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Policy with Dispersed Information
Alessandro Pavan
(Northwestern University)
George-Marios Angeletos
(MIT)
This paper studies optimal taxation in a class of economies in which agents have dispersed private information regarding aggregate shocks (commonly-relevant fundamentals such as aggregate productivity and demand conditions). The dispersion of information opens the door to inefficiencies that need not have obtained otherwise and that may manifest themselves in excessive non-fundamental volatility (overreaction to common noise), excessive cross-sectional dispersion (overreaction to idiosyncratic noise), or suboptimal social learning (low quality of information contained in financial prices, macroeconomic data, and other indicators of economic activity). In either case, a novel role for policy emerges. We thus seek to identify policies that permit the government to manipulate how agents utilize their various sources of information, without requiring the government to monitor these sources of information. Our key result is that this can be achieved by appropriately designing the contingency of marginal taxes on aggregate activity. This contingency is not essential when agents have private information regarding only idiosyncratic shocks, but becomes essential once agents have private information regarding aggregate shocks. It permits the government to control the reaction of the economy to noise, as well as to improve the quality of information in prices and macro data.
Alessandro Pavan & George-Marios Angeletos, 2008. "Policy with Dispersed Information," 2008 Meeting Papers 1103, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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Wang Fangqing (王方慶) (died 702), formal name Wang Lin (王綝) but went by the courtesy name of Fangqing, formally Duke Zhen of Shiquan (石泉貞公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during Wu Zetian's reign.

Background
It is not known when Wang Fangqing was born, but it is known that his family was from Tang Dynasty's capital prefecture Yong Prefecture (雍州, roughly modern Xi'an, Shaanxi).  He came from a line of officials who had served during the Jin Dynasty (266–420) and the subsequent Liu Song, Southern Qi, and the Liang Dynasty, until his great-grandfather Wang Bao () surrendered to Northern Zhou when Northern Zhou forces captured the then-Liang capital Jiangling in 554. Wang Bao and his descendants thereafter served as officials of Northern Zhou and its successors Sui Dynasty and Tang. Wang Fangqing's father Wang Hongzhi () successively served as advisor to Li Yuanchang () the Prince of Han and Li Yuanjing () the Prince of Jing, sons of Tang's founder Emperor Gaozu.

Wang Fangqing himself started his official service at age 15, when he served on the military staff of Li Zhen the Prince of Yue, a son of Emperor Taizong (Emperor Gaozu's son and successor).  He studied the Records of the Grand Historian and Book of Han under Li Zhen's secretary Ren Xigu (), and later, when Ren became a staff member of the crown prince, Wang followed him and continued to study under him.  During Emperor Taizong's successor Emperor Gaozong's Yongchun era (682-683), Wang was promoted to be the deputy minister of husbandry (太僕少卿, Taipu Shaoqing), and on one occasion, when Emperor Gaozong was considering creating his grandson Li Chongzhao the unprecedented title of deputy crown prince (皇太孫, Huang Taisun), he consulted Wang, who opined that the action was unprecedented and yet Emperor Gaozong could, if he so wanted, create a new tradition.  After Emperor Gaozong's death later in 683, his powerful wife Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian) became empress dowager and regent successively over their sons Emperor Zhongzong (whom she deposed in 684) and Emperor Ruizong. During her regency, Wang became the commandant at Guang Prefecture (廣州, roughly modern Guangzhou, Guangdong).  Guang Prefecture was at that point becoming increasingly important as a port of international trade, and Wang's predecessor Lu Yuanrui () was assassinated in 684 by Malay merchants after he had improperly seized their merchandise.  After Wang succeeded Lu, he was said to be honest and clean, never taking bribes.  Moreover, within his territory, there had long been tribal leaders who had received special treatment and who were corrupt, who in turn kept their corruption going by bribing the officials.  Wang ordered the officials to stop associating with the tribal leaders and arrested the most corrupt of the tribal leaders. The public sentiment at the time believed that since the start of Tang, there had not been anyone who had governed Guang Prefecture better than Wang, and Empress Dowager Wu issued an edict honoring his achievements.

During Wu Zetian's reign
In 695, Wu Zetian, who by that point had taken the throne from Emperor Ruizong as "emperor," establishing a new Zhou Dynasty and interrupting Tang, recalled Wang Fangqing to serve as the secretary general of the then-capital prefecture Luo Prefecture (洛州, roughly modern Luoyang, Henan).  She soon gave him the honorific title of Yinqing Guanglu Daifu () and created him the Baron of Shiquan.  In 696, she made him the secretary general at Bing Prefecture (并州, roughly modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) and created him the Baron of Langye—but even before he departed for Bing Prefecture, made him instead Luantai Shilang (), the deputy head of the examination bureau of government (鸞臺, Luantai).  She also gave him the designation of Tong Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi (), making him a chancellor de facto.  His office was soon changed to be Fengge Shilang (), the deputy head of the legislative bureau (鳳閣, Fengge), and he remained chancellor de facto with the Tong Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi designation.

In 697, after Wu Youyi () the Prince of Jian'an, the grandson of Wu Zetian's uncle Wu Shirang (), had returned victoriously from a campaign against Khitan forces, tradition called for the playing of a military band as Wu Youyi returned to the capital Luoyang. The chancellor Wang Jishan, as the month that Wu Youyi was returning was the same month when Emperor Gaozong died, requested that the band be only present but not playing. Wang Fangqing, citing precedents from Jin Dynasty, argued that the band should only not play if Wu Youyi were returning on the same day of Emperor Gaozong's death, advocated that the band still play, and Wu Zetian agreed.  Around the same time, there was an occasion when Wu Zetian was visiting Yuquan Temple () at Mount Wan'an (萬安山, near Luoyang). The path up the mountain was steep, and she considered going up the mountain in a litter. Wang Fangqing advocated against it, arguing that it was too dangerous for the sovereign to take such a journey, and she agreed.  Later that year, she upgraded his title to Viscount of Shiquan. Also, around the same time, there was a discussion as to whether the ceremony of having the emperor personally declare the start of each month should be abolished as not being referred to in the Confucian classics.  Wang Fangqing advocated that the ceremonies be kept in place, and Wu Zetian agreed.

Wang kept a large collection of books at his mansion, and on one occasion, Wu Zetian visited his mansion to request to see some of his ancestors' calligraphy. Wang stated that his family had previously already submitted the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi (of another line of his clan) to Emperor Taizong, but that he was willing to submit the calligraphy of his 11th generation ancestor Wang Dao as well as 27 other ancestors' calligraphy. Wu Zetian displayed the calligraphy to the officials and had an official of the legislative bureau, Cui Rong (), collect them into a collection, and then awarded the collection back to Wang, considered a great honor at the time.

In 698, the chancellor Di Renjie advocated recalling Li Zhe the Prince of Luling (the former Emperor Zhongzong) from exile—a suggestion that Wang Jishan and Wang Fangqing concurred in and was also advocated by Wu Zetian's close advisor Ji Xu and her lovers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong. Wu Zetian agreed and recalled Li Zhe from exile, and soon created him crown prince. Later that year, Wang Fangqing, on account of failing health, requested a less important position, and Wu Zetian made him the director of the imperial library (麟臺監, Lintai Jian), no longer chancellor. Once Li Zhe (whose name was then changed to Li Xian) was made crown prince, she also made Wang Fangqing a member of his staff.  In 699, she created him the Duke of Shiquan and ordered that his salary be the same as if he were still a chancellor, and also ordered him to teach Li Xian in his studies. He died in 702 and was buried with honor.  It was said, however, that as his sons did not attend to his great book collections, the collections were gradually lost after his death.

Notes and references

 Old Book of Tang, vol. 89.
 New Book of Tang, vol. 129.
 Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 203, 205, 206.

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702 deaths
Chancellors under Wu Zetian
Politicians from Xi'an
Tang dynasty politicians from Shaanxi
Year of birth unknown

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Inside the Iran Protests: An IPT Exclusive Video Report
by Steve Emerson	July 2, 2018
Anti-government protests throughout Iran are heating up, with security forces reportedly killing four protesters Saturday night. The unrest is driven by Iran's crippling economic conditions. Unemployment is soaring as Iran's currency, the rial, plummets by more than 50 percent. The city of Khorramshahr, in southwest Iran near the Iraqi border, has been without drinkable water for more than two weeks.
https://ccnationalsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Iran-protests-2018-IPT-video.m4v
Iran's economy was supposed to be aided by the elimination of economic sanctions under the nuclear deal reached with the United States and five allied nations. Instead, the regime chose to invest heavily in proxy wars in Yemen, in sending its own troops to protect Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and to underwrite Hamas and Hizballah's endless terror campaigns aimed at annihilating Israel.
Now the U.S. has withdrawn from the nuclear deal and is imposing new sanctions, promising to make Iran's economy worse. Ordinary Iranians in dozens of cities have taken to the street to curse their leaders, curse the terrorists in far-away lands and to say, essentially, Iran First.
In many of the clips, you will see dozens of people holding their phones up to record the action. Some of those Iranians sent their videos to an Investigative Project on Terrorism source to provide an inside look at the latest uprising against the Iranian regime.
The video starts with images from Khorramshahr, scene of the most intense demonstrations so far. Reports say four people killed by government forces. Iran denies any fatalities.
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Steve Emerson is the Executive Director at the Investigative Project on Terrorism and a Member of the Citizens Commission on National Security, and is considered one of the leading authorities on Islamic extremist networks, financing and operations.
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3 * gpg/t-encrypt-sign.c (check_result): Rewritten.
7 * gpg/t-encrypt.c: Check for invalid recipients.
10 * gpg/t-import.c (check_result): Really use FPR.
11 * gpgsm/t-import.c (check_result): Rewritten.
18 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (noinst_PROGRAMS): Add t-genkey.
19 * gpg/t-genkey.c: Include <stdlib.h>.
20 (main): Check result->fpr before checking its length.
24 * gpg/t-genkey.c: Rewritten to match new semantics.
28 * gpg/t-decrypt.c (passphrase_cb): Fix to new prototype.
29 * gpg/t-decrypt-verify.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
30 * gpg/t-edit.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
31 * gpg/t-encrypt-sign.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
32 * gpg/t-encrypt-sym.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
33 * gpg/t-sign.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
34 * gpg/t-signers.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
38 * t-engine-info.c: Use file_name instead path throughout.
40 * Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-engine-info.
41 * t-engine-info.c: New file.
42 * gpg/t-encrypt.c (main): Don't print engine info.
43 * gpg/t-eventloop.c (main): Likewise.
44 * gpg/t-encrypt-sign.c (main): Likewise.
49 * gpgsm/t-verify.c (main): Adjust caller of gpgme_op_verify.
50 * gpg/t-verify.c (main): Likewise.
58 * gpgsm/t-encrypt.c (main): Use the short certification name.
70 * gpg/t-decrypt-verify.c (print_data): Likewise.
71 * gpg/t-edit.c (main): Likewise.
72 * gpg/t-encrypt.c (print_data): Likewise.
73 * gpg/t-encrypt-sign.c (print_data): Likewise.
74 * gpg/t-encrypt-sym.c (print_data): Likewise.
75 * gpg/t-eventloop.c (print_data): Likewise.
76 * gpg/t-export.c (print_data): Likewise.
77 * gpg/t-sign.c (print_data): Likewise.
78 * gpg/t-signers.c (print_data): Likewise.
79 * gpgsm/t-decrypt.c (print_data): Likewise.
80 * gpgsm/t-encrypt.c (print_data): Likewise.
81 * gpgsm/t-export.c (print_data): Likewise.
82 * gpgsm/t-sign.c (print_data): Likewise.
83 * gpg/t-verify.c (main): Likewise for gpgme_op_verify.
84 * gpgsm/t-verify.c (main): Likewise for gpgme_op_verify.
85 * t-data.c (read_once_test): Likewise.
86 (write_test): Update for new behaviour of data objects.
87 (main): Remove type test.
91 * gpgsm/t-keylist.c (doit): Add arg SECRET.
92 (main): Add option --secret.
96 * t-version.c: Include <string.h>. Reported by Stéphane Corthésy.
100 * gpg/t-keylist.c (main): Test PATTERN for NULL before printing.
101 Reported by Dr. Stefan Dalibor <Dr.Stefan.Dalibor@bfa.de>.
110 * gpg/t-edit.c: New file.
111 * gpg/Makefile (TESTS): Add t-edit.
122 * gpg/t-eventloop.c: New file.
123 * gpg/Makefile (TESTS): Add t-eventloop.
127 * gpgsm/t-import.c (print_op_info): New.
128 (main): Print operation info.
132 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): new.
136 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-export.
141 * gpgsm/t-sign.c (main): Also test a normal signature.
143 * gpg/Makefile (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Set GPG_AGENT_INFO empty.
147 match the one in ../../gpgme/rungpg.c.
151 * gpgsm/t-keylist.c (doit): Print operation info if available.
155 * gpgsm/t-verify.c (print_sig_stat): Print the error token.
160 to specify an encryption key.
164 * gpg/Makefile.am (all-local): Remove dependency on ./secring.gpg.
168 does create an empty secring.gpg file when importing public keys.
172 * gpgsm/t-verify.c (validity_string): New.
173 (print_sig_stat): Print expire time and validity.
174 (status_string): Add new exipred stati.
178 * gpg/t-verify.c (validity_string): New.
179 (print_sig_stat): Print expire time and validity.
180 (status_string): Add new exipred stati.
185 prevent use of gpg-agent.
193 * gpgsm/t-encrypt.c (main): Likewise.
197 * gpg/t-encrypt-sym.c: New file.
198 * gpg/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-encrypt-sym.
207 * gpg/Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): Added.
216 * gpg/t-encrypt-sign.c: New file.
217 * gpg/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-encrypt-sign.
222 fail when the directory already exists.
226 * gpg/Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): New target.
232 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (./private-keys-v1.d/$(key_id).key): Fix rule.
241 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (key_id): Update value.
242 (all-local): Add .key to keyid filename.
245 (all-local): Add ./gpgsm.conf, ./trustlist.txt.
246 (./gpgsm.conf, ./trustlist.txt): New target.
248 * gpgsm/32100C27173EF6E9C4E9A25D3D69F86D37A4F939: ... this.
252 * gpg/t-import.c (print_op_info): New function.
257 * gpg/t-signers.c (passphrase_cb): Change type of r_hd to void**.
258 * gpg/t-sign.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
259 * gpg/t-decrypt-verify.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
260 * gpg/t-decrypt.c (passphrase_cb): Likewise.
269 * gpg/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add missing line continuation.
273 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add $(key_id).
277 * gpgsm/Makefile: Rename `pubcerts.kbx' to `pubring.kbx'.
281 * gpgsm/t-keylist.c (check_two_contexts): Set protocols.
285 * gpgsm/t-sign.c: New file.
286 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-sign.
290 * gpgsm/t-decrypt.c: New file.
292 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-decrypt.
294 (all-local): New target ./private-keys-v1.d/$(key_id) added.
299 * gpgsm/t-verify.c: New file.
300 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-verify.
304 * gpg/Makefile.am (GPG): Set to @GPG_PATH@.
305 (./pubring.gpg): Use $(GPG) instead gpg.
308 * gpgsm/t-import.c (main): Remove third test case.
309 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (GPGSM): Set to @GPGSM@.
312 * gpgsm/t-encrypt.c: New file.
313 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-encrypt.
317 * gpgsm/t-keylist.c: New file.
318 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-keylist.
322 * gpgsm/cert_dfn_pca01.der: New file.
326 * gpgsm/Makefile.am (EXTRADIST): Add new files.
331 * gpg/: New directory.
334 t-decrypt-verify.c, t-decrypt.c, t-version.c, t-data.c, mkdemodirs.
336 secdemo.asc, seckey-1.asc): Move to sub directory gpg/.
340 (LDD): Correct relative path to gpgme library.
341 (TESTS): Remove t-version and t-data.
345 t-version.c, t-data.c): Include gpgme.h, not "../gpgme/gpgme.h".
347 * Makefile.am: New file.
348 * gpgsm/: New directory.
349 * gpgsm/Makefile.am: New file.
353 * Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-decrypt-verify.
354 * t-decrypt-verify.c: New file.
359 * t-data.c: Include stddef.h.
360 (read_once_test): Change type of READ to size_t.
366 * t-signers.c: New file.
367 * Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-signers.
371 * Makefile.am (TEST_ENVIRONMENT): Revert last change.
380 * t-data.c (write_test): New function.
381 (main): Invoke write_test for all rounds except TEST_OUT_CB.
390 * t-version.c: New file.
394 * Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-version, t-data.
398 * t-keylist.c (check_two_contexts): New.
402 * t-encrypt.c (print_op_info): New and use it after each operation..
406 * t-sign.c (print_op_info): New and use it after each operation.
410 * t-keylist.c (doit): List subkeys too, show caps.
415 because we don't use the config stuff here.
419 * tests/t-verify.c (print_sig_stat): Print info about the keys.
426 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
430 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


If you work in proptech, this probably won't be the first time you've heard this: the property industry has been historically slow to adopt technology. Perhaps this should come as no surprise, since nearly every type of property transaction – purchasing, renting, home surveys – require in some way human expertise, and oftentimes also require a friendly human to best facilitate the transaction. Letting and estate agents, for example, tend to be friendly, outgoing people, and you could even argue these are necessary qualities to perform these jobs well.
Proptech companies, on the other hand, often position their technology centrally and market it as their primary USP. From their perspective, proptech companies provide value because of their technology, so it therefore becomes central to the sales pitch - it's even half of the word "proptech." And this pride in the technology is warranted: without the technological innovation that's been created recently, the property industry's outreach would still be awash with phone calls, property brochures, and reams of paper when any significant transaction took place.
The struggle is finding the middle ground between these two worlds, property and technology, so that fervent proptech adoption can begin. Some of the difficulty might have to do with the structure of the marketplace: the way the B2B environment is set up means that the tech companies are the salespeople and the property companies are the propspects; the property companies have not asked the tech companies to create a proptech solution, in most cases, but the tech companies have seen a way to add a huge amount of value to property companies, and are thus charged with selling their proptech solution to the relevant property industry segment.
As such, proptech companies must think strategically about their B2B sales approach to property companies. While the technology behind many proptech solutions is incredibly exciting to those in the thick of it, and also those of us who understand it well, it may not raise so much as an eyebrow at a property company. Therefore, proptech companies must adapt their sales and marketing techniques to the industry they target. Don't sell proptech like you're talking to a tech company, sell proptech like you're talking to a property company.
The direct mail campaign is not dead. Property companies still rely on direct mail/snail mail for marketing purposes themselves. Despite the argument that they should rethink this approach, it is nonetheless the language they speak. As such, they are much more likely to respond to a direct mail competing from a proptech company than other industries might be. Although digital marketing is the first inclination for many proptech marketers, they should nevertheless consider adding direct mail to their marketing arsenal as a way to communicate effectively with property companies. Direct mail is familiar. Familiar is friendly, familiar is relatable, familiar is comfortable, so use direct mail to enhance engagement.
If you'd like to try a different ink-and-paper approach, industry magazines are also an excellent way to reach a large part of the audience; not only that, they're still read by a lot of property professionals, so your brand could get better visibility than if you stuck to digital advertising.
business is more important than understanding what they do, and this kind of understanding is only attainable through in-person interactions." There's even scientific evidence to support the benefits of meeting in person instead of via email or virtually. Again, when you speak the language of property professionals it will go much further than if you speak to them like they're another tech company.
Property exhibitions and conferences are excellent opportunities to engage with a lot of property professionals in a short amount of time. They're attended by the same crowd on a regular basis, so if you're able to exhibit at some of the major events throughout the year then this can vastly improve your visibility. For an even bigger impact – budget allowing – sponsor an event. This will not only make your proptech company more recognizable, but it will also build trust in your brand as a proptech force to be reckoned with.


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I never make the same mistake… Thrice?
For those who haven't heard about this challenge, Lonna @ FLYLēF and Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense are hosting the Comment Challenge all summer long. Every month we're pairing up bloggers and encouraging them to comment on each other's blogs.
It's Amy here! So…. I've failed yet again. Last month I participated in the Comment Challenge and had a fantastic time (although my sign-up post was late, of course), so I signed up for August! I then proceeded to go to camp and take a mini-hiatus from the blog…. And so I thought that SOMEWHERE in there, I had posted this! I could've sworn I posted this! Alas, I did not. My sincerest apologies to both my amazing partner, TT @ Intro to Blurb (who has already reached out- yay and thank you so much!) as well as Lonna and Alicia. Thank you both for hosting this; I love the idea and I've enjoyed the experience thus far! Wish me luck, guys; toodles!
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Better late than never, aha! Super glad you got the post up, and that we're partners!!
Here's to a (hopefully) fantastic August!
Hahaha true! Thanks, so am I! 😉 Cheers!
This was a fun challenge! I'm taking a break in August, but I hope you enjoy it as much as last month.
Absolutely! I totally understand that. 🙂 Thanks, I do too!


With so many difficult issues confronting girls, it can be overwhelming to know where or how to begin to help. One of the ways our family has responded is by sponsoring children through World Vision. We sponsor a little girl from rural southern Zambia and because of my travels to Zambia with WaterAfrica, I've had the privilege of meeting Rute.
I first met Rute in 2010 at her family's home. This 8-year old girl, in a shiny bright green dress, was so delighted with the paper and pens I pulled from my bag that she took them and immediately began writing. Rute has tremendous potential for educational success. As a mother and a teacher and a very proud Sponsor, I resolved to continue providing encouragement and resources to help this dear girl grow into her potential.
It is well-documented that educating a girl multiplies to the benefit of an entire community. But my trip to Zambia with WaterAfrica last summer illuminated the challenges that inadequate WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) presents for educating girls.
It's easy to recognize that when women and children spend their time walking to remote locations to collect enough water for their daily use there is little time or energy left for education.
But I hadn't realized that educating girls can be stopped by something so common and universal as menstruation!
Joyce Mweemba Sendoi oversees World Vision's Sanitation and Hygiene programs in Zambia and we asked her about this problem. She explained that the cultural tradition in rural Zambia keeps activities and conversation surrounding a monthly period very private. Even to speak of it is embarrassing. Without discreet supplies and private spaces to manage the details, girls stay away from school during their period. Some girls have the capacity to rise above this challenge and catch up/keep up, but for many girls – missing days of school on a regular basis causes them to fall behind. Eventually they give up and quit.
World Vision implements a successful WASH program in Zambia. We've talked a lot about how this changes lives – empowering villagers to pursue activities beyond collecting and coping with dirty water, but we haven't talked much about the Sanitation and Hygiene impact on education.
World Vision's Zambia WASH (ZWASH) program recognizes that establishing adequate latrines and hand-washing facilities at schools is crucial for creating a successful academic environment for all students. Additionally, providing bathing shelters creates important private spaces for girls to manage the details of feminine hygiene.
Not only does World Vision's ZWASH program teach and support villagers as they construct latrines, tip-taps (hand-washing stations) and bathing shelters from locally sourced materials, but it also implements remarkable WASH education and training strategies in the schools. It is a comprehensive, life-changing program.
As we mark this first observation of the International Day of the Girl Child, would you join WaterAfrica in supporting World Vision's WASH work in rural Zambia? A period should mean the end of a sentence, not the end of an education.
While the WaterAfrica travel team was in Zambia this summer we spent time with key members of World Vision's ZWASH (Zambia Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) program. As they shared their time with us they also shared their experiences and insights regarding the ZWASH program.
On a long, bumpy ride out to the field one day, Joyce Mweemba Sendoi, who oversees World Vision's Sanitation and Hygiene programs in Zambia, graciously answered our questions with helpful information and illustrations. As Joyce described the current approach of the ZWASH program she said, "We are working for sustainability. We need to help the villages prepare so we ensure that the water, when they get it, complements everything. If we find that a community is not ready in terms of what we need before water arrives we won't drill the borehole." She further described the ways World Vision comes alongside the community to help them move into water readiness.
So what does World Vision expect from a village before drilling a borehole?
Each household in the village must construct things from locally sourced materials.
World Vision magnifies the impact of these elements with effective training programs. Using culturally sensitive, successful methods, the ZWASH team educates and trains villagers to train each other on how to build these elements AND why each element is important. Our WaterAfrica travel team was able to see many of these training programs in action and we got to speak with many community members who were carrying the WASH message to their neighbors.
To demonstrate just how effective the training methods are, and how the sanitation and hygiene messages spread among villages, World Vision took us to Hamasunse Village where we saw the WASH message had clearly taken hold even before the Village had been targeted by World Vision's program.
We were impressed by the effective ZWASH training program. It is obviously empowering. These women had not had any direct interaction with World Vision, yet they heard about the Sanitation and Hygiene elements that would make a dramatic difference in their health. They figured out how to implement them with resourceful creativity and determination. There is no doubt when these women get clean Water it will fully complement their Sanitation and Hygiene practices in a way that will be sustainable and spark further life-changing opportunities.
The ZWASH program is effective, empowering and sustainable.
Your donations are doing much more than providing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. They are changing the way the villagers see themselves. They now have the power and hope to improve their lives.
Your donations enable the ZWASH program to continue producing life-changing results. The need is great. World Vision will be drilling water for these women of Hamasunse Village very soon, but many others just like them are still in need.
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Zambia Trip Presentation This Sunday Night!
You Walked for Water in April. What impact did the Walk make? A WaterAfrica team went to Zambia to find out. They learned that your donations helped supply water and sanitation, for sure, but did much more. Your donations are empowering the rural Zambians to pull themselves up from a subsistence life to a life filled with hope that they can create a better tomorrow for themselves and their children.
This Sunday the Zambia travel team will report on the dramatic changes they observed. Come see a tip-tap, a bathing shelter, a latrine. Hear about a high-school club that promotes hygiene habits. And much more. Like the WaterAfrica Walk for Water, this is a family-friendly event with information and opportunities for kids and adults! Please join us!
Sunday | September 30 | 7-8:00 p.m.
I just returned from my second trip Zambia. I wore many hats on this trip: World Vision US trip leader and colleague to the World Vision Zambia staff, WaterAfrica Board member, Walk4Water co-chair and excited traveler. Our WaterAfrica group of 6 went to Zambia to see the work that World Vision is doing as a result of funding from our organization.
As an excited traveler, the trip was great. We visited Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, and we saw some of the most amazing animals and birds just yards away. We walked the streets of the big cities as well as the small towns; we drove on newly improved highways and bumpy dirt roads. We spent a lot of time talking with people and listening to their stories. We talked to school children of all ages, soccer (football) fans, hired drivers, retired civil servants, village headmen and women, people living positively with HIV/AIDS, women who shared about the challenges of raising a family, and some who grew up with relative wealth and access to good education. These were all Zambians and we were there to learn about their lives and about their amazing country.
We spent time with World Vision Zambia staff every day and listened as they unfolded the national priorities for World Vision Zambia, the regional strategic plan for ZWASH (Zambia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) and the details of the local projects and programs in the Hamaundu ADP. What struck me most throughout the trip was the theme of partnership. At the national level, World Vision is partnering with the government of Zambia to increase effectiveness across the country and to leverage strengths and resources. There are now existing partnerships between World Vision and local businesses, such as Zamtel – a cell phone service provider helping to fund the drilling and installation of borehole wells in rural areas. All project strategies at all levels intentionally incorporate partnership with local school administrators, teachers, village elders, village volunteers, children and their families. We never saw an example of a project where World Vision was "doing something for" a village or a group. In every instance there was collaboration, discussion, empowerment and self-sustaining work being done. This takes a long time and much patience and grace is required, but all are obviously up to the task.
This theme of partnership naturally lent itself to a secondary theme for me: mutual encouragement. As an organization, WaterAfrica was recognized by the National Office staff as an important partner in helping to bring about sustainable WASH solutions in Zambia. WaterAfrica's annual Walk4Water fundraiser is well-known there and they are considering a similar event in Lusaka to help make urban Zambians more aware of the lack of access to clean water in more rural areas. As we moved out of the city toward the villages, the high regard for WaterAfrica was a repetitive theme.
We saw the hard work being faithfully accomplished by professional, educated and dedicated World Vision staff members who often sacrifice living with their families in order to be closer to the rural poor whom they serve. For me, one of the great joys of making these trips is getting to know the staff. We were able to thank them for what they do every day and to appreciate their gifts and talents as we observed them interacting with each other and with the people we've come to love – the rural poor in Zambia. What a privilege and what an honor.
It was WORK pulling that full bucket out of the water! Though these Zambian women carry full 42 pound buckets on their heads, we weren't allowed to carry a full load. Our short walk back to the trucks gave us just a tiny fraction of insight into the lives of the Zambian women. Ask any of us about the experience and we'll tell you – It was hard. It was heavy. It was awkward. It was work. And none of us can truly imagine spending our lives in this way.
To state the obvious – it's a terrible way to spend a life. But to further illuminate the gravity of the situation – the water!!!! It's a shallow hole in the middle of a field. This for drinking. And cooking. And cleaning. The women share this hole with pigs and cattle.
One gal (left in picture below) started carrying water when she was 10 years old – girls usually start younger. She's now 30 years old – She's been doing this routine every day for 20 years.
The beautiful part of this story is that these women now have a borehole with clean, safe water just moments from their homes. They are healthy. They have time. They can think, plan, and work on other projects. They are working on gardens for sustenance and for sale. This is the life-changing story that WaterAfrica works for.
We traveled halfway around the world to walk alongside these women, but it's important to note the reasons they decided to drive us to the water instead of walk: 1) they were protecting us because they thought it would be hard, and 2) we had a schedule to keep that day, and they didn't want to spend our time walking. These women have not had these choices until now.
As we drove back from the water source, the women sat in the back of the truck singing about "a love that does not choose." This put powerful punctuation to our Walk4Water. We were driving back rubbing our heads, wiping off dirt, putting bandages on, etc, and they were singing and rejoicing about God's love – a humbling lesson in gratitude.
As we continue to unpack our trip in these next days, we hope you'll be encouraged – your donations change lives.
**Jetlag+File management complications = blog silence these past few days. But we're back! And jumpstarting the stories with a Sunday afternoon treat.
For a bit of perspective – Out in Hamaundu ADP (World Vision's Area Development Program) the roads we drove on looked most often like these.
We bounced around corners and up and down hills – at times the road narrowed to a single track trail. But our faithful World Vision drivers never failed to turn around the final bend and introduce us to a vibrant community of people eager to share their lives with us.
On Monday afternoon we were midway between two villages when our drivers stopped at an "intersection" and people piled in the back of the truck and rode along with us. While they rode they sang. When we took the final turn and arrived at our target village they all piled out. We learned that they are World Vision Hygiene Promoters: an all-volunteer group of community leaders who work to bring sustainable WASH to their villages. They'd met up with us in order to have a meeting with Isaac, Hamaundu ZWASH Coordinator (AKA one of our drivers and trip organizers). We'll be telling you much more about these remarkable people and their work as we continue to tell our trip stories. But first ….
When they got out of the truck at our destination we asked if we could record their singing. They were willing and delighted to "travel to America in Jennifer's video camera!" So without further ado – The Hygiene Promoters sing 2 numbers. The first is roughly translated to be a song about working together with their children – striving to reach their goals. The second is about preparing yourself and helping me to prepare for the return of Christ.
Sunday morning Japhet delivered Beth and Jennifer to the Golden Pillow Lodge for breakfast with the team and then John, World Vision's Driver who would be our skillful driver and interpreter during our time in the field, picked us up for church.
What a blessing to worship cross-culturally! We were warmly received and even recognized some of the people we'd met at this same church during our last WaterAfrica trip. The service was filled with wonderful music led a wide variety of church members, including "two songs by three brothers" using their remarkable homemade guitars. A young lady sitting in front of us passed back a note partway through the music – it was translation for the songs. She continued to do this for us for the rest of the music. We talked to her after the service – her name is Mary. She's a second year teaching student doing a term of secondary ed student teaching at Jembo High School. She was orphaned as a child and raised by her uncle. We were all impressed by her fluency, self-assuredness and level of education. She said she is married – her husband is also a teacher, but we didn't meet him.
The district superintendent gave the message in English with Tonga translation. There was an awful lot of congregation participation in the service and the speakers usually worked back and forth between the two languages very fluidly. After nearly 4 hours the service ended and we we were ushered out right after the pastor. We shook hands with EVERYONE else as they exited the building. Some of them seemed delighted and practiced their English greetings. Others barely made eye contact. We were like magnets for the kids, particularly after we took a couple pictures.
One theme for these early days was to intentionally slow the itinerary a bit in order to observe and partcipate in the every day lives of the people in Choma – a perspective we've lacked on previous trips. Because our morning had turned to late-afternoon by the time we got back to the hotel we didn't have time for our planned visit to the Choma Museum. BUT some of us were delighted to find a soccer game in play just adjacent to the hotel so Beth and Jennifer walked over first and were humored to find themselves the only female soccer fans present. (However, there WAS a female linesman.) Two young men sitting on the edge of the field provided commentary, including the opinion that "both teams are useless." Bill, Diane and Sharron came to watch later in the game while Ann stayed back to watch birds. Altogether it turned out to be a wonderful Sunday in Zambia.
After dinner Fred Mazumba, World Vision's ADP (Area Development Program) manager in Sinazongwe stopped by with his family. Fred joined us for Walk4Water5 and what fun it was to meet him again in his own country and to greet his wife and children!
Also that evening Angela, the Hamaundu ADP manager stopped by briefly. Hamaundu is the ADP that WaterAfrica has partnered with as we follow World Vision's WASH program in Zambia. Our financial donations go to WASH projects throughout Zambia (ZWASH) but our relationship with Hamanundu allows us a specific connection with an ADP, and a lens through which we can see how WASH is implemented in World Vision's development work – Much like the way the child sponsorship model connects a sponsor to a child.
Saturday morning we loaded up and left Lusaka for Choma.
We broke the 4 hour drive with a lunch stop at Debonairs in Mazabuka. A most interesting combination of gas station, auto repair shop and restaurant!
When we arrived in Choma, a city of 47,000, our group was split between two hotels, as expected – there weren't enough rooms for all of us in one lodge. Our excellent driver, Japhet ferried Beth and Jennifer back and forth from the Mana Nest to the Golden Pillow Lodge where the rest of the group stayed and where we ate dinner each night. We collected many lodging-related stories during our stay.
Saturday afternoon we settled in and some of World Vision's Hamaundu ADP (Area Development Program) staff joined us for dinner in the evening. It was a wonderful reunion with those we'd met before and we greatly appreciated this open evening to interact with these remarkable friends – new and old – who plan and implement the WASH work which WaterAfrica supports. Most of these particular World Vision staff members live in Choma and work primarily in the Hamaundu ADP, which is about an hour's rough, rural drive from Choma. We met Albert, Sebastian, Isaac, Agnes, John and Samuel – Program Accountants, Driver, Coordinator and Director.
This dark picture turns out to be a good representation of the lighting situation. This was the first in what was to be our evening routine of power outages at the hotel – a good reminder that this beautiful country is one of the poorest in the world.
We ended the day full of questions and eager anticipation – excited to have met our new friends – these World Vision staff members who'd be sharing their lives and their work with us through the next days.
The WaterAfrica Travel Team arrived in Lusaka on two different itineraries and we overlapped briefly with the Lake Grove Presbyterian Church group, which was just completing their trip to World Vision's Sinazongwe ADP in southern Zambia.
It was in this meeting that we first began to hear about what was to become a dominant theme in our conversations and observations: Partnership. The staff described a variety of contexts and ways they are engaging the Zambian government to share resources and expertise as they pursue community development work together.
Another important topic we heard about was World Vision's increasing engagement of the Zambian urban communities about the needs of rural Zambians. The Staff seemed to enjoy hearing about our annual Walk4Water and commented that they might even explore an activity like that as they raise awareness and money for Zambians to help their fellow Zambians. We offered to return and consult with them!!!
When our meeting concluded we gave up our seats to a group of government officials who were meeting with World Vision right after us (it was good punctuation for our conversation about government partnership!!), and we took a quick detour over to Mike Veitenhan's office so we could see one of our Walk4Water WaterAfrica Day proclamations hanging outside his door!!!
After that we walked over to the Child Sponsorship Office for a brief tour and overview of their work. This is the child sponsorship communication hub for World Vision Zambia and what an impressive operation to document and deliver every communication and child sponsorship gift! Child sponsorship is an excellent way to connect with one specific child and family and through this lens it allows a sponsor to see World Vision's development work in action. Several of our team members are sponsoring children in the area we would be visiting, and these meetings with our children raised a number of interesting conversations and questions as the week progressed.
We had lunch and did a bit of shopping in the afternoon.
We've been without internet all week and blogging via text began to fail by Wednesday. Stay tuned! The WASH trip is complete and we're making our way home via various itineraries. We'll be unpacking our photos and stories very soon!!!


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7 Most Expensive Players of Pro Kabaddi League season VI
By Saad Kazi
The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 6 captivated some amazing bidding from the franchise owners, who didn't mind to increase their bids from some exclusive talented players.
Take a look at some players of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) who are expensive as well as valuable to the teams:
Monu Goyat
Monu is kabaddi's player who was inaudible, later he had made himself heard. In 2015 Monu was sad and subdued as he could not be a part of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), his luck did not cope with him. For season 4, Goyat was picked up by the Bengal Warriors. In he debut, he bagged 59 raid points in 13 matches and got himself in the top 15 raiders.
In 2018 Auction, this player was auctioned to Haryana Steelers as the most expensive kabaddi player ever, as many people said according to his skills this is the right price. He was auctioned for Rs 1.51 crore.
Rahul Chaudhari
In the current lot, he was known to be amongst the best raider, because of his skills Rahul's value had increased and was the second most expensive player that day, and he was auctioned by Telugu Titans for Rs 1.29 crore. Rahul had said that he was excited and thrilled to be back with the Titans, As earlier Titans decision was not to put him in the team.
He scored 666 raid points in 79 matches at an average of 8.43 points per match.
Deepak Hooda
Deepak Hooda – Kabaddi
Delhi and Haryana had a bidding conflict, to end the conflict Jaipur Pink Panthers had entered late into the auction and had picked up Deepak Hooda for Rs 1.15 crore.
Deepak was part of Telugu Titans for the first two seasons then he joined Puneri Paltan for the third and fourth season.
Nitin Tomar
Puneri Paltan had auctioned Nitin Tomar for Rs 1.15 crore after outbidding Dabang Delhi.
After being a substitute for 2 seasons of the league the player finally got a PKL contract with Bengal Warriors. His performance was really impressive and got 77 raid points in his first season.
Rishank Devadiga
He became the fifth player in the auctions to fetch Rs 1 crore and was auctioned to UP Yodha, they used their 'Final Bid Match' card to retain him for Rs 1.11 Cr
He had been a part of 8 matches till now, Rishank has collected 449 raid points at an average of 5.61. In the third season, he was awarded as the best raider .
Fazel Atrachali
Fazel Atrachali – Kabaddi
Fazel Atrachali has been a brilliant player who influenced people to the game by his skills. He is the eleventh best defender in terms of tackle points. He has scored 152 tackle points with an average of 2.71 in the competition so far. He has recorded 11 high 5s and a tackle strike rate of 66.09.
U Mumba has given the highest bid for him and bagged him in the Pro Kabaddi league auction for Rs 1 crore.
Prashant Kumar Rai
Prashant bagged the highest bid as category B player in Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). He was bagged by UP Yodha for Rs 79 Lakh.
Many teams showed interest in him but UP Yodha was able to win the bid.
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Entries into the Sea Island Quilters Guild "Southern Comforts" Quilt Show will do more than warm the body. Their beauty will warm the soul.
The show is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Charles Lind Brown Activity Center in Beaufort. Admission is $5.
More than 146 works in 12 categories, including bed quilts, wall hangings and clothing, will be a part of the show. There also will be special challenge quilts made to celebrate Beaufort's Tricentennial.
Entries were judged by Judi Gunter, a certified National Quilt Association judge. Those attending may also vote for Viewer's Choice. Gunter recently spent an entire day in a guild member's home on Lady's Island examining the items that will be on exhibit.


There's an interesting article in the Boston Globe about psychologist Alice Domar and her study of something she calls the "perception deception"--the tendency for women to be very critical of themselves at all times, which can often lead to health problems.
Domar is executive director of the Domar Center for Mind/Body Health in Waltham, Massachusetts; she is also an assistant professor at the Harvard Medical School. She has a new book on this very topic coming out next month, entitled Be Happy Without Being Perfect: How to Break Free from the Perception Deception.
All of this is well and good and informative. But I am growing weary of the way discussions like this proceed along such strict gender lines. Women do this; men do that.
I understand the need to paint in broad strokes. But when I read this article, I find myself emotionally aligned with many of the issues discussed as "women's" issues. This happens to me a lot.
The bottom line is that these matters are not always so clear-cut. It is probably more accurate to talk about feminine and masculine tendencies, to reflect the underlying energy picture informing our emotional realities, rather than "women are like this" and "men are like this."
I am a heterosexual man who happens to have a fairly well-developed feminine side. I know it complicates matters in these sorts of discussions but I am real and I know there are others like me and I wish there could be a way to have these discussions that would include me rather than leave me yet again with the idea that I am some sort of alien being--neither from Venus nor from Mars.


Injuries to the eye can cause severe damage because of the delicate structure of ocular tissues. Such injuries may often cause impaired vision or sometimes total loss of vision, in addition to other incapacities. Traumatic blindness therefore assumes an unusual socio-economic dimension. In Africa, injuries have their own peculiarities regarding aetiology, severity and management. More than 80% of injuries occur in rural areas where the necessary services are generally unavailable. This pa er surveys the types, occurrence and impact of ocular injuries and suggests how they should be treated.
JOURNAL: Soc Sci Med. 1983; 17(22): 1729-1735.
Note: Social Science and Medicine.


Walnut shell blasting refers back to the act of cleansing the consumption valves and tracts of a automobile's engine with positive walnut shell particles and a blasting tool. Blast cleaning using Garnet is cleaner, as it provides considerably decrease mud emissions on account of its inherent material toughness. That is the place the dustless blasting process generally is a large advantage. The intricate designs could have different finishes depending on the sandblast material used within the course of and at how arduous these sandblast materials hit the glass surfaces.
Basic air respiration equipment must be used throughout the course of in order that the operators of the machine can get the contemporary air in the surrounding stuffed with dangerous pollutants. A few of the functions in which dry ice blasting finds its most typical use embody adhesive removal, dyes cleansing, fireplace restoration, and mold elimination, along with many others.
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Seyssel AOC 2010, 12%. Bottle tasted in March 2015.
Classic method sparkling vine from Savoie region, resting 36 months on the yeasts.
Pale golden color, with a hint of green, medium perlage.
Nose with scents of white pears, a little flowery, but mostly dry, crisp and just a hint of toasted fruits.
In the mouth it's very clean, a little citrous, but mostly mineral and sapid.
Trento DOC 2008, 12.5%. Bottle tasted in March 2015. Blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Nero.
Pale and brilliant color, with small perlage.
Nice nose, with typical bread crust scent, not too strong yeast notes, rather elegant.
Bardolino DOC Chiaretto, sparkling rosè Charmat method, 12%. Bottle tarted in March 2015.
Grapes are picked early to ensure a light cherry pink color.
Very easy to drink, a little too sweet for my taste, but pleasantly fruity: wild strawberries and raspberries.
Roero Arneis DOCG 2014, 13%. Bottle tasted in March 2015.
Nice and easy to drink, perhaps it should have been served colder, because the alcohol was a little overwhelming for me.
Entre-Deux-Mers 2013 AOC, 11.5%. Bottle tasted in March 2015.
Nose a little floral, but mostly it's an explosion of citrous... WOW!
In the mouth is rich, almost "fat", with great body and persistence, plus the right amount of sapidity.


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SUSTAINABILITY GRANT
Innovative drive meets environmental responsibility. Each year, we give away tens of thousands of dollars in grants to individuals and organizations focused on creating positive impact with regards to environment and sustainability. We aim to support our fellow students and community members in our collective mission of environmental sustainability, from clean tech ventures to local conservation efforts, accessibility programs, and other projects geared at preserving and improving the natural integrity of our world.
We're excited to announce the recipients of our inaugural CBE Sustainability Grant: young and forward-thinking local nonprofits, research initiatives, and student organizations committed to executing projects dedicated to sustainability and environmental impact in the upcoming calendar year.
Featured in the Harvard Crimson
Harvard SEAS Engineers Without Borders received funding from CBE to go towards their Los Sanchez Water Supply Project. The ongoing second phase of this project intends to extend the water distribution system they constructed to the Alta Gracia neighborhood of Los Sanchez, Dominican Republic, providing access to 24/7 water.
Fleeing war, oppression, and climate change, hundreds of refugees and migrants arrive to Paris and other European cities every month. BubbleBox, a mobile, autonomous, and eco-friendly hygiene unit, aims to improve migrants' poor living and hygiene situations as a crisis management solution.
Social Innovation Collaborative
The Harvard Social Innovation Collaborative hosts an annual conference that promotes innovation in sustainable ways. The funds will go towards bringing in speakers in the context of urban sustainability.
Haitian Vision Foundation
The Haitian Vision Foundation develops multi-pronged, culturally sensitive, sustainable approaches to provide Haitians access to education, healthcare, and funding to support Haitian-initiated endeavors.
1for3 empowers underserved Palestinian communities to address environmental health and quality of life issues. Their goal is to create sustainable projects, focusing on water quality and access to water.
Refresh Bolivia
Refresh Bolivia is a completely student-run non-profit organization run by students at Harvard University that serves impoverished communities of Cochabamba, Bolivia. This money will go towards funding a Community Health Center.
Mission Hill After-school Program
MHASP is Boston's oldest and largest student-run after school program, offering tutoring and mentorship to the youth in the community. The funding will go towards funding environmental-focused education curricula.
Students for Carbon Dividends
Students for Carbon Dividends is a national bipartisan coalition of student groups advocating for a free-market climate solution and bipartisan climate action. They host educational events, promote climate reality awareness through interviews and speeches, meet with lawmakers, and coordinate lobbying at the state and national levels.
Harvard Democrats
The Harvard Dems' project seeks to engage the larger Harvard community in a push towards environmental sustainability and has an emphasis on collaboration with other student groups on campus and organizations within the greater Boston community.
Cabot Cafe
Cabot Café is a student-run coffee shop located in Cabot House at Harvard. The funding for this project will go towards making their cafe more sustainable by reducing plastic and water usage.
Julie Chung
For her summer research project, Harvard undergrad Julie is partnering with another CBE (Communities for a Better Environment) to bring awareness of the dangers of lead, arsenic, and benzene to the community near Exide Technologies' now-defunct battery manufacturing plant.
James Niffenegger
For his senior thesis project, Harvard undergrad James is working to develop a carbon sequestration device that requires only minimal energy input. The funding will go towards developing a prototype that uses "peridotite", a rock with high reactivity to Carbon Dioxide.
Dominic Mao
Dominic Mao, a lecturer in Harvard's Biology Department, is working to help enrich the lives of children in Manipur, India by creating an educational outreach program that provides mentorship to students and training to teachers.


My time at Tech Talent South has been great. Even though I am an experienced programmer TTS has given me the opportunity to learn more about other languages and focus on using best practices. Most importantly it gave me an outlet to focus on learning.
Now let me introduce myself, I am Riley Childs a 17-year old High School Senior who is interested in all things technology. I have a deep interest in enterprise technology and IT, in fact I hold a CCENT certification from Cisco. I have spent many years honing my programing skills with a focus on PHP. Over the past several years I have gained many different skills in by teaching myself, but over the past several months I have lacked a challenge, Tech Talent South gave me that challenge.
My journey to class began the Thursday before the first day of class, Ricky Singh (a teacher and mentor) introduced me to Abigail. Shortly after that I filled out an online application and not even 2 hours later I got a call Richard Simms from the Atlanta Location. Richard quickly conferred with his partner, Betsy, and Saturday morning I heard the best new I heard in months, there was a spot for me in the Charlotte Part-Time Class.
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DVD Review: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: The Vault Series
By Stoogeypedia | October 11th, 2016 at 7:00 pm
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: The Vault Series
Johnny Carson, the pioneer of late night television, whose incarnation of The Tonight Show ran for 30 years on NBC, is now available in newly packaged deluxe DVD set from Time-Life entitled The Vault Series, showcasing some of the best and most requested episodes from that program.
With the current success of The Tonight Show in reruns on Antenna TV, Johnny Carson's famous visage, wit, distinctive voice, intelligence, and propensity to have a smooth control throughout has been resurrected for audiences young and old. Chock full of entertainment variety including a virtual who's who of celebrities and musical acts, ranging from Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, Muhammad Ali, Jack Benny, Richard Pryor, Sean Connery, Jerry Lewis, Buddy Rich, Don Rickles, Orson Welles, and scores of others, one would be hard pressed to find a celebrity who didn't make his way on the program, which originally ran from 1962 to 1992. With hilarious sketches that usually parodied the pop culture of the times, and of course the banter between Carson and sidekick stalwart Ed McMahon, The Tonight Show was the perennial go-to program for most of America as the twilight hour surfaced, five nights a week.
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Tags: Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson, NBC, The Tonight Show, TimeLife
Kenan & Kel Reunite For 'Good Burger' Sketch With Jimmy Fallon
By The Movie God | @ | September 24th, 2015 at 10:00 am
If you were young in the '90s and watched Nickelodeon, you're surely familiar with Kenan & Kel. The show starred Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, and ran from 1996 to 2000. Since then Thompson has gone on to a successful run on Saturday Night Live, while Mitchell has continued acting albeit in lesser known projects. Mitchell also auditioned for SNL, but it didn't work out for him.
There have been reports of the pair not staying in touch in the years since their show ended, but last night they reunited on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a sketch that re-created the duo's 1997 movie Good Burger, which was inspired by a sketch they did on another Nickelodeon show, All That.
You can check out the Kenan & Kel reunion below, as well as a behind the scenes video and one of their sketches from the '90s.
Topics: Because Awesome, Movies, News, Television, Videos, Viral
Tags: All That, Good Burger, Jimmy Fallon, Kel Mitchell, Kenan & Kel, Kenan Thompson, Nickelodeon, The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon & Michelle Obama: Evolution of Mom Dancing Part 2 (Video)
By Olympus Athens | @ | April 4th, 2015 at 11:25 am
Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama got back together after two years for "The Evolution of Mom Dancing Part 2" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week, as part of her "Let's Move! campaign.
Watch the video here below.
Topics: Humor, News, Television
Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Let's Move!, Michelle Obama, The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
Hugh Jackman & Chris Hemsworth Rock Mullets For Musical Beers (Video)
By Olympus Athens | @ | March 6th, 2015 at 11:50 am
Hugh Jackman and Chris Hemsworth donned mullet wigs for a game of Musical Beers, an alcohol-tinged take on Musical Chairs, along with Jimmy Fallon and current SNL cast members Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, and Bobby Moynihan. Avengers star Chris Hemsworth is hosting Saturday Night Live this Saturday. Hugh Jackman visited The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote his new film Chappie, which opens today, Friday, March 6.
The videos are here below. Watch!
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Tags: Bobby Moynihan, Chris Hemsworth, Colin Jost, Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Fallon, Kate McKinnon, Questlove, The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
Ryan Reynolds Plays Egg Russian Roulette With Jimmy Fallon (Video)
By Olympus Athens | @ | March 3rd, 2015 at 10:45 am
Ryan Reynolds visited the set of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to promote his new movie with Helen Mirren, The Woman in Gold, set for release on April 3rd. It's the true story about a Holocaust survivor, who along with her lawyer (Reynolds), fights the Austrian government to reclaim her family's artwork, stolen by Nazis.
Fallon challenged Reynolds to a game of Egg Russian Roulette. See the antics in the video below.
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