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President Endorses Consumer Bill of Rights and Calls For Immediate Action
Whether it's traditional health care or managed care, we have to make sure it's not inferior care. There are basic standards that I believe every American should be able to count on wherever they live, whatever their needs. Those standards ought to be the right of every citizen.
President Clinton,
Today, the President endorsed the "consumer bill of rights and responsibilities" recommended by the Advisory Commission on Quality and Consumer Protections, a commission composed of members who represent the broad spectrum of views in the health care debate. President Clinton stressed that the Commission's recommendation's -- recommended overwhelmingly by 33 of the 34 Commission Members -- provide an excellent framework for long overdue national standards of consumer protection.
In his remarks, the President outlined the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities:
"You have the right to be informed about your health plan in plain English."
"You have the right to choose the right doctor for the right type of care;"
"the right to medical services in an emergency wherever and whenever the emergency arises;"
"the right to know all your medical options, no matter how much they cost;"
"the right to respectful care and equal treatment at every health care facility by every health care provider;"
"the right to know your medical records are confidential and only used for legitimate purposes;"
"the right to express your concerns about the quality of care you receive and to take action when that care is inadequate."
and a consumer has the responsibility "to take an active role in his or her own health care and to take responsibility for his or her own health."
In accepting the recommendations, the President did the following:
(1) Challenged All Private Health Plans, Providers, and Health Care Facilities to Adopt the Consumer Bill of Rights. To take immediate steps to assuring that all affected stakeholders adopt the Commission's recommendations, the President called on these parties to adopt the bill of rights. A voluntary call for compliance will not ensure that all Americans have access to these rights, but it represents an important first step. At the event today, the President announced that GTE -- represented by one of the commission members, GTE Executive Vice President for Human Resources Randy MacDonald -- is the first large company to guarantee the Consumer Bill of Rights to all the 400,000 participants in their employee and family health plan.
(2) Called on Congress to Pass Legislation Before it Adjourns Next Year. To make these rights real for all Americans, the President called on Congress to pass the appropriate Federal protections into law before the 105th Congress adjourns. Republicans and Democrats alike have supported legislation providing consumer protections, and the President is optimistic that Congress will enact a measure he can sign into law in 1998. As the Vice President said today, "I hope and expect that we can safeguard consumer rights on a bipartisan basis. Over 200 members of Congress --including more than 80 Republicans --have endorsed bills that address many of the issues in the Bill of Rights, because this is so clearly in the people's interest."
(3)	Directed All Federal Agencies to Come into Compliance with the Bill of Rights. The President directed every federal agency that administers or manages health plans to adopt the protections of the consumer bill of rights and to advise where the agencies need additional legislative authority to do so.

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Roche Annual General Meeting 2018
Basel, 13 March 2018
All proposals of the Board of Directors approved
Christoph Franz as Chairman of the Roche Board of Directors and all other Board members standing for re-election approved
31st consecutive dividend increase to CHF 8.30 per share approved
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that its shareholders approved all proposals of the Board of Directors at its ordinary Annual General Meeting (AGM). The 880 attending shareholders, representing 86,42% of the total of 160,000,000 shares, approved the Management Report, the Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements for 2017.
Christoph Franz was confirmed as Chairman of the Board of Directors with 99,89% of the votes.
"2017 was a good year for Roche. The launch of Ocrevus for people with multiple sclerosis and the approval of Hemlibra for the treatment of people with haemophilia A were outstanding. In particular, we made significant progress in the areas of personalised healthcare and digitization. In this field, we have entered into important partnerships that complement our own expertise. I believe Roche is very well prepared for the future," said Christoph Franz, Chairman of Roche's Board of Directors.
Shareholders also authorised the ratification of the Board of Directors' actions and approved an increase in the gross dividend for the past financial year to 8.30 Swiss francs (gross) per share and non-voting equity security. This is the 31st consecutive dividend increase.
Shareholders endorsed the total amount of bonuses paid to the Corporate Executive Committee for 2017 with 99,62% of the votes, as well as the bonus paid to the Chairman of the Board of Directors for 2017, which was approved by 99,51% of the votes. They also approved the maximum total amount of future remuneration of the Board of Directors, which was confirmed by 99,62% of the votes, and the maximum total amount of future remuneration for the Corporate Executive Committee until the 2019 ordinary Annual General Meeting by 99,64% of the votes.
In addition to Christoph Franz, all other Board members who stood for re-election were confirmed for a term of one year:
André Hoffmann
Professor Sir John Bell
Paul Bulcke
Anita Hauser
Professor Dr Richard P. Lifton
Dr Andreas Oeri
Bernard Poussot
Dr Severin Schwan
Dr Claudia Süssmuth Dyckerhoff
Peter R. Voser
The following Board members were elected to the Remuneration Committee:
Dr Christoph Franz
KPMG AG was elected as external auditor for the financial year 2018 and BDO AG was elected as independent voting proxy until the conclusion of the next regular AGM in 2019.
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people's lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible.
Roche is the world's largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management.
Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry nine years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
The Roche Group, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, is active in over 100 countries and in 2017 employed about 94,000 people worldwide. In 2017, Roche invested CHF 10.4 billion in R&D and posted sales of CHF 53.3 billion. Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan. For more information, please visit www.roche.com.
Speech by Christoph Franz
Speech by Severin Schwan


I hate debt. Owing money feels terrible and dirty. I've been there.
At the same time, I willingly have mortgage debt. My current home set me back $176,000, and I had the money to pay cash. I briefly considered it but instead took out a mortgage. I kept the money invested, mostly in an S&P 500 index fund. Let's take a look at how the experiment is coming along.
Yikes. That is $11,355.97 that I'll never see again. This isn't small change. It hurts a little. But wait: I have something much better to show you.
Did you see that number ladies and gentleman? My investment has grown $33,792 ($174,592 minus my original investment of $140,800).
That $11,355.97 isn't so painful now, is it? I'm ahead - FAR ahead.
So, over the course of 15 years, I'll pay $37,284 in tax-deductible interest. But less than three years into my loan, I'm up $33,792 on the invested money. I have a good chance of breaking even before the loan is five years old.
Even with the recent subpar performance of the markets, I have made almost three times as much money from the index fund as I've paid in interest.
If I'm this far ahead in the early stages of the experiment, imagine how I'll do at the end.
Your invested money works in the opposite way of the mortgage interest. Dollars reproduce like rabbits. Over time, those little guys will multiply like mad.
• On my mortgage of $140,800, I'll pay $33,792 in interest over 15 years.
• If I earn just 6% on the investment, that $140,800 turns into $337,435.41 over the same period of time. This is a gain of $196,635.41.
You don't have to be a math genius to know that $196,635.41 beats the pants off of $33,792. Mortgage debt, I like love you.
"I just hate debt and still want to pay off my mortgage. Instead, I'll pay cash and invest invest the money every month that I would have put towards a mortgage."
This may not last much longer, and once it's over, it may not happen again in your lifetime. This is a gift! Take it!
If you took on your mortgage back when interest rates were much higher (5% or more), you should definitely consider refinancing your mortgage. You could save tens of thousands of dollars. If you're considering refinancing, you can quickly get rate quotes from multiple lenders here.
• Know how to properly invest. The idea is to put the money away in a nice, low-fee index fund and forget about it. Don't try to time the markets. Don't fall for silly, short-term trading strategies or screaming people on financial TV shows waving charts. For a second opinion, see the advice of billionaire Warren Buffett— the most successful investor ever.
• This strategy isn't for you if you're into conspicuous consumption. The money you don't use to pay off your mortgage is not to be used for a fancy vacation or a new car or some other silly piece of status. You may only invest it.
at a comparison site like LendingTree. It WILL save you a TON of money in the long run!
The decision to leverage mortgage debt is controversial. Sean Cooper even wrote a piece for InvestmentZen awhile back explaining why he paid off his mortgage in three years instead of investing.
"I just love the peace of mind that a paid-off mortgage gives me."
"Any and all debt is bad! No thank you!"
I will never argue with folks who say that debt is risky, because it certainly is. If you stop paying your mortgage, the bank will send over the local sheriff and remove you from your home.
I will always argue, however, that being too conservative is risky too. If you have a long time horizon and your nest egg is in a bank account or CD, you'll probably leave loads of money on the table. I don't love that at all.
Do you know what I do love? I love cheeseburgers, chocolate mint ice cream, and my family. But I digress. Even more than unhealthy food, I love the security and options that a huge pile of money gives me.
So go ahead and pay off your mortgage for short-term peace of mind. But I encourage you to consider investing the money instead. Put those dollars to work for you. Long-term peace of mind is better.
And if your mortgage rate is 5% or higher, you should strongly consider looking into refinancing while interest rates are low. You can quickly find some of the lowest refinancing rates available at a comparison site like LendingTree.
Mr. 1500 is a 42-year-old self-made millionaire whose net worth is about $1.5 million. Learn more about him at 1500days.com.


Ghoulsley's Manor is an immersive & interactive Halloween experience for families. We invite you to experience a spooky & eerie tour of this quirky Manor.
Meet the unusual occupants of the haunted Manor in this hilariously ghoulish experience.
This year Ghoulsley's Manor will invite a younger audience to SPOOKALOO – a daytime experience (recommended age 4-8 yrs) and AFTER DARK – a slightly scarier experience for an older audience (recommended age 8-14 yrs).
These interactive and theatrical tours are eerie and spooky but not bloody. It is suitable for all the family (young children under 4 welcome at parents discretion)!
Show lasts approx. 50 mins – 1hr, it is Eerie and Spooky but not bloody or gory.
· Walk like an Egyptian in the Ancient Mummies Tomb.
· Meet Jack O'Lantern the Scarecrow who's terrified of crows!
· Meowl at the moon with Weird Wolf Phooka – half wolf / half we're not quite sure….
All children under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Bookings online at www.ghoulsleysmanor.com or give us a call on 021-2428868.


How's the Business of BizAv?
Although some view private jet use as a frivolous perk for wealthy executives in large enterprises, the reality is much different. In today's fast-paced global business environment, time is money. Commercial travel can be a big time sink, and private jet travel for business purposes saves time by flying executives directly to meeting locations — without them having to deal with baggage, security lines, and boarding wait times. Most business jets also offer internet and communications technologies that allow executives to be productive during flight. With so many benefits, what should existing jet owners and those looking at acquiring their own aircraft be aware of in today's business aviation environment?
Experts agree: The business of BizAv is looking bright. Economic conditions are strong indicators of the strength of business aviation. As the global economy continues its upward trend and stock markets surge, business aviation looks to be continuing its recovery from the 2008 recession. The fact that recent tax changes allow businesses to write off 100% of the cost of business jets will likely mean more sales of new and preowned aircraft in 2018, of which a large inventory still exists for purchase.
Industry insiders also expect charter flight numbers to soar along with membership programs, jet cards, and fractional ownership, which open up the wonders of private flight to those previously excluded. This is good for business aviation in general because it brings new customers into the pipeline who may become future owners. As they say, once you experience the benefits of private aviation, you never want to go back to the hassles of commercial flight.
Continuing economic improvements should see new jet sales pick up during the next 12 months. Demand will likely soon lead to preowned inventory depletion through purchase or retirement, and manufacturers are prepared with many new models coming down the pike.
As airlines continue to reduce the number of services they provide as well as increase security regulations and wait times, more passengers will be primed to dump commercial flight stresses. Alternative methods of ownership are also expected to continue rapid growth as aviation companies come up with innovative new ways to make jet travel more attainable to a larger population.
In addition, new technologies and regulations are making jet travel safer than ever before as well as more comfortable. Internet connectivity is no longer a perk but rather a necessity for making the private jet experience more productive for business travelers.
Staying on top of the trends in private and business aviation is important for both existing owners as well as individuals and corporation leaders considering purchasing. It's important you understand your purchasing options from new to preowned and other access methods, including charters and membership programs. Staying on top of market conditions, operating costs, regulatory compliance issues, and technological advancements can help you choose an appropriate model to meet your needs at an affordable price and ensure private jet travel will remain available to you for many years to come.
Buying a business jet in today's market while considering all the other factors involved in making a financially sound choice can be daunting. That's why working with a professional consultant is not simply a convenience. It's a necessity.


The temperature control function on these devices require the use of nickel coils (ni200).
Introducing the Nebox by Kanger, a convenient mod with an all-in-one design and a built-in tank. The built-in tank has an incredible 10mL capacity, providing ample room for the user's favorite juice. The mod has a temperature control function, a 60W power maximum, and a minimum resistance of 0.15 Ohm. The Nebox even includes an RBA attachement, so a user can build his/her coils!
Note: Using a subtank coil in a Kanger Nebox can cause leakage.


This cookie is just filled with so much flavor with the cranberry,chocolate and the crunchy nuts. They are real crunchy on the outside with wonderful bites of cranberry and chocolate on the inside. I love to make this cookie in bite size to take for a cookie exchange, or just to fill the cookie jar. Bite size is perfect for the little hands and perfect for someone who is watching the calories. A nice basket of these cookies will make a great gift for the holidays, sure hope you enjoy them.
Whisk the flour, soda and salt together.
Cream the butter and sugar until smooth, add the egg and continue to beat the mixture and add the vanilla.
Add the flour and mix well, add the oats and mix well.
Add the chocolate chip, cranberries, nuts and mix well.
Drop the cookie dough by the teaspoon or 1/2 teaspoon to a cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for small cookies 10 minutes and larger cookies 12 minutes.
This recipe will make 4 dozen small cookies or 2 dozen average size cookies.
Thanks so much for coming by to share these awesome cookies with me today, cookies are always better with a friend. Hope you have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
I love oatmeal cookies :) These look really good! I love your presentation in the first photo with the basket - that's so cute!
How weird but I baked similar cookies just a few days ago. I also added some chocolate chips.
Mix Helen, these look so good. I like plain tasting cookies. I think sometimes we get a little carried away with ingredient combinations. Hope you can share these at Holiday Best.
These cookies look awesome! They are my kind of delicious for sure...thanks for sharing this great recipe!
I love cranberries and chocolate together. Good looking cookies!
Delicious cranberries and chocolate cookies, love it. thanks for sharing with hearth and soul blog hop. pinning.
Especially when it comes to cookies, my husband is a big texture person-he loves a cookie with a bite to it! These look perfect!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!


Did you hear the one about the Vampire, the Were, the Shifter, and the Barmaid?
In this final Sookie Stackhouse novel, Sookie discovers she has many enemies. One group decide to frame her for murder. Another group decide to just murder her. Another decides to steal her boyfriend. Her friends have other ideas about letting any of that happen without a fight.
I haven't been closely following Charlaine Harris' series. I've enjoyed all the instalments I've read so far, and Dead Ever After was no exception. Although, I was surprised to discover this was the final novel in the Sookie Stackhouse series.* This felt like any other instalment in the series to me.
Apparently fans of the series were annoyed with the less than satisfactory ending. A lot of one star reviews have been thrown at this book. One thing seems clear, Sookie didn't end up with the right guy. Apparently. So if you are an invested fan, this book will probably be used to heat your home in winter. For the less invested fans, this will be regarded as a solid instalment to the series.
*Yes, I can see the tagline on the bottom of the cover. Kinda hard to read when it is thumbnail sized though.
I liked the show for a while. I think I watched two seasons. But it gets generic pretty quickly. The books are pretty similar in tone and style, if that helps.


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using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using SampleWebSite.Models;
using SampleWebSite.ViewModels;

namespace SampleWebSite.Controllers
{
    [Authorize(Roles = "Admin")]
    public class UsersAdminController : Controller
    {
        public UsersAdminController()
        {
        }

        public UsersAdminController(ApplicationUserManager userManager, ApplicationRoleManager roleManager)
        {
            UserManager = userManager;
            RoleManager = roleManager;
        }

        private ApplicationUserManager _userManager;
        public ApplicationUserManager UserManager
        {
            get
            {
                return _userManager ?? HttpContext.GetOwinContext().GetUserManager<ApplicationUserManager>();
            }
            private set
            {
                _userManager = value;
            }
        }

        private ApplicationRoleManager _roleManager;
        public ApplicationRoleManager RoleManager
        {
            get
            {
                return _roleManager ?? HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Get<ApplicationRoleManager>();
            }
            private set
            {
                _roleManager = value;
            }
        }

        //
        // GET: /Users/
        public async Task<ActionResult> Index()
        {
            return View(UserManager.Users);
        }

        //
        // GET: /Users/Details/5
        public async Task<ActionResult> Details(string id)
        {
            if (id == null)
            {
                return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
            }
            var user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(id);

            ViewBag.RoleNames = await UserManager.GetRolesAsync(user.Id);

            return View(user);
        }

        //
        // GET: /Users/Create
        public async Task<ActionResult> Create()
        {
            //Get the list of Roles
            ViewBag.RoleId = new SelectList(RoleManager.Roles, "Name", "Name");
            return View();
        }

        //
        // POST: /Users/Create
        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<ActionResult> Create(RegisterViewModel userViewModel, params string[] selectedRoles)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                var user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = userViewModel.Email, Email = userViewModel.Email };
                var adminresult = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, userViewModel.Password);

                //Add User to the selected Roles
                if (adminresult.Succeeded)
                {
                    if (selectedRoles != null)
                    {
                        var result = await UserManager.AddUserToRolesAsync(user.Id, selectedRoles);
                        if (!result.Succeeded)
                        {
                            ModelState.AddModelError("", result.Errors.First());
                            ViewBag.RoleId = new SelectList(RoleManager.Roles, "Name", "Name");
                            return View();
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    ModelState.AddModelError("", adminresult.Errors.First());
                    ViewBag.RoleId = new SelectList(RoleManager.Roles, "Name", "Name");
                    return View();

                }
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            ViewBag.RoleId = new SelectList(RoleManager.Roles, "Name", "Name");
            return View();
        }

        //
        // GET: /Users/Edit/1
        public async Task<ActionResult> Edit(string id)
        {
            if (id == null)
            {
                return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
            }
            var user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(id);
            if (user == null)
            {
                return HttpNotFound();
            }

            var userRoles = await UserManager.GetRolesAsync(user.Id);

            return View(new EditUserViewModel()
            {
                Id = user.Id,
                Email = user.Email,
                RolesList = RoleManager.Roles.ToList().Select(x => new SelectListItem()
                {
                    Selected = userRoles.Contains(x.Name),
                    Text = x.Name,
                    Value = x.Name
                })
            });
        }

        //
        // POST: /Users/Edit/5
        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public async Task<ActionResult> Edit([Bind(Include = "Email,Id")] EditUserViewModel editUser, params string[] selectedRole)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                var user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(editUser.Id);
                if (user == null)
                {
                    return HttpNotFound();
                }

                user.UserName = editUser.Email;
                user.Email = editUser.Email;

                var userRoles = await UserManager.GetRolesAsync(user.Id);

                selectedRole = selectedRole ?? new string[] { };

                var result = await UserManager.AddUserToRolesAsync(user.Id, selectedRole.Except(userRoles).ToList<string>());

                if (!result.Succeeded)
                {
                    ModelState.AddModelError("", result.Errors.First());
                    return View();
                }
                result = await UserManager.RemoveUserFromRolesAsync(user.Id, userRoles.Except(selectedRole).ToList<string>());

                if (!result.Succeeded)
                {
                    ModelState.AddModelError("", result.Errors.First());
                    return View();
                }
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            ModelState.AddModelError("", "Something failed.");
            return View();
        }

        //
        // GET: /Users/Delete/5
        public async Task<ActionResult> Delete(string id)
        {
            if (id == null)
            {
                return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
            }
            var user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(id);
            if (user == null)
            {
                return HttpNotFound();
            }
            return View(user);
        }

        //
        // POST: /Users/Delete/5
        [HttpPost, ActionName("Delete")]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public async Task<ActionResult> DeleteConfirmed(string id)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                if (id == null)
                {
                    return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
                }

                var user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(id);
                if (user == null)
                {
                    return HttpNotFound();
                }
                var result = await UserManager.DeleteAsync(user);
                if (!result.Succeeded)
                {
                    ModelState.AddModelError("", result.Errors.First());
                    return View();
                }
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            return View();
        }
    }
}

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In our everyday world, matter is usually classified into solids, liquids, and gases. But what about dry sand? It flows in an hourglass. It takes the shape of its container, as liquids do. One grain of sand is of course a solid, but a whole lot of grains together are a granular material, with quite different properties.
The photo shows a group of sandpiles. If sand is poured slowly onto a surface, the pile will grow until its slope reaches a critical angle, determined by the size and stickiness of the grains. Beyond the critical angle, there is some sort of avalanche.
Many basic products, including a variety of building materials, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food, are granular. Because of the properties of granular materials, many processing plants operate inefficiently and sometimes experience catastrophic failures, such as the collapsing grain container shown in the photo.
Wet sand can be formed into sandcastles and even, as shown in the photo, arches. But adding too much water weakens the sand, so it no longer can support itself. The next photo shows a building in the Marina District of San Francisco after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The shocks of the earthquake turned the wet soil to a liquid that no longer could support the building, which then sank into the ground.
Gravity exerts a downward force on each particle.
Friction between the particles depends on the size and nature of the particles and also on the medium between the particles, such as water.
Much mechanical energy is lost to heat as the particles move (think of what happens to your kinetic energy when you jump on a beanbag chair).
Granular materials form what are called "collective" systems, because the particles' touching and rubbing together is so important in determining what happens. In a sandpile, for instance, each particle touches only a few others, but these "short range" interactions determine what happens to the whole pile. In this sense, a sandpile could be a model for the behavior of, for example, cells in a colony or workers in an economy. The search for broad, general concepts that will help explain all collective systems is particularly appealing to physicists.
As mentioned before, granular material can behave like a fluid, and in unexpected ways. For example, when a narrow tray of small spheres is shaken up and down, under certain conditions the spheres move up and down like a standing wave, as shown in the Caltech research group's video and photo. Typically this fluidlike behavior appears at particular shaking frequencies and depths of particles.
Wave formation in a layer of shaken particles; the vibration of the tray is sinusoidal at 20 cycles per second; the particles are glass spheres about 1 mm in diameter.
In a similar experiment, first performed at the University of Texas at Austin and then at Argonne National Laboratory, researchers shook a much wider tray, resulting in the hexagonal pattern shown in the photo. Much the same kind of shaking happens during earthquakes, and it can produce both solid and fluid behavior, even at the same time. The theoretical analysis that explains these results promises to be widely applicable to the motion of many different kinds of granular materials.
One of the most surprising findings was the existence of individual oscillations, which in fact make up the hexagonal pattern above. The photo, taken at the University of Texas at Austin, shows a single peak and valley, surrounded by an undisturbed surface of the metal spheres.
These examples show how in the laboratory, as well as in the everyday world, granular materials display a wealth of interesting phenomena. The physicists who study them produce fundamental research into the nature of matter, and since these materials figure so prominently in our economy, this research may make possible important applications as well.


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Kpop male group brand value rankings in 2021 January: Will BTS, NCT or SEVENTEEN start the new year most perfectly?
January 9, 2021Last Updated: January 9, 2021
Let's take a look at how the first Kpop male group brand value chart of the year 2021 has changed.
Today (January 9), the Korean Business Research Institute announced the results of the first 2021 brand value ranking for Kpop boy groups this month. In January 2021, Kpop fans witnessed an interesting race from the top 4. Although it is new year, the scores of each group have also increased and decreased significantly. Let's see which groups have the perfect start to the new year!
During the period from December 9, 2020 to January 9, 2021, experts from the Korean Business Research Institute collected and analyzed data from currently active Kpop boy groups. All of these pieces of data are analyzed by experts at the Korean Business Research Institute based on a variety of criteria, such as the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes.
Top 5 Kpop male group brand value rankings in January 2021
No. 1: BTS
BTS topped the list for the 31st consecutive month. This January 2021, the Big Hit group recorded a score of 18,656,046. Although this score has decreased by about 21.15% from the previous month, it is still enough to help BTS surpass the rest of the competition in the brand value battle.
High-ranking phrases in the group's keyword analysis included "Billboard," "Dynamite," and "Map of the Soul," while their highest-ranking related terms included "record," "dominate," and "chosen." BTS's positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 80.45 percent positive reactions.
No. 2: NCT
The runner-up position belongs to NCT with the brand index score of 5,115,736 points. Although the group's ranking has not changed, compared to August, the brand index score of NCT has decreased by about 4.22%.
No. 3: SEVENTEEN
SEVENTEEN is ranked third with a brand index score of 4,613,058 points. This position of the group was not different from the previous month, but SEVENTEEN's score increased by about 28.06%.
No. 4: EXO
Being at No. 4 is still EXO. The group continues to assert its stability in the brand value chart. This month, EXO reached 2,447,404 points, a decrease of about 22.72% compared to the previous month's chart.
No. 5: THE BOYZ
The last group to enter the top 5 is THE BOYZ with a score of 1,856,697. Compared to the previous month ( No. 8), the group's score has increased by about 12.92% to help the group reach the top 5 this month.
Thus, except for the 5th, on the top 4 ranking of the first male group brand value chart of 2021, the ranking results are not different from the December 2020 chart. Here are the results of the top 50 Kpop male idol groups with the highest brand value in January 2021.
1. BTS
2. NCT
3. SEVENTEEN
4. EXO
5. The Boyz
6. GOT7
7. SHINee
8. Super Junior
9. MONSTA X
10. NU'EST
11. TXT
12. Stray Kids
13. TREASURE
14. ASTRO
15. ATEEZ
16. INFINITE
17. CRAVITY
18. BIGBANG
19. ONF
20. VIXX
21. Block B
22. Golden Child
23. WINNER
24. BTOB
25. TVXQ!
26. TOO
27. VICTON
28. PENTAGON
29. AB6IX
30. SF9
31. 2PM
32. VERIVERY
33. TREI
34. Romeo
35. B1A4
36. HIGHLIGHT
37. ONEUS
38. Sechskies
39. CIX
40. TEEN TOP
41. B.A.P
42. Shinhwa
43. My Name
44. Dongkiz
45. JYJ
46. Hot Shot
47. 2AM
48. F.T.Island
49. MCND
50. New Kidd
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Indian astronomers discover a new exoplanet and rare stars hotter than Sun
Published Nov 26, 2021, 10:23 am IST
Updated Nov 26, 2021, 10:23 am IST
The first discovery was made by a team from Ahembdabad's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) recently
The team discovered an exoplanet 1.4 times the size of Jupiter. (Photo: ANI/Representational Image)
New Delhi: Indian astronomers have added another feather to their cap as they have recently made two new discoveries -- an exoplanet 1.4x the size of Jupiter and a rare class of radio stars hotter than the Sun.
The first discovery was made by a team from Ahembdabad's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) recently. The team discovered an exoplanet 1.4 times the size of Jupiter, orbiting an ageing star that is 1.5 times that of our Sun and located 725 light-years away.
The new exoplanet, dubbed TOI 1789b, was discovered by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty and his team using the Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search (PARAS) optical fibre-fed spectrograph--the first of its kind in India--on the 1.2-metre Telescope of PRL at its Mt Abu Observatory.
The exoplanet's mass is discovered to be 70 per cent that of Jupiter, and its size is around 1.4 times that of Jupiter. The researchers made the discovery using PARAS, which is capable of measuring the mass of an exoplanet.
The measurements were taken between December 2020 and March 2021. ISRO added that in April 2021, it acquired additional follow-up readings from the TCES spectrograph from Germany and independent photometric observations from the PRL's 43-cm telescope at Mt. Abu.
TOI 1789b orbits its Sun in just 3.2 days, putting it at a distance of 0.05 AU from the star (roughly one-tenth the distance between Sun and Mercury). Amongst the numerous exoplanets known so far, there are less than ten such close-in systems.
Due to its closeness to its host star, the planet is intensely hot, with a surface temperature of up to 2000 K. It also has an expanded radius with a density of 0.31 gram per cc--making it one of the lowest density planets known.
The second discovery was made last week by another team from the Pune-based National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA). The team led by Barnali Das found eight stars belonging to a rare class of radio stars that are warmer than the Sun, with unusually strong magnetic fields and much stronger stellar wind.
A Giant Metrewave Radio Pulse (uGMRT) was used to make this discovery. Speaking about the new discovery, the NCRA said that the success of the GMRT programme has revolutionised the notion about this class of stars and opened up a new window to study their exotic magnetospheres.
Interestingly, only 15 MRPs have been detected in space so far, 11 of which were discovered by the astronomers in Pune. Furthermore, eight of the 11 stars have been discovered this year.
The success of the uGMRT study suggests that MRPs may not really be rare, but simply difficult to detect, as radio pulses are only visible at particular times, and usually noticeable only at low radio frequencies.
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The Internet of Things is rapidly coming upon us. This led Marc Andreessen, a well-known venture capitalist to argue recently that in 20 years' time every item will have a chip planted inside it. Sensors will ultimately be able to do helpful tasks like keep control of the heating or air conditioning, control the lights in your house or even let you know when you need to get more eggs in, by monitoring the ones in your fridge.
The idea is that a person would then be able to make a call even from a wall or a table. This is termed either ambient computing or ubiquitous computing.
Marc Andreessen has put his money where his mouth is and has invested $25 million into a start up company known as Samsara, based in California.Samsara was founded in early 2015 by Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket. Sanjit and John previously co-founded Meraki, the cloud networking leader. This company is focused on bigger industrial issues rather than simple household Internet of Things activities. It creates sensors and the corresponding analytics for industries like energy, transport, water and pharmaceuticals.
For example, it is explained that the pharmaceutical industry has to distribute medicines and temperatures need to be kept in check. Such sensors would carry out these activities, is the vision. Research has shown that there will be a great deal more spending on this new technology than that as well. For example, research from Gartner projects that Internet of Things spending will be $1.4 trillion within a five year timeframe.
The Samsara products are already undergoing testing in different sectors, including in the pharmaceutical industry, in city water districts and with a producer of yogurt. It is believed that the sensor system will be better in all of these industries that currently at least to some degree rely on manual reporting. This significantly reduces the cost, and increases accuracy of report. There is also arguably, a lower likelihood of error. Putting in place sensors instead is estimated to reduce costs by replacing existing sensors that are significantly more expensive.
Currently sensors are explained to be made by manufacturers such as Intel and IBM. One of the main challenges with these for most businesses is that they are rather expensive. It is argued that the problem is that a custom made solution is required in most cases, but this runs into the millions in terms of costs. This means that only very large businesses with strong cash flow are able to afford them, and they are out of the reach of smaller organisations. This is less likely to be the case with the newer industrial sensors that are being built and tested currently.
Marc Andreessen has a very strong belief in the Internet of Things technology, and argues that it will be everywhere within the upcoming 20 years. Indeed, it is explained that Andreessen believes that every physical thing will ultimately be joined up with the internet in this way. Accenture reportedly concurs with Andreessen, at least in the sense that the British economy is predicted to be boosted tremendously by the Internet of Things. It is suggested by Accenture that this is the fourth industrial revolution and it is likely to increase the British economy by £352 billion as soon as the year 2030. When big investor names like Marc Andreessen start to place investments into these types of technologies, it is easy to see how this could start to become a reality very, very quickly.


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Increasingly, studies are showing that hearing loss is not simply an inconvenient part of the aging process. Hearing loss can have serious effects on the aging brain health. As with many health issues, early intervention may be able to prevent damage as well as ease frustration. Hearing experts at Johns Hopkins University found in one study that hearing loss may come with some serious long-term consequences to healthy brain... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - April 25, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders Source Type: blogs
The Root of Alzheimer's: Could Infection and Inflammation be Part of the Equation?
When it comes to Alzheimer's disease, a number of researchers think that it's time to reconsider the idea of infection as a root cause. Scientists are now pointing to studies that reveal the presence of a microbe as a possible trigger for the disease. The theory is that microbes "find their way into the brain via the bloodstream and lie dormant until triggered by aging, immune system decline or by different types of... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Deep Brain Stimulation Research Expands for Alzheimer's
A procedure that that is already being used for the treatment of some brain diseases is receiving increased attention as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Called deep brain stimulation (DBS), an implanted neurostimulator delivers electrical signals that help regulate abnormal signals in the brain caused by the disease. In the U.S., DBS is currently only approved for the treatment of Parkinson's disease... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
People with Down Syndrome Heroes for Alzheimer's Research
People with Down syndrome have become one of our most important groups of volunteers for Alzheimer's testing. Fortunately, many are more than willing to give their time and undergo some medical procedures in order to help others. Down syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21. The genes on this chromosome are the same genes that control the production of the substance that forms the amyloid plaques... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
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Caregivers Study is Recruiting
The University of Maryland is conducting an online study for caregivers. The purpose of the study is to learn more about the experiences and needs of caregivers, who are often overlooked. If you provide daily care for a loved one, you may be able to take part in the study. Or if a loved one takes care of you on a daily basis, they may qualify to participate. For more information see the recruitment notice: (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Living with Alzheimer's: PBS Documentary, Glen Campbell Tour
When a loved one receives an Alzheimer's diagnosis the whole family is affected. For most, the first stage is utter devastation. Yet the human spirit can be incredibly resilient. After going through the grieving process, the person diagnosed with the disease and his or her loved ones most often come to accept their altered life as a new normal. Many people do more than just soldier on. They go to great lengths to show others... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Overcoming Denial to Seek Potential Dementia Diagnosis
A recent article in the UK Telegraph reported on a survey showing that two thirds of people over the age of 50 are more afraid of developing dementia than of getting cancer. Other surveys show similar percentages. One reason for this intense fear of Alzheimer's is obvious. While many types of cancer can be cured, most types of dementia cannot. However, another reason is that the idea of being betrayed by our brains to the point that we... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Alzheimer's New Frontier: Brain Cell Transplants, Memory Stimulating Implant Invasive Yet Intriguing
Even the most optimistic of us know that, at this time, there is no reliable way to prevent Alzheimer's disease and there is no cure. Pharmaceutical companies have committed billions of dollars to study drug therapies that have yet to prove effective. Yes, there are more pharmaceutical approaches in the pipeline, but none of them will be available soon, and there is no guarantee that these drugs are even targeting the correct source of the... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Fish Oil May Preserve Brain Function, Improve Memory
Newer studies are discovering that the role of fish oil in our diets is broader than once thought. The Omega-3 fatty acids naturally found in fatty fish but often taken in capsule form have long been considered of major importance for heart health. Lately, scientists have discovered that these Omega-3s are of great benefit to our brains, as well, especially as we age. Researchers from Rhode Island Hospital recently published their... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
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3 Triggers for Alcohol Abuse in Elderly
Alcohol abuse can occur at any age, but in the past most doctors looked for the signs in younger people. There's also a bias in society at large, including some doctors, that people who abuse alcohol will be of a certain type. It can be hard for a doctor to look at a sweet, grandmotherly woman and think that perhaps the "occasional" glass of wine she admits to drinking may actually be a good portion of a bottle on nightly... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
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One in Three Cases of Alzheimer's May be Lifestyle Related
Scientists who attended the 2014 Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Copenhagen this month seem energized from their collaborative effort. News stories will be filtering out for weeks to come about the studies presented at the conference. However, to me, one of the most interesting and encouraging conclusions so far is that lifestyle changes may hold back Alzheimer's symptoms for up to 10 years. Over the last decade,... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Mind Over Stigma: Now's the Time to Vote for Your Favorite Anti-stigma Entry
Over the last month, we've read inspiring stories on the HealthCentral #LiveBold anti-stigma photo contest featuring people with serious health issues. These entrants tell how they cope with their disease. They tell how they not only survive but thrive. Many health issues – Alzheimer's being prime among them – often are accompanied by the other-imposed stigma of shame. Maybe people are afraid of... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Where Words Fail Music Speaks
Nearly any of us can experience a strong emotional response upon hearing the first chords of a song from a long-ago time in our lives. While many of us don't think about this response in detail, Stan Cohen, a former social worker and technology professional did. When he discovered that nursing homes didn't appear to be using personalized music on iPods for their residents, he decided that something had to be done about the situation.... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Caregiver Questions for Neurologist Daniel C. Potts
Daniel C. Potts, M.D. is a neurologist, author, educator and champion of those with Alzheimer's disease as well as their caregivers. Dr. Potts communicates this dedication by being accessible to those of us who represent family caregivers, so I took advantage of his willingness to help by asking him some common questions that many family caregivers face. CBB: Dr. Potts, unfortunately, there's still a stigma attached to... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
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Delay Alzheimer's Symptoms by Life-long Learning
Nearly all of us know that if we don't use our muscles as we age, we'll lose muscle mass. The same theory seems to hold true when it comes to keeping our minds sharp. Computer games, word games, crossword puzzles, Sudoku and other challenging mental pursuits have been advised as methods of keeping the mind healthy as we age. Now, a recent study has shown that by pursuing life-long learning, even people who are genetically at risk for... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
A4 Study: Testing Solanezumab before Alzheimer's Symptoms Appear
Healthy older adults with no symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are the focus of a large study involving 61 medical centers across the U.S., Canada and Australia. The Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's study aims to find out if Eli Lilly's solanezumab, which failed in earlier studies to help people with Alzheimer's symptoms, will help prevent Alzheimer's if given long before symptoms appear. Solanezumab... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
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"The Longest Day" Project June 21st Challenges People to Act
June 20-21 is the longest day of sunlight for places in the Northern Hemisphere. On this day, teams around the world will participate in The Longest Day event, a sunrise-to-sunset occasion to honor those facing Alzheimer's – the person with the disease plus the family and caregivers. People living with Alzheimer's, aware that their minds are betraying them, can suffer from unspeakable fear, agitation, paranoia and other issues... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)


The Sony Cyber-shot RX100 is a 20MP point and shoot camera. But this isn't just any point and shoot camera. The RX100 sets itself apart from every other compact camera out there thanks to a much larger image sensor, which measures the same size as the Nikon 1 Series mirrorless camera system. Somehow, Sony managed to cram that sensor into a pocketable digicam.
No Film School put together a handy little comparison of the 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III and Nikon D800 in video mode. They walk through the ISO stops way up to the high end. Check out the video below.
The Canon Rebel T3i (aka 600D) is the lastest entry-level DSLR from Canon. As a step-up from the budget-oriented Rebel T3, the Rebel T3i offers a little more bang-for-your-buck while still retaining an entry-level price point.


As we welcome Ambassador Nancy McEldowney as Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service program on July 1, it is time to give thanks to Tony Arend, and wish him well in his endeavors as Senior Associate Dean of Graduate and Faculty Affairs in the School of Foreign Service.
Tony has served as MSFS Director for 9 years, but his tenure at Georgetown began well before that. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, Tony began his now 30-year career at Georgetown as a Professor in the Government Department. Since then, he has held positions throughout the university, including Director of the International Relations Program for High School Students; Vice President of the Georgetown University Faculty Senate; and Founder and Director of the Institute for International Law and Politics.
Tony's tireless dedication to the Georgetown community has not gone unnoticed. Time and again, his colleagues have expressed their appreciation through honors and awards, including for his efforts in teaching, service, and community contribution. More recently, in addition to receiving the 2015 Constantine E. McGuire Medal for Outstanding Service in the School of Foreign Service, Tony received the John Carroll Award. Conferred upon alumni whose achievements and record of service exemplify the ideals and traditions of Georgetown and its founder, the John Carroll Award is the highest honor awarded by the Georgetown University Alumni Association.
In 2008, Tony began his tenure as Director of MSFS. In addition to overseeing the leadership team and faculty, Tony has represented the program both within and outside the Georgetown community. His enthusiastic leadership has facilitated the development and continued success of the MSFS program. In 2008, Tony spearheaded both the internal and external reviews of the MSFS program, which resulted in a Strategic Plan for improving the program. This included the creation of the MSFS Learning Goals, as well as the formal articulation of the program's core values of leadership, creativity, ethics and service. Additionally, he instituted the biannual Gettysburg Leadership Staff Ride, an interactive seminar held at Gettysburg National Military Park that applies lessons of leadership, communications and strategy to students' career development. Notably, Tony headed the establishment of the MSFS Board of Advisors in 2011, designed to advise MSFS on issues relating to curriculum, career development, alumni relations and fundraising. The Board is composed of members representing the alumni, business, policy-making and student communities.
Tony has been a positive influence on the MSFS program as a whole – on students, professors, and colleagues alike. When asked to reflect on Tony's impact on MSFS, a common theme of support, wisdom, and appreciation was expressed by all.
From all of us at MSFS, thank you Tony!


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On July 30, 1985, eight-year-old Nicole Louise Morin left her penthouse apartment on the 20th floor of an apartment building in the Etobicoke borough of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to meet a friend in the lobby for a swim date. She never arrived and has not been seen or heard from since. The Toronto Police Service launched the biggest missing-person investigation in their history, forming a 20-member task force and investing more than 25,000 man-hours following up leads. No physical evidence has ever been found to solve the disappearance. While it is now considered a cold case, Toronto police and missing-child organizations continue to keep it in the public eye in an effort to garner fresh leads. They have produced several video re-enactments of Morin's last known movements and released age-enhanced photographs coinciding with anniversaries of her disappearance.

Early life
Nicole Louise Morin was born on April 1, 1977. She was the only child of Arthur (Art) and Jeanette Morin, who had married 12 years before her birth. Morin had brown hair and brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance, she was  tall and weighed .

In July 1985, Morin was living with her mother in a 20th-floor penthouse apartment in the Etobicoke borough of Toronto. Her father lived in Mississauga. Morin was on summer vacation from Wellesworth Junior School, where she was in Grade 3.

Disappearance
On July 30, 1985, at approximately 10:30 am, Morin went down to the lobby of her building to pick up the mail. She returned to the apartment to get ready for a planned swim date with a friend. The pool was located in the rear of their building complex. Before leaving the apartment, she spoke to her friend via the intercom and said she would meet her in the lobby shortly. She left the apartment at about 11 am wearing a peach-coloured, one-piece bathing suit, green hairband, and red canvas shoes; she carried a plastic bag containing a white T-shirt, green and white shorts, suntan lotion, hairbrush, a peach-coloured blanket and a purple beach towel.

Fifteen minutes later, the friend buzzed her apartment to ask why Morin had not met her yet. Nicole's mother Jeanette, who was busy with small children in a daycare group that she ran in her apartment, assumed that Morin had gone to the pool herself or was playing with other children at the rear of the complex. She did not call the police to report her missing child until about 3:00 pm.

Investigation

The police investigation initially involved "active searches and canvassing" of all of the apartments in the complex. The first day, police set up roadblocks around the building and circulated vehicles with public address systems to alert neighbourhood residents to the missing child's description. Knocking on every door in Morin's 429-unit complex, police entered apartments even if no one answered the knock. After a woman who lived in the building identified Morin from a photograph, police determined that Morin had travelled down the elevator and entered the lobby. From there, however, no other evidence was found as to Morin's whereabouts.

The next day, additional Toronto Police Service officers were brought in, and a "police dragnet consisting of mounted horsemen, marine units, helicopters and foot patrols" began combing the area near Highway 27, which was in the vicinity of the apartment building. Tracking dogs were also brought in to explore the building's underground garages, utility rooms, storage units, and sump pump rooms. A neighbour recalled seeing an unidentified blonde woman with a notebook on the floor that Nicole's apartment was located on, about 45 minutes before the disappearance. Police sought her as a possible witness, but she was never identified, nor did anyone come forwards claiming to be her. More than 900 neighbourhood residents joined the search. The newly formed Toronto Crime Stoppers organization took on the disappearance as its first significant case. This organization posted a $1,000 reward, printed posters, and produced a video re-enactment of Morin's last known movements which aired on television several weeks later. The Toronto Star printed 6,000 copies of a poster showing Morin's picture and the phone number of the Metro Toronto Police. Three thousand copies of a watercolour sketch of Morin were commissioned by the Toronto police and distributed to police departments, post offices, and local stores.

The search was the biggest missing-person investigation in the history of the Toronto Police Service. Toronto police formed a 20-member task force which remained active for nine months. They invested 25,000 man hours following up leads. By November, police had questioned about 6,000 individuals, including hundreds of sex offenders. The first year's investigation cost an estimated $1.8 million. The police also offered a $100,000 reward for Morin's safe return, a reward that is still applicable today.

Police cleared all family members and acquaintances from suspicion. An unexplained note was found in the apartment on which Morin had written in pencil a few months earlier: "I'm going to disappear".

Although police discouraged it, Art Morin raised funds to hire a private investigator. He also left his job, set up an office, and searched for clues for his missing daughter in Canada and the United States. He moved back in with Jeanette after Nicole's disappearance, but the couple permanently separated in 1987. Jeanette consulted with a psychic in Calgary in her own effort to locate her daughter.

In 2004, researchers for a Belgian organization known as Fondation Princesses de Croÿ et Massimo Lancellotti announced that they had tentatively matched photographs of Morin seen on a Canadian police website with pictures on a Dutch website that advocates for sexually-abused children. Using biometrical analysis, the researchers claimed a strong resemblance between Morin and a child in a pedophile network in Zandvoort.

Despite the years of investigations and thousands of leads, no physical evidence has ever been uncovered to solve the disappearance.

Ongoing efforts
While the case is considered a cold case, Toronto police and missing-child organizations continue to keep it in the public eye in an effort to garner fresh leads. Several video re-enactments of Morin's last movements have been produced, including a 2007 television re-enactment for GTA's Most Wanted. For the 29th anniversary of the disappearance in 2014, the Toronto Police Video Unit produced a re-enactment which was also screened at Mac's Convenience Stores throughout the province of Ontario.

For the 30th anniversary of the disappearance in 2015, Toronto police organized a 5K run called Nicole's Run at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. The event included a candlelight vigil. In addition to raising awareness of the case, the run collected $3,000 in donations for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, which operates a missing-child website.

In 2019, on the 34th anniversary of the disappearance, the Toronto police's missing-persons unit released an age-enhanced picture of Morin suggesting what she might look like in her early 40s.

In 2001, Toronto Crime Stoppers disseminated an age-enhanced photograph of Morin as a woman in her mid-20s to more than 1,000 Crime Stoppers programs in 17 countries via the internet. Child Find Ontario has also endeavoured to maintain public awareness of the case by arranging for Morin's picture, physical description, and age-enhanced photographs to appear "on electronic screens in Esso gas stations, billing envelopes from Rogers Cable and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto Transit Commission display screens, and on the back of transport trucks". Morin's mother Jeanette died in 2007. Her father still lives in the Etobicoke area.

See also
List of people who disappeared
Murder of Alison Parrott, a Toronto girl kidnapped in 1986

References

Sources

1980s missing person cases
1985 in Toronto
Etobicoke
July 1985 events in Canada
Missing Canadian children
Missing person cases in Canada
Unsolved crimes in Canada

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Roger Martin of Martin Prosperity Institute will stop by MaRS on March 29 to explore why social entrepreneurship needs to go beyond better as part of the MaRS Global Leaders series.
As strategy guru Roger Martin explains, simply striving for social good or advocating for social justice does not a social entrepreneur make. These leaders—call them disruptors, rebels or changemakers—develop solutions in ways that bring about the truly revolutionary change that makes the world a fairer and better place. Using the stories of well known social entrepreneurs from Muhammed Yunus of Grameen Foundation to Paul Farmer of Partners in Health, Martin shines a light on how meaningful change occurs by offering concrete lessons and a practical model for businesses, policy-makers, civil society organizations and individuals.
So please join us on March 29 to learn about those driving transformation in society and how they do it.
Professor Roger Martin is a writer and strategy advisor as well as a former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Currently, he is Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute.
When: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 // 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.