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A complete guide to the future of the IPO
Image: Illustration by Antonio Sortino
John Detrixhe
Breaking open the IPO
Looking inside the black box
Alternatives to an IPO
The competition for global champions
The future of China's IPO market
What's next for SPACs
Empowering a new wave of founders
Rise of the retail investor
The first time Max Levchin was at the helm of a public listing was when PayPal put its shares on the Nasdaq exchange. It was 2002, and the PayPal co-founder remembers being on a flight over Boston during a thunderstorm. He was due to pitch his company for the 25th or so time, but his plane couldn't get clearance to land, and he had to do everything possible to hold himself back from vomiting as the flight circled over Massachusetts.
By contrast, Affirm's listing on Nasdaq in January never made him want to throw up. In typical Covid-19 pandemic fashion, Levchin spoke with investors by Zoom. He was barefoot and wearing shorts during the entire offering process. "There's a lot of benefit in being able to do it from your desk, without having to get into a plane and hop around," he said. "The industry of taking companies public has really evolved over the last two decades."
The IPO is a critical cog in the global financial system, with roots that go back to 17th century Amsterdam where the Dutch East India company sold its shares to the public. And from the way some people talk about the process, sometimes you would think not much had changed over the past 400 years.
Detractors of IPOs in the US, which has the world's deepest and most liquid capital markets (though China now has more IPOs), say the process is expensive and slow. And the naysayers have a point: A public offering can take a year or more, during which management not only undergoes an intensive back and forth with regulators to file a prospectus, but then embarks, traditionally, on a grueling cross-country "road show" to meet investors. Investment banks collect as much as 7% of the funds that are raised, while auditors and law firms can expect to pocket millions of dollars in fees. White men are far and away the biggest beneficiaries of American IPOs.
And then there's the process of deciding who should get shares and how much those shares should cost. More than a few executives have called it a "black box" constructed by investment banks that benefits Wall Street and its clients at the companies' expense. "The process of allocating and pricing is still a little bit of a black art where it's a complicated conversation with smart people," Levchin said. "That's probably never going to change."
So why do it? Mainly it's because the public market is where the big money is.
It can be the only way for the founders of the most valuable companies to cash in on their hard work. Selling a billion-dollar startup to another company might not be an option if its competitors are too small to afford it. But the $45 trillion US stock market can absorb big companies without a hiccup.
Public companies can use their shares as a form of currency to buy competitors.
And while being public is cumbersome and expensive, it's also rigorous. If all goes well, you end up with an enterprise with strong processes that make for a well run company.
The sheer number of buyers and sellers coming together in real time makes it the best place to figure out what a company is really worth.
All of which may partly explain why the IPO has been so fiendishly difficult to disrupt.
But while public listings aren't being reinvented, they are changing. Quartz interviewed executives, investment bankers, academics, consultants, investors, and pored through numbers to get a glimpse of the future: The "black box" for deciding who gets shares, and at what price, is slowly being cracked open. The traditional IPO is here to stay, but management will have more control, more options, and will spend less time eating airline food than they used to. There is sustained pressure to open up funding to women and non-white entrepreneurs, which could help them build listed companies and in turn narrow the wealth gap. The US remains the global center for public listings, which is forcing other flagship exchanges around the world to become more like New York's.
The new IPO market is a lot like the old one, but it's gradually, sometimes kicking and screaming, being hauled into a new era.
The short version: Startup founders and executive management are taking more control over decisions about who gets IPO shares.
Startup founders like Levchin have a long-running quandary: They want big, patient investors to buy their stock, in hopes that these funds will keep the shares even when markets get choppy. Affirm's CEO says one of the things he appreciated about meeting so many investors via Zoom was that it yielded a list of thoughtful money managers he wanted on his side. "I met a bunch that I thought, 'Wow, I would be lucky to have these people as shareholders,'" he said.
Startup founders also want to sell their shares in the IPO at the highest possible price, enabling them to make as much money as they can when they cash in. Big-time investors, meanwhile, have sway and may expect to get shares at a discount. And Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have long complained that investment banks make it even worse, by rewarding their favorite clients with sweetheart deals at the issuing company's expense.
The black box—who gets shares and at what price—has traditionally been controlled by Wall Street, but corporate executives have started to pick the lock.
Stocks that debuted last year jumped an average of 42% on their first day of trading, a level not seen since the dot-com mania at the turn of the century, according to data compiled by University of Florida professor Jay Ritter. That amounted to about $30 billion left on the table—quadruple that of the year before. Arguably, the alternative forms of equity listings that have made financial headlines lately—special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), direct listings, hybrid auctions—are a response to the soaring first-day pop and a desire to price shares more efficiently.
The short version: Between SPACs, direct listings, and auctions, management has more options than ever.
A SPAC gives management a chance to negotiate a price directly with its merger target, and investors can walk away and get their money back if they don't like the deal. A direct listing skips the roadshow meetings between management and investors; the stock price gets set during the opening auction on an exchange, similarly to how stocks start trading each day. Some companies still do a traditional IPO but set the price in an auction. For example, Unity Software used a hybrid auction to gauge demand from investors. Then, instead of investment banks allocating the stock to investors, Unity's execs made up their own mind.
So how's it going? Some recent stocks priced in an auction have soared on the first day of trading, showing that cracking open the order book doesn't necessarily get rid of a first-day stock jump. (Unity's CFO has pondered whether they allocated so many shares to long-term holders that there wasn't much trading supply on the first day, which pushed up prices.) Direct listings, by contrast, have been more muted on the first day of trading.
That doesn't necessarily mean direct listings are the way to go—it's still a small sample, and most experts think direct listings are likely to remain a niche service. "The reality is direct listings are only really, truly available for certain types of companies—companies with a high level of brand recognition, certain types of industries," said Melody Koh, a partner at NextView Ventures.
Likewise, academics aren't giving up on auctions, even after those of Unity Software and Airbnb blasted into stratosphere. Auction IPOs have provided average first day returns of about 12.5%, according to Ritters' calculations based on two decades of data.
Direct listings, auctions, and SPACS aren't revolutionary on their own, but they are giving companies leverage to see inside the process of allocating shares and are putting pressure on Wall Street fees.
"The tech community, they're not shy about telling Wall Street that they're charging too much," said Chester Spatt, professor of finance at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business and former chief economist for the US Securities and Exchange Commission. "There might be a number of different techniques they use to get that message across."
The short version: The world's flagship exchanges are picking up tricks from New York's.
Makram Azar was a senior banker at Barclays, the UK investment bank, and has worked on more than 200 deals during his career. But when he decided to raise funds to invest in a European technology company, he went to New York Stock Exchange to do it.
These days Azar is CEO of Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp—a $345 million pot of money, technically known as a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, seeking to merge with technology and fintech targets potentially based in Europe. Xavier Rolet, a Frenchman who used to run London Stock Exchange Group, is one of the directors.
"NYSE is the obvious primary venue for landmark brand names and companies such as the ones we are targeting," Azar said. He ticked off a range of reasons for big companies with a worldwide footprint to list in the US: deeper capital markets, sophisticated investors who understand growing technology companies, a large bench of research analysts, and more "comps"—or similar companies that can be used for comparison to value a stock.
Not every company will list in the US, of course. Going public is rigorous and expensive, and American investors and analysts won't have special insight into non-US companies that don't have a multinational remit.
"For a global champion that happens to be headquartered in Europe but also has an international presence, including in the US—or an ambition to expand into the US—it makes more sense to list in New York," said Azar.
That said, exchanges in the world's big financial centers are gradually sanding off the differences between themselves and NYSE and Nasdaq. The exchanges have little choice but to become more homogenous. Otherwise they risk losing their most promising companies to an exchange in New York.
A few examples: Hong Kong's exchange, after resisting the move, is allowing some companies to list with dual-class shares—the controversial setup used by companies like Facebook that can give founders extra voting rights and control relative to the amount of the company they actually own. London Stock Exchange is considering doing the same, and executives and officials in the UK capital are weighing whether to make it easier to form special purpose acquisition companies—the financial maneuver that's become the rage in New York. (Hong Kong's exchange also reportedly aims to allow SPACs.) In China, the STAR market in Shanghai and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) in Shenzhen have dropped their requirement for companies to be profitable before they can seek an IPO, making them a bit more like Nasdaq.
"You will see two kinds of markets develop: one which is more local, and one which is global," Azar said. "For the global, I think New York will remain the leader."
—Jane Li, tech reporter in Hong Kong
The short version: China's IPO market is big and thoroughly Chinese. It seems likely to stay that way.
IPOs in Asia Pacific, led by exchanges in mainland China and Hong Kong, routinely outnumber and out-raise other exchanges around the world. The bourses in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Shenzhen ranked second, third, and fifth in terms of IPO proceeds raised globally last year, according to consulting firm KPMG. Five of the top 10 IPOs by funds raised were either in Hong Kong or the mainland.
Size doesn't tell quite the entire story, however. Part of the reason China's stock market is so large is because equities are among the few investing tools available to Chinese investors, said Ringo Choi, EY's Asia-Pacific IPO leader. Until recently, IPOs were basically free money for those lucky people able to get a piece of them: companies looking to list on the mainland had to be profitable and they weren't allowed to offer shares at a price-to-earnings ratio any higher than about 23, even though the company's PE ratio might be much higher. This forced companies to price their shares at an artificially low level—and those shares could skyrocket 300% or more on the first day of trading, resulting in immense demand from a massive base of retail investors. (Some newer "Nasdaq-style" exchanges have looser controls on PE ratios and don't require profitability.)
Companies that list on the mainland are generally expected to be incorporated there. But China reportedly has global IPO ambitions: Authorities are considering ways to entice Chinese companies that are listed offshore, in the likes of Hong Kong and New York, to have a listing on the mainland. There are indications they would like to see global multinationals, like Tesla or Apple, carve out their Chinese operations and list them on the new exchange.
But there are several things holding mainland exchanges from becoming the next New York Stock Exchange, including capital controls that make it difficult to get money in and out of the country.
The biggest uncertainty comes from its unpredictable regulatory regime. International investors got burned when Ant Group's IPO was suspended by Beijing at the last minute before its debut in November. (If Ant tries to list again, the new valuation could reportedly be as low as $29 billion thanks to new regulations—some 10 times lower than the expected valuation last year.) Fang Xinghai, the vice president of China's securities watchdog, said at a conference earlier this month that while Beijing welcomes foreign investors, it could also suspend trading from those institutions if they are deemed as causing "huge volatility" to the market.
Hong Kong, on the other hand, has a foundation for becoming an international market. The US has threatened to crack down on Chinese companies listed on Nasdaq and NYSE, which resulted in a wave of Chinese companies taking out a secondary listing there. The city provides a way for international investors to get access to the Chinese companies listed on its exchange, and mainland companies that use Hong Kong's bourse to get access to foreign currency—something that's not easy to get in the rest of China.
But some question whether international investors will continue to favor Hong Kong, as China tightens its grip on the former British colony and strips away Western-style freedoms. While Hong Kong is clearly an important financial center for China, University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter isn't convinced it will remain vital for foreigners.
"Hong Kong continues to be the kind of center of Asian financial markets, but Singapore is definitely a beneficiary of China's crackdown on freedom in Hong Kong," he said.
The short version: Nobody thinks the SPAC mania can continue the way it has. Even so, these "blank check" companies are going to remain a bigger fixture of the IPO market in the future.
Here's how SPACs work:
A sponsor lists the SPAC on a stock exchange through an IPO. The SPAC's purpose is to acquire an as-yet unidentified private company, taking it public through the merger process.
Since investors don't know the target of the investment, they usually put up money on the basis of the credentials of the sponsor. (Some recent examples include big-time hedge fund investor Bill Ackman and former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya.) The sponsor may have expertise in a certain geography and sector, like technology, and plan to focus on investments in those arenas.
Once the SPAC has raised funds through the IPO, management may have 24-months to find an investment target and finish the merger.
Investors in the pre-acquisition SPAC usually get stock at $10 a share as well as warrants that give the investor the right to buy shares at a certain price and date (the warrants can often be exercised if shares rise to $11.50 some 30 days after the SPAC merger has been consummated). Think of the warrants as a sweetener to investors who are making a blind bet.
Investors get to vote on whether to accept the merger and can get their money back, plus interest, if they decline. They also get to keep the stock warrants even if they take their funds back.
It may seem odd to have a SPAC renaissance in the middle of the worst pandemic in generations, but Golden Falcon chief Azar says it was no coincidence: The IPO market dried up when the Covid-19 fears peaked last year, but SPACs still had their blank checks handy, making them one of the new sources of capital available. That attracted big-league sponsors who might have ignored the SPAC market in the past. That in turn attracted higher quality companies in a kind of virtuous circle. Azar says business owners who used to do traditional IPO have been impressed by the SPAC model: "They have since said, 'listen, we're never going to go back to doing a regular IPO,'" Azar said.
A big advantage to a SPAC is that they are faster—the process might be half as long as a regular IPO. And instead of the valuation of the acquisition target being set by the broader stock market, it's decided between just two parties—the SPAC management and the merger target. That reduces the risk that an IPO gets disrupted by unforeseen turmoil in the stock market. And unlike in a regular IPO, SPAC managers can show future financial projections. Proponents say this makes more sense for fast growing companies that are running losses but have a big market opportunity in front of them.
That said, SPACs have their downsides. Sponsors usually take a big chunk of stock: They may get 20% of it, which dilutes the IPO investors' shares. As some SPAC sponsors have taken advantage of the construct to sell unrealistic future projections, the SEC has cracked down on blank check companies, making it harder for them to raise money.
Like most people interviewed for this article, Harry Nelis, partner at global venture firm Accel, says there's no one-size-fits-all model for companies to go public, even as they have more options than they used to. "There's pros and cons to each of the routes now available to the public market," he said. SPACs are "an old monetization product now being applied in a new way."
The short version: In the US, the disparity between IPOs from white male founders and everyone else traces back to startup funding. The racial reckoning of the past year is keeping a spotlight on this problem.
One thing the richest Americans have in common, from Amazon's Jeff Bezos to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, is that almost all of them founded companies that listed on the public market. Another thing they have in common is that they're nearly all white men.
Founders tend to own outsize portions of the companies they create, setting them up for a major jump in wealth if their companies achieve a public listing. But to say that IPO wealth isn't distributed evenly is an understatement: Only four of the 442 companies that went public in the US last year had women founder-CEOs, according to data compiled by Business Insider and Nasdaq. Of the public companies started by women over the years, most were founded by white women.
The gap traces directly back to funding for entrepreneurs. Put simply, there's not enough of it going to women and non-white founders for them to scale their businesses and make it to an IPO. Women-led startups got about 2.3% of venture capital funding last year, and the numbers are even more unfortunate for Black and Latinx women: They've received 0.6% of VC investment since 2018, according to a report by digitalundivided, a social startup. The median seed funding for Black and Latinx women is about $480,000—one-fifth that of the median for all startups at $2.5 million—even though their rate of failure is much lower.
Even with pressure from #MeToo and Black Lives Matters movements, the mix of venture capital investors, which is a relatively small pool of people with little turnover, is only slowly becoming more diverse. Koh at NextView Ventures senses that more women are getting involved in venture investing, but many of them are still in early-stage funding. Until more diversity filters through to later-stage investing, women- and minority-founded startups may lack the big chunks of money that help power growing companies all the way to the IPO.
"To get the IPO company building journey all the way to the end, you can't just have access to seed and series A money," said Koh, who was an early hire Blue Apron and helped scale the meal kit service through rapid growth all the way to its IPO.
"That's not to say that male investors don't invest in female founders," she said. "But I think that it certainly helps to have more diverse ranks of the funders."
Some numbers seem to have improved—digitalundivided says 57% of the companies started by Black women in its database in 2020 have received funding, up from 40% in 2018. For Latinx women, that figure has increased to about 70% from 64%.
But the gains that non-white women have seen in recent years have been eclipsed by the avalanche of funding that's gone into firms started by white men, said digitalundivided CEO Lauren Maillian. There's been an increase in the number of Black and Latinx women who have raised more than $1 million, but that funding pales in comparison to what their white male counterparts are raking in.
"While we see this slow growth and we do see some Black and white women raising a million dollars or more for their businesses, this growth is not fast enough to support the next generation of brands to IPO," Maillian said. "Those next billion dollar brands, those billion dollar unicorns aren't going to come to market from women of color founders at this rate."
Digitalundivided started a Do You Fellowship fund for founders to help get rid of the additional barriers that non-white women face—such as being told their startups don't have traction and being given unreasonable milestones before getting a check—and make sure their milestones are consistent with the ones given to non-minority founders.
There might be one change: The recent racial reckoning in the US and much of the rest of the world has put a focus on non-white businesses, and that focus has been more durable than in the past, Maillian said. "It is the first time in a long time that you see this pressure sustained for long periods of time," she added. "But we're also seeing, again, the continued stereotypes that are making it more difficult for women of color who have the wherewithal, the ideas. They're still missing those resources to be able to compete and grow or scale their own companies."
Short version: Technology has made it easier than ever for retail traders to bet on the stock market. There are signs that executives are starting to reckon with them.
Booms tend to bust. But there are signs that some elements of the individual investor surge will persist.
The retail investing boom started gathering force in late 2019 as brokerage fees disappeared, and the trend accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns meant many people had extra cash and little to do with it.
Some are pushing for retail investors to have more access to the IPO market. Regular people can try to buy shares in public offerings through their brokerages, though these institutions have typically been given smaller slices of these deals (if they got a slice at all). Lately there's been a rethink of individual investors' place in the listing process. Robinhood, the app that's synonymous with the retail-trading boom, reportedly plans to give its users access to its IPO. SoFi, an online personal finance service based in San Francisco, says it plans to give members access to public offerings. In the UK, technology platform PrimaryBid works with banks and companies to make IPOs on the London Stock Exchange accessible to the average investor.
If and when the froth comes off the retail frenzy, it's likely that the new baseline of individual investors will be higher than it was before. Retail trading now accounts for about 16% of the UK stock market, up from a 10% in 2009, according to PrimaryBid. Similarly in the US, individual investors account for about a quarter of the equity market, up from just 10% two years ago, according to Goldman Sachs.
As their influence grows, some companies are engaging with the army of trading minnows: Car maker Tesla and big data company Palantir use the platform Say to get a snapshot of what this investor base cares about so they can address it during earnings calls, product launches, and investor days. If everyday investors keep up their enthusiasm for stock trading, it's not a stretch to think more brokerages and corporate executives will take their opinions into account, perhaps even during the listing process.
"The democratization of investing is, I think, here to stay," said Fadi Abuali CEO of Goldman Sachs International.
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Focus on E/M services: Independent historian
December 21st, 2020 / By Colleen Deighan, RHIA
As we continue our Evaluation and Management (E/M) blog series on the revisions to E/M services for Office and Other Outpatient Services for New and Established patients, I want to take a deeper look at an important new term in the medical decision making (MDM) table: Independent historian. As I wrote in a prior blog, this assessment requiring an independent historian(s) is a component of the second element of MDM, the amount and /or complexity of data to be reviewed and analyzed. In reviewing the American Medical Association's (AMA) MDM table, an independent historian is a potential element of limited, moderate and extensive medical decision making.
Independent Historian
So, who is an independent historian and how does that differ from the current MDM elements to E/M services? Remember the revisions to E/M services for 2021 affect only the office and other outpatient services categories; for all other categories (where appropriate) the existing 1995 or 1997 guidelines remain in effect in 2021. Let's compare the two:
Within the current E/M guidelines and according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) table of risk, under the same element of amount and complexity of data reviewed, we see the following: "decision to obtain old records and/or obtain history from someone other than the patient", and separately "review and summarization of old records and/or obtaining the history from someone other than the patient…" This element of MDM refers to information gathered beyond the history and physical, as this information increases the complexity of the MDM. "Someone other than the patient" is not, in my opinion, clearly defined in the guidelines. In thinking of how this increases the complexity of decision making, I have educated physicians to document situations such as:
A pediatric patient, who due to their age is not able to converse directly with the physician.
An elderly patient with dementia or a prior stroke that has left them non-verbal.
A mental health patient who is not a reliable historian.
A patient who speaks a foreign language and an interpreter is needed.
A trauma patient or acute injury patient who cannot give a full history.
This person(s) contributing additional history could be present during the encounter or the physician may need to call someone where the patient currently resides, such as the nursing home or assisted living home. Documenting this is, of course, required to support the complexity of care provided.
The revised E/M guidelines for Office and Other Outpatient Services, effective January 1, 2021, continue to include an independent historian as a key element of complexity under the second element of medical decision making and provide a clear definition. The AMA defines an independent historian as "an individual (e.g. parent, guardian, surrogate, spouse, witness) who provides a history in addition to the history provided by the patient who is not able to provide a complete history or a reliable history (e.g. due to developmental stage, dementia, or psychosis) or because a confirmatory history is judged to be necessary.
Let's review an example of an office visit where an independent historian was judged to be necessary and the supporting documentation was well documented:
Chief Complaint (CC): f/u for stable depression and mild recent forgetfulness.
History of present illness (HPI): 70-year-old male seen for follow up visit for depression. Visit attended by patient and daughter, history obtained from both. Patient and daughter report increasing distress related to finding that he has repeatedly lost small objects (e.g. key, bills, items of clothing) over the past 2 to 3 months. Patient states he notices intermittent, mild forgetfulness of people's names and what he is about to say in a conversation; daughter confirms this detail.
An independent historian, as detailed in above example, does increase the complexity of medical decision making. This is a confirmatory example, but one the physician judged necessary. There will be other encounters that will present more conflicting details and more complexity; I'm sure you can recall a few based on your own experience.
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Martin Vickers
Rail commuters can stay dry as they wait on the platform at Cleethorpes
The new shelter has been made possible through a funding partnership between TransPennine Express, Barton - Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership, Association of Community Rail Partnerships and Department for Transport
Martin Vickers, MP for Cleethorpes, second left, officially opens the new waiting shelter at Cleethorpes station with representatives of TransPennine Express and the Barton - Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership
Customers using Cleethorpes train station will now keep dry thanks to a newly installed waiting shelter next to the platform.
This facility will provide shelter for those waiting for services towards Barton-on-Humber, as well as those transferring to or from services to Manchester Airport, Sheffield and Doncaster.
The new shelter has been made possible through a funding partnership between TransPennine Express and the Barton - Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership, with the Association of Community Rail Partnerships and the Department for Transport also providing £10k of funding.
The modern structure has been installed on platforms two and three of Cleethorpes station and will provide both seating and shelter for customers. Previously there was no such facility on this platform.
Graham Meiklejohn, regional development manager for TransPennine Express said: "We are delighted to have worked with our partners at the Barton - Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership, the Association of Community Rail Partnerships and the Department for Transport to enable this new customer facility to be installed.
"Alongside new customer information screens, work to develop a cycle hub, additional services and refurbished trains, the shelter is another sign of our continued investment in rail services at Cleethorpes."
Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers, Member of Parliament for Cleethorpes, said: "I am pleased to see further investment in rail facilities at Cleethorpes and know this shelter will be welcomed by users of train services from these platforms.
"I am also pleased that the important work to restore the iconic clock tower at the station is currently taking place and look forward to the imminent opening of the station cycle hub facility."
Gill Simpson, officer for Barton - Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership, said: "The members of the Barton-Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership are passionate about promoting rail as a sustainable means of travel and delivering projects that bring positive change to communities along the line.
"This shelter is an excellent example of what can be achieved through partnership working and we are very proud to have been involved."


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Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) leucophaea is een tweevleugelige uit de familie steltmuggen (Limoniidae). De soort komt voor in het Palearctisch gebied.

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Moshe Lazar (July 4, 1928, Brăila – December 13, 2012, São Paulo, Brasil) was a professor of comparative literature and drama at the University of Southern California (and the founder of the school's comparative literature department). Prior to his arrival at USC in 1977, he served as the Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts (of which he was also the founder) at the University of Tel Aviv. Lazar wrote more than 40 books over the course of his academic career and also translated numerous French, Spanish, and Italian plays into Hebrew for performance on the Israeli stage.

Lazar received his M.A. in 1951 from Hebrew University and his Ph.D. from the Sorbonne in 1957. He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University) in 1990 and an Orden del Mérito Civil from the consul general of Spain in 1993, and was awarded the Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award by USC in 2003.

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In 1934, during the depths of the Great Depression, in a small house deep in the wilds of north Ontario, five baby girls were born to the Dionnes, a poor rural family. The fact that all the babies—Annette, Cécile, Yvonne, Marie, and Émilie—were born healthy despite being two months premature is noteworthy enough, but what happened in later years verges on the incredible. The babies were cared for at home for the difficult first weeks, but after that, the Ontario government took the infants away from their destitute family.
Across from the family home, the government built a zoo-like environment called Quintland, and raised them in public—selling tickets for three shows daily and effectively doing everything possible to keep them from having a normal childhood. At age five (of course) they were introduced to the king and queen of England and later appeared in movies and "wrote" their own autobiography, We Were Five. The quints also did product endorsements, promoting soap, toothpaste, cereal, and Carnation milk. During the 1930s, the quintuplets were Canada's number-one tourist attraction—bigger than Niagara Falls, it was said—and by the time they turned 10 years old they had been visited by more than three million people.
After a long and bitter custody battle, the girls were eventually returned to their parents and faded from the public eye. The Ontario government, which earned an estimated half billion marketing the Quints, paid the surviving three girls a settlement of $4 million in 1998. The house where they were born has been moved from Corbeil to North Bay, where it had been rebuilt as the Dionne Quintuplets Museum and filled with toys, dresses, baby carriages, and photographs that trace their youthful fame. The museum has since closed, and in late 2017, the house was moved a second time. A tentative date has been set for the building to reopen in August of 2018.
The Dionne Quintuplets' home. Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.


The Sydney Roosters have today announced that young up-and-comer Joseph Manu has extended his commitment to the Tricolours until at least the end of 2018.
Fresh out of helping secure the Club's first-ever Holden Cup title, 20-year-old Manu expressed his delight at extending his contract with the Roosters.
"I'm learning so much at the Roosters, and this is where I want to stay and build a career," said Manu.
"I still have lots of room to improve and my focus is on continuing to learn, keep getting better and hopefully secure my opportunity to play some good football for the Roosters," he added.
Roosters Head Coach Trent Robinson said it was exciting to have the young outside back extend his arrangement with the Club.
"It's been terrific to watch the development of the younger members coming through our grades over the last few seasons, and Joseph has been a big part of that," said Robinson.
"Joseph is an instinctive footballer who works hard, and away from the game he's a great young man. I'm really looking forward to continuing to work with him and watching his development in the coming seasons," he added.
The Junior Kiwi made his NRL debut the week before his 20th birthday in a memorable appearance against the Warriors in New Zealand in Round 15 of the 2016 season.
He played three NRL matches in his rookie season and was named in the Holden Cup Team of the Year in 2015 and 2016.
He was also a member of the Roosters SG Ball Premiership-winning side in 2014 alongside fellow NRL rookies Latrell Mitchell, Grant Garvey and Connor Watson.
To cap off an impressive 2016 season for the youngster, he scored two tries in the Roosters 30-28 come-from-behind win over Penrith Panthers in the 2016 Holden Cup Grand Final on Sunday, October 2.
This announcement follows news earlier this week that barnstorming forward Siosiua Taukeiaho has also penned an extension keeping him at the Club until at least the end of 2020.


They clutch armrests and push mindless conversations on seatmate strangers. They bite their nails or bow their heads in prayer as engines roar for takeoff. Some load up on antianxiety drugs or alcohol—perhaps both—in an attempt to get through the air-travel experience.
Yet, experts say rituals can actually hurt nervous passengers because they reinforce their fear.
"They are maintaining their anxiety by subtle avoidance," said Martin Seif, a clinical psychologist in New York and associate director of the Anxiety and Phobia Treatment Center for White Plains Hospital Center.
The good news: "A lot of people get very discouraged, but it's really manageable," Dr. Seif said.
An estimated 10% to 25% of the population has a fear of flying. Even though commercial air travel is far safer than driving, the anxiety is understandable: Flying can seem so unnatural—a heavy metal tube hurtling through the air, seemingly defying gravity. We weren't born birds, after all.
Psychologists say phobias often take root when people are in their late 20s and typically affect those with above-average intelligence. They may know all the safety statistics, and yet merely booking a reservation can trigger mental pictures of horrific plane crashes.
"You can't believe how absolutely petrified some people are," said Ron Nielsen, a retired US Airways Group Inc. captain who has taught fear-of-flying courses at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport since 1987.
For some, fear of flying is a serious phobia that becomes so debilitating it keeps people from taking jobs that involve travel, attending family weddings or funerals and choosing vacations that are accessible by car. For others, airplanes invoke other anxieties, such as a fear of enclosed spaces or a fear of heights.
Fear-of-flying classes enroll a steady stream of customers. Countless websites, books and DVDs are devoted to overcoming flying fears. Virtual-reality therapy has emerged over the past 10 years to offer exposure to flying without leaving the ground. Many airports sponsor classes run by therapists or pilots. Several airlines offer classes as well, including Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and Air France.
Psychologists say a fear of flying is best resolved by a combination of psychology and exposure. No matter the severity, a person needs to understand the triggers and symptoms of flying phobia, and have ways to cope, such as breathing and muscle-relaxation techniques. Tensing muscles adds fuel to anxiety, so relaxation can get the mind out of a panic state and let people realign their emotional response.
In addition, fearful fliers need to better understand the physics and mechanics of flying and gradually increase their exposure. Classes show that flying is not some magical miracle. Air travel is grounded in science, so it's important to understand how it works. Becoming familiar with how wings produce lift, plus the sounds and sensations of an airplane and the jobs of pilots, mechanics, air-traffic controllers and flight attendants helps calm anxious travelers and shows that their anxiety is emotional, not rational.
"It's faulty wiring in the brain" that activates the fight-or-flight response to the routine of airline travel, said Robert Reiner, who teaches at the New York University Medical Center and is executive director of a private Manhattan psychological practice called Behavioral Associates.
Dr. Reiner, who sees four times as many people with fear of flying than with fear of public speaking, uses virtual-reality training to treat patients. Computer-driven goggles simulate the flying experience, conditioning patients to the sights, sounds and motions that occur on a flight.
Jill Greenberg grew up flying often, but like many, her phobia kicked in during her late 20s. Her anxiety grew after a flight she was on was hit by lightning—something planes are built to withstand without any trouble. On her next flight, she clutched a family photo and convinced herself she'd never see her relatives again.
Virtual-reality therapy and controlled-breathing techniques have her back in the air. "I don't love it when it's bumpy, but I'm no worse than the guy next to me," she said.
Researchers at Emory University studied virtual-reality therapy for fear of flying and found it to be just as effective as traditional treatments, with about 93% success at getting people back to flying. With phobia, doctors don't talk about "cures," only effective treatments.
"We want their thoughts and fears to change and we want their body's physical reaction to change," said Barbara Rothbaum, a professor of psychiatry at the Emory University School of Medicine who led the research and also treats flying phobias.
Katherine Carroll tried Xanax and either chardonnay or vodka to mute her flying fears, with little success. Her family lives in Europe and she had to fly back and forth, but turbulence shook her and aircraft noises rattled her. "It was really a hindrance to life," she said.
Ms. Carroll, an interior designer in Redwood City, Calif., took a course at the non-profit Fear of Flying Clinic in nearby San Mateo. The course, run by pilots with a behavioral therapist, offers tools to make flying more manageable. After classroom sessions, students go to the United Airlines maintenance base in San Francisco and go over an airplane with a mechanic. Some classes tour the airport's control tower as well.
Seeing air-traffic controllers at work was enlightening, Ms. Carroll said. One was wearing a Hawaiian shirt. "They looked calm and relaxed and in control of their jobs," she said.
Now she takes non-stop flights with little trouble—but no small commuter jets or connecting itineraries. She listens to motivational recordings, tightens arm muscles and relaxes them, works on slow-breathing techniques and studies index cards she made with key teachings of the course.
"It's just all about keeping your fear in check," she said.


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Lightning eMotors Partners with Siemens to Offer Level 2 Charging Stations
The charging station delivers up to 11.5 kW of AC power to the vehicle's onboard charger and features a weather resistant enclosure for indoor and outdoor installation applications.
New Clean Assist Program Allows Carbon-Free Charging for Toyota Plug-In Owners
The access is available for eligible Prius Prime and RAV4 Prime owners in California. It allows for 100% of charging energy matched with renewable electricity at no cost to consumers.
WattEV to Build First U.S. Megawatt Electric Truck Stop
WattEV's 110-acre electric truck stop in California will include 4-megawatt capability, and eventually grow to 25-MW feeding more than 40 charging bays.
EV Connect to Help Expand California Charging Infrastructure
The network solution will accelerate charging infrastructure for multifamily, new construction, and businesses across Southern California Edison territory.
EvoCharge, Chargie Partner to Create EV Charging Network
The network will make it easy for property owners to benefit from offering service to residents, visitors, customers and employees with electric vehicles.
Biden Proposes $174B for Electrification
The American Jobs Plan proposes building out EV charging infrastructure and electrifying transit buses, school buses, and the United States Postal Service.
NYC Installs 58 Fast Chargers for EV Fleet
Faster charging will enable New York City to phase out more gas-powered vehicles and replace them with electric vehicles.
Central Maine Power Launches EV Charger Pilot
The goal of the program is to determine what incentives are more valued by developers, fleet managers, municipal planners, and others who decide to install chargers.
ChargePoint Raises $127 Million to Fund Fleet EV Charging
ChargePoint will use the latest funding to expand its commercial and fleet portfolio in North America and Europe and continue to scale policy, marketing and sales efforts.
Charlotte Buys Solar Charging Stations for Emergency Management
Each EV ARC solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station includes an emergency power panel and can be relocated for city events or in case of emergency power needs.
The EV100 Increases EV Fleet Adoption by 13%
The Climate Group has more than doubled the number of EV100 members in the last year, and approximately 42,000 electric vehicles have been deployed across members corporate fleets, despite a lack of EV supply to meet demand.
Schneider Electric Joins EV100 as Part of Green Fleet Initiative
Schneider Electric plans to replace all of its car fleet with electric vehicles by 2030 and has joined The Climate Group's EV100 initiative as part of it's push to reach the goal.
ChargePoint Expands Focus on Fleet EV Charging
ChargePoint is expanding its EV charging services in the commercial fleet space following a recent partnership with FSG Smart Building, which provides building automation solutions for the commercial market.
Goldman Sachs Joins EV100
Goldman Sachs is one of the newest members of the EV100, a global business initiative designed to increase the speed of electric vehicle adoption among companies.
California Ends By-the-Minute Billing for EV Charges
California will now charge electric vehicle fueling by the amount of energy dispensed when visiting an EV charging station rather than billing by the minute and will take effect at the start of 2020.


Different kinds of Wild Horses and Mustangs from many parts of USA are to find at Return To Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary in California.
Many events at Return to Freedom makes it easy to learn more about and to watch the living history, America's Wild Horses the Mustangs!
This entry was posted in General, Wild Horses in USA on November 21, 2011 by Elke.


You might be questioning, what's a junior bridesmaid? A junior bridesmaid could be a very special member of your wedding. The small girl is typically between the ages of 8-16; nearly the right age to be a full-fledged bridesmaid is this. Several couples can prefer to honour sisters, nieces, kids of attendants, or their own kids with this special title. These days on people are searching on internet about junior bridesmaid dresses. And, we're responsive many of your questions about your junior bridesmaids.
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This dissertation establishes an Euler-Minding type theorem for the continued fraction with numerator elements --1 and denominator elements 1 + bi, where bi is a sequence of indeterminants. This theorem is employed to derive new partition identities from Ramanujan's well-known q-continued fraction which diverges to three limit points. Continued fractions that diverge to two limits are also considered: alternating partitions studied by Andrews are shown to occur in this context, and a new proof of a result of Alladi is given.


Derived categories in algebraic geometry - a first glance, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Derived categories and stability structures (Hamburg, September 2009), slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Fourier-Mukai functors: existence (Bologna, September 2011), slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
A tour on Bridgeland stability, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Inducing stability conditions, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Stability conditions on generic K3 surfaces (pdf).
Cubic fourfolds, noncommutative K3 surfaces and stability conditions, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Bridgeland stability for semiorthogonal decompositions, hyperkaehler manifolds and cubic fourfolds, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Derived categories and cubic hypersurfaces (Roma, February 2011), slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Deformations of K3 surfaces and orientation, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Equivalences of K3 Surfaces: Deformations and Orientation, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Derived Torelli Theorem and Orientation (Part 1 - the twisted case), slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
A Twisted Derived Torelli Theorem for K3 surfaces, slides (pdf) or beamer presentation (pdf).
Twisted derived categories and K3 surfaces (pdf).
Categorie derivate twistate e superfici K3, Italian, talk delivered at the conference "Giornate di Geometria Algebrica e Argomenti Correlati VIII", Trieste, Italy (May 2006) (pdf).
Cubic fourfolds, noncommutative K3 surfaces and stability conditions, Workshop - Stability Conditions and Representation Theory of Finite-Dimensional Algebras (CMO, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 2018) (video).
Uniqueness of dg enhancements in geometric contexts, Conference - AMS Summer Research Institute 2015 (Salt Lake City, July 2015) (video).
Stability conditions on threefolds, II, Conference - New Techniques in Birational Geometry (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, April 2015) (video).
Stable ACM bundle on cubic threefolds and fourfolds, Workshop - Brill-Noether methods in the study of hyper-Kähler and Calabi-Yau manifolds (Hausdorff Intitute of Mathematics, Bonn, March 2014) (video).
Fourier-Mukai functors in the supported setting, Conference - Derived categories in Algebraic Geometry (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, September 2011) (video).


The Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) is held each fall. It is our honor to host the 2019 meeting in downtown Savannah. Learn more about SERMACS.
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ASC leaders interested in improving facility efficiency by enhancing multiple facets of their ASC's management should consider electronic patient tracking capabilities. Such functionality can help improve communications and the availability of up-to-date patient information for staff and families.
Not sure if a patient tracking solution is right for your facility? Here are eight ways patient tracking can help an ASC.
The PreOp and PACU tracking board is typically placed at the nursing station near the PreOp and PACU bays. It shows which patients are in PreOp and PACU and which patients are in the queue.
For optimal workflow, electronic patient tracking displays should be updated as a byproduct of clinical documentation that staff is already completing. This eliminates double documenting and helps ensure the latest patient information is available on the electronic boards.
Automated updates also eliminate many other time-consuming, manual processes, such as removing patients from the display upon their discharge, reordering patients as they progress through the surgical process, and grouping patients together by category (e.g., specialty, surgeon).
Additions, changes, and updates must be manually written on the board. In a busy ASC, particularly those with high volume and fast turnover, trying to keep up with many changes can prove difficult and stressful.
Poor and rushed handwriting can create confusion and/or misunderstanding about important patient details, leading to reduced efficiency and safety risks.
Patient information must be documented multiple times. The information noted on the dry-erase board must still be entered into an EMR or paper record. This redundancy decreases staff efficiency and increases the potential for data entry errors.
Higher case volume can present challenges. While dry-erase boards are available in different sizes, trying to change between sizes when volume increases is impractical. That means ASCs must either choose a dry-erase board size that can accommodate their projected highest-volume day (which can prove quite large) or try to squeeze more information onto a smaller board.
As the number of admitted patients increases, the technology doesn't try to squeeze everything onto one screen. Rather, it will flash through multiple pages, displaying information for a reasonable amount of time and keeping text at a consistent, easily readable size.
The OR tracking board is typically placed in a common area near the outside of the ORs. Note: Some of the benefits of its use are similar to those associated with the PreOp and PACU board, as described above.
The OR board provides staff with a convenient, easy-to-read means to check the status of the ORs throughout the day. This reduces time spent asking questions of colleagues and the need to track down staff to be sure they are in the right place at the right time. For example, if one OR is running late, the person running the board for the day may decide to move a case to an open OR that ended early. Without the electronic board, which updates as soon as the case is moved on the schedule, he or she would have to make calls, send text messages, or physically track down staff to ensure the moved case starts on time.
Some OR boards include functionality that will highlight when a case is running late. This pushes staff to take corrective action to start the case and helps keep an ASC on its surgical schedule. A prominent red line around a case on the board, for example, provides an at-a-glance visual queue that a particular OR needs immediate attention.
The patient tracking board for a waiting room is designed to help keep family and friends apprised of the patient's progress throughout the surgical event. A HIPAA-compliant display shows a unique identifier for the patient along with a progress bar that indicates the patient's progress through the surgical event.
Family members and friends can easily track their loved one's movement, providing solace and reducing uncertainty during what can be a very stressful experience. When patients know that family and friends are being kept informed about their progress, this can increase their satisfaction as well.
When visitors have a means of tracking patients' progress, they do not need to ask front desk staff for status updates. Staff spend less time speaking with visitors and making disruptive calls or visits to the nursing station and ORs for updates. As a result, staff interruptions are reduced, and satisfaction increases across the board.
In addition, waiting room boards that can be updated automatically when the nurse documents in the EMR that the patient has moved to the next phase of care require no manual intervention or additional steps to update patient status in the waiting room, thereby improving efficiency.
Look for a system designed for ASCs rather than hospitals or clinics so that features and functions are applicable to your setting.
If you are using or considering an EMR, check to see if information documented in the EMR is available for digital display in various patient tracker formats.
Talk to current users of the systems you are considering to learn how the technology has improved care team communications and ASC efficiency.
Demo the systems, if possible, and then make your choice.
By investing in the right patient tracking system, you will improve the experience of people coming to and working in your ASC.


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Sumeet Vyas On Why This Is The Best Time To Be An Actor
I'm not beating up 20 people or catching bullets with my fingers, but I'm still playing the leading man, says the actor who stars in High Jack and Veere Di Wedding
Posted on May 17, 2018 November 17, 2018
by Gayle Sequeira
Onscreen marriage proposals never seem to end well for the characters Sumeet Vyas plays. In the first episode of TVF's 2014 web series Permanent Roommates, his breakthrough role, we see his character awkwardly but endearingly craft the perfect one, only for it to go horribly wrong. Four years and numerous acting credits later, it happens again. In Shashanka Ghosh's Veere Di Wedding, his character's ill-timed proposal sends Kareena Kapoor running to the nearest portable toilet in a state of panic. Vyas says he doesn't feel typecast, and his varied releases this year attest to that – besides reprising his role in the web series Official CEOgiri, he will also appear in Akarsh Khurana's High Jack. The film, billed as 'Bollywood's first stoner comedy', features Vyas as Rockesh – a DJ who unwittingly smuggles contraband aboard a flight, setting in motion a chain of events. Ahead of the film's release, he spoke about how the role came about and what his favourite stoner films are:
This year you've had Love Per Square Foot – a film that you've written – release on Netflix. You've starred in a web series and now have two back-to-back film releases. Would you say this is the best time to be an artiste in the industry?
It is. There's definitely a variety of work happening today. Not everything is black and white. It's not like you either have to be a 'hero' or a complete character actor. There's a lot of scope in between, which is where I fit in. I'm not beating up 20 people or catching bullets with my fingers, but I'm still playing the leading man. There are different kinds of stories that people want to tell and that people want to watch as well. That's promising. It's a sign that we must go out and experiment. If not now, then when?
I'm a huge fan of The Big Lebowski (1998) and had always wanted to do something like that
How did High Jack come about? Were you drawn to the idea of playing a DJ?
Akarsh had sent the script to me a few years ago, when we were writing Tripling. He told me to read it and tell him what I thought of it. I remember sitting alone in my room and just laughing like a crazy person – that's not something that happens often. So I told him that it would be a great film and that he should make it. I didn't know who'd be interested in producing a film like this because it's slightly edgier, in terms of content. But Phantom stepped in and it was like the perfect marriage. I read the second draft and told Akarsh that it was even better and more polished. He said, "Yeah but you haven't said even once that you want to work with me." I didn't even know he was considering me, I thought he'd want to cast a bigger star. Two-and-a-half years ago, maybe I wasn't that viable. Now, more people know of me and maybe that made it easier for him to cast me in the film.
I don't party much or go to clubs so I wanted to get a feel of what DJs do. I went to see one of Nucleya's concerts, where people were going absolutely nuts. I saw him jumping on the table and going crazy. Then I met him backstage and he was so normal and docile. He was a completely different person. I thought that was interesting and picked up that duality. I also saw that there was a progression in his music in the course of the evening. Generally, DJs – especially those in films – just go crazy on the console. That's not what you're supposed to do. I observed these little things to add details to the character.
Substance abuse also is not a part of my life. I've always been too scared – what if I can't break the habit? So I hung out with some 'cool' friends and also did a bit of research on the internet to see what symptoms of substance abuse I could portray in the film.
The film has is being called a stoner comedy – a practically non-existent genre in Hindi cinema. What are some of your favourite films in the genre?
Drugs form only a small part of the film – a couple of people get intoxicated in a tense situation and start behaving weirdly. The film is not about drugs, it's about a hijacking and what goes wrong. I'm a huge fan of The Big Lebowski (1998) and had always wanted to do something like that. I also like Go Goa Gone (2013) – it's a really funny film that all my friends are in. But I think the stakes in High Jack are higher than those in either of these movies. A plane is being hijacked mid-flight by people with guns. It's a serious situation, but one in which the characters are buffoons.
I think about what I can bring to the project that nobody else can. That's something every actor should think about
With work pouring in from all mediums – how do you decide what you want to give your time to? Do you specifically look at your role and what you're doing in the project or the larger set up, reach and visibility of the film?
I first look at the larger picture because if the overall script is not entertaining, not tight or not good, then it doesn't matter what I do – the project won't work. Then what I look for is whether this is something I've already done. I don't want to repeat my roles – that bores me. I do it sometimes because the script is so good, I want to be part of it. If I was casting High Jack, I wouldn't have thought of myself to play DJ Rockesh. That's why I jumped at it. It was a great opportunity.
I also think about what I can bring to the project that nobody else can. That's something every actor should think about – not just being part of a hit film or a hit franchise or working with a great director, but also what their contribution is. I don't think about the medium – it's more about the people involved. Over the years, I have learnt to try and gauge whether they will be able to execute what they are thinking. Sometimes they might have a good idea but not the expertise to execute it. Then it becomes a dud, or a nightmare for everyone involved. I try and refrain from those setups. With High Jack, I knew Akarsh. With every project that we do, our trust in each other grows. I had seen all my co-actors' work. Phantom has also done some cutting-edge work and I was keen to work with them.
You've said that writing is a far more complex job. How do you make time for it between movies, endorsements and promotions?
It's tough now, I've been writing less. Akarsh and I have been writing season 2 of Tripling for the last six months. It's taken so long because we've both been busy with different work. Being an actor is not easy. There are a lot of other things you have to do – you have to present yourself, meet new people, listen to narrations. The craft is just 40%, the remaining 60% is this charade. You have to switch all of that off to be able to think of a new story and a new world. I've called writing more complex because as an actor, you just have to perform your part, but as a writer, you have to live each of your characters. You have to form the backstory of each character, you have to react the way the characters would. I really want to write a thriller, I don't know what shape it will take, but I'm keen on attempting it.
Lastly, if you had the power to change one thing that could make life easier for newcomers entering the industry – what would it be?
I wish talent was appreciated more than one's face – that would really help. If talent was backed a little more and not half-heartedly, that would be great. I think every time talent has been backed, it has turned out well. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an example. Another is Irrfan Khan. Even Sushant Singh Rajput – they saw something in him and really went for it.
Gayle Sequeira
Gayle worked as a content producer at Hindustan Times before joining Film Companion as an editorial assistant. She loves cats, Doctor Who references and not having to talk about herself in third person.
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I've felt that towards different songs too. It's amazing how music can change moods and remind us of a lot of memories.
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Die Burg Hadmersleben, auch Schloss Hadmersleben oder Amt Hademersleben genannt, ist eine denkmalgeschütztes Bauwerk in der Stadt Hadmersleben, einem Ortsteil der Stadt Oschersleben im Landkreis Börde in Sachsen-Anhalt. Im örtlichen Denkmalverzeichnis ist die Burg unter der Erfassungsnummer 094 95231 als Baudenkmal verzeichnet.

Geschichte
Eine halbrunde zum Schutze des Flussüberganges über die alte Bode, heute Braugraben, ist bereits für das 10. Jahrhundert bezeugt. Sie bestand aus einer Vor- und einer Kernburg. Die Burg wurde bis zur Eroberung durch den Magdeburger Erzbischof Dietrich von Magdeburg im Jahr 1367, von den Grafen von Hadmersleben als Raubburg und Fluchtburg genutzt. Nach der Eroberung wurde die Stadt Hadmersleben und die Burg zum Lehnsbesitz der Magdeburger Erzbischöfe. 1489 wurden Stadt und Burg von Erzbischof Ernst von Sachsen an seinen Hofmeister Christoph von Hagen verpfändet. Im 16. Jahrhundert erfolgte er kastellartige Ausbau der Kernburg auf den Resten des Vorgängerbauwerkes, die mit einem Innengraben zusätzlich geschützt wurde. Heute (Stand 2015) wird die Anlage von einem landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb genutzt.

Beschreibung
Alle zur Burganlage gehörenden Gebäude waren um einen weitläufigen Hof gruppiert.

Neben dem 1904 entstandenen Vorbau des Wohnhauses befindet sich eine spätgotische Reliefplatte, die einen fahnenlanzetragenen Ritter und einen Doppeladler zeigt. An einer großen Scheune westlich des Wohnhauses befindet sich ein Wappenfries der Magdeburger Erzbischöfe aus dem Jahr 1586. Im südlichen Teil der Anlage entlang der Mauer befinden sich Wohn- und Wirtschaftsgebäude aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. In der südwestlichen Außenmauer sind Teile des Segmentbogenfrieses, über dem sich der ehemalige Wehrgang befand, erhalten geblieben.

Von der Burganlage sind ein Torturm der Vorburg, entstanden um das Jahr 1500, sowie ein zweigeschossiges spätgotisches Wohnhaus der Hauptburg, erbaut im Jahr 1509, und Teile des Grabensystems und der Mauer erhalten geblieben.

Auf dem Torturm befindet sich heute eine Sirene zur Alarmierung der örtlichen Freiwilligen Feuerwehr.

Kapelle
Die St.-Stephani-Kirche, errichtet von 1745 bis 1747, wurde wahrscheinlich an der Stelle der ehemaligen Burgkapelle an der Südseite der Burganlage errichtet.

Lage
Westlich der Burganlage befindet sich das ebenfalls unter Denkmalschutz stehtende Kloster Hadmersleben. Nördlich der Burg befindet sich die Kirche Unser lieben Frauen sowie der heutige Flusslauf der Bode.

Literatur
 Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer (Bearb.):  Georg Dehio – Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Sachsen-Anhalt I: Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg.  München 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7.
 Bruno J. Sobotka (Hrsg.): Burgen, Schlösser, Gutshäuser in Sachsen-Anhalt. Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8062-1101-9.

Einzelnachweise

Hadmersleben
Kulturdenkmal in Oschersleben (Bode)
Schloss in Oschersleben (Bode)
Umgenutztes Bauwerk im Landkreis Börde
Hadmersleben


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Quiet start to late drinking
The relaxation of traditional licensing laws was widely expected to bring serious disorder to our streets.
GERRAN GRIMSHAW went out with police in York to see how things went on the first night of the new rules.
MAYHEM on the streets was widely predicted when the Government first announced their plans to relax liquor licensing laws.
But the first night under the new regime passed off without any major incidents in York.
Under the new rules, pubs, clubs and restaurants can apply to open whenever they like.
Many York venues have applied for longer than the traditional 11am to 11pm hours. But, as reported in the Evening Press earlier this week, a significant
number are not planning to take advantage of their new hours on a regular basis.
Detective Inspector Alasdair Day said: "From a policing point of view, we have to keep an open mind. We have had set times when people leave the clubs, but now we won't have that. It could be a good thing, or it could be a bad thing."
Travelling around the city centre with the police, the streets did not look any busier than usual - though the bitter cold might have had something to do with that.
PC Ian Hughes, of the street response unit, said: "We should have 24-hour drinking, as hopefully it will stop people throwing as much down their necks as possible at 11pm. But I think tonight will be the real test of these laws."
The new regime got a mixed response from late-night revellers last night.
York University student Giles Harmer said: "Dusk, the place we usually go to, is open until 2am rather than 11pm, which is great. It means we don't have to move on anywhere else."
Beth and Jody, of Acomb, said they did not agree with 24-hour opening. But Beth added: "The bars staying open later is a good thing, because it's cheaper to stay there than go on to clubs."
Will Shaw, of Clifton, said: "I think it will have an effect on bar workers and owners - they already work long enough hours."
Student Belle Robinson said: "We're standing at a taxi rank at normal closing time, doesn't that say everything?"
Her friend, Anna Richards, added: "It's a good idea at a weekend, but not during the week, as it will encourage people to go to work with a hangover - or call in sick."
Heather Hodgson, of York, said: "It won't make any difference as far as I'm concerned - I won't get any more drunk than usual. But it is a good thing for people who want to come out later - at say 9pm - and then stay out later. You can only drink as much as you can drink."


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Иваница () — община в Сербии, входит в Моравичский округ.

Население общины составляет 33 878 человек (2007 год), плотность населения составляет 31 чел./км². Занимаемая площадь — 1090 км², из них 47,0 % используется в промышленных целях.

Административный центр общины — город Иваница. Община Иваница состоит из 49 населённых пунктов, средняя площадь населённого пункта — 22,2 км².

Статистика населения общины

Известные уроженцы
 Стамболич, Иван (1936—2000) — югославский сербский государственный деятель, председатель Президиума СФРЮ (1986—1987), Премьер-министр Сербии (1978—1982).
 Стамболич, Петар (1912—2007) — югославский сербский государственный деятель, председатель Президиума СФРЮ (1982—1983), председатель Союзного Исполнительного Веча СФРЮ (1963—1967).

Примечания

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 Официальная статистика Сербии
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Общины Сербии


While the fresh salad and wonderful pasta dish created here is certainly spectacular, the main draw of this class is learning how to make one of the most delicious Italian desserts in existence, Tiramisu! This beloved sweet treat consists of ladyfingers drenched in espresso. These ladyfingers are then layered with a sinfully delicious mixture of eggs, sugar and mascarpone cheese! This is a dessert that many people think is too complicated to make at home, yet here you will learn how to re-create this dish that is sure to please the whole family!


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Wild, Abstract Landscapes Capture the Majesty of the Hudson River
July 22, 2014 by Ellyn Kail
For Elements of Place, photographer Carolyn Marks Blackwood documents the dramatic metamorphosis of the Hudson River though the changing of the seasons. From her house in Rhinecliff, NY, she stands 30 feet from the brink of the cliff, staring into an expansive 50 miles of water. Beginning with the dramatic ice forms fractured by rough currents in winter, she transitions to the rippling tides of spring, ultimately turning her camera upwards to the cloudy firmament that lies above the substantial riverscape.
Profoundly influenced by mid-century abstract expressionism, Blackwood's sea and sky veer into the realm of Pictorialism, appearing like fiery painted landscapes that defy conventions of photography. These aren't so much sweeping landscapes as they are elegantly cropped fragments, caught at far too close a range to convey an objective reality. Deconstructed into wonderfully choppy lines of color, the natural terrain becomes subjected to the impassioned gaze of the photographer. Instead of filmy fluid and air, the water and clouds appear to be formed of thick, substantive material. Like an uneven mirror, the water reflects the world above, transforming the solid Catskills into an undulating expanse in a state of constant motion.
Elements of Place is on view at the Albany Institute of History and Art now until September 7, 2014. The opening reception will be held Thursday, July 17. The work of four other photographers will be on view in adjoining galleries.


Norman Rockwell (1894 -1978) Back to School, 1959 calendar illustration for Brown & Bigelow: 1959 Four Seasons Calendar, Autumn. Media print lithography on paper.
This limited edition offset color print entitled Back to School measures 10 X 10 inches and was hand signed by Norman Rockwell in pencil at the bottom. The print is in excellent condition with vibrant color. Norman Rockwell was commissioned by Brown & Bigelow to produce numerous four season calendars. For the 1959 calendar Rockwell's image Back to School was used for the autumn scene. Rockwell aimed to convey the essence of the season by a variety of poses and props to achieve specific moods.


AS she looks back on 70 years of Religious life, Sister Sheila McGovern positively shines with contentment.
"I have never been unhappy and have had a wonderful life," says the St Louis Sister as she reflects on a life of service which brought her from Ireland to Nigeria and England.
Sr Sheila entered convent life in 1948. She was one of 17 Sisters of St Louis to start their training in Monaghan that year.
The seed that flourished into her vocation was sown and watered in the family home in Belcoo, Co Fermanagh.
"My parents were a wonderful example," she recalls.
With her two sisters and two brothers, she was brought to Mass in St Patrick's Church, Holywell, and prayer, the sacraments and the Rosary were stitched into the fabric of life.
As a boarder at St Louis Grammar School in Kilkeel she remembers being "very impressed by the way the sisters reached out to every child, irrespective of their ability".
"It was the ethos of the congregation, 'Sint unum - may they be one', in action."
Although determined to pursue her vocation, she nonetheless had a long conversation with her father about the gravity of the commitment she would be making.
"We talked for hours, about the pros and cons. At the end of it, he said, 'If it is too hard for you, you can come home'."
Sr Sheila's parents had strong insight to what Religious life involved - including very limited contact with family - because her mother's two sisters were nuns.
The training was also strict, but Sr Sheila talks fondly about the camaraderie in the convent.
"The grace of God was there all the time, too," she says.
From the convent in Monaghan, she was sent in 1951 to Balla, Co Mayo to teach music.
A year later she was posted to Dundalk for three years, at which point she embarked on a decades-long adventure to Africa.
"When I professed in 1951 I had volunteered for the missions," she says. That willingness was answered in 1955, when she was sent to Kano in northern Nigeria.
The most dangerous time was during the 'bloody riots' of 1966, but a more positive highlight was when Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria in 1982.
Sr Sheila was charged, with Fr Billy Fulton SPS from Larne, with organising the music for a ceremony in Kiduna at which the Pope ordained 96 priests. Her role included playing the organ at the Mass.
From Nigeria, she went to England to teach until 1990, when she 'retired' - though only in the sense that a nun ever retires.
'Retirement' brought with it work as varied as being a parish sister, a hospice and hospital chaplain and catechetics.
In 2004, it was, she felt it "was the right time to retire home". She now lives with three other St Louis sisters in Stewartstown in Belfast.
Reflecting on her own story so far, Sr Sheila's advice for a positive, happy life is simple.
"Pray hard, work hard, play hard and enjoy life," she smiles.


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Tune the stereo or TV to your favorite station when you leave the house. To a burglar it means that someone's home.
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Park an additional car in your driveway or ask a neighbor to park there when away for an overnight trip. It gives the appearance that someone's always home and prevents burglars from backing a van into the drive for easy loading.
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World of Politics
Russia: Ministry of Health Approved the Legal Gender Recognition Procedure
On 22 January 2018, the Russian Ministry of Health's order approving a form of medical certificate for change of trans persons' gender marker, as well as a procedure for issuing such a certificate, was published. The order came into force on 2 February 2018.
There has been no legally established legal gender recognition procedure in Russia for many years. According to the federal law, in order to change their gender marker, a trans person has to submit a "medical certificate on gender/sex change" to civil registry office. The duty to approve a form for this medical certificate was assigned to the Ministry of Health as long ago as in 1998, however, the Ministry has neglected this duty for twenty years.
Many trans human rights organisations, including the Transgender Legal Defense Project, submitted to the Russian Ministry of Health their comments and proposals to amend the text of the draft.
Fortunately, most of the concerns have been addressed by the order's drafters.
First, the order does not require a mandatory period for psychiatrist observation before legal gender recognition. Second, it neither require trans people to undergo any medical procedures, such as hormone replacement therapy or surgery, in order to get their gender marker changed. Third, it does not impose any restrictions on legal gender recognition for those trans people who are married or have underage children. Last but not least, according to the order, a referral to a medical board that establishes a person's "sexual re-orientation" is to be issued if they are diagnosed with "transsexualism". That makes the criteria for establishing a "sexual re-orientation" more transparent.
"We welcome the adoption of the Ministry of Health's order in its final version, and we believe that its entry into force will significantly improve the situation of trans people in Russia," says Tatiana Glushkova, Transgender Legal Defense Project's Legal Programme Coordinator, "The document establishes a transparent procedure for legal gender recognitionwhich would allow trans people to change their documentation without applying to court. In addition, the adoption of the order would bring the Russian legislation in accordance with the European Court of Human Rights' case law. Read more via pravo-trans
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A HALF-CENTURY OF SCIENCE.
purely chemical methods the constitution of compounds, have not labored in vain. But the future doubtless belongs to physical chemistry.
In connection with the rectification of the atomic weights it may be mentioned that a so-called natural system of the elements has been introduced by Mendelejeff (1869), in which the properties of the elements appear as a periodic function of their atomic weights. By the aid of this system it has been possible to predict the properties and atomic weights of undiscovered elements, and in the case of known elements to determine many atomic weights which had not been fixed by any of the usual methods. Several of these predictions have been verified in a remarkable manner. A periodicity in the atomic weights of elements belonging to the same class had been pointed out by Newlands about four years before the publication of Mendelejeff's memoir.
In mechanical science the progress has not been less remarkable than in other branches. Indeed, to the improvements in mechanics we owe no small part of our advance in practical civilization, and of the increase of our national prosperity during the last fifty years. This immense development of mechanical science has been to a great extent a consequence of the new processes which have-been adopted in the manufacture of iron, for the following data with reference to which I am indebted to Captain Douglas Galton. About 1830, Neilson introduced the hot blast in the smelting of iron. At first a temperature of 600° or 700° Fahr. was obtained, but Cowper subsequently applied Siemens's regenerative furnace for heating the blast, chiefly by means of fumes from the black furnace, which were formerly wasted; and the temperature now practically in use is as much as 1,400°, or even more: the result is a very great economy of fuel and an increase of the output. For instance, in 1830, a blast-furnace with the cold blast would probably produce 130 tons per week, whereas now 600 tons a week are readily obtained.
Bessemer, by his brilliant discovery, which he first brought before the British Association at Cheltenham in 1856, showed that iron and steel could be produced by forcing currents of atmospheric air through fluid pig-metal, thus avoiding for the first time the intermediate process of puddling iron, and converting it by cementation into steel. Similarly, by Siemens's regenerative furnace, the pig-metal and iron ore are converted directly into steel, especially mild steel for shipbuilding and boilers; and Whitworth, by his fluid compression of steel, is enabled to produce steel in the highest condition of density and strength of which the metal is capable. These changes, by which steel can be produced direct from the blast-furnace instead of by the more cumbersome processes formerly in use, have been followed by improvements in manipulation of the metal.
The inventions of Cort and others were known long before 1830, but we were then still without the most powerful tool in the hands of
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