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Die AHGB eG
Über Genossenschaften
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We are a cooperative association founded in 2015 as an initiative to counter the crisis in studio space availability and the displacement processes happening in Berlin. Artists get a secure place to work that is permanently free from speculative investment and so remains usable for future generations of artists. We are open to creative professionals from all fields – visual arts, theatre, design, architecture – anything that can be studied at art school or that is related to art.
/ Cooperatives
The cooperative structure has been common in German housing construction for over a hundred years. We use the same legal structure for studio buildings. A cooperative is a company jointly owned by many individuals and managed through democratic processes. Cooperatives are strictly regulated by their statutes and the Cooperatives Act and are among the safest, most tightly controlled legal entities in Germany.
When the cooperative purchases a studio building, it does so with equity capital provided by the members in the form of cooperative shares (plus a bank loan) and, in turn, rents the studios to members at cost price: no investor earns money from us, we pay the studio building off for ourselves.
That's why cooperative rents are stable and rental contracts are not terminated by the cooperative. It may not be as cheap as you would hope now, but it will pay off in the long term.
Cooperative shares acquired through participation in the "joint company" can be returned to the cooperative when you move out of the studio. There is no interest, nor do the shares gain in value. They are repaid at the same nominal price, which is exactly what prevents speculation.
/ Current Status
Just eighteen months after founding we were able to acquire our first building, AHGB Haus 1 at Stieffring 7, Charlottenburg-North, at the beginning of 2017. Thirty studios and a gallery were created by converting a former office building into approx. 1500 m2 of floor space. A favourable purchase price meant that member fees amounted to € 380 per m2 cooperative share and a rent of € 8 per m2 including heating costs. The building has been fully occupied since January 2018, meaning more than thirty of our member-tenants have a safe, affordable studio.
/ Economically Stable
About a third of the purchase and conversion costs were covered by the contributions and personal loans from cooperative members, the remaining two thirds by a loan from a Berlin bank. Both the schedule and the financial plan for the conversion were spot on and the cooperative is currently on firm footing with stable liquidity.
/ Future / Planning
Thirteen founding members are still waiting on a studio space in our second development. The rapid occupancy rate of AHGB Haus 1 and the regular enquiries about available space in the building underlines the fact that our model is in great demand from potential tenants in the Berlin market. So, we plan to keep growing, taking on new members, and developing new studio buildings.
Please get in touch!
Matthias Nebel, Board member: haus2@ahgb.info
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At one time or another, I think we've all experienced a voice inside us urging us to take action toward our dreams or warning us away from a particular situation or circumstance. Some people refer to it as the "still, quiet voice of God", some call it intuition, or a "hunch" or a "gut feeling". I call this voice my Inner Wisdom. When I listen, my Inner Wisdom always encourages me to be my best self, to live my soul's purpose of being a Spark Reflector; to view my world through eyes of love and forgiveness for myself and others.
It is the voice that says…DO THIS!
…even though "THIS" may not make much sense in the very moment.
When I hang out with my Inner Wisdom on a regular basis, I find I make decisions faster and experience less second-guessing. I stay more in the "zone" of productivity, experience more joy, less frustration, more love, more forgiveness, more laughter. More overall abundance in life.
Does this mean I always listen to my Inner Wisdom's guidance? Nope…as an imperfect human being, I sure don't! However, I do listen far, far more than I used to and as a result, make better life choices.
Do you set aside regular time to get to know and listen to your still, quiet voice; your Inner Wisdom? If not, what are you waiting for? Learn how to Connect With Your Inner Wisdom.


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You can't rush through wine education. If you'd like to select the ideal bottle of wine, you've got to educate yourself on the subject. This article will be the start you need to becoming a wine expert.
Trust your gut and your own particular taste when buying wine. For example, if a friend raves about a wine that they love and you know you are not a fan of that particular type, do not run out and purchase any. You will save yourself from throwing away your money on a wine you already know you're not likely to enjoy.
You can make a simple sauce for beef quickly and easily by using wine. Just mix a bit of high quality butter with a little red wine. Let it simmer and cook out the alcohol. Your lovely sauce can then be drizzled over any beef dish.
Trust your instincts when you purchase wine. There are countless experts out there who state that one type of wine is better because of the area or winery it comes from, but everyone has a different palate. If a cheaper white makes you happy, do not hesitate to get it. Consume the flavors and brands that please your own taste buds.
TIP! Never serve champagne or sparkling wine unless it is well chilled. Whenever you drink these wines at room temperature, it's not possible to enjoy the complete flavor that they can provide.
Play around with the wines you buy. Tasting a wine you've never tried can teach you more about its country of origin, and about wine in general. Read the shelf cards, try a wine from a different country or ask for a recommendation from the shop owner. It could end up being your next favorite wine.
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Experiment and have fun with the different varieties of wine. Often, you will break down and analyze every aspect of wine, from its flavors and construction to what wine works appropriately with certain meals. Don't take things too seriously, though. Enjoy the flavor and effect of each glass of wine!
Desserts can be easily complimented with a number of different wines. A dessert wine will taste sweeter than dinner wines. Dessert wines that include the ruby port and tawny port varieties will complement chocolate desserts. For best taste, serve them at a temperature of 55 degrees.
Vintage isn't talking about the year it's produced, but when its grapes were harvested. For instance, a wine from 2010 is made from grapes harvested in the fall of 2010. The grapes are then fermented in barrels, aging until it's time to bottle the wine for sale. They won't show up in stores for a year or two after that.
TIP! Toasts are a regular part of large social groupings. Of course, it is tradition to all clink your glasses after the toast.
Pay attention to smells and flavors of the wines you taste. There should be some type of fruit in there, as well as other things as well. You may also find secondary aromas like honey, smoke, or caramel. By paying attention to these aromas, you will become more in tune with the different types of wines.
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Wine can be stressful if you don't yet know how to choose, serve or taste it. The more you know, the better prepared you will be. Apply the information from this article to ensure your next bottle of wine will taste good.


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Yarning about foot care: evaluation of a foot care service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Matthew West1,
Sean Sadler ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7546-58361,
James Charles2,
Fiona Hawke1,
Sean Lanting1,
Shannon E. Munteanu3,4 &
Vivienne Chuter1,5
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have high rates of diabetes-related foot disease including foot ulcer and amputation. There has been limited evaluation of foot care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. This project aimed to evaluate an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foot care service (the Buridja Clinic) for prevention and management of diabetes-related foot disease embedded in a university podiatry program from a Community perspective using culturally appropriate methods.
This mixed-methods study took place from March 2018 to April 2021 in the Buridja Clinic on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and included an audit of occasions of service (March 2018 to March 2020), and review of the Buridja Clinic via research yarns with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients of the clinic and a written 10-item customised clinic feedback survey. Research yarns were transcribed and analysed thematically. Descriptive analysis of quantitative occasions of use and survey data was undertaken, with the open-ended survey responses thematically analysed.
Total occasions of service across the review period was 548, with a total of 199 individual clients treated. Most common service types were general treatments (nail and skin care) and diabetes assessments. Nine participants who attended the Buridja Clinic were recruited to the two research yarns. An additional 52 participants who attended the clinic completed the customised clinic feedback survey. Specific clinic design elements, including yarning circles and group booking as well as student placement, were identified as strengths of the clinic. Participants reported difficulty with transport and restricted opening hours and encouraged increased Community engagement by clinic staff.
Evaluation of a foot care service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples embedded in a university-based podiatry program demonstrated that the incorporation of specific service design elements, including yarning circles and group appointments as well as student placements, encouraged ongoing Community engagement with the service. Participants reported improved foot health, greater foot and self-care knowledge, and overall better general health and management as a result of attendance to the clinic. Consideration needs to be given to addressing limited access to transport and flexible operating hours when establishing similar services.
Artist Jenni McEwen (Bundjalung) lives on Darkinjung Country. The story of her art shows people sitting in yarning circles sharing knowledges but looking outwards to connect with Country too, the Ochre of Wiradjuri Country around Wellington, and the Blue of Darkinjung Country around Central Coast. These are locations where podiatry service provision takes place. These are locations where everyone is sharing and learning. Students, teachers, patients, non-Indigenous people, and First Nations people, learning from each other, and learning from Country.
Diabetes is associated with a life-time incidence of foot ulcer of up to 30% and is the leading cause of lower limb amputation [1]. Of people undergoing an amputation, half will die within the subsequent five years [2]. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations are known to have disproportionately high rates of diabetes, with the age-standardised disease rates up to four times that of non-Indigenous Australians [3]. Consistent with this, diabetes-related complications are responsible for almost 70% of preventable hospitalisations for chronic conditions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, with the likelihood of diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) increased by five-fold relative to non-Indigenous Australians [4, 5].
The lack of availability of culturally safe foot care services, and the effects of ongoing dispossession and distrust of Western healthcare systems which are linked to institutional and historical racism, have been identified as key contributors to worse DFD in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples [6,7,8]. Despite the urgent need for effective preventative foot care in this population, our data indicate low levels of engagement with existing preventative care services, and limited evaluation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific foot care services [9, 10]. Evidence shows rates of access for wound care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are almost double those of non-Indigenous people, while use of preventative services including neurovascular assessment and general treatment are consistently lower [10].
In 2018 the Buridja Clinic was established in the Discipline of Podiatry at the University of Newcastle (UON) to deliver a culturally safe foot care service focused on DFD prevention. In being culturally safe, the clinic was designed to create an environment that recognises and actively engages with the spiritual, physical, social, and emotional world view of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, thereby creating a clinical experience which is conducive to, and supportive of, the specific needs of this Community [11]. Additionally, the approach to management of patients within the clinic is one that recognises the importance of Country, culture, language, ceremonies, family, and Community for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The clinic was developed in consultation with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community, community health care providers and Aboriginal organisations including Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council and Yerin Aboriginal Medical Service, and provides foot assessment, foot care and health promotion to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community free of charge. The clinic is staffed by an Aboriginal Podiatrist, Aboriginal Health Worker and UON podiatry students. All students attend a minimum of three days at the Buridja Clinic over their final year of their studies. The Buridja Clinic has now run since 2018 as a one day per week Community clinic, providing over 500 instances of foot assessment and management, as well as health care education provided via a weekly yarning circle. The clinic is hosted in an established podiatry clinical facility at Wyong Hospital and offers a limited transport service to and from the clinic. In terms of Western measurements of health service success including occasions of service delivered, this represents an effective program. However, ongoing dialogue with end-users (clients of the service, Community members and health care providers) has identified that these data fail to provide any measure of Aboriginal perspectives of program success. As a result, the components of the program that, from a participant and Community perspectives, are successful in maintaining long-term engagement with, and participation in, the service are indistinguishable. Clarifying these aspects of the program, through investigation incorporating more culturally appropriate approaches, is essential to developing an effective clinical model that is translatable across Communities. More broadly this represents a largely un-researched aspect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care delivery, and one that has been poorly recognised in the development of foot care strategies to combat the significant over-representation of foot complications in this population [9].
Previous research has advocated for research in Indigenous populations to use methods which value the knowledge and experience of Indigenous Peoples [12,13,14]. Yarning is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of storytelling, teaching and learning that is a collaborative dialogical progression [12]. Yarning as a research method is defined as being a conversation with a purpose (with similarities to a semi-structured interview) that applies storytelling and actively listening to collecting information. It requires researchers to build an accountable relationship with participants and to allow storytelling that does not necessarily adhere to a research plan or research question(s) and to identify common threads that inform the research topic [13, 14]. Yarning has previously been used to investigate Community perspectives on Aboriginal healthcare programs [15, 16] and has integrated into the Buridja Clinic as a means of developing a mutual understanding between health care providers and clinic clients, and gives a voice to Community about foot health and foot care. This method of research offers an effective means to undertake a culturally appropriate evaluation of the Buridja Clinic, focusing on Aboriginal perspectives of program success and the impact of the clinic on holistic well-being.
The aim of this research was to evaluate the Buridja Clinic from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective using culturally appropriate research methods. Specifically the research aimed to determine the relative success or otherwise of the Buridja Clinic from the perspective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients as end-users of the service, and investigate which areas of the clinical model were effective or required improvement.
This mixed-methods study took place in the Buridja Clinic at the UON student podiatry clinic at Wyong hospital, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. This study included an audit of occasions of services collected between March 2018 and March 2020, a written 10-item customised clinic feedback survey, and a qualitative review of the Buridja Clinic via research yarns. The use of a mixed method approach enabled the researchers to quantify the outcomes of the Buridja Clinic from an objective and Western academic viewpoint in relation to occasions of service delivery, and from a Community perspective through yarning sessions allowing exploration of Aboriginal Community perspectives of the Buridja Clinic. Using a combination of these methods facilitated exploration of the interrelationship between clinic use and patient reported experiences. The study was approved by the University of Newcastle ethics committee (H-2018-0035) and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (1376/18).
Clinical audit
Data relating to occasions of services (total number and service type) were measured across a two-year period between March 2018 and March 2020. During this time the clinic operated during the University semester with a limited service provided between semester dates that was operated by university staff. Data were extracted retrospectively from University clinical records by MW using manual coding of occasion of service type. Due to the clinic operating as a drop-in service, non-attendance data were not collected.
Customised feedback survey
The customised survey was offered to all attendees at the clinic to be completed and submitted anonymously. The survey included three questions relating to number of attendances, types of services accessed, and referral source (e.g. word of mouth, health practitioner referral), six questions relating to their experiences at the clinic with staff, students and the services, and one open ended question for additional feedback about any aspect of the clinic. The six questions relating to their experience at the clinic required respondents to rate aspects of the clinic on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 'very good' to 'very poor', 'very likely' to 'very unlikely' or 'very easy' to 'very difficult' (Supplementary file 1). To quantify the responses, the most positive response options (i.e. very good, very likely, and very easy) were allocated a score of 5, while the least positive were scored at 1 (i.e. very difficult, very unlikely, and very poor). Survey data were entered into Microsoft Excel and then exported to the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) (version 25.0 Chicago, Illinois, USA) for analysis and frequencies were calculated. Open-ended responses were manually collated, categorised and coded by two researchers. From this key themes and sub-themes were identified. The thematic analysis was conducted by an Aboriginal researcher (MW) and crossed-checked by a second researcher (VC).
Research yarns
For research yarns, recruitment of participants was conducted using purposive and selective sampling from clients of the Buridja Clinic. Research yarns were conducted in the same space as the weekly yarning circles at the UON podiatry clinic. The research yarns explored the Community perspective on the Buridja Clinic and were guided by two key aims developed with the Community members. These were to explore:
The researchers' and participants' shared understanding of the elements that are important to creating a successful foot health program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
The role of the Buridja clinic in participants' own perspectives of their foot health and overall well-being.
Using these aims the research yarns discussed essential elements in the clinical service model that were compatible or incompatible with Community expectations and considered successful or not, and explored Community perspectives of the program, including how program and participant success should be evaluated. Secondly, the research yarns explored the participant perceptions regarding if, and how, the Buridja Clinic had affected their self-perceived foot health and overall well-being. The research yarns were led by an Aboriginal researcher (MW). Prompts were not used as it has been previously identified that maintaining adherence to the research question or topic can prevent relevant storytelling that does not obviously adhere to research questions or academic concepts [15].
Yarning circles were recorded, transcribed verbatim and independently analysed and coded by two researchers including an Aboriginal researcher (MW and VC). Data were then categorised and coded through several iterations into key themes and sub-themes, identifying similarities and differences within and between the yarning with any emerging patterns identified. Generated codes were refined from recurring responses and developed into themes for analysis. Over several iterations, new coded material and emerging patterns were discussed at regular intervals and regrouped into key themes and sub-themes, identifying similarities and differences within and between the yarning. These themes were then cross-checked by an Aboriginal researcher (MW) to identify areas of potential bias and to determine the reliability of the data interpretation [17, 18]. Prior to data analysis all participants were offered the opportunity to review their yarning sessions and verified their data.
Clinical audit: Over the time frame of March 2018 to March 2020, 58 clinical sessions were run in the Buridja Clinic and 199 individuals attended. Total occasions of service across the two years was 548. Most common service types were general treatments and diabetes assessments (comprising vascular and neurological testing, and risk classification in a person diagnosed with diabetes). A breakdown of occasions of service is shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Occasions of service, n (% of all service types)
Customised survey responses
Fifty-two participants completed the customised survey. The mean (SD) number of clinic attendances per participant was 3.9 (2.1). Approximately 54% of participants (n = 28) became aware of the service from word of mouth, 19% (n = 10) from referral from another health practitioner, 12% (n = 6) from advertising and 15% (n = 8) from other sources. Other sources most frequently included Community events where the clinic held outreach services including National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week and Coast Connect days. The most common reasons for visiting the clinic were for general foot care (69%, n = 36), diabetes assessment (65%, n = 32), diabetes education (23%, n = 12), footwear referral (21%, n = 11), foot orthoses (10%, n = 5) and nail surgery (2%, n = 1). Results for questions 4–9 of the survey relating to participants rating their experience of different aspects of the clinic are shown in Table 2.
Table 2 Ratings of participant experience with the Buridja clinic
The opened-ended response for feedback identified three main themes, two of which related to access to the clinic and one to clinic services. The two themes relating to clinic access related to transport and scheduling. Specifically, participants identified a lack of onsite parking and poor public transport as hindrances to them attending the service. In addition, the restricted hours of the clinic (one day a week) was identified as preventing family members attending the clinic. Participants noted a preference for an out-of-hours or weekend session as well to allow more family members who were working or at school to attend, as well as the option for the clinic to run at additional Community sites (outreach clinics).
Two research yarns were conducted which ran for approximately 40 minutes and included a group of five participants and a group of four participants. All participants were clients of the clinic and had regularly attended the clinic over a period of 24 months (more than six occasions of service each). Participants were six women and three men (including three Community Elders), age ranged from 35 years to 85 years, with the majority of the participants (6 out of 9) having an existing diagnosis of diabetes.
Congruence was observed in participant responses across the two yarning circles with no new themes raised in the second yarn. An overview of the themes raised in relation to program success and self-perceived foot health and well-being is provided in Table 3 below.
Table 3 Overview of themes raised in research yarns
Measures of program success
Overall, participants reported that they were satisfied with the design of the clinic. Successful elements of the clinic related to interaction with the students, the clinical environment and improved health literacy with recognition of the clinic as helping to reduce their fears of poor health outcomes. There was a strong consensus among participants that the students involved were an integral part of the success of the clinic, and, that this increased their own engagement with the service. Themes relating to the positive role of students in the service included identification of a high level of preparedness for undertaking placement and their active engagement with the clients.
"The pre-course material that were introduced to them before meeting Community members is obviously very well structured because that was evident in how they conducted themselves, how they approached the Community members, and those conversations and how they engaged. How they treated me and the other people in the room there was a lead up to that for them to be ready to come into that room. So obviously that pre-work must be very good." [P4]
It was specifically noted that although the individual providing treatment changed many times, participants felt the student body was responsive to the cultural needs of the Community and recognised a role for themselves in the student training.
"I found the students to be respectful, they were culturally sensitive to us as Aboriginal people which I found to be really good … They wanted to learn, they'd ask a question about your Aboriginality, where you come from and who you were, and that was really interesting because they were learning about us as Aboriginal people." [P8]
"The students, all the ones that come, they're all such beautiful people. And every time I go there would be different ones there and they were all lovely." [P3]
"It's breaking down the stereotypes … giving us the chance to talk to the students and teach them." [P5]
Design aspects of the clinic model, such as yarning circles, group appointments, and education sessions, were identified by participants as making them feel more likely to attend and encouraged Community engagement.
"It was enjoyable going and meeting up with different people that I knew also and getting to have a yarn to the students and tell them about my life." [P6]
Participants also identified the role of the clinic in helping them understand their health, and giving them knowledge and understanding to better manage the condition. Participants clearly linked their own health concerns with experiences of their family members. This was particularly profound from family members who had diabetes. Of note was the universally negative impact diabetes had on the family members of participants. Family members of participants who had suffered negative outcomes served to motivate participants to engage in prevention strategies.
"I've had sisters be diabetics and one of my sisters passed away a couple of years ago through diabetes. She was in hospital and going through all sorts of things, but she couldn't walk around that much because of her diabetes, I like coming here to get everything checked." [P3]
"I have a brother with bad diabetes, and he has lost a toe and there no way in the world that I want to be in that position. I hope I never get in that position. This clinic has helped me understand the importance of my diet and how to maintain that and to have regular check-ups and ensure I stick to that because of the diabetes and having a number of people pass because of diabetes and obesity so I'm a lot clearer now about how to maintain my diabetes and my healthy feet, as well as a healthy diet." [P1]
The importance of engagement in a Community context more broadly outside of the clinical environment was consistently identified. A strength of the clinic was the presence of an Aboriginal Podiatrist and Aboriginal Health Worker from the local Community.
"It's good to have the clinic, it's good to be able to come here and get sorted out, to have people from our Community here and they tell us where we need to go or talk to the doctor." [P7]
Community engagement also related to non-Indigenous staff who had an ongoing presence in the clinic and ensuring they are more widely recognised in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community. The importance of people in the service being linked to that service and being known in the Community was highlighted.
"For me some of the non-Indigenous staff that [work with the team at the clinic] is a good way for them to engage a lot better with the Community is to be seen out in Community maybe not so much in the clinic. But to come along to a local Community event and encourage the podiatry program and what it's about and the importance of the podiatry program, more people will come if they get to know them better." [P2]
"Advertising, definitely advertising putting it out there that whether they're black feet or white feet they need to be looked after. With advertising, 'we walk together' which is one of the things we talk about in reconciliation. So when we have our events even like with NAIDOC." [P1]
Self-perceived foot health and general health
The complex nature of many chronic illnesses combined with the central role of self-care/self-management in the long-term proactive management of such conditions was recognised by participants in both groups. Further to this, understanding the improvement in health literacy and self-care knowledge among the group as they participated in the program was evident in the comments they expressed.
"It opened my eyes about neuropathy. I think with diabetes we're more worried about blood pressure and sugars and stuff like that and not so much the damage that's happening down lower in our feet." [P2]
Self-reported improvement in foot health was also noted and changes in self-care behaviour in response to attending the clinic. These were consistently reported in relation to footwear changes to try to prevent foot complications.
"It gave me greater understanding of that foot care knowledge everybody should have as a diabetic person and down the roads of wearing good shoes, good quality shoes." [P6]
"I know what I should be looking for in a shoe now." [P9]
"They helped me find shoes that were good but not like the real expensive ones because they are too much.' [P3]
Changes in knowledge of how to treat foot problems and prevent additional complications were also acknowledged including daily foot checks and emollient use.
"I had really, really bad feet...now they are completely cleared up because of knowing how to maintain and look after them." [P1]
"To check my feet for cuts and little things so you don't get infections because usually you just don't bother." [P6]
"Overall for me to manage my diabetes and keep it at fours and fives [blood glucose concentration level, mmol/L] means then I have good feet … And the moisturising of the harder skin on your feet to make it better." [P8]
Participants also reported changes in their health care seeking behaviour. This included increased likelihood of visiting health care providers for preventative health care. For example, where clients had not directly been referred on, they were motivated to engage more with their primary health physician.
"I think the diabetes management is a bit better than it was, and I need to see my doctor and get up to date medications." [P2]
In addition to greater motivation to seek preventative health care, participants also reported increased likelihood of them advising other family members to use preventative health care, and increased likelihood of them attending other health practitioners they were referred to from the Buridja Clinic.
"I had one test and one leg was warm and one cold and a letter was written to my doctor to check that out and it was discovered I had a baker's cyst and they did a full ultrasound on it." [P1]
"They were worried about my skin at the clinic and sent me to have it checked and I had to get some stuff cut-off. Now the whole family has gone and got checked." [P9]
This study is one of the first to investigate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' perceptions of success of a podiatry service designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples alongside review of service utilisation [9]. The clinical audit data extracted as part of this research demonstrated sustained engagement of Community members with the service over the period of the audit. The high use of diabetes assessments and general treatment is consistent with high rates of diabetes in the Community [19]. This also reflects DFD prevention through preventive treatment and improved self-care capacity being a priority for the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community.
Further to evidence of consistent service use that was aligned with Community expectation of the Buridja Clinic, this research has provided insights into elements of service that contribute to perceived success by the Community. Consistent with previous research this present study supports the essential role of local Community involvement in the design and development of the clinic and in staffing of the clinic and the need for a shift away from traditional service model structure to create a culturally safe foot care service [9]. Interestingly, our study findings also demonstrated a positive response by Community members to the integration of undergraduate podiatry students into the clinical service delivery model. The strong positive feedback on this element of the Buridja Clinic was noteworthy, with this seen by participants as both an opportunity for them to generate change in perception of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and health outcomes, and part of their own role in the clinic. This may have contributed to an increased sense of ownership of, and engagement with, the clinic, which is essential for success.
Lack of access to culturally safe general health care, and limited service delivery with related health workforce pressures, including difficulty recruiting health graduates to rural and regional positions, and limited cultural capability in health care delivery, are key contributors to poorer health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples [20]. There has been very limited evaluation of the effectiveness of university-based training on students' cultural capability outcomes for health graduates in any form, but particularly in relation to clinical placements [9, 21]. Studies of the effectiveness of cultural awareness and cultural capability programs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations and Indigenous populations globally have shown inconsistent results [21,22,23]. There is evidence that inclusion of programs focussed on Indigenous health can increase student preparedness for undertaking work with Indigenous peoples, and may generate increased commitment to improving health outcomes for this population in the future [23, 24]. Beyond this, to the authors' knowledge, there is a paucity of evidence evaluating the involvement of health students in delivering health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples from a Community perspective. Our findings of student placement in the Buridja Clinic as being a strength of the service highlights the potential for university-based health programs to improve the cultural capability of graduates and produce enduring change in the capacity of health care workforce to provide culturally safe care.
The outcomes of our study highlight the importance of a multifaceted approach to Community engagement to support uptake of health care and health education services in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. Increasing Community engagement of staff outside the health service via general Community events was identified by participants as a way to continue to increase the overall Community engagement with the clinic. While Community consultation and client consultation is central to the ongoing management of the Buridja Clinic, there is capacity for much wider consultation and engagement with the broader Community that will be important for future growth of the service and to improve Community access. This was highlighted through the evaluation process and is consistent with previous research which has shown the importance of maintaining widespread engagement and consultation to improve health care delivery [16].
Engagement with health care services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples is essential to reducing the current health disparities experienced by this population [16, 25]. While we have shown a lack of documented outcomes for foot care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, there are a number of examples of new services that have improved access to general health care and diabetes care services resulting in improved health outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Australia [9, 26,27,28]. Similar to the Buridja Clinic, these share common characteristics, including Community consultation in the development, implementation and ongoing management of the service, involvement of Aboriginal Health Workers, and a focus on self-management and patient participation in health through improved health literacy [26,27,28]. The results of this present study identified issues related to physical clinic access via transport and restricted operating hours which are consistent with previous findings in cancer patients [29] and remain a challenge for the Buridja Clinic to fully address. Options to improve access, including sourcing transport from community-based services or family or Community members, and consideration of alternating the day of the week that the service is provided may be considered as part of the ongoing evaluation of the Buridja Clinic. However, there was also consensus among participants that they were comfortable with the clinic environment indicating it had largely overcome any mistrust of mainstream health care and hospital and clinical environments [29].
Participants also reported clinic attendance improved their knowledge of effective foot care and diabetes management which is significant for reducing the prevalence and impact of DFD. Although this was not measured for this present study and relied on self-report data, it does suggest that this may be achievable with a culturally safe clinic and should be investigated in the future. There is strong evidence that preventative care and education can significantly decrease rates of DFD in the general population [30]. Early mitigation of modifiable risk factors such as smoking, poor diet, alcohol consumption, hypertension and dyslipidaemia while maintaining appropriate blood glucose control is known to reduce risk of future complications [30]. Despite this, prevalence of modifiable risk factors among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples remains high. Other strategies include patient education, implementation of foot checks, objective measures of neurological and vascular health, and early referral to a podiatrist. Again, reported evidence indicates that interaction with early intervention programs and therefore opportunities to educate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cohorts remains low across regions where rates of amputation are high [10, 31]. With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples experiencing lower limb amputation rates up to 38 times higher than those of their age matched, non-Indigenous counterparts, and 98% of lower limb amputations in the population the result of diabetes, the potential impacts of culturally safe, effective foot care education programs to support them to achieve a reduction in rates of DFD are significant [5, 31, 32].
The findings of this research need to be considered in light of the extent of the data collection and the geographical area in which the study was undertaken. The purpose of the study was to identify strengths and weakness of the clinic service model from a First Nations' perspective. Clients attending the Buridja Clinic volunteered for the research yarns included in this study. Most participants had attended on a number of occasions suggesting they were happy and engaged with the service. Nevertheless determining why they were comfortable with the service is essential to being able to translate this service to other regions. As none of the participants had only attended on a single occasion it is likely that negative feedback regarding the clinic was missed in this aspect of that data collection. In addition, the research yarns were led by an Aboriginal researcher also involved in the clinic. Although this may have introduced bias in the responses based on a Western approach to research methodology, we consider this a strength of this study. The researcher is a member of the local Community, Community members trust and respect this researcher and, combined with the Community ownership of the clinic, this created a safe space for exchange of ideas and criticism that was supported by the inclusion of Elders in each yarning circle [33, 34].
The data collected through anonymous surveys was more likely to have captured negative experiences, however, the overall positive feedback through this method suggests strong dissatisfaction with the clinic is unlikely. Of note, approximately 25% of the total number of clients attending the clinic completed a survey. Completion, although supported by an Aboriginal Health Worker, may have been affected by the written nature of the survey and the feedback and client comfort and confidence with undertaking this activity. As previously discussed, research yarns are a more culturally appropriate methodology for determining participant and Community perspectives. In this instance, this aspect of the study would have potentially been strengthened with additional research yarns undertaken in the Community in addition to those undertaken with clinic clients. The feedback in relation to the Buridja Clinic is specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It is well established that consulting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and services in the establishment of new health care services is vital. However, services also need to be tailored to specific needs and preferences of individual Communities, as there are cultural differences between Communities. Therefore, while specific elements of the Buridja Clinic that worked well including design aspects and inclusion of students were identified in this study, implementation of these elements into other Communities would require prior Community consultation and engagement.
Evaluation of a foot care service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people embedded in a university-based podiatry program demonstrated the incorporation of specific service design elements, including yarning circles and group appointments, as well as, student placements encouraged ongoing Community engagement with the service. Participants reported improved foot health, greater foot and self-care knowledge, and overall better general health and management as a result of attendance to the clinic. Consideration needs to be given to addressing limited access to transport and flexible operating hours when establishing similar services.
Requests for further detail on the data collected in this study, or data sharing arrangements, can be submitted to Vivienne Chuter (Vivienne.chuter@newcastle.edu.au).
DFD:
Diabetes-related foot disease
NAIDOC:
National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee
UON:
University of Newcastle
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The authors would like to acknowledge the sovereign Traditional Owners of the lands and waters upon which we live and work, and the connection to Country of the Wiradjuri (Wellington), Awabakal (Lake Macquarie), Kombumerri people of the Yugambeh language region (Gold Coast), and Darkinyung (Central Coast) Peoples. We pay respect to Elders past and present. We would like to thank the Darkinjung Community of the Central Coast region of NSW, including the participants and staff for their support and invaluable contribution to the operation of the Buridja Clinic and this research.
Positionality statement
Two authors (MW, Wiradjuri and JC, Kaurna) are proud First Nations people who bring First Nations personal and professional lived experience to this research. Five authors are of European ancestry (SS, FH, SL, SM, VC), and acknowledge Western knowledge systems, colonial lens, and the biases that accompany this worldview.
Larapinta trail scholarships, Lowitja Institute, Woodend Foundation: Perpetual Philanthropy.
Discipline of Podiatry, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW, 2258, Australia
Matthew West, Sean Sadler, Fiona Hawke, Sean Lanting & Vivienne Chuter
First Peoples Health Unit, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4215, Australia
Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3086, Australia
Shannon E. Munteanu
La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3086, Australia
School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Vivienne Chuter
Sean Sadler
Fiona Hawke
Sean Lanting
MW, FH, and VC were involved in designing the study. MW and VC were involved in collecting the data, data entry and analysis, and interpreting the results. VC, MW, SS, SL, JC, FH, and SEM drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Sean Sadler.
The study was approved by the University of Newcastle ethics committee (H-2018-0035) and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (1376/18).
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This report evaluates the Ecuadorian proposal to have the international community compensate Ecuador for not exploiting the oil in the ITT area of Yasuní National Park. It includes the evaluation of this proposal in a broader context, assessing the possible consequences of the arrangement for future systems for international payment for biodiversity/rainforest conservation or payment for other ecosystem services as outlined in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Recently, the debate about international funding of rainforest conservation and payment for ecosystem services in general has received new momentum thanks to the climate change negotiations. Although the debate goes back several decades, the content has now been broadened to include at least five major concerns: carbon sequestration and uptake, biodiversity conservation, maintenance and balance of other ecosystem services, safeguarding the livelihoods of local and indigenous people, and adaptation to climate change.
This report examines the various past and current efforts relating to the question of international payment for forest conservation, linking it to the international obligations of developed countries to support global environmental goals in developing countries. The Yasuní case raises several questions that are also relevant to the Norwegian Bali initiative to contribute NOK 3 billion annually over five years for forest conservation. A central question is how these (new) flows of funding should be organized in order to achieve the relevant internationally agreed objectives emanating from multilateral environmental agreements. Here we discuss the role of the GEF, with its implementing agencies the World Bank, UNDP and UNEP. We tie the discussion to the obligations that developed countries have undertaken to support the implementation of global environmental goals in developing countries as emanating from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), as well as obligations pertaining to indigenous peoples' rights under the CBD and the ILO Convention.


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This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ."
Given the comprehensive essays written by D.J. Glombowksi and David Potts , I do not have much to add in my summary. I would like to examine further the issue of Nietzsche's attitude toward the Jews, Judaism, and anti-Semitism.
I would like to begin by pointing out certain facts about Nietzsche's life. While Nietzsche made a few general statements in support of the Jews and against anti-Semitism in his writings, he did not participate in the political and artistic attempts to advance this cause. Unlike Emile Zola, the French writer who protested the Dreifus affair, Nietzsche did not speak out against specific cases of bigotry against Jews. In contrast with Gotthold Lessing and Friedrich Hebbel, the German dramatists who portrayed noble Jewish characters in their plays, Nietzsche did not glorify any Jewish hero in his poetry. In contrast to Lessing's life-long friendship with the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, there is Nietzsche's worshipful friendship with Richard Wagner, whom Nietzsche regarded as the quintessential Master prototype. Nietzsche never felt a need to criticize Wagner's obsessive anti-Semitism. When he finally broke up with Wagner, it was because of Wagner's capitulation to Christianity.
Given the fact that Nietzsche cannot be regarded as a champion of the Jews, the question still remains: What was the extent of his own anti-Semitism? What was the impact of his writings on the National Socialist movement in Germany?
Nietzsche and Christianity
The claim has been made that Nietzsche spoke against Christianity as much as he did against Judaism. The problem is that he also spoke in favor of Christianity as much as he did in favor of Judaism. In Beyond Good and Evil, he writes:
"Jesus said to his Jews: 'The law was for servants--love God as I love him, as his son! What are morals to us sons of God!'" (BGE, 164)
Later, he glorifies "the Christian in the ecstasies of the cross" as a manifestation of "the painful voluptuousness of tragedy." (BGE 229) In The Gay Science he exonerates Jesus Christ as a single ray of sunshine over the gloomy Jewish landscape of the wrathful Jehovah (TGS 137). In Human, All Too Human, in the section "Signs of Higher and Lower Cultures," he upholds Christianity as a source of high culture: "We owe to Christianity, to the philosophers, poets, and musicians, a superabundance of deeply agitated feelings, the hot flow of belief in ultimate truths, which Christianity, especially, has made so wild" (HATH 244)
Nietzsche's concept of knowledge did not only allow for contradictions. It required them. Only total, comprehensive knowledge, which incorporated opposite opinions, was true knowledge for him. Thus, it was possible for him to write for and against Judaism, for and against Christianity, for and against racism. The National Socialists could interpret his writings any way they wished and manipulate them for their ends because of Nietzsche's explicit rejection of reason and logic. In contrast, they could not use the writings of Leibnitz, the 17th-century German Rationalist, whose writings they had to ban.
Nietzsche's Anti-Semitism
Nietzsche was an emotionalist who had no scruples about expressing his true feelings. Furthermore, he upheld emotions as superior to reason. Here is an anti-Semitic outburst from the horse's mouth:
"Could one count such dilettantes and old spinsters as that mawkish apostle of virginity, Mainlander, as a genuine German? In the last analysis he probably was a Jew (all Jews become mawkish when they moralize)" (TGS 357).
In another place, Nietzsche writes that Jewish scholars support logic because logic "makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses" (TGS 348).
With Friends Like That
One of Nietzsche's strongest statements in support of the Jews and against anti-Semitism is found in a chapter titled "Peoples and Fatherlands" in BGE. Nietzsche writes:
"That the Jews, if they wanted it--or if they were forced into it, which seems to be what the anti-Semites want--could even now have preponderance, indeed quite literally mastery over Europe, that is certain; that they are not working and planning for that is equally certain" (BGE 251).
Nietzsche regards the Jews as a distinct race that acquired the capacity to dominate Europe. He alludes to conspiracy theories against the Jews, but does not mention any by name or denounce anybody. He does not bother to explain why he thinks the Jews do not intend to use their power. The National Socialists agreed with Nietzsche that the Jews were a distinct race that could take over Europe if they only wanted to. In view of Nietzsche's persistent advocacy of "the will to power" as the proper motive power for action, it is hard to see why the Jews will not exercise their will to power and attempt to take over Europe. Unless, of course, they were corrupted by their slave morality, in which case they would not merit Nietzsche's support.
As much as Nietzsche scorned and dismissed reason and logic, the ideas he advocated could not escape them.
Later in the same section, Nietzsche writes that what the Jews want is to be absorbed and assimilated by Europe. He declares that their wish should be noted and accommodated and even recommends "to expel the anti-Semitic screamers from the country" because they are opposed to this endeavor. (Nietzsche was obviously not concerned with freedom of speech.) His assimilation plan does not consist of granting rights to all the Jews as individual citizens. The assimilation should be done by selection, following the model of the English nobility. Only the noble specimens among the Jews should be allowed admittance into the new European master race. Nietzsche envisions "the cultivation of a new caste that will rule Europe." For that end, the German "hereditary art of commanding and obeying" can be enriched by the Jewish "genius of money and patience." Again, Nietzsche and the National Socialists are in total agreement about the subordination of the individual to a biological breeding plan. All the National Socialists had to say was that they could not find any good specimens among the Jews.
Section 251 in BGE was used by the National Socialists in their first book on Nietzsche. The author wrote:
"To wish to give proof regarding Nietzsche's thoughts in order to establish that they agree with the race views and strivings of the National Socialist movement would be carrying coals to Newcastle" (BGE 251, N27).
That Nietzsche's attempt to defend the Jews against anti-Semitism could be used by the National Socialists is a grim victory of reason and logic. As much as Nietzsche scorned and dismissed reason and logic, the ideas he advocated could not escape them. In Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche writes, in a state of licentious daze: "Reason in language: oh, what a tricky old woman she is! I'm afraid we're not rid of God because we still believe in grammar" (TOI, "Reason in Philosophy," 5) Words do have meaning, however, and the National Socialists carried the meaning of his words to their logical conclusion.
Acronyms used:
BGE - Beyond Good and Evil
TGS - The Gay Science
HATH - Human, All Too Human
TOI - Twilight of the Idols
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Opinion: Bill 3 doesn't go far enough
Bill 3 should be judged on whether it will give municipal employees a pension system less prone to deficits and better able to manage the challenges posed by tight budgets and an aging populace.
Protesters gather near Lafontaine Park during a demonstration against pension reform.	Dario Ayala / Montreal Gazette
Public debate on Quebec's Bill 3 has focused almost entirely on whether the proposed changes to municipal pensions are "fair." This doesn't ask enough of the provincial government's reform efforts.
Bill 3 should instead be judged on whether it will give municipal employees a pension system less prone to deficits and better able to manage the challenges posed by tight budgets and an aging populace. By this yardstick, Bill 3 doesn't go nearly far enough.
Across Quebec, some 170 municipal pension plans together face a projected deficit of around $4 billion. To plug this hole, Bill 3 proposes three major changes to these generous pension plans: employee contributions will be increased, total pension costs will be capped at 18 per cent of any municipality's payroll costs (split equally, up to 9 per cent/9 per cent, between employers and employees), and current retirees' benefits will no longer be indexed to inflation. Future pension deficits will be shared between workers and employers.
Arguably, this puts too much pain on retirees who have limited options to replace the future income they would lose. It also asks retirees to share the burden of providing relatively generous pensions to future workers who have never bargained for these benefits.
A fairer Bill 3 would leave retirees untouched, ask current employees to pay more for their pensions and put their future colleagues on less costly plans.
A more robust Bill 3 would make Quebec's municipal pension plans more durable through at least three major additional changes.
First, municipal pension plans should share the risk for future payouts more evenly between employees and their employers. Right now, municipal pensions provide "defined benefits": they promise specific payouts to retirees while employers have to make up any shortfalls if employee contributions and investment returns prove inadequate to cover pension costs.
For this reason many employers in the private sector have moved to "defined contribution" plans, where workers pay in specific amounts without any guarantee of how much they will receive in retirement. All of the risk is on their shoulders.
A "target-benefit" system offers a better alternative. Under this model, a core pension benefit would be guaranteed, with additional benefits tied to investment returns. This would give workers some future security while also reducing risks for municipal employers.
By splitting the burden of future deficits between employers and workers, Bill 3 is already pointing Quebec's municipal pensions toward a target-benefit design. The provincial government should simply adopt this system now.
Second, Quebec's municipal pension funds should be pooled together for more effective management. At present, pension contributions get invested by individual employers, but few — if any — municipalities have the capacity and fund size needed to allocate these monies effectively. As a result, returns may be lower and costs may be higher than they could be otherwise.
West of Quebec, most provinces pool their municipal pensions under a single manager: think of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), one of the world's biggest and most influential sovereign wealth funds. By bringing many plans together, they attract better management talent, expand the range of assets in which they can invest, reduce risks, and cut costs.
Quebec pioneered pooled management of provincial employee pensions with the creation of the Caisse de dépôt et placement in 1965, but few municipal pension funds take advantage of its scale and expertise. Admittedly, the Caisse's size didn't prevent it from suffering major losses at the outset of the recent financial crisis. But the Caisse doesn't invest like a typical pension fund: it's mandated both to earn the highest possible returns and to invest to support Quebec's economic development.
This points to the third major reform missing from the current debate: The Caisse should be unchained from its dual mandate, and allowed to focus exclusively on maximizing yields for its pensioners. This would create a greater incentive for municipal pension plans to use its services.
Bill 3 can be made fairer. But more important, it can also be made much more effective at safeguarding Quebec's municipal pensions for years to come.
Brett House is senior fellow at the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation at McGill and the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Tyler Meredith is research director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
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Gold, Fifth At Toyota U.S. Grand Prix
By Annie Fast
December, 11 2021
Taylor Gold earns fifth place today at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard / Mike Dawsy)
2014 Olympian Taylor Gold was the top U.S. finisher today at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix finals, earning fifth place in the Woodward Copper superpipe. This was the first Olympic halfpipe qualifying event of this season.
"That was the run I wanted to do coming into today and after slamming on my first run, It was really nice to land that second one," said Gold. "The riding is just insane these days so I'm always happy to be up there. Top five is great, of course I want to be on the podium and that's what I keep striving for but I'm happy."
U.S. Snowboard Team rider and 2018 Olympian Chase Josey finished in sixth, followed by three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White in eighth at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix finals.
Looking ahead to the Dew Tour next week, which is also an Olympic qualifier in this same halfpipe at Woodward Copper, Gold says, "The pipe is really good. I'm going to need a day off at least, maybe two," referring to his harrowing crash on his first hit mid-McTwist. "After that I'll feel fresh again and be ready to go. It'll be nice to get a few more days in here, that'll be a good time to maybe add in some more of these tricks that I want to add but I'm happy with that first attempt."
U.S. Ski & Snowboard Halfpipe Coach JJ Thomas says that after taking that huge crash, he was expecting Gold to take a safety run to get back into it, but two minutes before dropping into his second run, says JJ, "He just laced probably the best run he's ever done and that just made my day. To come back after that crash and put down that run, I told him that was one of the sickest athletic performances I've ever seen in my life. That was so boss."
Josey and White also put down two great runs each, but weren't able to break into the podium.
Japan's Ruka Hirano took first, followed by Switzerland's Jan Scherrer and Japan's Yuto Totsuka in third. Japan's Raibu Katayama went down hard during finals, and we are sending our thoughts out for a quick recovery.
In the women's field China's Cai Xuetong took first, followed by Japan's Sena Tomita and Spain's Queralt Castellet in third.
The next Olympic halfpipe qualifier is the Dew Tour right here at Copper Mountain, Colo. Dec. 16–19. The packed U.S. Snowboard Team roster will include Chloe Kim, who's coming into this event following a podium trifecta sweep last winter, including at the Aspen U.S. Grand Prix Olympic tryout event, along with teammate Maddie Maestro, who graced the X Games Aspen and World Championship podiums earning silver medals at each. Mastro and Kim are two of the best women's snowboard halfpipe athletes in the world right now and are forces to be reckoned with coming into the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Men's Snowboard Finals
Women's Snowboard Finals
Top U.S. finisher Taylor Gold readies to drop in. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard / Mike Dawsy)
Check out the latest news, events, & videos from the U.S. Ski & Snowboard teams.
Chase Josey
Chase Josey is an Idaho native that grew up on the slopes of Sun Valley. He has a technical bag of tricks that sets him apart from the field, including a switch double crippler, switch Michalchuk and switch backside 900.
Taylor Gold
Now in his seventh year with the U.S. Snowboard Team, Taylor Gold is an experienced halfpipe veteran known for his smooth, stylish methods and technical tricks.


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Alice Brooks ist eine US-amerikanische Kamerafrau.

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Alice Brooks stammt aus Portland und ist die Tochter des Dramatikers Stephen Levi und einer Schauspielerin, die sie in Broadway-Aufführungen brachte. Nachdem sie zehn Jahre lang als Kinderdarstellerin in New York und Los Angeles tätig war studierte sie Film an der School of Cinematic Arts der University of Southern California.

Nach ihrer Arbeit mit Jon M. Chu bei der Webserie LXD – Legion der außergewöhnlichen Tänzer fungierte sie bei dessen Filmen Jem and the Holograms und In the Heights als Kamerafrau. Auch Chu studierte an der USC School of Cinematic Arts. Ihr letztes Projekt Tick, Tick…Boom! von Lin-Manuel Miranda soll im November 2021 in das Programm von Netflix aufgenommen werden.

Brooks ist Mitglied der International Cinematographers Guild (Local 600) und seit Oktober 2021 Mitglied der American Society of Cinematographers. Im Jahr 2022 wurde sie in die Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) berufen, die alljährlich die Oscars vergibt.

Seit 2012 ist sie mit Samuel Spencer verheiratet und lebt und pendelt zwischen Portland und Hollywood.

Filmografie
 2004: The Hillz (Video)
 2006: Grand Junction
 2006: You Did What?
 2006: Ten 'til Noon
 2006: Monday
 2007: A Light for Greytowers
 2009: Hungry Years
 2010: The LXD: The Uprising Begins
 2010: Design Revolution (Dokumentarfilm)
 2010: American Flyer
 2010: LXD – Legion der außergewöhnlichen Tänzer (Fernsehserie, 4 Folgen als Kamerafrau)
 2011: The LXD: The Secrets of the Ra
 2011: The LXD: Rise of the Drifts
 2011: Lucid Possession
 2012: S2dio City (Fernsehserie, 15 Folgen)
 2013: Tainted Love (Fernsehserie, 6 Folgen)
 2015: Jem and the Holograms
 2015: Apparition
 2015: Sweethearts of the Gridiron (Dokumentarfilm)
 2016: We Love You
 2016: One Fall
 2016: Girl Flu.
 2016: Dance Camp
 2017–2018: The Walking Dead: Red Machete (Fernsehserie, 16 Folgen)
 2018: Emma
 2018: Alex & Me
 2019: The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion (Dokumentarfilm)
 2020: Home Before Dark (Fernsehserie, 4 Folgen)
 2021: In the Heights
 2021: Tick, Tick…Boom!

Auszeichnungen
Satellite Award
 2021: Nominierung für die Beste Kamera (Tick, Tick…Boom!)

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Kameramann
US-Amerikaner
Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
Frau

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At sewing bee yesterday evening I completed my first successful sashiko repair. I started it on Sunday evening and set it aside after getting frustrated. The hole is located on the inner thigh of my jeans, which made for an extremely awkward location to maneuver tiny stitches and a large needle. But I made it to the end, and now the jeans won't end up with an even larger hole.
Towards the end of the workshop the other weekend, our teacher told us she keeps her sashiko supplies separate from her other sewing materials. I was inspired to finally invest in one of the metal pencil boxes made by Danica Studio, and sold at Welk's (home of many irresistable products) as a container to hold mine. Look how cute it is! I want to stitch something all the time now.


Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced the reopening this week of Kimpton Morrison House after extensive renovations and the debut of adjacent Ashlar Restaurant and Bar. Located in the heart of historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia just steps from bustling King Street and just six miles from downtown Washington, D.C., Kimpton Morrison House is a stylish boutique hotel renowned for its award-winning service as Alexandria's only Four Diamond hotel for 30 consecutive years.
The hotel's new design, brought to life by David Hill of Los Angeles-based DH Designs, was inspired by beloved American literary masterpieces set on and around water. Guests are welcomed with whimsical, progressive designs featuring botanical and water elements, and original artwork inspired by the storytelling in beloved classics from "The Great Gatsby" to "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Nods to local tradition include incorporations of signature tartan plaids – a tribute to Alexandria's rich Scottish heritage. With these touch points, Hill alludes to the romance, mystery and poetic allure of Old Town Alexandria, named one of the most romantic and well-read cities in America.
The hotel's 45 sophisticated guest rooms, including three signature suites, incorporate refined finishes, accented with friendly pops of color that inspire. Modern takes on traditional touches include modified four-poster beds, geometric flora and fauna artwork, orange tartan plaid carpet, plus rounded armchairs and playful artwork in bright cerulean blues add to the playfulness of an otherwise sophisticated space.
All guest rooms have luxe Italian marble bathrooms, some with large glass standing showers. Upgraded room types feature separate sitting rooms, decorative fireplaces and hardwood floors.
An intimate, yet striking venue, Kimpton Morrison House plays host to corporate meetings, weddings and social events of up to 100 guests with finesse. The hotel features over 2,800 square feet of event space, including the Chapter Boardroom and newly added 985 square foot Watermark Ballroom.
A new upscale neighborhood tavern and cocktail bar, the 50-seat Ashlar Restaurant and Bar brings a rustic-meets-fine dining approach to Mid-Atlantic cuisine from Executive Chef Bobby Surdham. Ashlar Restaurant and Bar provides all private dining for meetings and special events held at Kimpton Morrison House as well as 24-hour room service to all guest rooms.
Kimpton Morrison House is located at 116 South Alfred Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. For additional information, visit www.morrisonhouse.com or call 703-838-8000.
Photographs courtesy of the hotel.