Mr. Alan T. C. Hair is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the company. He was appointed Hudbay's President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2016. Previously, he served as Hudbay's Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2015 and he has held a number of senior leadership roles in business development and operations at Hudbay since 1996. Mr. Hair received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mineral Engineering from the University of Leeds.
Mr. David Stewart Bryson is an Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of the company. He has been with Hudbay since August 2008. Mr. Bryson held senior finance positions with Skye Resources Inc. from March 2007 to August 2008 and prior to that worked for Terasen Inc., a Vancouver-based energy infrastructure firm, in various finance roles for 16 years.
Mr. Cashel Meagher is an Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President of the company. Prior to being appointed to his current role in January 2016, Mr. Meagher was Vice President, South America Business Unit and oversaw the development of the Constancia mine. Prior to joining Hudbay in 2008, Mr. Meagher held management positions with Vale Inco in exploration, technical services, business analysis and mine operations.
Mr. Eugene Lei is an Senior Vice President - Corporate Development and Strategy of the company. He joined Hudbay in September 2012, after 11 years as an investment banker. Prior to joining Hudbay, Mr. Lei was Managing Director, Mining at Macquarie Capital Markets Canada, working as an advisor on global and domestic mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets offerings. Prior to being appointed to his current role in January 2017, Mr. Lei was Vice President, Corporate Development.
Mr. Patrick Donnelly is an Vice President, General Counsel of the company. Prior to being appointed to his current role in July 2014, Mr. Donnelly was Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary for over three years. Prior to joining Hudbay in 2008, Mr. Donnelly practiced corporate and securities law at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
Mr. Jon A. Douglas is an Vice President, Treasurer of the company. He joined Hudbay in January 2015. Prior to joining Hudbay, he was Chief Financial Officer of Barrick Gold Corporation's global copper business unit. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northgate Minerals Corporation for over ten years.
Mr. Robert Assabgui is Vice President - Technical Services of the Company since May 2017. He is an accomplished senior operations manager with 27 years of progressive experience in operations, project management and engineering in the mining industry. Prior to joining the company in 2017, Mr. Assabgui was the Director, Mining at Vale's Sudbury Operations.
Ms. Adrienne Blazo is Vice President - Organizational Effectiveness of the Company since September 2017 and brings a wide-ranging track record of operating and corporate experience in the extractive industry. Prior to joining Hudbay, Ms. Blazo was Vice President Operations at Canadian Oil Sands, developing direction for the Syncrude joint venture's operations and growth strategies, with a focus on major projects, value enhancement and excellence in environmental performance. Ms. Blazo previously held successively senior roles during a career of more than 20 years with Suncor Energy.
Mr. David Clarry is an Vice President - Corporate Social Responsibility of the company. He joined Hudbay in February 2011. From June 2009 to January 2011 he worked through his own firm, Innotain Inc., providing consulting services to the mining and energy industries. Prior to that he spent 18 years with Hatch Ltd., an international engineering and consulting firm, ultimately as Director – Climate Change Initiatives.
Mr. Javier Del Rio is Vice President - South America Business Unit of the Company. Prior to being appointed to his current role in 2017, Mr. Del Rio was Executive Director, Business Development – South America. Mr. Del Rio joined Hudbay in 2010 and has over 25 years of mining experience. He has held management positions in business planning, optimization process, and business analysis with Newmont Mining Corporation in the United States and Peru.
Ms. Elizabeth Gitajn is an Vice President - Risk Management of the company. She joined Hudbay in March 2015, prior to which she was the Corporate Controller for IAMGOLD Corporation since June 2012. From October 2007 to June 2012, she held various management positions within Barrick Gold Corporation in the finance areas of risk management, financial reporting and planning. Ms. Gitajn also spent 14 years in public accounting in the United States, nine of which were with Arthur Andersen LLP.
Mr. Andre Lauzon is an Vice President - Manitoba Business Unit of the company. He joined Hudbay in August 2016. Prior to joining Hudbay, he held senior positions with Vale Inco in research and development, technical services and mine operations. Mr. Lauzon has direct leadership experience as a mine manager, acting general manager and director of technical services.
Mr. Olivier Tavchandjian is Vice President - Exploration and Geology of the Company. Mr. Tavchandjian joined Hudbay in September 2017 and brings 25 years of experience in mineral resource and mineral reserve estimation and reporting, exploration, strategic and life of mine planning, technical support to operations and corporate development. Prior to joining Hudbay, Mr. Tavchandjian was VP Resource Evaluation for Anemka Resources, the mining portfolio company of a large private investment firm.
Ms. Carol T. Banducci is Independent Director of the company. She is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IAMGOLD Corporation. She joined IAMGOLD in July 2007, and she currently oversees all aspects of the finance, information technology and investor relations functions. From November 2005 through June 2007, Ms. Banducci was Vice President, Financial Operations of Royal Group Technologies, where she led comprehensive integration, restructuring and cost improvement initiatives. Previous executive finance roles include Chief Financial Officer of Canadian General-Tower Limited and Chief Financial Officer of Orica Explosives North America and ICI Explosives Canada & Latin America. Ms. Banducci has extensive finance experience in capital markets, statutory and management reporting, audit, budgeting, capital programs, treasury, tax, acquisitions and divestments, pension fund management, insurance and information technology. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.
Mr. Igor A. Gonzales is Independent Director of the company. He is from Cusco, Peru and has more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He joined Compañia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. in November 2014 as Vice President of Operations. He was with Barrick Gold Corporation from 1998 to 2013, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Between 1980 and 1996, Mr. Gonzales served in various roles with Southern Peru Copper Corporation. Mr. Gonzales has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of San Antonio Abad in Cusco, Peru, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where he earned a Master of Science degree in Extractive Metallurgy.
Mr. Alan Roy Hibben is Independent Director of the company. He has held several senior positions with RBC Capital Markets, including most recently as Managing Director, which he held until his retirement in December 2014. He is currently the principal of Shakerhill Partners Ltd. which provides advice on restructurings, capital markets transactions, and corporate strategy. He also provides expert witness services. Mr. Hibben received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Toronto. He is qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant and also holds the CFA designation. He is a certified director of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D).
Mr. W. Warren Holmes is Independent Director of the company. He is Hudbay's Chairman and was Hudbay's Executive Vice Chairman from November 2009 to July 2010 and its Interim Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 to July 2010. He has over 40 years of mining industry experience, most notably with Noranda Inc. (1964 to 1986) and with Falconbridge Limited (1986 to 2002) where he was Senior Vice-President of Canadian Mining Operations. Mr. Holmes is currently a corporate director. Mr. Holmes has been President of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, is a Professional Engineer and holds an engineering degree from Queen's University and a MBA from the University of Western Ontario.
Ms. Sarah B. Kavanagh is an Independent Director of the company. She is a corporate director and a former Commissioner at the Ontario Securities Commission, where she served from June 2011 through May 2016. Between 1999 and 2010, Ms. Kavanagh served in a number of senior investment banking roles at Scotia Capital Inc. She has also held senior financial positions in the corporate sector. Ms. Kavanagh graduated from Harvard Business School with a Masters in Business Administration and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Ms. Kavanagh completed the Directors Education Program at the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2011. In addition to her public company directorships, Ms. Kavanagh is a director and Chair of the Audit Committee at American Stock Transfer and Canadian Stock Transfer, a director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Sustainable Development Technology Corporation and a director of Canadian Tire Bank.
Ms. Carin Shirley Knickel is Independent Director of the company. She has served as Corporate Vice President, Global Human Resources of ConocoPhillips from 2003 until her retirement in May 2012. She joined ConocoPhillips in 1979 and held various senior operating, planning and business development positions throughout her career in the U.S. and Europe. Ms. Knickel holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and statistics from the University of Colorado and a master's degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Kenneth G. Stowe is an Independent Director of the company. He was Chief Executive Officer of Northgate Minerals Corporation from 2001 until his retirement in 2011. He spent the first 21 years of his career with Noranda Inc. in various operational, research and development, and corporate roles. He has also held senior positions at Diamond Fields Resources Inc. and Westmin Resources Limited. Mr. Stowe is a mining engineer with a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science from Queens University. In 2006, he was the recipient of the Canadian Mineral Processor of the Year award.


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The role of PGC-1α on mitochondrial function and apoptotic susceptibility in muscle
Peter J. Adhihetty, Giulia Uguccioni, Lotte Leick, Juan Hidalgo, Henriette Pilegaard, David A. Hood
Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology
Institute of Neuroscience (INc)
Mitochondria are critical for cellular bioenergetics, and they mediate apoptosis within cells. We used whole body peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) knockout (KO) animals to investigate its role on organelle function, apoptotic signaling, and cytochrome-c oxidase activity, an indicator of mitochondrial content, in muscle and other tissues (brain, liver, and pancreas). Lack of PGC-1α reduced mitochondrial content in all muscles (17-44%; P < 0.05) but had no effect in brain, liver, and pancreas. However, the tissue expression of proteins involved in mitochondrial DNA maintenance [transcription factor A (Tfam)], import (Tim23), and remodeling [mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) and dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1)] did not parallel the decrease in mitochondrial content in PGC-1α KO animals. These proteins remained unchanged or were upregulated (P < 0.05) in the highly oxidative heart, indicating a change in mitochondrial composition. A change in muscle organelle composition was also evident from the alterations in subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar mitochondrial respiration, which was impaired in the absence of PGC-1α. However, endurance-trained KO animals did not exhibit reduced mitochondrial respiration. Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was not affected by the lack of PGC-1α, but subsarcolemmal mitochondria from PGC-1α KO animals released a greater amount of cytochrome c than in WT animals following exogenous ROS treatment. Our results indicate that the lack of PGC-1α results in 1) a muscle type-specific suppression of mitochondrial content that depends on basal oxidative capacity, 2) an alteration in mitochondrial composition, 3) impaired mitochondrial respiratory function that can be improved by training, and 4) a greater basal protein release from subsarcolemmal mitochondria, indicating an enhanced mitochondrial apoptotic susceptibility. Copyright © 2009 the American Physiological Society.
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Adhihetty, P. J., Uguccioni, G., Leick, L., Hidalgo, J., Pilegaard, H., & Hood, D. A. (2009). The role of PGC-1α on mitochondrial function and apoptotic susceptibility in muscle. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 297(1), c217-c225. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00070.2009
Adhihetty, Peter J. ; Uguccioni, Giulia ; Leick, Lotte et al. / The role of PGC-1α on mitochondrial function and apoptotic susceptibility in muscle. In: American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology. 2009 ; Vol. 297, No. 1. pp. c217-c225.
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Schumer gives gun control negotiations two weeks
By Cam Edwards | 7:30 PM on May 26, 2022
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Or else what, exactly?
Negotiations between a group of Republican and Democrat senators seeking to find a compromise on gun control legislation is underway, but there's no guarantee that any sort of agreement will be reached in the next two weeks (or two months for that matter). What happens if Schumer's deadline comes and goes and the two sides are still far apart? Does he go ahead and hold a purely performative vote knowing whatever bill he puts up will fail to get 60 votes (and might not even get every member of his caucus to come on board), or will he decide to avoid a vote completely and still try to beat Republicans over the head for standing in the way of "commonsense gun control" between now and November?
It sounds like he's keeping his options open, but it also sounds like Republican leadership is willing to "do something"… up to a point.
A small, bipartisan group of senators who have for years sought to negotiate legislation on guns met Thursday following the vote and emerged with areas "of potential agreement." Those appeared to include providing grants to states to implement red flag laws — designed to keep firearms from people who could harm themselves or others — and updating an effort to expand background checks for commercial gun sales, including at gun shows and on the internet.
"We've got about 10 members, equal numbers on both sides," said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who is leading the negotiations. "We have a good list of things to work on." He added that the group plans to follow up with a phone call next week.
Murphy has been working to push gun legislation since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators.
A member of the group, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., told reporters that a bill he has been working on for the past decade to expand background checks for firearm sales still does not have enough support but "I hope we'll get there."
None of the lawmakers could say definitively if any of the efforts will have the 10 Republican senators it needs to pass.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who has said little about gun legislation since the several tragedies have unfolded, told reporters he met with Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas earlier and encouraged senators to work together across the aisle on workable outcomes.
"I am hopeful that we could come up with a bipartisan solution that's directly related to the facts of this awful massacre," McConnell said.
"Directly related to the facts" is an interesting phrase. Presumably that would not involve background checks, since the murderer in Uvalde passed a NICS check before purchasing two rifles, but background checks are clearly a part of the discussions taking place on Capitol Hill. A ban on gun sales to those under the age of 21 would probably be the gun control proposal that's most related to the facts of this shooting, but that doesn't appear to be a part of the conversation, at least at the moment.
It also looks like there's growing interest among senators to help states impose "red flag" laws, though talk about a federal red flag law appears to have cooled for the time being.
Blumenthal said he has been working with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., "for years" on legislation that would provide incentives for states to pass red flag laws. On Wednesday, Murphy reached out to Republicans, including moderate Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who told him about her state's yellow flag law, which allows law enforcement to confiscate someone's firearm if both a medical professional and a judge sign off.
"I think that is the kind of law that could have made a difference in this case, since … it appears that he suffered from mental illness," Collins told reporters. "It's my understanding that he bought his weapon legally and passed a background check, so I really think our focus should be on looking at what some states have done, red flag or yellow flag laws."
Another moderate senator, Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., said she will be involved in the conversations. "There's some shared agreement on red flags," she said, "which I think might be a place to start conversations to actually get something done."
I have a number of problems with "red flag" laws, but here's what's really bugging me about senators latching on to them as their solution to stop school shootings. As Susan Collins said, it "appears" the killer in Uvalde suffered from mental illness. But the vast majority of red flag laws on the books in 19 states have no mental health component to them at all. A judge determines that someone poses a danger to themselves or others, mandates that they can't own firearms for a particular time period (which can be extended through another hearing), and then sends that supposedly dangerous person off to interact with the general public.
The "yellow flag" law in Maine at least requires a mental health professional to agree with a judge about a person's dangerousness, but there's still no mental health treatment mandated or offered once a petition has been granted. After the guns are gone, the "yellow flag" law has done its job, even though there's still a person deemed to be dangerous by the state running around.
That seems more than a little odd to me, especially when supporters of these laws, like Collins, are generally quick to talk about how they can be used to prevent severely mentally ill individuals from acting out.
But Maine's law suffers from another flaw as well, apparently. A number of mental health professionals refused to take part in evaluations after Maine's law went into effect because they were concerned that patients might lash out at them after their guns were taken. Legislators ended up revising the law this past year to allow for evaluations to take place remotely, which might make doctors and counselors less nervous but could also make their assessments less accurate. So far, the revisions haven't had much of an impact.
Major health systems in Maine aren't currently providing evaluations.
A spokesperson for Northern Light Health told 8 Investigates they don't have the staff, "capable of performing the assessment required by the law."
MaineHealth said they're working on a pilot program for patients, "already in our care who are being evaluated for involuntary psychiatric treatment."
A spokesperson noted even then it would not be MaineHealth providers performing evaluations.
The fact that is the model that senators are looking towards is utterly depressing, though I suppose its also entirely predicable. Politicians love to "do something", even if that something doesn't do a damn thing to address the actual problem, which in this case is supposedly a dangerous person, and not one inanimate object that they might use to harm themselves or others.
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Source: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
1. Jarjoura, G. Roger
The Conditional Effect of Social Class on the Dropout- Delinquency Relationship
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 33,2 (May 1996): 232-255.
Also: http://jrc.sagepub.com/content/33/2/232.full.pdf+html
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Control; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Dropouts; High School Dropouts; Social Environment; Social Roles
Data from the 1979/80 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (initial N = 12,686 respondents) are drawn on to test the proposition that middle-class dropouts are more likely to engage in delinquency as a result of dropping out than lower-class dropouts. Social control & strain theory explanations for the observed dropout-delinquency relationships are evaluated. Results support the hypothesis, & indicate that support for strain theory or social control theory is dependent on the reasons for dropping out of school. Implications for intervention are discussed. 6 Tables, 1 Appendix, 28 References. Adapted from the source document. (Copyright 1997, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
Jarjoura, G. Roger. "The Conditional Effect of Social Class on the Dropout- Delinquency Relationship." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 33,2 (May 1996): 232-255.
2. Mowen, Thomas
Brent, John
School Discipline as a Turning Point: The Cumulative Effect of Suspension on Arrest
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 53,5 (August 2016): 628-653.
Also: http://jrc.sagepub.com/content/53/5/628
Keyword(s): Arrests; Criminal Justice System; Delinquency/Gang Activity; School Suspension/Expulsion
Objectives: To examine how school discipline may serve as a negative turning point for youth and contribute to increased odds of arrest over time and to assess whether suspensions received across multiple years may present a "cumulative" increase in odds of arrest.
Methods: Using four waves of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we use a longitudinal hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM) to explore how school suspensions contribute to odds of arrest across time while controlling for a number of theoretically important dimensions such as race, age, delinquency, and gender among others.
Results: Results show that youth who are suspended are at an increased risk of experiencing an arrest across time relative to youth who are not suspended and that this effect increases across time. Further, with each subsequent year the youth is suspended, there is a significant increase in odds of arrest.
Conclusion: Supporting prior work, we find that youth who receive a suspension are at an increased odds of contact with the criminal justice system, and increases in the number of suspensions received contribute to significant increases in odds of arrest. Findings demonstrate that suspensions present a form of cumulative effect over time.
Mowen, Thomas and John Brent. "School Discipline as a Turning Point: The Cumulative Effect of Suspension on Arrest." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 53,5 (August 2016): 628-653.
3. Nofziger, Stacey
The "Cause" of Low Self-Control
Also: http://jrc.sagepub.com/content/45/2/191.abstract
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Birth Order; Crime; Discipline; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Injuries; Mothers, Behavior; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parenting Skills/Styles; Punishment, Corporal; Risk-Taking; Scale Construction; Self-Regulation/Self-Control; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Substance Use
Self-control theory is one of the most tested theories within the field of criminology. However, one of the basic assumptions of the theory has remained largely ignored. Gottfredson and Hirschi stated that the focus of their general theory of crime is the "connection between the self-control of the parent and the subsequent self-control of the child" (1990:100). However, no study to date has specifically tested this relationship. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study finds that mothers with low self-control do indeed produce children with lower self-control. To begin to understand the mechanism responsible for this relationship, several parenting practices used by the mothers are examined. The analysis shows that the self-control of the mother influences her choice of punishments, as well as having moderate impacts on how she supervises her children. In turn, higher supervision and several choices of punishments affect the development of self-control in the child. This study therefore provides support for a vital, yet previously unexamined, piece of the general theory of crime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] One of the most extensively debated and empirically tested theories in criminology is Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime (1990). However, one basic assertion of the theory has not been tested. Gottfredson and Hirschi specifically state that "the major 'cause' of low self-control thus appears to be ineffective child-rearing" (1990: 97). If parents fail to instill self-control within their children, delinquency is likely to result. Producing self-control in children requires a great deal of consistent effort. It is expected that parents who lack self-control will not be particularly adept at instilling self-control in their children (Gottfredson and Hirschi 1990: 101). Surprisingly, the crucial role of parental self-control in the development of juvenile self-control, and ultimately juvenile delinquency, has not been examined.
(Author summary: This project will use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth – Child and Young Adult data to begin to fill this void. These data include information from the females who were part of the original NLSY79 cohort as well as from their children. A measure of the mothers' self-control is developed using items such as their aspirations, their involvement in criminal activities, early and unsafe sexual activity, and alcohol and substance use. The children's self-control is measured by items such as being in an accident or having an injury in the last year, the children's scores from interviewer assessments on temperament, social development, and behavior problems scales, self-reported behavior problems at school, educational expectations, and a series of items assessing risk taking behaviors and attitudes.)
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Nofziger, Stacey. "The "Cause" of Low Self-Control." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 45,2 (May 2008): 191-223.
4. Piquero, Alex R.
Brezina, Timothy
Turner, Michael G.
Testing Moffitt's Account of Delinquency Abstention
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 42,1 (February 2005): 27-55
Keyword(s): Behavior, Antisocial; Behavior, Violent; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Teenagers
An established finding in criminology is that most adolescents engage in delinquency. Still, studies continue to identify a small group of individuals who refrain from delinquency even when it is nonnative for their same-age peers. Moffitt's developmental taxonomy provides some reasons for delinquency abstention, but research has been slow to assess these hypotheses. Herein, the authors use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to examine one of Moffitt's unexplored abstention hypotheses: that some individuals abstain because individual characteristics block their access to delinquent peer networks and, hence, opportunities to mimic antisocial behavior In addition, the authors also present the first empirical examination of gender differences in abstention. The results support some aspects of Moffitt's hypotheses concerning the importance of peer networks, but provide mixed evidence regarding the personal characteristics associated with delinquency abstention and involvement in deviant peer networks. Directions for future research and theorizing are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Piquero, Alex R., Timothy Brezina and Michael G. Turner. "Testing Moffitt's Account of Delinquency Abstention." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 42,1 (February 2005): 27-55.
5. Pratt, Travis C.
Piquero, Alex R.
Parental Socialization and Community Context: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Structural Sources of Low Self-Control
Also: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=14012333&db=aph
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavior, Antisocial; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Discipline; Neighborhood Effects; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parenting Skills/Styles; Parents, Behavior; Racial Differences; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction
Several empirical studies have attempted to estimate the effect of low self-control on criminal and "analogous" behaviors. Most of these studies have shown that low self-control is an important feature of the cause(s) of crime. Although research is begining to emerge that targets more specifically the "roots" of self-control via parental socialization (the most salient factor in the development of self-control according to Hirschi and Gottfredson), researchers have yet to explore the degree to which the structural characteristics of communities may influence patterns of parental socialization and, in turn, individual levels of self-control. To address this question, the authors employ longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) to examine community-level influences on parental socialization and self-control. The results indicate (1) self-control was predicted both cross-sectionally and longitudinally by both parental socialization and adverse neighborhood conditions, (2) the total effect of adverse neighborhood conditions on children's levels of self-control was just as strong as the total effect for indicators of parental socialization, and (3) important race differences did emerge, particularly with regard to the interrelationships between our neighborhood-level measures and parental socialization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Pratt, Travis C., Michael G. Turner and Alex R. Piquero. "Parental Socialization and Community Context: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Structural Sources of Low Self-Control." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 41,3 (August 2004): 219-244.
6. Pyrooz, David Cyrus
From Colors and Guns to Caps and Gowns? The Effects of Gang Membership on Educational Attainment
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 51,1 (February 2014): 56-87.
Also: http://jrc.sagepub.com/content/51/1/56.abstract
Keyword(s): College Degree; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Educational Attainment; Handguns, carrying or using; High School Completion/Graduates; Propensity Scores
Objectives: This study examined the effects of adolescent gang membership on educational attainment over a 12-year period. A broader conceptualization of gang membership--as a snare in the life course--is used to study its noncriminal consequences.
Method: Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and propensity score matching were used to assess the cumulative and longitudinal effects of gang membership on seven educational outcomes, including educational attainment in years and six educational milestones. After adjusting for nonrandom selection into gangs, youths who joined a gang were compared annually to their matched counterparts from 1998 to 2009.
Results: Selection-adjusted estimates revealed disparities between gang and nongang youth in education attainment. Youth who joined gangs were 30 percent less likely to graduate from high school and 58 percent less likely to earn a four-year degree than their matched counterparts. The effects of gang membership on educational attainment were statistically observable within one year of joining, and accumulated in magnitude over time to reach -0.62 years (ES=0.25) by the final point of observation.
Conclusion: The snare-like forces linked to the onset of gang membership have consequences that spill into a range of life domains, including education. These findings take on added significance because of a historical context where education has a prominent role in social stratification.
Pyrooz, David Cyrus. "From Colors and Guns to Caps and Gowns? The Effects of Gang Membership on Educational Attainment." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 51,1 (February 2014): 56-87.
Densley, James A.
Selection into Street Gangs: Signaling Theory, Gang Membership, and Criminal Offending
Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency 53,4 (July 2016): 447-481.
Keyword(s): Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Scale Construction
A signaling scale was constructed using a mixed graded response model and national longitudinal data to explore the thesis that (1) gang prospects select into gangs using hard-to-fake signals of quality and gangs, in turn, receive and interpret these signals to select high-quality over low-quality prospects and (2) the selection process in a signaling framework conditions the well-established relationship between gang membership and criminal offending.
Pyrooz, David Cyrus and James A. Densley. "Selection into Street Gangs: Signaling Theory, Gang Membership, and Criminal Offending." Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency 53,4 (July 2016): 447-481.
8. Tapia, Michael
Gang Membership and Race as Risk Factors for Juvenile Arrest
Keyword(s): Arrests; Black Youth; Crime; Criminal Justice System; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Hispanic Youth; Racial Differences
This study addresses the link between gang membership and arrest frequency, exploring the Gang × Race interaction on those arrests. The focus on youth's earliest point of contact with the juvenile justice system corresponds to the latest priority of the federal initiative on Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC). Using Poisson regression to analyze longitudinal data on a representative sample of U.S. teens, results support both main effects and interaction hypotheses. Gang membership, racial minority status, and their interaction each increase the risk of arrest, controlling for other demographic and legal items. Results suggest that bias against these groups is most pronounced with less serious crimes. Main effects for Black youth are stronger than for Hispanic youth, underscoring the importance of conducting tests for each minority group separately. Interactions for Black and Hispanic gang youth are equally robust, suggesting they warrant similar priority in policy initiatives to reduce DMC.
Tapia, Michael. "Gang Membership and Race as Risk Factors for Juvenile Arrest ." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 48,3 (August 2011): 364-395.


Ireland's environment minister has called for more cross border co-operation to prevent potential nuclear accidents.
The minister last week called for a 'long-term sustained commitment' from both Sellafield and the UK authorities for a 'successful' clean-up of the Cumbrian site.
Ireland has for a long time voiced concerns over a potential accident at Sellafield and its impacts on the country.
The minister, the first Irish politician to address the meeting, said: "While specific safety provisions remain, in the first instance, a matter for each country, the potential transboundary impact of a nuclear accident means that nuclear safety in any one country is a matter of concern to all others.
"International cooperation is essential to provide assurance the right measures are in place and that they are effectively implemented.
"Safety standards and practices are best supported and enhanced by international peer review and the sharing of knowledge.
Mr Hogan also voiced his support for the agency's continuing efforts to improve nuclear safety worldwide.


Solar Whisper Wildlife Cruises operate on the Daintree River near the car ferry on the way to Cape Tribulation and world heritage Daintree National Park.
As the name implies, the boat is electric powered and therefore whisper quiet with solar panels on the roof to assist in charging the batteries. With electric motors there are no greenhouse gases emitted and also no fuel or oil emissions into the water.
The experience is a relaxing tour of the river and adjoining creeks with interpretation of the Mangrove ecosystem and the relationships with wildlife including the Saltwater Crocodile, great diversity of Bird life, Snakes, Frogs, Fish, Crustaceans and Insects.
The boat has been purpose built to maximise guest's enjoyment and to comply with standards set out by eco-tourism guidelines. The innovation does not stop there, the boat is fitted with "Croc Cam"- a digital video camera connected to a monitor that can show hard to see wildlife, and if it does duck under or slither off or fly away, the action can be rewound and shown again.
The boat is 8.9m long x 2.2m beam and can carry up to 24 people. There are 4 solar panels on the roof to assist with charging. The boat is taken out of the water each night to charge it up. There are 24 x 2v deep cycle batteries (Century Yuasa 580 ah). The motors are old Johnson outboards converted with "E-tek" golf buggy motors and oversized propellers.
Controllers are programmable "Alltrax". Flat out the boat uses 80 amps @ 48 V and goes 4 to 5 knots.
The boat can do up to 6 x 11/4 hour tours on a charge.
The character and image of Solar Whisper is very green due to zero emissions into river or the atmosphere. An "African Queen" feeling of adventure and the fun of the 'search' for wildlife on a comfortable boat with a similar ticket price to others but with added extras such as video-cam, merchandise and of-course extremely experienced interpretation.
The emphasis of the cruise is on the Crocodiles and other wildlife with interpretation of the Mangrove ecosystems with the enjoyment & appreciation of the beautiful scenery and of the sounds of nature due to the silent running of the boat.
SOLAR WHISPER offers guests a memorable cruise where they can get close to nature with the help of the latest technology without any affect on the pristine habitat, i.e. no noise, no emissions into air or water, no wash due to a slower cruising speed.
People are becoming more environmentally aware, and both domestic and international visitors to this beautiful world heritage listed region are looking for experiences that are true to the principles of eco- tourism. Solar Whisper embraces this need now and into the future.


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Q: Idiomatic way serialization in emacs lisp Currently I am working on a elisp major mode that makes uses of hashtables across sessions. So every time the major mode is initialized, the tables are loaded into memory. During and at the end of the session they are written to a file. My current implementation writes the data in the following way:
(with-temp-buffer
  (prin1 hash-table (current-buffer))
  (write-file ("path/to/file.el"))))

Loading the data at the beginning of the session is done via read and is something like this:
(setq name-of-table (car
        (read-from-string
         (with-temp-buffer
           (insert-file-contents path-of-file)
           (buffer-substring-no-properties
        (point-min)
        (point-max))))))))

It works but I have the feeling that this is not the most beautiful way to do it. My aim is: I want this major mode to turn into a nice clean package that stores it's own data in the folder where the other data of the package is stored.

A: This is how I implement
Write to file:
(defun my-write (file data)
  (with-temp-file file
    (prin1 data (current-buffer))))

Read from file:
(defun my-read (file symbol)
  (when (boundp symbol)
    (with-temp-buffer
      (insert-file-contents file)
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (set symbol (read (current-buffer))))))

Call to write:
(my-write "~/test.txt" emacs-version)

Call to read
(my-read "~/test.txt" 'my-emacs-version)

A: I came up with the following solution, inspired by the first answer here:
(with-temp-buffer
   (insert "(setq hash-table ")
   (prin1 hash-table (current-buffer)
   (insert ")")
   (write-file (locate-library "my-data-lib"))

And during the init of the major mode, I just do:
(load "my-data-lib")

No need for and read-operation and the plus is that I also don't need to give any filepath, just the fact that there is such a file somewhere on the load-path is enough. Emacs will find it.
elisp rocks. :)

A: The package desktop can do it for you:
(require 'desktop)
(unless (memq 'hash-table desktop-globals-to-save)
  (nconc desktop-globals-to-save (list 'hash-table)))`

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15 dead in Ukraine nursing home fire
Posted on January 23, 2021 by Agency
Kiev: At least 15 people were killed and five others injured in a fire at a private nursing home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, authorities said.
According to the press service of Ukrainian State Service for Emergencies, the fire broke out at 3.03 p.m. on Thursday and quickly engulfed an area of about 100 square metres, reports Xinhua news agency.
After about two hours, the fire was extinguished. Fifty employees of the State Emergency Service and 13 pieces of equipment were involved in the fight against the fire.
The bodies of 15 people were found at the scene of the tragedy. Nine more people were rescued, five of whom were hospitalised. The state of the victims has not yet been reported.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called the incident a terrible tragedy and instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to urgently address the situation.
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Betty-Dupe
Mother was very angry when she found me naked on the carpet. I thought she'd calm down once seeing Yuval bent over me, but she didn't; On the contrary, she threw him out. I didn't know she'd be angry. Yuval said it's more believable if I took off my clothes. At first, I protested, but only to be stubborn. I loved letting him win. Even when playing rock-paper-scissors, I loved letting him win. Although I found that trying to lose at this game, is just as hard as trying to win.
If you ask me, Mother was mad simply because she was afraid Yuval had noticed my birthmark and would tell his mother. I have a pink, wrinkled spot near my little toe on the left foot. That's what remained after the amputation of my sixth toe. A small meaningless appendage that didn't bother me as a baby or anyone else, which Mother decided to chop. Ever since, my severed toe itches every time I'm scared or excited.
I was taken back by how Yuval had shot up over the years, fostered a midbrow and wore glasses, yet remained thin with protruding ears. I met him at the train station, fifteen years after the incident on the carpet. My toe was itching again.
At that moment, I had a pointless thought. Today, Yuval was the oldest he's ever been, and the youngest he'll ever be. Inevitably, he'd continue to change over the years that had proven not to do him any good.
He didn't recognise me, just pushed me aside when I blocked the train time table. I didn't dare speak to him after that but made sure to find a seat where I could watch him during the commute. I rubbed my feet against each other and stared at him. He sat with his legs open like a truck driver, muttering his lips nonstop and playing with a Rubik's cube. I was glad to see that he still likes to play.
I held a book up to my face, so he wouldn't notice I was staring at him, even though I did. I don't want anyone to know truthful things about me, because everything I do is embarrassing. Like when I eat a sandwich and have to finish it at precisely the 13th bite. I count, and that's why I sometimes take small bites and sometimes, especially at the end, huge ones. Because even after all these years, I still can't figure out the best technique to measure each mouthful. Or when I go to the supermarket, I have to go through all aisles, even the baby section, although I have no babies. I go through everything, like Pacman collecting points. Also, if I came only for grapefruit juice, I do the whole round before going to the checkout.
Yuval seemed so focused on his cube. I wanted him to raise his head and look at me, remember and smile and ask if I want to play a game. But he kept spinning his stupid cube, with his long fingers and the odd murmur from his sweet lips.
Although he called me Betty-Dupe; was bossy and liked games that required undressing; would steal jewellery from Mother's dresser and always makes my toe itch, I thought he was kind of a nice guy. I was so busy staring at him that I didn't notice I was sweating, and my hands were shaking. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. Instead of aligning the colours of the cube, he seemed to be messing them up more. I began to realise that he was ruining everything he touched. Like the cube, or like the time we played, and Mother showed up and took the pack of sweets from his hands. We explained that it was just pretend-medicine, but she didn't listen and said she would flush them down the toilet. But I knew she'd taken them for herself. Not that it bothered me, they were revolting anyway, but they made me feel good and always prevented my toe from itching. Yuval called it placebo, Mother called it drugs, and I didn't call it. But whatever you call it, I loved those sweets and wanted to have them again, but Mother wouldn't let me. It seemed ridiculous because Mother had a lot of placebos in the bathroom cabinet, so why was she allowed and I wasn't. Anyhow, I stopped listening to Mother; she knew nothing, except for those occasions when proven to be smart.
Like the day she brought home a dog and called it Christian, just because she hated the neighbour lady and wanted to upset her, as the neighbour lady had a son named Christian. Mother would shout, "Christiaaaaan, who's a good dog? Who's a good boy?" and throw him a ball. He'd run to catch it, either because he enjoyed it or because he thought Mother enjoyed it and wanted to please her. The neighbour lady would look out the window with an irritable expression. Yes, she had her enchanting moments, but usually didn't know how to think ahead. For instance, she went to family events when she didn't want to, only because the host would come to hers first. She wasn't thinking about the future. How would she go to the events of her funeral attendees?
Mother was always wrong. She used to say that if I played in the rain, I would get sick, and I got sick only in the summer; that if I played in the sun, I would have a headache, but my head always ached only in the winter. Do not take showers at night; do not sleep with wet hair; eat lots of carrots to see better; do not eat late at night so as not to get fat; never go into a pool after eating a watermelon; ice-cream when your throat hurts; water when you have diarrhoea; coffee over open wounds; mud over bee stings; never swallow gum because it'll only go out with your poo in seven years; don't eat when you talk; don't talk when you eat... But all of these were mistakes, myths, lies. Because with all the carrots I consumed, the coffee I smeared, the ice cream I ate and all the water I drank... I never pooped gum. And I swallowed loads of them as a child. It made me think sadly of all the rabbits who maybe needs glasses, but no one knows. And of how sad it is to be mistaken about everything, like Mother. As with the carrots, and like the day she cut off my toe, which if it still existed, probably wouldn't itch at all. It's not just Mother, but everybody seems to be wrong all the time. How can they not be, when we're not even smart enough to understand how our brain works; although when you think about it, if it was just enough for us to understand it, then we were too stupid to understand anyway.
So I continued to sit there and look at him. At least three times, I almost got up to approach him and regretted it. He didn't look up, not even once to look out the window or stretch. Almost as if he knew that a glance from him would make me stop gazing, but wanted me to. The way onions make cutters cry for their dead bodies. But I didn't think he'll remember me, it's been fifteen years, and I'm forgettable. I'm like a person who stops walking to scratch inside her shoe while a family picture was taken, and remains framed in a living room of strangers for years - The background woman that picks her shoe.
The train stopped, and a few people got off in Caesarea. One of them bumped Yuval's foot with a suitcase, and Yuval looked up for a second. Straight at me. I knew it was more likely he looked at the window, but my brain gave my feet an order to stand. I closed the book and got up. People thought I was getting out and made way, but I stopped in front of him and wasn't sure what to say. Finally, he felt my presence and looked up. Not what I expected. His eyes were red and puffy, and my stump was itching aggressively. He asked, "What?" in a low voice.
"I don't feel good..."
I don't know why I said it; it sounded idiotic as it came out of my mouth. I Probably looked dumb, with my foot rubbing against the other, but that's what came out. Maybe because I knew that while Yuval made my toe itch all the time, he always found a way to stop the itching, that's what I was waiting for. He looked at me; his long eyebrow shrinking as if looking directly at the sun, and then his eyes brightened like when a cloud appears. I knew he recognised me; a doctor never forgets his first patient. But then he said, "Shit!" Got up quickly, took his backpack and ran out the train.
I didn't feel embarrassed and didn't want to cry, just stared at the seat which he was sitting on a moment earlier and scratched my foot. He left something behind, a bag of change. When I looked up, I saw him standing on the platform. He looked directly at me, holding his backpack in a loose grip. Now he recognised me and his lips moved again, only this time, I managed to read them: "Betty-dupe?"
And the train continued on its way.


held no common truck with the metropolis it sought to unite.
he denies in the austerity of daylight.
bridge comes down, and history records neither its creation nor its fall.
Out this week: The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti; Compass by Mathias Enard; The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck; Simulacra by Airea D. Matthews; and the Later Essays of Susan Sontag. For more on these and other new titles, go read our most recent book preview.


Hosting a virtual summit can be a lot of work, especially behind the scenes things that you probably would never have thought of beforehand. Want to know if hosting a virtual summit is the right thing for you? I'm spilling it all in this post.
When hosting a virtual summit, there are a lot of things to consider before pulling the trigger.
How is this summit going to benefit me?
Like I mentioned before, a virtual summit takes a lot of work so before making any decisions, you should think about your end goal for your business and if hosting a virtual summit fits into that. It needs to make sense for your business before putting all this time and effort into it.
What audience are you wanting to target for this?
Virtual summits are becoming more popular each and every year. They have always said that the riches are in the niches and I certainly believe that. Niching down whether its on the topics you're sharing or the type of person you're wanting to attend the summit helps you get more clear on things.
What style do you want your summit to be?
Do you want your summit to be interview style or pre-recorded webinar style? We have done both and personally prefer the webinar style as it gives our speakers more room to be creative with their presentations instead of us just asking them questions.
Choose a name // Obviously, your summit needs to have a name. Pick a name that's easy to remember but also related to your summit's focus. We choose to name it Uplevel Your Biz Summit which goes along with our topics that our speakers will be talking about.
Decide on a date // Once you've got your name down, then it's time to decide on a date. I think a 5-day summit is the norm so pick a M-F period that works for you.
Decide on your branding // Branding is a key component of your summit. I wouldn't spend too much time on this but I think its important so that your target audience is able to resonate with your branding.
Figure out your topic categories // Before deciding on your speakers, its time to figure out your topic categories. We have a specific focus for each day and I think that's the easiest way to plan it.
Create an application for your speakers // The speaker application should collect things like their contact information in addition to their proposed topic, their social media channels and their following count, their email list size, and things like that. You should also make all of your requirements for being a speaker at the summit very clear on this application page.
Put out a call for speakers // Once you've completed all of the above, then it's time to put out a call for speakers. This is one of the most exciting parts in my opinion because its fun to see everyone's different ideas and start qualifying them as summit speakers.
So tell me, would you ever host a virtual summit? Why or why not?


Duncan's Tours operate a fleet of vehicles chosen with your safety and comfort in mind.
Our primary tour vehicle is a Mercedes Vito 111. With its extra long wheel base, this people carrier is very comfortable and spacious for groups to travel in. Aside from its safety and reliability, this vehicle ensures that you are raised up higher than most average cars, giving you a much better view all around.
Complete with its large windows, this is the perfect tour vehicle, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the landscape as you travel.
This vehicle is also registered as a licensed Taxi by Aberdeenshire Council. This registration insists on the highest levels of safety and road-worthiness. With two stringent MOTs each year, you can be sure that this vehicle will not let you down on your travels.
For smaller groups of up to 4 passengers, Duncan also operates a Toyota Avensis - and equally comfortable base from which to see all that Scotland has to offer comfortably and confidently.


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Widow Forgives Killers in Turkey
25 April 2007 | 6:50 AM
Christians in Turkey have dedicated the first Sunday after the horrific killing of three Christian workers to Bible reading, prayer and worship in the Protestant Church in Istanbul.
|PIC1|Members of the church read from the Bible about the promises for those who die for the Gospel and prayed for the families of Necati Aydin, Tilman Geske and Ugur Yuksel.
The situation has provided a unique opportunity to share the Gospel of forgiveness to the Turkish nation on national television as the widow of one said she forgave the killers.
Rev Johan Candelin of Finland, offered condolences to the Turkish church not only on behalf of the World Evangelical Alliance but of Christians all around the world and many members of the European Parliament and other parliaments.
Said Candelin: "What happened last week was spiritually 'a coronation ceremony' when three faithful servants of Jesus were given the crowns of eternal life. Be assured that the followers of Jesus around the world stand with you in prayer and love and that the suffering you feel is felt by the global body of Jesus Christ today".
Candelin challenged the global church to pray for Turkey, suggesting this attack will not be the last one. As long as media in Turkey continues to provide incorrect information about "missionary activities" there will be more attacks, said Candelin, explaining the commonly misconception among Turks that "missionary activity" has a political agenda and is supported by foreign nations who want to split the Turkish society.
Turkish Christians want the Turkish government to inform the nation that Protestant work is nothing bad and has only a spiritual not a political mission, said a WEA statement.
According to Candelin one way to show love for the five children that now have lost their fathers is to give a love gift for their future education. This love gift operation is called "Operation Esther" after the five year old daughter of one of the murdered Christians.
Gifts will be distributed via the Protestant Church in Turkey and anyone interested can contact Johan Candelin, Executive Director Religious Liberty Commission, E-mail: candelin@kilumbus.fi
[Source: WEA]


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"Let a Poor Man Be" Live from the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. December 29, 2009. Except from the Live at the 9:30 DVD. There should be alot more views on this video.
I had a beard so feared this today, but shaved the shards away; black and thick with lyric quick, yet a gentleman's sway. And the razor of stargazer pulls the wool of old soul, so a young man's heart could play the part of galactic rock and roll.
there is alot more views of this, I own the dvd hahaaaaaaahhaaaha!!!


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Па́ул Верха́г (; 1 сентября 1983, Кроненберг, Лимбург, Нидерланды) — нидерландский футболист, игравший на позиции крайнего защитника.

В составе сборной Нидерландов сыграл три матча. Бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира 2014 года.

Клубная карьера
Паул Верхаг родился 1 сентября 1983 года в городе Кроненберг. Он начал играть в футбол в молодёжных командах клубов «ВВВ-Венло» и ПСВ. В 2003 году Верхаг стал игроком основной команды ПСВ, однако, так и не сыграв ни одного матча за неё, перешёл на правах аренды в АГОВВ, в котором провёл весь следующий сезон, сыграв в 33 матчах.

После этого он на правах свободного агента стал игроком клуба «Ден Босх», за который провёл 32 матча в чемпионате Нидерландов. Однако его команда вылетела из чемпионата, и в следующем сезоне Верхаг провёл 24 матча в Первый дивизионе. В начале 2006 года Верхаг перешёл в «Витесс». Большую часть времени, проведённого в составе команды, был основным защитником команды. 21 июля 2008 года Верхаг подписал новый контракт с клубом до середины 2011 года. Незадолго до этого он был назначен новым капитаном «Витесса». По окончании сезона 2008/2009 он был признан болельщиками команды лучшим игроком года.

Спустя четыре года он покинул «Витесс» и 27 мая 2010 года подписал двухлетний контракт с «Аугсбургом». В первом же сезоне, сыграв в 30 матчах чемпионата, Верхаг помог команде занять второе место в Второй Бундеслиге и выйти в чемпионат Германии. В начале 2012 года был назначен новым капитаном клуба после ухода Уве Мёрле. В сезоне 2014/15 он занял с «Аугсбургом» пятое место в чемпионате и получил право на участие в Лиге Европы. 11 декабря 2015 года он забил свой первый гол в Лиге Европы в матче против «Партизана». Команда вышла в раунд плей-офф, где проиграла «Ливерпулю». В сезоне 2016/17 провёл 31 матч в чемпионате Германии, забил три гола (все — с пенальти) и отдал две голевые передачи.

7 августа 2017 года игрок перешел в «Вольфсбург». Контракт 33-летнего нидерландского футболиста с «волками» рассчитан на два года, он взял в новой команде 3-й номер. В апреле 2019 года было объявлено, что Верхаг покинул клуб.

5 июня 2019 года нидерландский клуб «Твенте» объявил, что Верхаг подпишет годовой контракт с клубом после медицинского обследования.

Карьера в сборной
В 2006—2007 годах Верхаг выступал за молодёжную сборную Нидерландов, которая выиграла в финале Чемпионата Европы среди молодёжных команд 2006 у Украины со счётом 3:0. Сам футболист сыграл в двух матчах турнира.

Он дебютировал за сборную в товарищеском матче против сборной Португалии 15 августа 2013, который закончился со счётом 1:1. В 2014 году Верхаг был включён в окончательную заявку сборной на Чемпионат мира в Бразилии. Он вышел на поле только один раз, выйдя в стартовом составе в матче против Мексики (2:1) и отыграв 56 минут. Сборная Нидерландов выиграла в матче за третье место у Бразилии со счётом 3:0.

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 Бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира 2014

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Игроки сборной Нидерландов по футболу (до 21 года)
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Игроки ФК «Ден Босх»
Игроки ФК «Витесс»
Игроки ФК «Аугсбург»
Игроки ФК «Вольфсбург»
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Centurion Asset Management and Centurion Apartment REIT announced the addition of six multi-family properties in Manitoba, British Columbia and Saskatchewan to their portfolio. In total, the properties comprise almost 740 units and are either new, or recently constructed.
Three of the properties are in Regina, two are in Winnipeg and the other is in Victoria.
In Regina, Centurion has closed on the purchases of Madison Manor, Madison Ridge, and Sky Pointe. The three properties have a total of 187 units with a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom suites.
Madison Manor was constructed in 2015, Madison Ridge in 2014 and Sky Pointe was completed in 2012.
All suites offer full-size appliances including in-suite washers and dryers, central heating and air conditioning and boast spacious, open-concept living and dining rooms with modern finishes.
The properties are located at 1251-1291 McEachern Drive and 5960 Little Pine Loop in northwest Regina. The neighborhoods are close to schools, parks, grocery stores, restaurants, and shopping centres with easy access to Louis Riel Trail and the CanAm Highway.
The first property is located at 345-375 Bridge Lake Drive in the Bridgwater Trails neighbourhood in southwest Winnipeg.
The Pinnacle at Bridgwater is a brand-new development offering 176 suites with a mix of one- and two-bedroom units in addition to a 3,200-square-foot clubhouse with fitness facilities and social rooms. The suites feature large living spaces with modern finishes, full-size appliances, and in-suite washer and dryer.
Centurion will be acquiring a 45 per cent interest in the property.
The second acquisition is located at 701-721 Sterling Lyon Parkway in the Tuxedo neighbourhood in southwest Winnipeg.
The Summit at Seasons is a luxury apartment complex consisting of five new buildings with 416 units and a 3,200-square-foot clubhouse with fitness facilities and social rooms. The suites feature a modern living space with luxury vinyl flooring, full-size appliances, and in-suite washer and dryer.
Centurion will acquire a 50 per cent interest in this development.
Centurion is also acquiring a 50 per cent stake at 1488 Cook Street in the Harris Green neighbourhood bordering downtown Victoria.
V1488 is a 134-unit, newly constructed apartment building with 7,860 square feet of commercial space on the ground level. The suites feature modern finishes, stainless steel appliances, and in-suite washer and dryer.
The acquisitions are part of Centurion's strategy to dramatically expand its assets through investments in both buildings and in debt, as Romundt explained to RENX in an interview earlier this year.
"We're currently just short of $1.5 billion in assets and our plan is in three years to get to $3 billion and $5 (billion) in five," he said of Centurion, which operates the REIT, Centurion Real Estate Opportunities Trust and Centurion Financial Trust. The company now has about $1.65 billion in AUM.
Romundt also said Centurion was looking to diversify its portfolio, both in Canada and through U.S. investments.


One year ago, Hurricane Maria turned Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands into a disaster zone.
Millions of residents were left without power, clean water, or access to help. Hurricane Irma, which arrived soon before Maria, pummeled the U.S. Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands faced a full-blown humanitarian crisis, and it happened on U.S. soil, to U.S. citizens.
Hurricane Maria destroyed more than 70,000 homes in Puerto Rico and damaged 300,000 more. In the storm's aftermath, thousands of families left the island and sought shelter on the mainland, often near relatives. Many wound up in Massachusetts, where over 300,000 people have ties to Puerto Rico.
Unfortunately, the federal government's response to the disasters was appalling. Thousands of U.S. citizens died from the storm and its aftermath, due in large part to the failures of the Trump Administration. Many Puerto Ricans who fled to the mainland struggled to receive housing assistance, and the Trump Administration has refused to implement a longer-term housing program to help those who were displaced.
I had been deeply involved in Puerto Rico issues long before Hurricane Maria. The island was already staggering under more than $70 billion in debt, which promised to cripple its economy and its future. Much of this debt was snapped up for pennies on the dollar by vulture funds looking to make a quick buck at the expense of the people of Puerto Rico. I worked to try to stop Wall Street from lining its pockets at Puerto Rico's expense.
But when Hurricane Maria arrived, everything became far worse. A year later, the needs of those caught in the storm's path are still daunting. Since the hurricane, I've fought hard to ensure that Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have the resources they need to recover, and for strong federal oversight of recovery efforts.
With a new hurricane season underway, and with a President who doesn't seem to understand how badly the islands were hurt, it's important to continue our focus on rebuilding resilient infrastructure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands so that they can withstand and recover from another brutal storm like Maria. While conditions have improved in Puerto Rico, there are still frequent blackouts, the health care system is still reeling, and much of the housing is not yet repaired. We've still got a lot of work to do and I'll be right there with our brothers and sisters from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands every step of the way.


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Care Opinion Dashboard
Care Opinion™ (formerly Patient Opinion) is changing the way that patients and families connect with their healthcare providers. Care Opinion™ Australia (external site) is an independent non-profit feedback platform where people can anonymously share their health care experience in Western Australia.
The Department of Health WA has subscribed to Care Opinion™ Australia in order to join in the conversations. This dashboard is an overview of the honest and meaningful conversations on Care Opinion™ about our service providers for the past quarter.
As more patient experiences are shared this dashboard will be developed to provide more detail, click on the Health Service Providers names below to read the stories told so far.
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The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is a comprehensive service that supports and treats children from around Western Australia, and is committed to programs that promote lifelong health in children and adolescents.
Our vision of 'healthy kids, healthy communities' sees that children and young people get the best start in life through health promotion, early identification and intervention and patient centred, family-focused care.
CAHS is made up of three service streams:
Community Health: a comprehensive range of community based early identification and intervention services, as well as health promotion, to children and families in the Perth metropolitan area. Services are provided in a variety of settings including at home, local community health centres, child and parent centres and schools.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): provide mental health services to infants, children, young people and their families across the Perth metropolitan area. Services include community based programs, inpatient care at Perth Children's Hospital and specialised services for children with complex mental health conditions across the State.
Perth Children's Hospital (PCH): is the specialist statewide paediatric hospital and trauma centre for Western Australia, caring for children up to the age of 16. PCH is also a centre of excellence for teaching and research, partnering in major paediatric research and education initiatives led by the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) and the State's universities.
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East Metropolitan Health Service
East Metropolitan Health Service provides a comprehensive range of health services to over 725 500 people living within Perth's eastern corridor. Our health care services are delivered in a network of groups that includes care in both hospital and community based settings to ensure timely and appropriate access is available, and include:
Armadale Health Service and Kalamunda District Hospital
Royal Perth Hospital and Bentley Health Service
Population health programs with community services delivering to people in both the eastern corridor and wider Perth metropolitan area
St John of God Midland Hospital operating under public-private partnership
East Metropolitan Health Service is the tertiary referral hub for WA Country Health Service patients from the Kimberley, Pilbara, Eastern and Western Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.
Participating since 1 July 2016
1 story that led to a change
North Metropolitan Health Service
The North Metropolitan Health Service catchment area covers almost 1,000 km2, with a population of almost 750,000. 1.2 per cent of the population is Aboriginal,37 per cent were born overseas and 18 per cent of the total NMHS population are from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.
The diverse North Metropolitan Health Service community receives timely access to high quality health care at:
Sir Charles Gairdner, Osborne Park, Graylands and King Edward Memorial Hospitals,
Joondalup Health Campus under a Public Private Partnership, and,
various mental health, public health and dental services within the community.
PathWest
PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA is committed to providing excellence and innovation in pathology testing, teaching and research, and positively contributing to the health and wellbeing of the community.
As WA's leading pathology laboratory we respond to the needs of virtually every medical practitioner in the State, conducting more than 16 million tests annually. We offer a round-the-clock commitment to the health needs of the entire Western Australian community through 24-hour laboratory facilities, results lines and on-call clinicians.
Supporting this is a network of 23 laboratories and the convenience of more than 50 specimen collection centres spread across the State from Esperance in the south through to as far north as Kununurra, making PathWest's services accessible to everyone.
3 stories told
13 staff listening
South Metropolitan Health Service
South Metropolitan Health Service delivers hospital and community based services to nearly a quarter of Western Australia's population. Our health care network works together to provide a combination of tertiary, secondary, specialist and community health care services.
Our network of hospitals includes:
Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group which consists of:
Fiona Stanley Hospital (including Rottnest Island Nursing Post)
Rockingham Peel Group which consists of:
Rockingham General Hospital
Murray District Hospital
Peel Health Campus (delivered as a public private partnership with Ramsay Health Care Limited).
In addition, we are responsible for delivering local community-based services of:
Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH)
Complex Needs Coordination Team (CoNeCT)
Community Physiotherapy Service (CPS)
Western Australian Limb Service for Amputees (WALSA)
WA Country Health Service
The WA Country Health Service plays an important role in the lives of people in our country communities supporting an area of more than 2.5 million square kilometres. From Kalumburu in the Kimberley to Albany in the Great Southern our services are organised into seven regions across WA:
Pilbara
Wheatbelt
WA Country Health Service supports more than 530,000 people across regional Western Australia. From nursing posts and outreach services, to child health clinics and bustling regional hospitals our services include:
emergency and hospital services
population health, public and primary healthcare
Aboriginal health services
child, community and school healthcare
services for older people including, residential and community aged care services.
Participating since 23 November 2015
219 stories told
14 stories that led to a change
The total number of stories published about the Health Service Provider in the three month reporting period. Please note that some stories are not published, subject to the moderation policy (external site) of Care Opinion.
Why do we want to know this?
More stories lead to more conversations and opportunities to learn from our patients experiences.
The total number of stories published where the Health Service Provider has responded with either 'a planned change' or has 'made a change' in the three month reporting period.
Not all stories provide the opportunity to create a change but when the opportunity arises highlighting the change allows everyone to improve from one person's experience.
Staff listening
The total number of individual staff from the Health Service Provider that are set up to receive story alerts from Patient Opinion as of the end of the three month reporting period.
This encourages staff from all areas of the service to learn from the patients shared experience.
A story from the three month reporting period which exemplifies a high quality response to a person's story.
This provides a role modelling opportunity to other staff and acknowledges the role model.
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The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (ODMA) Fellows Program is an opportunity for a medical student to develop skills in leadership, collaboration, and program development through the creation of initiatives that support the mission of the ODMA.
The ODMA Fellow is a rising third or fourth year medical student who works with the ODMA and is supported by a year-long stipend. The Fellow works closely with the ODMA under the guidance of the Associate Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.
Existing programs such as the Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity (BASCE) fellowship and the TEAM tutoring program for first-year, low-income, students of color, and first-generation medical students are coordinated primarily by the ODMA Fellow.
Olivia Cummings
Olivia (she/her) was born in the Bronx, NY. She is the youngest daughter of her Black American mother and Jamaican father and is so grateful to have been given the gift of belonging to two vibrant and proud communities. Passionate about having a role in alleviating the many structural inequities she witnessed as a child and teenager, Olivia came to Brown in 2015 as a student in the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), where she studied Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Interested in learning more about how physicians can be forces for change in the population health realm, Olivia matriculated to the Warren Alpert Medical School in 2019 as a member of the Primary Care-Population Medicine combined MD/ScM program. In medical school, she has been involved in the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), White Coats 4 Black Lives, AMS Student Senate, student clinics (gynecology & ophthalmology) at Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic, Street Outreach with the House of Hope, and patient navigation with the Transitions Clinic for formerly incarcerated patients. She has also worked at the Brown School of Public Health at the Center for Evidence Synthesis & Health and is passionate about the creation and synthesis of scientific research for evidence-based patient care. During her year as ODMA Fellow, she is also working as an intern in an ocular infectious disease lab at Massachusetts Eye & Ear.
Olivia loves to explore the food scene in Providence, which is awesome, amazingly diverse, and constantly changing. She also tries to find time for wellness and exercise, catching up with friends, caring for her many plants, and picking up new hobbies.
She is excited to be the ODMA Fellow for 2022-2023 and is looking forward to working with the administration and students.
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Idara is originally from the Bay Area, California and is proud to be one of four children of Nigerian immigrants.
She graduated from Brown University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. While at Brown, Idara enjoyed cultivating a sense of mentorship, support, and community in various spaces; Idara served as an academic and social peer advisor. She also connected with high school students in the community and ignited interest and excitement for STEM through preparing students for neuroscience competitions. Outside of these roles, you could find Idara singing with her acapella family, Shades of Brown- a multiracial and multi-ethnic acapella group.
Prior to starting medical school, Idara worked at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She enjoyed playing a role in developing the Center of Mendelian Genomics and the Rare Genomes Project in their initial stages. When she wasn't working or busy applying to medical school, you could find Idara recharging in the arts of music and fashion, dancing, or solo traveling through various countries (mainly eating her way through).
Currently, Idara is an MD candidate in the class of 2023 at Alpert Medical School. Here, you can find her advocating for minority communities, practicing trauma-informed care, and working to make medicine as an institution more inclusive. Idara is very excited to join the ODMA team as the Diversity Fellow for the 2021-2022 year and can't wait to see what the year will bring.
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Gisel is a New York City native, raised in the housing projects of Harlem, daughter of Dominican immigrant parents, and a proud first-generation graduate.
She earned her bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the University of Rhode Island in 2013 and returned in 2016 for an informal post-baccalaureate in biochemistry. While at URI she founded "Seeds of Success", a student-run organization committed to helping underrepresented students in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences attain a holistic educational experience during their time at the University.
She currently is an MD candidate, class of 2022, at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. There, she continues to support underrepresented students through leadership positions in the Student National Medical Association and the Latino Medical Student Association.
Before attending medical school, Gisel worked as a clinical research assistant, as a medical scribe in the emergency department, and was the interim coordinator for the Coastal and Environmental Fellows Program at URI. Additionally, she traveled abroad on medical missions to the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Honduras to help provide medical services to rural communities. She continues to support underserved communities as a board member of the Women's Clinic at Clinica Esperanza in Providence. Gisel is devoted to women's reproductive health, health disparities in underserved communities, and global health.
She is honored to have been selected as the ODMA Fellow for the 2020-2021 year and is looking forward to joining ODMA in supporting our student body here at AMS.
Angela Zhang, MD'21
Originally from Seattle, WA, Angela graduated from Duke University with a self-designed major, Mass Media & Cross-Cultural Perception, which explored the ways media shape us, with an emphasis on the experience of immigrant families. She lived in Baltimore before AMS, doing research in Parkinson's and becoming involved in Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) activism. At Alpert, her interests have included refugee/immigrant health, the health impacts of climate change, sexual health/reproductive justice, and API advocacy and allyship. In her future career, Angela hopes to continue to advocate with underserved communities and to produce responsible health journalism that normalizes stigmatized topics.
Radhika Rajan MD'20
Radhika grew up in Queens, NY and Gainesville, FL. She came to AMS by way of the PLME program at Brown, where she concentrated in Anthropology and worked at the Sarah Doyle Women's Center and the Brown Center for Students of Color. At Alpert, her interests included reproductive justice, narrative medicine and creating an inclusive curriculum and learning environment.
"It's important to realize that diversity and inclusion is every department and office's problem and opportunity to create change," she says. "The work that the ODMA does across the various hospital systems holds a lot more weight if it is done in conjunction or with the explicit support of the greater medical school administration."
Ry Garcia-Sampson '12 MPH'15 MD'19
Ry Garcia-Sampson '12 MPH'15 MD'19 created Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity (BASCE), a yearlong fellowship for medical students, residents and faculty members.
Growing up in a rural border town in Texas, Garcia-Sampson learned at an early age how disparities in health care can affect individuals in a community. "When I was young, my mother had several organ transplants. I had a lot of exposure to the medical field from that standpoint and saw how discrimination made it difficult for some people to navigate the health care system. In part, it was what inspired me to become a physician."
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