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Professor Donald Jeffries (29 August 1941 –  7 December 2011) was a British virologist and academic. He was a leading expert on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS.

Education
Jeffries was educated at the William Ellis Grammar School in Highgate, North London, and then did medical training at the Royal Free Hospital School, from where he qualified in 1966.

Career
Jeffries began his career at St Mary's Hospital Medical School in Paddington as senior registrar in microbiology. He remained at St Mary's until 1990, by when he had become a reader in virology and the director of clinical studies. Whilst at St Mary's Jeffries led a team which developed the antiretroviral drug Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor used for HIV treatment, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Roche.

In 1990 Jeffries moved to St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, where he was appointed University of London Professor of Virology. At St Bartholomew's Jeffries focused on the development of vaginal microbicides which could prevent the sexual transmission of HIV. In 1998 Jeffries was appointed academic and clinical head of Microbiology and Virology for the Barts and The London School of Medicine. He remained as head of service for Microbiology/Virology until his retirement from academic life in 2006.

Jeffries served as vice-president of the Royal College of Pathologists from 1999 to 2002, as chairman of the Expert Advisory Group on Aids from 2003 to 2005, and as chairman of the Association of British Insurers' Expert Working Group on HIV from 2005 to 2008.

Publications
Jeffries' publications included Lecture Notes on Medical Virology (1987). He was joint-editor of the first two volumes of Current Topics in Aids (1987 and 1989) and co-editor of Viral Infections in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1999).

Awards
Jeffries was appointed a CBE in 2007.

Personal life
Jeffries married Mary Bray, in 1966, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.

Jeffries' leisure interests included fly fishing, gardening and hill walking.

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The Supreme Court recently announced the cases for which it has granted certiorari for the 2012-2013 term. Among these, and now slated to be adjudicated in the nation's highest court next term, are the appeals of three cases that will surely impact employment litigation. In these cases, the Court will discuss (1) what the evidentiary standard is in federal courts, post-Dukes, for class certification, (2) whether a case becomes moot, and thus beyond the judicial power of Article III, when the lone plaintiff receives an offer from the defendants to satisfy all of the plaintiff's claims, and (3) what constitutes a "supervisor" for a vicarious liability claim under Title VII.
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In prior postings, we have reported about the potential effects that the National Labor Relations Board's ("NLRB") recent pro-labor composition could have on non-union employers and how it will become increasingly easier for unions to organize employees as a result of the NLRB's recent decisions and procedural changes. This posting focuses on the convergence of two potential developments – the likely change in the definition of "supervisor" under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act") and the NLRB's recent proposal to expedite the procedures for union elections – and how these two developments combined could hamper an employer's ability to effectively oppose a union-organizing campaign.
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EXPERIMENTAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN
The new building of the Environment Education Centre in Vrchlabí represents a modern view of science and its connection with the wider public. The project was initiated by the administration of the National Park with the goal of opening up the professional debates to the public and engaging park visitors with the protection and exploration of nature.
"From the outset, the main aim of the design was to link the building with the natural character of its location. The building should be presented as an example of how to build in a protected natural area", says architect Petr Hájek about his latest experimental project. "We had the full confidence of National Park director Jan Hřebečka, who wanted to take a new contemporary approach to the protection of nature through the design of the building", says Petr Hájek about the new educational centre of the Krkonoše Mountains National Park.
He takes an individual approach towards each of his projects; he examines the context and intelligently comments on each project's meaning, identity, and location through his clear concepts. "We had a very free hand in designing an experimental building. We wanted to demonstrate how people should behave towards nature. We had no limitations there", the architect adds. The result is a unique topographical design. It is a tool in discovering local nature. Petr Hájek describes his project in the following words: "The central idea of the design is an image of a building serving as a tool in the study and understanding of the topography of the Krkonoše Mountains. The centre was designed as a hybrid between a building and a landscape. Its geometry is based on the geometry of the Krkonoše mountain range. Each individual incline and angle of the tilt-slab roof has its natural counterpart."
Like a mountain meadow
The building itself resembles a landscape, and its roof blends elegantly into its surroundings, despite its radical, abstract geometry. It looks like a mountain meadow, from which visitors can clearly see and understand the ancient formation of the local landscape, and it becomes a learning model. However, behind the clever conceptual thinking of the project, there were a lot of technical challenges relating to the structure itself. "We resolved many difficulties during the design phase. Many parts of the building were custom-made especially for the project. We had to design a special kind of insulation because of the very wet ground.
One of the most challenging aspects was the design and construction of the glazed façade of the building. With its EI30 fireproof classification, this 4.30-metre tall glazing developed exclusively by Nevsimal and set in the Reynaers CW 50 elements is unique in the world. This kind of glazed façade is one of the largest in the world", says Hájek. "The other striking feature is the geometric concrete roof which was engineered for us by Jaroslav Hulík", he adds. Inside the structure we find the learning spaces, including a large auditorium with its 76-seat capacity, laboratories, libraries, and smaller classrooms for thirty students. All rooms are intended for meetings of the professional world and the wider public, demonstrations of scientific activities and their presentation through public lectures, symposiums, and other activities. "All the furniture was made without any wastage. Simple seating and tables were made from single sheets of plywood, laser-cut and with a simple assembly process", says Petr Hájek about the furnishings.
Great success
"I am very satisfied with the whole project. It opens up the theoretical discussion about the topographical design approach within the Czech Republic as well as elsewhere. I think the main goal of the project was to bring all the specifications and features together in one compact result. One great achievement is that all the suppliers specialising in the specific disciplines met and worked together side by side. The result is a great success not only because of the design, but also because of the perfect communication between everyone involved. New working relationships came into being during this wonderful project", concludes Petr Hájek.
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PETR HÁJEK ARCHITEKTI
Architect Petr Hájek was born in Prague in 1970 and studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague from 1988 till 1995. In 1998 he graduated at the School of Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. He established Petr Hájek Architekti (Cornelia Klien, Dominik Saitl and Petr Hájek) in 2009 after the separation of the partners of HŠH architekti (Petr Hájek, Jan Šépka, Tomáš Hradečný) He is founder of the Laboratory of Experimental Architecture and Leader of the design studio at the Academy of Fine Arts. "Inspiration can be found everywhere. My work is influenced by nature, science, music and even by fairy tale books of my son", he says.
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Frankfurt am Main, May 8, 2018 – 360T, Deutsche Börse Group's FX division and independent global provider of a multi-bank, multi-asset trading platform has appointed Randy Rupan as Head of Spot for the Americas, Robin Nicholas as Swap Product Manager and Paul Lonsdale as Liquidity Manager Americas. All three bring a wealth of experience in their respective fields to 360T.
Randy Rupan joins 360T from Fastmatch, where he worked for six years as Head of Institutional Liquidity Management. He was responsible for liquidity management and oversight of the company's institutional business. Prior to that, Rupan held senior roles at FXCM primarily in the institutional business. In his role at 360T, Randy will be mainly responsible for driving the regional Spot and Analytics business with focus on the company's professional anonymous and bilateral spot trading venues.
Robin Nicholas previously worked at Bear Stearns where he was the COO for the Prime Brokerage Operations business, moving over to JPMorgan in 2008. As the COO of EMEA FX and Head of Middle Office FX Operations, Robin was part of the Bear Stearns FX transition team before becoming the EMEA Head of Derivative Clearing Operations. Most recently he joined Droit, a financial technology company that provides enterprise infrastructure to major global financial institutions, where he was responsible for building out their London business. Leaning on this wealth of experience, Robin will be tasked with leading 360T's product and business development efforts in FX Swaps and Forwards.
Paul Lonsdale joins 360T from Lucid Markets where he was a Partner and Head of Liquidity Distribution and New Business. In his role as Liquidity Sales Manager Americas at 360T, Paul will be responsible for driving growth and the adoption of 360T products and liquidity by global institutional clients. Paul brings over 25 years of valuable buy- and sell-side experience to 360T.
360T's secure global transaction network enables clients to trade with greater transparency and enhanced control at every stage of the trading lifecycle. The company also offers licensing of a hosted white labelled trading technology between a scalable group of price-takers and either proprietary price providers or a rich choice of back-to-back liquidity sources.
360T's buy-side clients are national and multinational corporate treasuries, institutional clients (asset managers, hedge funds, commodity trading advisors), broker/dealers and banks. The company is authorized under German law and regulated by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).


Some medical-engineering students at the University of British Columbia have come up with a unique, simple low-cost solution to a long-standing medical problem facing surgeons especially in developing countries and in emergency conflict situations.
The students who have founded their own medical company to promote this new surgical drill cover.
An operating theatre has many surgical tools that perform functions on bodies such a saws, hammers, drills and more.
A typical surgical drill for example can cost $30,000 dollars or more, but basically performs the same task as a hardware store drill.
The surgical drill however is designed to be repeatably sterilized, something virtually impossible with a low-cost consumer drill.
The UBC students however have solved that problem, with a complete cover which can be sterilized repeatedly, combined with a low-cost cordless drill with similar speed and torque characteristics as the surgical models.
Not only that, but a typical stainless surgical drill has to be sterilized in a time-consuming process after each operation. The new drill cover however can be quickly removed, replaced with another and the drill ready for another operation immediately. This is an enormous advantage in a situation where there has been a disaster and many operations need to take place quickly. Thus, one low-cost drill can in essence perform the work of several extremely expensive drills.
Florin Gheorghe says the costs for a kit with their innovation of drill and several covers can easily be ten times less than that of surgical drills, in addition to providing greater versatility. He says reaction so far has been very positive, and they are now fine-tuning the innovation through trials in several surgical situations.
He says thanks to mentoring and funding from a variety of sources such as Grand Challenges Canada, the UBC Sauder School of Business and its Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub, they expect this exciting innovation will be available for wide-spread distribution next year, both for commercial sales, and if and where possible free distribution to needy situations.


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Union Budget 2010-11: Education sector neglected again
The "growth and consumption-driven" and "forward- looking" Union Budget for 2010-2011 announced by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has yet again shown a lack of steam addressing the challenges confronting the higher education sector in the country. Though the Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal has made elaborate plans to increase the number of universities and other higher educational institutions in the country, the budget saw only a paltry Rs. 40 crore (Rs. 400 million) being set apart for starting an institution for National Council for Higher Education and Research (NCHER). The total allocation for the higher education sector is Rs 10,996 crore (Rs. 109.66 billion). Yet again the recommended spending of six per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, as envisaged by the National Policy of Education, formulated by the central government in 1986 has been given a short shrift.
Though there has been an increase in allocation for the elementary sector from Rs. 26,800 crore (Rs. 268 billion) in 2009- 10 to Rs. 31,036 (Rs. 310.36 billion), the money will not be sufficient enough to effectively implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act passed by the Government. Even "Sarva SIksha Abhiyan", a centrally supported scheme aimed at achieving universal elementary education and instrumental in implementing the Right to Education Act, has received only marginal increase in funding with some Ministry officials expressing disappointment. Estimates from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under the 11th Five Year Plan alone put spending on Right to Education at Rs. 173,000 crores (Rs. 1730 billion).
Predictably, the budget has evoked mixed reaction from educationists with some of them expressing their concern at the lack of sufficient funds for the sector. Ashok Mittal, Chancellor, Lovely Professional University felt that the government should have spent more on higher education thereby creating a large network of universities and colleges equipped with the best of physical and learning infrastructure. The allocation of Rs. 31,036 crore to school education is a worthy attempt by the Finance Minister to increase literacy rate in India. However, the point is whether the money allotted will be used judiciously in enhancing the quality of school education. Efforts have also been made to ensure that maximum students have access to quality education through low interest and long term loans, said Mittal.
The reduction in ta x slabs will benefit nearly 60 per cent of the tax payers, leaving them with more money to spend on education and health care. By allocating 46 per cent of the total budget outlay to infrastructure, the finance minister has hit the bull's eye. "The Finance Minister has tried to keep a balance," said Rekha Sethi, Director General, All India Management Association (AIMA). "But we would have liked him to provide more for the higher education sector," she said. The government instead of talking about opening innovation colleges, which will be accessible only to an elite few, should focus on starting niche courses. For instance, within the ambit of infrastructure you can focus on specialised courses in areas such as power and energy. Providing budgetary allocation for niche courses is the way forward, said Sethi.
C. S. Venkata Ratnam, Director, International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi, was of the view that the overall increase in social sector allocation would benefit the education sector. It is gratifying to note that social sector reforms will be on the agenda. Social sector spending is up by Rs. 1.38 lakh crore, of this 31,000 will be spent on school education, said Ratnam.
According to Devi Singh, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), the finance minister has presented a very balanced budget. While the focus has been on infrastructure development and rural development, education has also retained its importance. The increase in budgetary allocation for school education and special grant from the centre for elementary education are very positive signs for the sector. The curtailment of fiscal deficit is a step in the right direction, he said.
Source: Mail Today, March 3, 2010 (Reported by Sangeeth Sebastian)
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BCBS of North Carolina, Cambia officially end merger talks
A proposed combination of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cambia Health Solutions is officially off, boards of the organizations said Oct. 11.
The insurers said their boards "jointly agreed to end their pursuit of an affiliation by mutually terminating their affiliation contract," according to The Wall Street Journal. The insurers paused their deal Sept. 24 and withdrew regulatory applications for the deal Sept. 27 after more information surfaced about the arrest of BCBSNC's CEO Patrick Conway, MD. Dr. Conway was set to lead the combined entity.
Dr. Conway was charged and later found guilty of driving while impaired and misdemeanor child abuse after a car crash in June. He resigned Sept. 26 at the request of BCBSNC's board, which had initially faced criticism for supporting Dr. Conway and keeping the incident under wraps.
A combined BCBSNC and Cambia, which operates Regence-branded BCBS plans in Oregon, Utah, Idaho and Washington, would have generated about $16 billion in annual revenue and covered more than 6 million members, according to The Wall Street Journal.


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COBALT represented the Estonian subsidiary of the biggest producer of milk products of Austria in the Supreme Court
COBALT represented the Estonian subsidiary of the biggest producer of milk products of Austria in the Supreme Court in relation to the securing of an action filed against the client.
On the basis of the client's appeal, Tallinn District Court revoked the securing of the action, and deemed the action of the opposing party to clearly lack perspective. While adjudicating the matter, the Supreme Court gave general guidance for the development of harmonised judicial practice, and noted among other things that after acceptance of an action within the framework of securing the action, the potential success of the action would be assessed in narrower limits than in case of deciding on acceptance of an action, and that if the ruling on securing the action was enforced with the aid of a bailiff, the bailiff would be obliged to perform professional acts upon revocation of the securing of an action in order to achieve the termination of the effect of the measures for securing the action.
From COBALT, the client was represented by senior associate Merle Veeroos.
The positions of the Supreme Court can be read in further detail here.


It is that time again, changing exhibits. Rebecca Ashley's exhibit was enjoyed by many. May / June's exhibit features Mike Weinette, Darrouzett. He paints on feathers and they are beautiful. When you enter the art room they appear small but as you view each one they become bigger. It is always interesting and fun to have an exhibit where the artist uses different materials to paint on, Turkey feathers are common in our area and make a good canvas. Joining Mike with exhibits is the Follett Girl Scout troop with their display of girl scout equipment, uniforms, handbooks, projects, and memories from 100 years of scouting. The American Girl Scouts are celebrating 100 years anniversary this year- 1912 to 2012. The Follett troop has a four generation history come by a see a photo of the four generations of Gensman women. The exhibit will bring back memories.
Lin Robinson has sent us a brochure advertising Lipscomb County to potential farmers. The following paragraphs is describing the various crops that grow in our county. "Because of a deep,black, prairie soil, that will produce and does now produce fall wheat, spring wheat, corn, milo maise, caiffer corn, sorghum, broom corn, rye, oats, barley, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, and all other vegetables and vine crops, including the wonderfully flavored cantelope as well as all kinds of grasses, timothy, clover and the great alfalfa produces from two to four crops per year... All kinds of fruit such as peaches, apples, plums, pears, grapes and berries grown in profusion where tended.... We have watched the cow man give way to the farmer in the last two or three years... the land is changing hands lively at from $10 to $ 25 per acre and we predict that this same land within five years will sell as readily for $75 and $100.
The pamphlet is from a reality business in Higgins with the First National Bank of Higgins as their reference. Lin is sending me a full copy and hopefully it will identify the author and date but it appears that it is some of the early advertisements for settlers in the 1880s.
I hope my garden grows as the ad promises this year and I will try to tend it profusely. Have a good week.


Welcome, it's great to see all of you here this morning. We have a great program for you today.
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But with the growth of CDOs, eventually a gap developed in the firm's risk management operation. As the author tells it, CDO's and other asset-backed securities sat somewhere between market and credit risk.
He explains how the market-risk group never embraced these investments—and the credit-risk department viewed them as market risk since they were in the trading book.
While all this was happening, the firm's risk managers made faulty assumptions—which they would pay dearly for.
They believed that all mark-to-market positions would receive immediate attention when losses occurred. And they assumed that if the market took a hit they could liquidate their positions quickly, especially triple-A rated securities. The risk group thought they were correctly focusing on the noninvestment grade paper and didn't pay enough attention to the ever growing highly rated assets that were becoming illiquid. They had not fully appreciated that 20 percent of a very large number could cause much greater losses than 80 percent of a small number.
Obviously, those were yesterday's assumptions—and they were wrong. Today we face a different world—and we need to prepare ourselves to fight a new war against risk—operating under new assumptions and using innovative tactics.
As we move through this market turmoil, we're seeing not only the effects of excessive leverage, but securitization, lax lending standards and a questionable ratings system.
In the early stages of the crisis, FINRA's focus was on understanding its depth and causes as well as the potential impact to our member firms. We began meeting with firms to understand their exposures to the credit markets, their liquidity, their capital position and the state of their risk management systems.
It became clear to us that, in many cases, risk management systems simply broke down. There was an over-reliance on internal models, teaching us again the painful lesson that models only work within a certain confidence interval and management needs to supplement models with robust stress testing.
FINRA is focused on doing our part to prevent a repeat of this episode. We are taking action across the board, from conducting special examinations to reviewing liquidity risk to implementing supplementary reporting, where appropriate. We are working closely with the SEC to examine the viability of the capital rules.
But it isn't just FINRA—every regulator is figuring out how a change in its approach can increase market stability. Because if we've learned one thing from this crisis, it's that the structural risks inherent in our modern financial system no longer impact one institution or sector at a time.
Risk now reverberates throughout the entire marketplace in an instant, threatening firms and exposing investors to harm.
With the Treasury Blueprint now public, the regulatory structure that's been in place for decades is being put under a microscope.
We at FINRA don't agree with everything in the Blueprint, but the report begins to lay out the problems that have plagued regulatofor decades—issues that stem from a highly-fragmented regulatory structure.
It's clear the existing regulatory structure lacks the coherence to most effectively deal with a financial crisis like the current one.
With multiple issues and players at every level, from mortgage origination to securitization to sales, the system is simply unable to address the problems in a comprehensive way.
The credit crisis underscored the limits of functional regulation. When each regulator is focused on a single product line—whether it's banking, securities or insurance—there's no one surveying the overall market.
And when no single regulator has the full picture, systemic risks are either left unchecked or may even go unnoticed.
Under the Blueprint, there would be one regulator monitoring market stability. There would also be a prudential regulator to ensure the soundness of firms. And finally, there would be a business conduct regulator—whose main concern is front line investor protection—overseeing the activities of all financial firms.
The Blueprint also recognizes the importance of self-regulation.
And with the creation of FINRA, we have seen the most visible structural change in regulation in decades. Since July of 2007 when FINRA was formed, we have made substantial progress in integrating NASD and the member regulation operations of The New York Stock Exchange.
One of the key advantages of combining our operations has been the creation of a consolidated examination process, encompassing sales practice, financial and operations.
On the enforcement front, I'm pleased to report we've aligned NASD and NYSE operations completely.
FINRA's enforcement team combines great talent from both organizations and is effective in eliminating the possibility for concurrent investigations of the same conduct and in sending a consistent and fair message that practices that could hurt investors will not be tolerated.
FINRA staff and our Board of Governors, which is made up of industry and non-industry members, is very engaged in the rulebook process—and there's been a lot of discussion about what the new rulebook will ultimately look like.
Earlier this year, we issued regulatory notices seeking comment on four proposals for the new rulebook. The four areas are: Financial Responsibility, Supervision, Books and Records, and Investor Education and Protection.
The FINRA Board of Governors will continue to review tranches of rules as we continue to build the FINRA rulebook, and you will see them on a rolling basis as they are published for comment.
As always, we encourage you to let us know your thoughts while these rules are open for comment. We're committed to listening to industry concerns—we want to make FINRA as effective as possible and that can only happen with your input.
Firm compliance, prosperous business and stronger investor protection go hand in hand. When compliance is weak, investors suffer and ultimately so will the business.
The same goes for the regulatory structure itself. When the regulatory structure is effective and efficient, firms and investors are better served. When it's not, everyone suffers.
And it's not only firms that get frustrated with a fragmented regulatory system. Investors are in the same boat—and share the same frustrations.
Too often, many investors don't quite understand what product they're buying, who regulates it, the legal protections they might be entitled to or the qualifications of the person selling it.
In the long run, this frustration on the part of investors could have a negative impact on the marketplace—and we need to find a way to address it before it does.
FINRA CEO Mary Schapiro has talked about this before—stressing that every investor should have four primary protections.
Mary believes investors should be able to enter into any transaction knowing that every person selling a financial product is tested, qualified and licensed; that the product's advertising is not misleading; that every product sold is appropriate for them; and that there is full, comprehensive disclosure for all products being sold.
Unfortunately not all financial products come with these simple guarantees or protections. Whether an investor is dealing with a mortgage broker, an investment advisor, a broker or buying securities, annuities or derivatives, basic protections should be part of every transaction.
That needs to change. It would go a long way toward restoring investor trust.
But no matter what FINRA does or what regulatory changes are made, regulators can't do it alone—we all need to work together. If compliance isn't working at the firm level, our system won't work.
We regulators can write rules, conduct examinations, and bring cases, but it's you, in the firms, on the front lines, who carry an important share of the regulation of the industry.
We have a lot to do today, so I think I'll stop there.
Today, senior FINRA officials and industry experts are going to talk to you about the latest emerging regulatory issues and discuss FINRA's examination, enforcement and risk management priorities, particularly those related to complex financial products.
I think you'll find the day to be very informative and interesting.
Thank you for listening—and I hope you enjoy the conference.


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Q&A: 'I'm very excited about the next 10 years'
Formed in 2002 when business partners Mark Mandelbaum and Barry Fenton joined forces, Lanterra Developments is still a strong force in Toronto's condominium market today. The developer currently has Ice Condominiums and Burano under construction, while sales are underway at The Britt – a conversion of the old Sutton Place Hotel – and a new phase is scheduled for a September release at Treviso Condominiums. On top of all that, the developer expects to release three new projects in 2014. Mr. Fenton is Lanterra's president and CEO.
What were Lanterra's goals when you formed the company?
We wanted to establish a reputable, honourable building company and provide really good product. Our goal has always been to find strategic locations; one of the ways you can pass on savings is by buying strategically and well. We also made the decision to pick areas in the city that we feel have a lot of growth potential, and have infrastructure in place that can support the market. We like to do things in size – we create communities – and that's how we've succeeded.
How has the condominium market changed since Lanterra first formed?
In two ways. First, the city has done a great job in making developers create urban design that really works for the city. And they have also worked with us to put infrastructure in place. If they hadn't done that, I believe downtown living for condominiums would be a lot more difficult.
The market has obviously slowed down since the record condominium sales of 2011. What advice would you give purchasers in the new buying environment of 2013?
I think as a purchaser one must be weary of the person they're buying from. The last thing they want to do is buy from somebody where the project may not take off because of the financing or instability of the developer. So if I were going to throw some advice to someone I would say they should buy from a reliable builder. And they should also buy in a strategic location.
Where do you see the future of the market?
There's no question we're on a rollercoaster and we're on the bottom part of the ride. But I think we're going to be good. When people buy real estate, you have to look at the 10-year horizon. I think the next 10 years are going to be better than the last 10. I think we've built such a phenomenal base for purchasers, that I don't see anything that could turn us back now. I'm very excited for the next 10 years.
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(SpectrumIEEE) An array of cesium atoms just 2.5 centimeters long has demonstrated a record level of storage-and-retrieval efficiency for quantum memory. This record efficiency in storing and retrieving quantum entanglement paves the way for connecting quantum internet nodes. It's a pivotal step on the road to eventually building large-scale quantum communication networks spanning entire continents.
"We learned in this work [how] to achieve this 85-90 percent [efficiency] benchmark," says Julien Laurat, a professor and leader of the quantum networks team at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory at Sorbonne University in France. "This is the best in any physical platform."
Previous work only achieved at most 25 percent efficiency. Laurant's quantum networks team demonstration is part of a broader effort by the Quantum Internet Alliance—a coalition of university research groups from eight European countries—to develop technologies for a European network that supports quantum communication and distributed quantum computing.
Boosting storage-and-retrieval efficiency from 25 percent to 90 percent makes a big difference in the speed and size of the quantum network such memory devices could support. For instance, Laurat and colleagues note, increasing efficiency from 60 percent to 90 percent would accelerate quantum memory speeds by two orders of magnitude over a distance of 600 km.
That said, much work remains before quantum networks can get to be hundreds of kilometers across. Laurat and his team already have their sights set on tackling some of the next milestones. If all goes well, they envision a pan-European quantum network becoming possible within the next five to 10 years. "The next few years should see demonstrations over a few tens of kilometers," Laurat says.
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Kerry McGannon
School of Human Kinetics
kmcgannon@laurentian.ca, B.F.Avery Physical Education Centre Sudbury Campus
705.675.1151 ext 705-675-1151, ext. 1204 kmcgannon@laurentian.ca
Professor McGannon began her faculty position at Laurentian September 2010 after working as a Professor at the University of Iowa from January 2003-August 2010. From July 2001-December 2002 she was the Research Associate at the Alberta Centre for Active Living, University of Alberta. Her peer reviewed scholarship includes empirical and theoretically-driven contributions on 87 national and international conference presentations and 125 publications in refereed journals and scholarly books. She is co-editor of three books; one on cultural sport and exercise psychology, one on community-based research and the Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology.
She serves on two journal editorial boards: Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology and Sociology of Sport Journal. She is past Advisory Board member for Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health and Chair of the Cultural Diversity Committee from 2012-2014 for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). She is Co-Editor of the journal Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology (official journal of AASP) and Psychology of Sport and Exercise (official journal of the European Federation of Sport Psychology). Professor McGannon has over fifteen years experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Sport and Exercise Psychology. These courses emphasize the psychological, social and cultural influences of sport and physical activity participation. She is co-ordinator of the undergraduate Sport Psychology degree in the School of Human Kinetics -- the only degree of its kind in Canada.
BA, Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia (1993)
MA, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia (1996)
PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (2002)
Full Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, July 2018-present
Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 2015-June 2018
Assistant Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 2010-2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Sport Studies, University of Iowa, USA, 2004-2010
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Sport Studies, University of Iowa, USA, 2003-2004
Research Associate, Alberta Centre for Active Living, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 2001-2002
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Professor McGannon's research program advances the use of qualitative research methodologies to understand sport and physical activity behaviour. This work is broadly grounded in social constructionsim and Cultural Sport Psychology, focusing on the socio-cultural influences of sport and physical activity participation. One stream of this research explores the socio-cultural construction of self-identity, sport and physical activity. A second stream involves critical interpretations of sport and physical activity and the implications for psychological experiences and health. Professor McGannon also studies the media as a cultural site that constructs self-identity within the context of sport, physical activity participation and health. The foregoing is explored using theories (e.g., discursive psychology, narrative inquiry) and qualitative methodologies (e.g., discourse analysis, narrative analysis). The goal of this research is to produce knowledge that contributes toward creating space for people as cultural beings in physical activity contexts to improve health and well-being.
University of Tasmania, Australia, Visiting Scholar Award, 2017
Top 10 Researcher, Faculty of Health -- 2015, 2016
Faculty of Health Research Excellence Award, Laurentian University, 2014 (awarded December 4, 2014).
Outstanding Paper Award of 2013, Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research - Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Watson, J. & Busanich, R. Moving toward trust and partnership: An example of sport related community based participatory action research with Aboriginal people and mainstream academics. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 5, 201-210. (awarded March, 2014).
Psychology of Sport and Exercise (Official Journal of the European Federation of Sport Psychology) Reviewer of the Year Award, 2013.
PHED1006 - Exercise Science in Health and Wellness
PHED3406 - Mental Training in Sport Psychology
PHED4216 - Sport Psychology
PHED3061 - Exercise Psychology
PHED3996 - Topics: Group Dynamics in Sport and Exercise Psychology
PHED4707 - Cultural Diversity in Sport Psychology
PHED4546 - Mental Health and Wellness
PHED4996 - Sport Psychology Internship
Career Total (edited books, scholarbook chapters, refereed journal articles) - 125
Breakdown of Publications/Scholarly Outputs
Guest Editor, Special Issues Refereed Journals (career total = 3)
Cairney, J., McGannon, K.R. & Atkinson, M. (Eds.) (2018). Exercise is Medicine Qualitative Contributions. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 4(3).
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R. (Eds.) (2015). Cultural Sport and Exercise Psychology: Intersecting Identities. Special Issue. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R. & Smith, B. (Eds.) (2013). Community Research and Physical Activity: Special Issue. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5(3).
Academic Books (career total = 3)
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R. & Smith, B. (Eds.) (2016). The Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology. London: Routledge.
Schinke, R.J. & McGannon, K.R. (Eds.) (2015). The Psychology of Sub-Culture in Sport and Physical Activity: Critical Perspectives. Series on International Perspectives on Key Issues in Sport and Exercise Psychology. London: Psychology Press.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R. & Smith, B. (Eds.) (2014). Community Based Research in Sport, Exercise and Health Science. London: Taylor & Francis.
Academic Book Chapters - Selected (career total = 32)
McGannon, K.R. & Smith, B. (in press). Self-identity: Discursive and narrative conceptions and applications. In R.J. Schinke & D.Hackfort (Eds.), International encyclopaedia of sport psychology. London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. (2019). Going public with pain: Athlete stories of disordered eating in discourse. In K. Young (Ed.), The suffering body in sport: Shifting thresholds of pain, risk and injury (pp. 105-120). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.
McGannon, K.R., McMahon, J. & Zehntner, C. (2018). Working within culturally diverse environments: The role of discourse in identity construction and implications for coaching. In R. R. Thelwell & M. Dicks (Eds), Professional advances in sports coaching: Research and practice (pp.126-155). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. & McMahon, J. (2017). Mommy blogging: Understanding online athlete mother identities in a running community using discursive psychology. In A. Bundon (Ed.), Digital qualitative research in sport and exercise (pp. 109-124). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. & Schinke, R.J. (2017). Cross cultural considerations in exercise promotion: A cultural sport psychology perspective. In M.L. Sachs & S. Razon (Eds.), Applied Exercise Psychology: The challenging journey from motivation to adherence (pp. 160-174). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. (2016). Critical discourse analysis in sport and exercise: What, why and how. In B. Smith & A.E. Sparkes (Eds), International Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise (pp. 230-242). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. & Busanich, R. (2016). Athletes and motherhood. In R.J. Schinke, K.R. McGannon & B. Smith (Eds.). The Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology (pp. 286-295). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. & Smith, B. & Schinke, R.J. (2016). Closing the loop. In R.J. Schinke, K.R. McGannon & B. Smith (Eds.). The Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology (pp. 591-595). London: Routledge.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R. & Smith, B. (2016). Opening up the dialogue. In R.J. Schinke, K.R. McGannon & B. Smith (Eds.). The Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology. London: Routledg
Smith, B. & McGannon K.R. (2016). Psychology and sociology in sport studies. In R. Giulianotti (Ed.), Routledge handbook of the sociology of sport (pp. 194-204). London: Routledge.
Smith, B. & McGannon, K.R. & Williams, T.L. (2016). Ethnographic creative non-fiction: Exploring the what's, why's and how's. In G. Molner & L. Purdy (Eds.), Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise Research (pp. 59-73). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. & Schinke, R.J. (2015). Situating the subculture of sport, physical activity and critical approaches. In R.J. Schinke & K.R. McGannon (Eds.) The Psychology of Sub-Culture in Sport and Physical Activity: Critical Perspectives (pp. 3-15). London: Psychology Press, Taylor and Francis.
Schinke, R.J. & McGannon, K.R. (2015). Continuing the dialogue on criticality and subculture in sport and physical activity. The Psychology of Sub-Culture in Sport and Physical Activity: Critical Perspectives (pp. 196-206). London: Psychology Press, Taylor and Francis.
Schinke, R.J. Blodgett, A.T., McGannon, K.R. & Parham, W.D. (2014). Cultural diversity within group dynamic in sports. In M. Eys & M. Beauchamp (Eds.), Group Dynamics in Sport and Exercise Psychology (2ndEdition) (pp. 319-334). London: Psychology Press, Routledge.
McGannon, K.R., Schinke, R.J. & Busanich, R. (2014). Cultural sport psychology: Considerations for enhancing cultural competence of practitioners. In L.S. Tashman & G. Cremades (Eds.) Becoming a Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Professional: International Perspectives (pp. 135-142). London: Routledge.
Schinke, R.J. & McGannon, K.R. (2014). The landscape of sport psychology service in Canada: Responding to diversity in the sport context. In L.S. Tashman & G. Cremades (Eds.) Becoming a Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Professional: International Perspectives (pp. 210-216). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. (2014). Race. In R.C. Eklund & G. Tenenbaum (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology. London: Sage.
McGannon, K.R. & Cameron, K.A. (2013). Exercising fat control, resistance and self-compassion: Two ethnographic stories from the field. In R.J. Schinke & R. Lidor (Eds.), Case Studies in Sport Development: Contemporary Stories Promoting Health, Peace, and Social Justice (pp. 75-89). Morgantown, West Virginia: Fitness Information Technology
McGannon, K.R., Johnson, C.R. & Spence, J.C. (2011). I am (not) BIG…it's the pictures that got small: Examining cultural and personal exercise narratives and the fear of fat. In P. Markula & E. Kennedy (Eds.), Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism (pp. 101-120). London: Routledge.
McGannon, K.R. & Metz, J.L. (2010). Through the funhouse mirror: Understanding access and (un)expected selves through confessional tales. In R.J. Schinke (Ed.) Contemporary Sport Psychology (pp. 153-170). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
McGannon, K.R. & Busanich, R. (2010). Rethinking subjectivity in sport and exercise psychology: A feminist post-structuralist perspective on women's embodied physical activity. In T. Ryba, R.J. Schinke & G. Tenenbaum (Eds.) The Cultural Turn in Sport Psychology (pp. 203-229). Morgantown, West Virginia: Fitness Information Technology.
McGannon, K.R. & Johnson, C.R. (2009). Strategies for reflective cultural sport psychology research. In R.J. Schinke & S.J. Hanrahan (Eds.), Cultural Sport Psychology (pp. 57-75). Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics Inc.
Refereed Journal Articles - Selected (career total published = 90; submitted/under review = 6; 2 revised & resubmitted)
McGannon, K.R., & McMahon, J. (2019). Understanding elite female athlete disordered eating and recovery through narrative turning points in autobiographies. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 40, 42-50.
McGannon, K.R. & Schinke, R.J., Ge, Y., & Blodgett, A.T. (2019). Negotiating gender and sexuality: A qualitative analysis of elite women boxer intersecting identities and sport psychology implications. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 31, 168-186.
McMahon, J., & McGannon, K.R., & Zehntner, C. (2019). I am fast but I do not fit: An autoethnography of a swimmer's experiences of 'competitive performance' stigma in two sporting contexts. Sport, Education and Society, 24, 283-297.
McMahon, J. & McGannon, K.R. (2019). Acting out what is inside of us: Self-management strategies of an abused athlete Sport Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.03.008
Zehntner, C., McMahon, J., & McGannon, K.R. (2019) An intensive longitudinal investigation of a parent-coach's practices and strategies 'in action': Challenges and opportunities. Sports Coaching Review. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21640629.2019.1590082
Middleton, T.R.F., Schinke, R.J., Oghene, O.P., McGannon, K.R., Peterson, B., & Kao, S. (2019). Navigating times of harmony and discord: The ever-changing role played by the families of elite immigrant athletes during their acculturation. Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology.
McMahon, J. & McGannon, K.R. (2018). The athlete-doctor relationship: Power,complicity, resistance and accomplices in recycling dominant sport ideologies. Sport, Education and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2018.1561434
McGannon, K.R., Tatarnic, E., & McMahon, J. (2018). The long and winding road: An autobiographic study of an elite athlete mother's journey to winning gold. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2018.1512535
Gonsalves, C.A & McGannon, K.R. (2018). Constructing women's heart health and risk: A critical discourse analysis of cardiovascular disease portrayals on Facebook by a U.S. non-profit organization. Journal of Health Psychology. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105318796187
McMahon, J., Knight, C.J.. & McGannon, K.R. (2018). Educating parents of children in sport about abuse using narrative pedagogy. Sociology of Sport Journal, 35, 314-323.
Smith, B. & McGannon, K.R. (2018). Developing rigor in qualitative research: Problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11, 101-121.
McGannon, KR, McMahon, J., & Gonsalves, C.A. (2018). Juggling motherhood and sport: A qualitative study of the negotiation of competitive recreational athlete mother identities. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 36, 41-49.
McGannon, K.R., McMahon, J., & Price, J. (2018). Becoming an athlete father: A media analysis of first time father tennis star Andy Murray and implications for identity. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 16, 670-687.
Cairney, J., McGannon, K.R., Atkinson, M.(2018). Exercise is medicine: Critical considerations for expanding the qualitative research landscape. Qualitative Research in Sport,Exercise and Health, 4, 391-399.
Clark, M., McGannon, K.R., Berry, T.R., Norris, C.M., Rodgers, W.M., & Spence, J.C. (2018). Taking a hard look at the Heart Truth Campaign in Canada: A discourse analysis. Journal of Health Psychology, 23, 1699-1710.
Berry, T.R., Jones, K.E., Courneya, K.S., McGannon, K.R., Norris, C.M., Rodgers, W.M., & Spence, J.C. (2018). Believability of messages about preventing breast cancer and heart disease through physical activity. BMC Psychology, 6, 1-9.
Gonsalves, C.A., McGannon, K.R., & Schinke, R.J. (2017). Social media for health promotion: What messages are women receiving about cardiovascular disease risk by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation? Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317743802
Zehntner, C., McGannon, K.R., & McMahon, J. (2017). Control, consent and complicity in the coaching of elite women's cycling in Australia: A media analysis. Sport, Education and Society. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2017.1417257
McMahon, J., & McGannon, K.R. (2017). Re-immersing into elite swim culture: A meta-autoethnography by a former elite swimmer. Sociology of Sport Journal. 34, 223-234.
McMahon, J. Zehntner, C. & McGannon, K.R. (2017). Fleshy, female and forty: A docudrama of a former elite swimmer who re-immersed herself into the elite swimming culture. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5, 546-553.
McMahon, J.A., McGannon, K.R., & Zehntner, C. (2017). Slim to win: An ethnodrama of three elite swimmers presentation of self in relation to dominant cultural ideology. Sociology of Sport Journal, 34, 108-123.
Blodgett, A.T., Ge, Y., Schinke, R.J., & McGannon, K.R. (2017). Intersecting identities of female boxers: Stories of cultural difference and marginalization in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 32, 83-92.
Schinke, R.J., Blodgett, A.T., McGannon, K.R., Ge, Y., Oghene, O.P. (2017). Adjusting to the receiving country outside the sport environment: A composite vignette of Canadian immigrant amateur elite athlete acculturation. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 29, 270-284.
McMahon, J., & McGannon, K.R. (2017). Do what (s)HE says and you will be a champion: Poetic representations and the umuting of my swimmer body. Qualitative Inquiry, 23, 411-415.
Gonsalves, C.A., McGannon, K.R., Schinke, R.J., & Pegoraro, A. (2017). Mass media narratives of women's cardiovascular disease: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Health Psychology Review, 2, 164-168.
McGannon, K.R., McMahon, J., Schinke, R.J., & Gonsalves, C.A. (2017). Understanding athlete mother transition in cultural context: A media analysis of Kim Clijsters' tennis comeback and self-identity implications. Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, 6, 20-34.
McGannon, K.R., McMahon, J., Gonsalves, C.A. (2017). Mother runners in the blogosphere: A discursive psychological analysis of online recreational athlete identities. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 28, 125-135.
McGannon, K.R. & Atkinson, M. (2017). Editorial. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 9, 1-3.
Balish, S.M., Dechman, G., Hernandez, P., Spence, J.C., Rhodes, R.E., McGannon, K.R., & Blanchard, C.M. (2017). The relationship between weather and objectively measured physical activity among individuals with COPD. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 37, 445-449.
McGannon, K.R. & Berry, T.R., Rodgers, W.M., & Spence, J.C. (2016). Breast cancer representations in Canadian news media: A critical discourse analysis of meanings and the implications for identity. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 13, 188-207.
McGannon K.R. & McMahon, J. (2016). Media representations and athlete identities: Examining benefits for sport psychology. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, 21, 43-54.
Gonsalves, C.A., McGannon, K.R., Schinke, R.J., & Michel, G. (2016). Are you 'woman enough' to control your leading cause of death?: An ethnographic content analysis of women's cardiovascular disease and identities in media narratives. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 13, 130-148.
McMahon, J. & McGannon, K.R. (2016). Whose stories matter? Re-vising, reflecting and rediscovering a researcher's embodied experience as a narrative inquirer. Sport, Education and Society, 21, 96-113.
Busanich, R., McGannon, K.R., & Schinke, R.J. (2016). Exploring disordered eating and embodiment in male distance runners through visual narrative methods. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 8, 95-112.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Busanich, R. & Ge, Y. (2016). A commentary on sport terrorism from the vantage of sport psychology. American Behavioral Scientist, 60, 1116-1131.
McMahon, J., Franklin, R., & McGannon, K.R. (2016). Body classification in sport: A collaborative autoethnography of two female athletes. Psychology of Women Section Review, 18, 48-59.
Schinke. R.J., Blodgett, A.T., McGannon, K.R., & Ge, Y. (2016). Finding ones footing on foreign soil: A composite vignette of elite athlete acculturation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 25, 36-43.
Schinke, R.J., Blodgett, A.T., McGannon, K.R., Ge, Y., Oghene, O.P., & Seanor, M.(2016). A composite vignette on striving to become "someone" in my new sport system: The critical acculturation of immigrant athletes. The Sport Psychologist, 30, 350-360.
Berry, T.R., Curtin, K.D., Courneya, K., McGannon, K.R., Norris. C.M., Rodgers, W.M., & Spence, J.C. (2016). Heart disease and breast cancer perceptions: Ethnic differences and relationship to attentional bias. Health Psychology Open, July-December, 1-11.
Berry, T.R., Stearns, J.A., Courneya, K.S., McGannon, K.R., Norris, C.M., Rodgers, W., & Spence, J.C. (2016). Women's perceptions of heart disease compared to breast cancer and the association with media representations of the diseases. Journal of Public Health, 38, e496-e503.
Witcher, S.G., McGannon, K.R., Hernandez, P., Dechman, G., Ferrier, S., Spence, J.C., Rhodes, R.E. & Blanchard, C.M. (2015). A qualitative exploration of exercise among pulmonary rehabilitation participants: Insight from multiple sources of social influence. Respiratory Care, 60, 1624-1634.
Blodgett, A.T., Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., & Fisher, L.A. (2015). Cultural sport psychology research: Conceptions, evolutions and forecasts. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 8, 24-43.
McGannon, K.R., Gonsalves, C.A., Schinke, R.J., & Busanich, R. (2015). Negotiating motherhood and athletic identity: A qualitative analysis of Olympic athlete mother representations in media narratives. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 20, 51-79.
McGannon, K.R., & Smith, B. (2015). Centralizing culture in cultural sport psychology research: The potential of narrative inquiry and discursive psychology. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 17, 79-87.
Jason, T., McGannon, K.R., Blanchard, C.M., Ranheim, D., & Dechman, G. (2015). A systematic gender-based review of physical activity correlates in coronary heart disease patients. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 8, 1-23.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Yukleson, D., Cummings, J., & Parro, W. (2015). Helping with the acculturation of elite immigrant coaches in Canadian sport contexts. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 6, 17-27.
Oghene, O.P., McGannon, K.R., Schinke, R.J., Watson, S., & Quartiroli, A. (2015). Understanding the meanings created around the aging body and sports through media representations of elite masters athletes. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 7, 739-758.
Schinke, R.J. & McGannon, K.R. (2015). Cultural sport psychology and intersecting identities: An introduction to the special section. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 17, 45-47.
Saunders, T.J., Dechman, G., Hernandez, P., Spence, J.C., Rhodes, R.E., McGannon, K.R., Ferguson, C., Bourbeau, J., Maltais, F., Marciniuk. D.D., Camp, P. & Blanchard, C. (2015). Distinct trajectories of physical activity among pulmonary rehabilitation patients with COPD. Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 12, 539-545.
McGannon, K.R., Busanich, R., Witcher, C.S.G., & Schinke, R.J. (2014). A social ecological exploration of physical activity influences among rural men and women across life stages. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 6, 517-536.
Busanich, R., McGannon, K.R., & Schinke, R.J. (2014). Comparing elite male and female distance runners' experiences of disordered eating through narrative analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15, 706-712.
Blanchard, C.M., Giacomantonio, N., Lyons, R., Cyr, C., Stevenson, R., Rhodes, R.E., Reid, R.D., Spence, J.C., & McGannon, K. R. (2014). Examining the steps per day trajectories of cardiac rehabilitation patients: A latent class growth analysis perspective. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 34, 106-113.
Blodgett, A.T., Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Coholic, D.A., Enosse, L., Peltier, D. & Pheasant, C. (2014). Navigating the insider-outsider hyphen: A qualitative exploration of the acculturation challenges of Aboriginal athletes pursuing sport in Euro-Canadian contexts. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15, 345-355.
Schinke, R.J. & McGannon, K.R. (2014). The acculturation experiences of (and with) immigrant athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 12, 64-75.
Blanchard, C.M., McSweeney, J., Giacomantonio, N., Reid, R.D., Rhodes, R.E., Spence, J.C., Murnaghan, D. & McGannon, K. R. (2014). Distinct trajectories of light and moderate to vigorous physical activity in heart disease patients: Results from the Activity Correlates afTer cardIac hospitalizatiON (ACTION) trial. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 14, 72-77.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Battochio, R.C. & Wells, G. (2013). Acculturation in elite sport: A thematic analysis of immigrant athletes and coaches. Journal of Sports Sciences, 15, 1676-1686.
Blodgett, A.T., Coholic, D.A., Schinke, R.J. McGannon, K.R., Peltier, D. & Pheasant, C. (2013). Moving beyond words: Exploring the use of an arts based method in Aboriginal community sport research. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5, 312-331.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R. & Smith, B. (2013). Expanding the sport and physical activity research landscape through community scholarship. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5, 287-290.
Schinke, R. J., Smith, B. & McGannon, K. R. (2013). Future pathways for community researchers in sport and physical activity research: Criteria for consideration. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5, 460-468.
McGannon, K.R., Cunningham, S.M. & Schinke, R.J. (2013). Understanding concussion in socio-cultural context: A media analysis of a National Hockey League star's concussion. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 891-899.
McGannon, K.R. & Schinke, R.J. (2013). "My first choice is to work out at work; then I don't feel bad about my kids": A discursive psychological analysis of motherhood and physical activity participation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 179-188.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Watson, J. & Busanich, R. (2013). Moving toward trust and partnership: An example of sport related community based participatory action research with Aboriginal people and mainstream academics. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 5, 201-210.
Glenn, N. M., McGannon, K. R., & Spence, J. C. (2013). Exploring media representations of weight-loss surgery. Qualitative Health Research, 23, 631-644.
Battochio, R.C., Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Tenenbaum, G., Yukelson, D. & Crowder, T. (2013). Understanding immigrated professional athletes' support networks during post-relocation adaptation through media data. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11, 101-116.
McGannon, K.R., Curtin, K., Schinke, R.J. & Schweinbenz, A.N. (2012). (De)Constructing Paula Radcliffe: Exploring media representations of elite athletes, pregnancy and motherhood through cultural sport psychology. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 820-829.
McGannon, K.R. (2012). Am "I" a work of art(?): Understanding exercise and the self through critical self-awareness and aesthetic self-stylization. Athletic Insight, 4, 79-95.
McGannon, K.R., & Spence, J.C. (2012). Exploring news media representations of women's exercise and subjectivity through critical discourse analysis. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 4, 32-50.
McGannon, K.R., Hoffmann, M.D., Metz, J.L., & Schinke, R.J. (2012). A media analysis of a sport celebrity: Understanding an informal "team cancer" role as a socio-cultural construction. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 26-35.
Busanich, R., McGannon, K.R. & Schinke, R.J. (2012). Expanding understandings of the body, food and exercise relationship in distance runners: A narrative approach. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 582-590.
Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., Parham, W.D. & Lane, A. (2012). Toward cultural praxis: Strategies for self-reflexive sport psychology practice. Quest, 64, 34-46,
Schinke, R.J., Bonhomme, J., McGannon, K.R. & Cummings, J. (2012). The internal adaptation processes of professional boxers during the Show Time Super Six Boxing Classic: A qualitative thematic analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 830-839.
Yungblut, H.E., Schinke, R.J., McGannon, K.R., & Eys, M.A. (2012). Understanding physical activity through the lived experiences of adolescent girls. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 21, 3-14.
Yungblut, H.E., Schinke, R.J., & McGannon, K.R. (2012). Views of adolescent female youth on physical activity during early adolescence. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 11, 39-50.
McGannon, K.R. & Schweinbenz, A.N. (2011). Traversing the qualitative-quantitative divide using mixed methods: Some reflections and reconciliations for sport and exercise psychology. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 3, 367-381.
McGannon, K.R. & Spence, J.C. (2010). Speaking of the self and physical activity participation: What discursive psychology can tell us about an old problem. Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 2, 17-38.


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Shares of Noodles & Co. NDLS, -5.43% fell more than 20% in the extended session Wednesday after the restaurant chain reported a surprise quarterly loss and revenues that missed expectations, saying it faced staffing shortages and other challenges related to a COVID-19 surge late last year. Noodles & Co. said it lost $4.7 million, or 10 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $3.8 million, or 9 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted for one-time items, the company lost 5 cents a share. Revenue rose 7.1% to $114.8 million, the company said. FactSet consensus called for earnings of 8 cents a share on sales of $121 million. "While underlying business fundamentals remained strong, fourth-quarter results were impacted by staffing challenges" as well as a surge in COVID-19 cases in the areas where most of its operations are, the upper Midwest and the Rocky Mountain region, in November and into early December, Noodles & Co. said. The company estimated that the temporary closures and fewer operating hours impacted its revenue by about $8 million. "We do expect near-term pressures in the first quarter due to the omicron variant, as well as during the first half of the year due to commodity inflation, but we are confident we will successfully navigate this environment," the company said. Shares of Noodles & Co. ended the regular trading day down 5.4%.
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Want some new Street Fighter V outfits? Capcom today released a new DLC pack called the Battle Costume bundle, which includes 16 "fisticuff-friendly outfits" for $30. Alternatively, you can buy each Battle Costume for $3 each. So if you're sure to want them all, the bundle is the economical choice. In its blog post announcing the DLC, Capcom made special mention of the "Hot Ryu" costume, so that's something.


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'All-New Captain America' Pages Look Amazing As Expected
I think we can all agree that Nextwave was the pinnacle of superhero comic books as an art form. Of course, while I'm not sure the world could have handled more than 12 issues of beautiful perfection, I will say that if Marvel isn't going to have more comics about Elsa Bloodstone beating b…
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New Captain America's First Adventure Will Be Digital Comic
Sam Wilson makes his first appearance as the new Captain America at the end of Rick Remender's current run on the book, Captain America #25, in October. Sam gets his own book in All-New Captain America #1 in November, by Remender and Stuart Immonen. But another story will bridge the gap between…
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Remender And Opena Team For 'Avengers: Rage Of Ultron' OGN
Marvel unveiled its next original graphic novel at the All-AXIS panel at San Diego Comic-Con this afternoon; Avengers: Rage of Ultron, by Uncanny Avengers writer Rick Remender and former lead Avengers artist Jerome Opeña. It promises to be... all the rage. Ho ho.
The story pits a mixed bag of …
Photo Gallery: The Creators of San Diego Comic-Con, Part 1
Among the colorful cosplay, massive booths, interactive displays and walls of merchandise at Comic-Con International in San Diego — colloquially known as SDCC — remains the most important component of the show: comic book creators. ComicsAlliance photographer and Loikiamania podcast ho…
Image Expo: 12 Auspicious Announcements For Comic-Con 2014
In the final few hours before San Diego Comic-Con opened its doors to the public for Preview Night on Wednesday, Image Comics Expo took place in an upstairs ballroom at the nearby San Diego Bayfront Hilton, where the publisher welcomed a group of press, creators, and fans to watch as the company ann…
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UCP Picks Up Night Mary, Five Ghosts, Warren Ellis TV Shows
Universal Cable Productions, the cable and digital arm of NBCUniversal, announced three new projects rooted in the comic book realm, including what will be Planetary and Transmetropolitan writer Warren Ellis' first original series developed especially for television. Additionally, UCP optioned …
A Female Thor, A Black Captain America: What Does It All Mean?
On Tuesday morning Whoopi Goldberg and the hosts of The View announced that Marvel will relaunch Thor this October with a 'worthy' woman brandishing the hammer. Marvel followed that announcement with two more high profile switcheroos on Wednesday night as Entertainment Weekly revealed a ne…
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Over the past couple of years, Rick Remender has done a pretty solid job of balancing his work for Marvel with creator-owned titles. In addition to his work on Captain America, he's launched Black Science with Matteo Scalera and Deadly Class with Wesley Craig and Lee Loughridge, and now, he and…
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Volunteers during one of their activities last year with the Volunteer Corps.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts –-January is an important month for the Volunteer Corps as they encourage volunteers to register and gear up to continue making a positive difference in 2019.
Department of Youth Empowerment Youth Officer Sharon Cannonier said registration is open to volunteer until Jan 31. They are registering individuals and non-profit organizations to volunteer for projects that will benefit worthy causes.
Until the deadline, volunteers can register at the Department of Youth Empowerment's office on the top floor of The Cable Building. A volunteer orientation and training session will take place in February.
Ms. Cannonier said during the session volunteers will learn about the programme, the value of volunteering and other benefits. Ms. Cannonier stressed anyone can register to join the corps.
Officials expect the number of requests to increase this year, especially in February to participate in the Second Annual National Volunteer Day.
Ms. Cannonier emphasized that projects must serve to uplift the community and its residents.
For additional information, contact the Department of Youth Empowerment at 467-1393.


Feroda 16 Beta runs on the W501P without any major concern. The only issue I found is the Gnome onscreen keyboard that does not work well. Despite the onscreen keyboard, I did not found any serious issue when using Fedora on Iconia Tab W501P.
I did no testing with ATI proprietary drivers on Fedora.
1 - When I allowed the installer to download updates during installation, the X did not work very well after first boot. So I installed it again and it is working pretty well without allowing the packages to be updated. I'll wait untill ATI driver supports the C-60 GPU until allowing updates.
2 - The ATI proprietary driver does NOT work with C-60 GPU. I've tried Ubuntu's two packages, "AMD Catalyst™ 11.9 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver", and "AMD Catalyst™ 11.10 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver". When using Ubuntu's package, an stamp with AMD logo appears on the right bottom corner saying: "Unsupported Hardware". I would not recommend to try those drivers with Ubuntu 11.10. It may be necessary to re-install your Ubuntu.
After learning about updates and ATI proprietary driver, I'm happy with Ubuntu on W501p. I'm curious about the performance gain by using the proprietary graphics driver. Will it be possible to play HD flash movies on full screen?
I was curious about the sleep state power consumption. I've charged the battery, and asked Ubuntu to sleep the tablet. I removed the charged cord and waited exactly 12 hours. How many % of the battery power were consumed in 12 hours?
The result is that after 12 hours of sleep state the battery charge was informed to be 92% by Ubuntu. 8% every 12 hours means 16% every 24 hours. Looks like that the Iconia Tab W501P can stay sleeping for more than 6 days. This is good!
Not tested yet battery life for usage. I think that this will be improved when the proprietary graphics driver is available.


TASS can provide transport for frail and elderly patients to and from the surgery and to hospital appointments. Ideally you should give one weeks notice if possible. There is a small charge for this service.
If you have a medical need an ambulance may be required. In this instance you would need to call 01752 431954.
In either case this must be booked by the patient directly.


For a really long time, Google has been treating the social world the same way as Microsoft treated the internet. We all remember how Bill Gates back in 1994 said "I see little commercial potential for the internet for the next 10 years." and for many years (and still to this day), Microsoft suffers from their lack of internet mindset.
Google has been the same way. Social to them was an algorithm - something to add to search. But in recent years, things have started to change. First with Google Wave (brilliant idea, but the world wasn't ready for it - and it was too hard to replace email). Then Google Buzz, which flopped catastrophically. Then with several minor projects that didn't really catch on. To the recent Plus one button, which wasn't really social.
But now, it seems like Google is actually on to something. The new Google+ is all about you as a person, the connections you have, and how Google can help you to have a more meaningful "social circle." It is not about algorithms. It is about people.
I haven't tried it yet. I do not have access (for several reasons). But I can give you all the things I have seen.
There are good articles about it over at Techcrunch, ReadWriteWeb and GigaOm. You can also go to Google's blog and hear what Google says about it. You can see the Google+ information pages via this URL (Google Apps users can't enter via the front page - but this URL gets you in) ...or you can take the interactive tour here.
Or you can look at all the videos below.
Not all relationships are created equal. So in life we share one thing with college buddies, another with parents, and almost nothing with our boss. The problem is that today's online services turn friendship into fast food-wrapping everyone in "friend-paper"and sharing really suffers.
In light of these shortcomings we asked ourselves, "What do people actually do?" And we didn't have to search far for the answer. People in fact share selectively all the time - with their circles.
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Hangouts - the Skype killer!
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Cheese is the beef as EU-Mexico trade talks resume
Published Tuesday, January 09, 2018
The EU and Mexico resumed talks Monday aimed at sealing a new version of their 18-year-old trade deal, a project that has hit several snags -- including the touchy issue of cheese.
Mexico, which sends some 80 percent of its exports to the United States, is keen to diversify its trading partners because of US President Donald Trump's threats to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
It had been making fast progress on modernizing its 2000 trade deal with the European Union.
But after announcing they hoped to wrap up talks by the end of 2017, negotiators ran into trouble on some final details -- notably whether Mexico's dairy industry has the right to produce "Manchego cheese," a product that originated in Spain's La Mancha region.
The Europeans want exclusive rights to that name, along with more than 300 other products ranging from wines to beers to meats.
But that is a problem for cheese producers in Latin America's second-largest economy, where Mexican Manchego represents nearly 15 percent of total cheese sales.
The Mexican dairy industry argues its version of Manchego is ingrained in local culture and does not even resemble the Spanish original.
"People identify it as a very national product that isn't even related to the European version," said Miguel Angel Garcia Paredes, head of the National Chamber of Dairy Industries.
Mexican Manchego is made from cow's milk and is often melted over hot dishes, unlike the Spanish original, which comes from sheep's milk and is typically semi-hard.
"People don't expect a Spanish Manchego when they go to the supermarket and ask for a Manchego. The Spanish kind is a lot more expensive," Garcia Paredes told AFP.
The Mexican economy ministry said the new round of talks -- the eighth since negotiations began in 2016 -- would focus on rules of origin, technical barriers to trade and intellectual property.
EU-Mexico trade has nearly tripled to $61.7 billion a year under the deal.
But that is still dwarfed by US-Mexico trade, which totaled $523.8 billion in 2016.
The EU-Mexico talks are set to last until January 17.
Both sides say they are eager to reach a final deal, but no deadline has been set.


The centre opened its doors in 1895, operating from a shack in Umgeni Road in central Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal driven by a missionary named Miss Snell. The Institution is a centre for sustainable development, it's registered to accommodate 84 children and youth. The ages of the children range from 3 to 18 years for girls and 3 to 12 years for boys. Their secondary service is aimed at providing a range of non-residential services for children and families to improve their quality of life in order to minimise the need for residential care.
Staff members from Avis Fleet Kwa-Zulu Natal were very happy to show they care about sustainable development by giving resources and spending some time at this centre. On the 15th of July 2016 members from the Intelligent Fuel Management (IFM), and Trade and Auction teams from KZN visited children at the home. They donated some much needed groceries and enjoyed spending some time with the kids.


A Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation pilot program is using solar energy panels on several Cherokee Nation citizens' homes to save on their monthly utility costs.
The pilot program is funded through an Indian Community Development Block Grant, which covered the cost of installing solar panels on 17 homes the housing authority was remodeling for elders.
Installations began in October 2017 and so far, families living in the energy efficient homes have saved an average of 50 percent on their monthly electric bills.
Electricity consumption, direct hours of daily sunlight, the size and angle of a home's roof, local electricity rates and the size of the solar panel system all play a role in determing how much a family can save on utility costs by using solar panels.
Cherokee Nation citizen Linda Gifford and her husband, Johnny, live in Spavinaw, a small community of around 450 residents in northeast Mayes County. When the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation began a rehab project on the couple's home, the Giffords agreed to participate in the solar panel project.
Like other participating families, the Giffords' electric bills have seen drastic reductions since the panels were installed.
Placement of solar panels cost an average of around $19,780 per home, but varied depending on the home's location, the size of the solar panel system, agreements with utility companies and other factors.
The solar panels carry a 10-year warranty and will be monitored quarterly with rural Wi-Fi or a cellular network. The tribe is evaluating the results of the pilot program and is looking for future grant opportunities that would provide more solar panels for the homes of Cherokee families.