one described here. Further study is needed to elucidate the mechanism of plurihormonality of pituitary tumors in patients with MEN1.
Informed consent has been obtained from the patient's son for publication of the submitted article and accompanying images. Also, informed consent for genetic testing has been obtained from the patient and from the two sons of the patient.
All authors were involved in the preparation and writing of the manuscript.
ScheithauerBWHorvathEKovacsKLawsERJrRandallRVRyanN 1986 Plurihormonal pituitary adenomas. Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology 3 69–82.


The study has received wide media coverage, including in NYT, NPR, Vox, the Atlantic, and the World Bank Development Blog.
Welcome to gui2de, an initiative at Georgetown University working to incubate and evaluate effective development solutions.
The Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation conducts empirical field-based research to assess the impact and effectiveness of interventions and policies aimed at empowering individuals in developing countries to improve their lives. Major research themes include governance and accountability, the promotion of agency in the delivery of health, education, and other public services, the role of mobile technology in development, and financial development and integration.
The Initiative, jointly convened by the Economics Department and the McCourt School of Public Policy, and co-directed by Billy Jack and Nada Eissa, brings together academics, innovators, policymakers, and development practitioners to incubate and evaluate ideas. We harness the energy and enthusiasm of the University's undergraduate and graduate student body to contribute to these efforts at both the innovation and evaluation stages, through event participation, academic supervision, and summer and semester-long field assignments.
gui2de is looking to send up to 10 Georgetown student interns to East Africa and/or India this summer. The deadline to apply is Friday, February 22nd. Visit our Opportunities page to learn more.
With support from the Office of Global Engagement, gui2de is co-hosting the 3rd Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries alongside the World Bank, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Zurich Center for Economic Development on December 17-18, 2018. See the full agenda now!
Research by McCourt School faculty and gui2de affiliates Andrew Zeitlin and Jacobus Cillers, and former gui2de RA Sam Solomon, on education in Tanzania with the RISE Programme is featured in the Center for Education Economics Annual Research Digest.


Meditation, yoga, and other mindfulness practices are popping up in school systems nationwide—and for good reason. Studies have shown that teaching kids mindfulness practices can build students' attentiveness, respect for fellow classmates, self control, and empathy, all while reducing stress, hyperactive behavior, ADHD symptoms, and depression. In addition, grades are shown to improve for students who participate in mindfulness programs.
Yet only 1.6 percent of U.S. children meditate, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Giving kids the tools to help them fend off negative thoughts and behaviors, build self-confidence, focus, and treat others and themselves with respect and appreciation is a gift they will have for the rest of their lives.
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan instituted the Skills for Life program in Ohio schools to teach deep breathing, meditation, and other problem-solving skills to elementary-aged kids. What they found was that these practices helped kids balance their emotions, cut down on bullying, and increased awareness, and both students and teachers are excited about the program.


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Paul Davis (connu jusqu'en 2001 sous le nom d'usage Paul Barton-Davis) est un programmeur britannique vivant à Berlin, en Allemagne, auteur du logiciel de MAO Ardour et du serveur audio professionnel temps-réel JACK.
Il est également le fondateur de Linux Audio Systems et l'un des deux premiers développeurs du site Amazon.com.

Distinction reçues
 En 2004, il reçoit le prix open-source de l'OSI pour son travail sur JACK

Biographie
Après son diplôme summa cum laude de l'Université de Portsmouth (à Porthsmouth, Royaume-Uni) en science biomoléculaire, il suit une  career course comme ingénieur logiciel, programmeur système et consultant dans différentes firmes technologiques et instituts et se spécialise dans les environnements UNIX et C/C++.

En 1994, il devient le second employé d'Amazon.com où il développe des éléments essentiels de la librairie en ligne.

En 1996, il déménage à Philadelphie, aux États-Unis

Depuis 1998, il travaille sur les systèmes audio de Linux sur de l'audio et des applications MIDI en se concentrant particulièrement sur les performances temps-réel et des outils pour les studios commerciaux.

Il habite aujourd'hui à Berlin, où il travaille notamment pour L'institut pour la parole et la communication de l'Université technique de Berlin.

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 Ardour
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  conférence de Paul Davis à propos de son expérience de développeur et de son rapport avec les utilisateurs.

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Publisher Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon
Betrayal of Too Trusting a People
The UN, the UK and the Trust Territory of the Southern Cameroons
by Carlson Anyangwe
There is a growing body of literature on what was originally envisioned as a free political association of the French and British Cameroons and its dramatic effects on the 'British Cameroons' community. Anyangwe's new book is an attempt to write the history of the Southern Cameroons from a legal perspective. This authoritative work describes in great detail the story of La Republique du Cameroun's alleged annexation and colonization of the Southern Cameroons following the achievement of its independence, while highlighting the seeming complicity of the United Nations and the British Trusteeship Authority. In the process, Anyangwe unravels a number of myths created by the main actors to justify this injustice and, in the end, makes useful suggestions to reverse the situation and to restore statehood to the Southern Cameroons. The book is rich in archival research and informed by a global perspective. It convincingly shows the uniqueness of the Southern Cameroons case.
"This book written by one of Anglophone Cameroon's outstanding legal specialists and long-standing champions of the Southern Cameroons cause will undoubtedly attract a wide readership. I think the arguments in the book will be hotly disputed in Cameroun and give rise to a lively debate globally on minority rights and quest for recognition."
Dr Piet Konings
Carlson Anyangwe
Carlson Anyangwe read law in Cameroon, France and Britain. He holds the BA-Law and the LLB from Yaoundé University, the Postgraduate Diploma in Comparative Law from the University of Strasbourg in France, and the LLM and PhD from the University of London, England. Professor of Laws and Research Professor, he teaches international law, criminal law and procedure, human rights law, and researches in those niche areas. He has an impressive number of published books and refereed journal articles to his credit. He is moreover a confirmed law teacher and researcher of long, wide and varied experience spanning some three decades. He has taught in Universities in Cameroon, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zambia where he served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean of the School of Law, and has done consultancy and human rights education work in Seychelles, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Egypt and Zimbabwe. He is currently Director of the School of Law and Research Champion, Walter Sisulu University, Republic of South Africa. He is a member of the African Commission's Working Group of Experts on the Death Penalty in Africa, 'ambassador' of the State of Arkansas, honorary citizen of Monticello, and USIA International Visitor Fellow.
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Imperialistic Politics in Cameroun
Kalonga Gawa Undi X
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The Lembani Trust, Zambia
Nso and Its Neighbours
edited by B. Chem-Langhee, V.G. Fanso
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Sons and Daughters of the Soil
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Southern West Cameroon Revisited (1950-1972) Volume One
by Anthony Ndi
Southern West Cameroon Revisited Volume Two
State of a Union
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T.E.A. Salubi
edited by Peter Ekeh
Urhobo Historical Society, Nigeria
The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite
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The Anglophone Cameroon Predicament
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The Dynamics and Contradictions of Evangelisation in Africa
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We reach a certain age and we think to ourselves that it's too late in life to attempt a new career or pursue a new adventure. Or we are told that we are too old to try anything new.
More road blocks are set down in front of us. It's no wonder we don't have the faith in pursuing our dreams.
How many of our goals are shot down because our minds have been poisoned with this venom??
There is a core of people who do not reach their full potential until later in life. We call them "late bloomers" – people whose talents or capabilities are not visible to others until later than usual. Or they may pursue their crafts but not reach their pinnacles until much older.
Here's a short list of those who have reached success later in life.
Kurt Warner, quarterback, entered the National Football League at 28. He went on to become 2 time MVP and Super Bowl champion.
Baseball pitcher Randy Johnson made his major league debut at 25 but didn't reach superstar status until he was 30.
Goaltender Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins (ice hockey) didn't make it to the National Hockey League until 28. He became the Bruins starting goaltender at 32. He previously played in the minor leagues and Europe. He won the Conn Smythe trophy as the most valuable player in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, becoming the oldest player in league history to win that trophy at 37.
George Wendt (Norm on the TV comedy series "Cheers") became active as an actor at 32.
TV star Judd Hirsh from the TV comedy series "Taxi" pursued acting at 36.
Brian Dennehy had dreams of stage and screen at an earlier age but didn't take up acting seriously until 38. He had previously been in the USMC.
Although he started his career at 28, actor Alan Rickman, (the villain in the first "Die Hard" movie) did not get his first break into theatre until he was in his 40's.
Toni Morrison published her first novel at 40 as a single mom. It was in her mid 40's, she became the only recent American author to win a Nobel prize.
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield did not start until 42. He had done clubs when he was younger but had to stop in order to work as a salesman.
Marvel Comic creator Stan Lee didn't start writing his most well known comic books until he was 43.
Chef Julia Child, who previously worked for many years as a secret intelligence officer, started becoming a chef later in life. She was 49 when her first book was published and 51 when her program "The French Chef" first aired.
At 45, Helen Mirren got recognition as an actress for starring in "Prime Suspect". She struggled as an actress from her 20's to early 40's. She won an Oscar at 61 for the movie "The Queen". At 52, she married director Taylor Hackford.
Actor F. Murray Abraham became a well known actor after winning the Oscar for best actor for the movie "Amadeus" in 1985. Abraham was in his mid 40's. Previously, he did not have a lot of well-known film roles.
Writer Raymond Chandler published his first short story at 45 and his first novel "The Big Sleep" at 51.
Susan Boyle achieved worldwide recognition for her singing talents at 48.
Richard Farnsworth became an actor in his 50's. He was, previously, a stunt man. He had a few small uncredited roles when he was younger. He received his first acting credit at 43. He was the oldest person to receive best actor Oscar nomination at 79 for "The Straight Story" and received a supporting actor Oscar nod for "Comes A Horseman" a year earlier.
Ronald Reagan became governor of California at 53 and remains the oldest man to serve as U.S. president. He became president at 69.
Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald's restaurant at 52.
Richard Adams published his first novel "Watership Down" in his 50's.
Director Alfred Hitchcock directed his best films between the ages of 54 and 61.
Laura Ingalis Wilder, who became a columnist in her 40's, published the first book in the "Little House on the Prairies" series at 65.
Maya Angelou was in her 60's when her poetry and books became popular.
Frank McCourt didn't publish his first book "Angela's Ashes" until he was 66. It won the Pulitzer Prize.


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First Friday Santa Cruz
Stripe Stores: Nurturing Creative Community Through Design, Fashion, and First Friday
On First Friday, there's guaranteed to be an energized crowd mingling over cocktails and the latest exhibit at Stripe and Stripe MEN in downtown Santa Cruz. Fashion-forward baby boomers rub elbows with bohemian millennials between inspiring displays of hand-crafted home and fashion accessories, racks of urban-chic sweaters and jumpsuits, and an eclectic selection of thoughtful gifts. Above the merchandise is a rotating gallery space, decorated each month with the work of a local artist.
The gallery component is central to owner Suna Lock's vision of cultivating purpose, experience, and community in both stores. The importance of this vision shows in Locke's commitment to hosting First Friday events—since the original store opened in 2009, the business has featured a new artist every First Friday except for one, and only because it fell on the 4th of July.
Blending the lines between retail shop and gallery
The main Stripe store was originally designed as a gallery space by Thacher & Thompson Architects. The tall ceilings and ample wall space create a large blank canvas, ideal for someone with a creative eye and passion for art. It was this design of the space that first attracted Locke to the store and inspired her to build the First Friday art tour into her original business plan. "It's a brilliant way for us to invite members of the community into the store and get people from all walks of life, without it being a pushy sales event," says Lock.
As the past president for the Downtown Association and as a member of the Santa Cruz Arts Commission, Lock is deeply committed to improving the downtown experience for all types of community members. First Friday gives her the opportunity to create a fun, welcoming gathering space, and it's a great way to visually transform the stores, regularly providing a new landscape for customers to explore.
"We have the benefit of having our landscape changed dramatically from month to month," says Lock. "From the photographer to the textile artist to the painter, it's incredible how the store environment can change."
An even trade
Stripe shows its appreciation for this monthly facelift, and the new customers First Friday attracts to the stores, by giving 100% of the sales from the art to the artist. "I feel like it's such an even trade," says Lock.
Artists also tend to sell several pieces when they display their work at Stripe or Stripe MEN. Lock believes it's because when you enter the stores, you're already in a shopping mindset— it's also probably because the Stripe team is very conscious of how they display and promote the art.
Lock and her team plan out the artists a full year in advance to complement the window and in-store merchandise displays. Lock explains that it's a delicate balance between choosing a body of work that won't clash with the stores' current selection of clothing and home decor, while still standing out as its own intentional art piece.
They even have an in-house curator (a coveted position given to one of the sales associates) to help plan out and coordinate the artists. When deciding which artists to feature, the curator tries to ensure the medium changes from show to show. Lock also likes to feature contentious work that may surprise and even shock the viewer. "Stripe's always challenged the status quo," she says, "and so I don't care if the art dichotomizes people—I think that's exciting."
In recent years, Stripe's First Friday events have also turned into opportunities to give back to local and global charities. In traditional First Friday spirit, cocktails are still technically free, but there's now a suggested donation for each tasty beverage. In June, Stripe raised $330 for Planned Parenthood and sent the donation courtesy of Mike Pence. Lock flashes a wicked grin and explains, "He gets a thank you card for every donation made in his name."
As the host of First Friday events at Stripe & Stripe MEN every month for the last 10 years, Lock has never been able to experience the other art happenings surrounding her lively stores. Even without touring other venues, however, she has a clear picture of what First Friday is like for the rest of the community. "I imagine it as this super bohemian, lovely, warm and fun progressive art crawl where you can see new things and bump into friends," she says.
If you attend one of Stripe's First Friday events, you'll see why Lock doesn't have to venture beyond her Walnut Avenue shops to understand what attracts people of all ages to explore the local art scene every month—it's here that you can find the pulse of First Friday's creative culture, surrounded by beautiful new and vintage treasure, friendly people, and walls of local art.
July's First Friday artist at Stripe is landscape painter Susan Migliore. Susan primarily works outside in the plein air painting tradition. Learn more about her work on her website.
Stripe MEN is showing the work of local printmaker Louise Leong. You can learn more about Louise, a member of the Little Giant Collective, on her website.
Molly Ressler is a writer and content marketing consultant based in Santa Cruz. She lives with her husband and pup in Seabright and loves sharing her community's vibrant culture through her writing.
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