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On Saturday 11 June we welcomed back over 100 Loughburians from the Class of 2012 to celebrate their 10 year reunion.
We were thrilled to meet alumni from Our Lady's Convent School, Loughborough Grammar School and Loughborough High School, who were also joined by former LGS Headmaster Paul Fisher and former OLCS Headmistress Patricia Hawley, as well as several other former and current members of staff.
This lively event, which included lots of laughter, began with tours of each of the schools led by the current Heads and included a first for the Grammar School alumni – a tour to the top of the Tower! Reception drinks in the LGS Quad were followed by a delicious meal in the Burton Hall, with a chance to reminisce over our archive collection which includes photos and memorabilia.
Many members of our alumni community support our current pupils in a variety of ways from volunteering their time to provide careers advice to donating to projects that help provide access to education, for example the Bursary fund. However you choose to be involved, you can make an enormous difference to todays's pupils.
"'This was the first time I had been back to school since I left. It was interesting to see some of the changes and amazing to see my old school friends. I don't think we stopped talking! The food was outstanding, and I had a fabulous time. Thank you". "
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Q: I want to implement QAbstractListModel for nested list and pass it from c++ to qml I have implemented list using json for QAbstractListModel.
But dont have any idea to implement it for nested list. How the model will be linked to the sublist If my each element of list is having different sublist but same structure.
Any help or suggestions would be great help.
Thanks in Advance

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     * Applies the provided rule or set of rules to the given {@link com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlPage} and
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Little is known about the original meaning and purpose of the ATS, as it largely lay dormant until 1980. But with the landmark decision by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Filartiga v. Peña-Irala, the ATS was revived as a human rights tool. In Filartiga, two Paraguayan citizens residing in the U.S. brought suit against a Paraguyan former police chief, also living in the U.S., who had tortured and murdered a member of their family. The Second Circuit upheld jurisdiction under the ATS, finding that "the law of nations" or customary international law prohibits state-sanctioned torture.
Since Filartiga, the ATS has been widely used to hold individuals accountable for human rights violations committed abroad. And in 1996, Terry Collingsworth, now Executive Director of IRAdvocates, pioneered the use of the ATS as a tool for corporate accountability. Mr. Collingsworth filed the first ATS case against a corporation, John Roe I v. Unocal Corporation, seeking to hold Unocal liable for human rights violations committed during the construction of its gas pipeline in Burma.
After Unocal, the ATS was aggressively attacked by the corporate community which sought immunity from human rights scrutiny. In the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., the corporate community argued that only "individuals," not corporations, are subject to liability under the ATS. This argument had previously been successful in the context of the Torture Victim Protection Act - on April 18, 2012, the Supreme Court held in Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority that corporations and organizations are excluded from liability under the TVPA.
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If you're like me, you don't enjoy any visit to a doctor. It is really not that I am afraid of the doctor; it is that I am often frustrated with the process. I know waiting and paperwork is just part of going to a doctor's appointment. That is not the frustrating part. The frustrating part is trying to explain the ailment. You know what I mean; you recite all your symptoms to the doctor or his nurse. They may ask a dozen questions attempting to get at the root of your problem. Of course, in the end, I am always glad I endured the questions because most of the time they result in an accurate diagnosis.
We should think about our spiritual health in the same way. The Puritans used to refer to ministers as "physicians of the soul." The reason for that designation is that they helped people discern their spiritual condition. That spiritual process often looks a lot like the physical process – questions and answers. There is a helpful book that I would recommend to anyone who is really interested in having a "Spiritual Check Up." Maybe it is time for your "Spiritual Examination." If so, you might want to read Don Whitney's book Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health.
I am not going to share with you all the content of this book, but I do want to share with you the ten questions. Even if you never read the book, the questions themselves offer a revealing look at your spiritual condition.
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Q: Collection form and user im developing a simple user profile editor for my app. The values that user can edit are, e-mail, password and phone numbers.
Obviouslly, i have the User entity, that have an Phone entity collection. Also, i have the UserProfileType and the PhoneType.
The buildForm method of userProfileType, include the phone numbers:
$builder
    ->add('telefonos','collection', array(
       'type' => new TelefonoType(),
       'required' => false,
       'allow_add' => true,
       'allow_delete' => true
    ))

And the PhoneType buildForm is:
$builder
    ->add('valor','text',array(
        'required' => false
    ))
    ->add('descripcion','text', array(
        'required' => false
    ))
    ->add('user')
;

The phone numbers are displayed correctly in Twig template...but the user field is displayed as combobox and allow the user "change the user value". I wish that the user value will be implicit. How can do this ?.
I am newest with Symfony forms. Please, help me. Thanks.

A: As you didn't tell Symfony what type should be your user field, it's trying to guess what is the most appropriate type (you can look here for some details). So, in your Telephone entity, I suppose that the user attribute is declared as a User (another entity of yours).
As a consequence, Symfony create a form field with entity type (doc here).
If you want an "implicit user set", this is quite impossible, you have to remove the field addition in you form builder, and call setUser manualy on your entity(ies) in your controller action or a service.
You can get the current logged in user from the security token, or directly in a controller action : $this->getUser()


"It was an ugly win, but we will take those," was the opening statement of Head Coach Penny Hardaway after the University of Memphis Tigers managed to get by the East Carolina University Pirates 78-72 at FedExForum Thursday night.
The Tigers (10-6, 2-1) were down by as many as 14 points in the first half as the Pirates (8-7, 1-2) made easy basket after easy basket. With 7 minutes left before the break, the Pirates were shooting over 50 percent from the field. With Memphis' shooting percentage hovering in the low to mid-30s, the Tigers pumped it up to 48 percent by halftime, cutting the deficit to four points (40-36).
A slow second-half start by the Tigers put them in a 10-point hole (49-39) before a push brought them within two points (49-47). Jones connected on two consecutive three pointers and made two free throws during an 8-0 run that included a dunk by Davenport.
Martin got a steal and layup to make it 59-58 with 10:30 left to go in the game. He was fouled on an out- of-bounds play and the Tigers were awarded with flagrant-foul call that netted two free throws and possession of the basketball. Martin made both free throws, giving Memphis the lead for the first time in the second half. Davenport was fouled on the same possession and he made one of two free throws.
After the flagrant foul the Tigers controlled the game the rest of the way. Isaiah Maurice made a layup, Davenport had a dunk and the Tigers went on a 6-0 run to take a 69-65 lead with 5:36 left in the game. Harris – after a couple of bad shooting games – connected on a three-pointer to make it 72-67 with 4:30 left. the Tigers stopped any run the Pirates tried to make.
Harris, one of the better free-throw shooters on the team, missed three of them. "I used my same strategy, but they just wasn't falling today," he said.
The Pirates had a balanced attack – Jayden Gardner led the way with 18 points, followed by Seth LeDay, 14; Isaac Fleming, 12; K. J. Davis, 12 points; and Shawn Williams, 10 points.
The Tigers had six players in double digits; Harris (16 points), Davenport (14 points), Brewton (13 points) and Martin, Jones and Maurice each had 10 points.
The Tigers got a big scare when Alex Lomax left the game early with a head injury suffered when he ran into a screen set by a Pirate defender. He sat on the court as play continued. After stoppage, the Tigers' team trainer and team doctor hurried to him. He did not return and no further details were available immediately after the game.
Next up for the Tigers is a trip to New Orleans to face the Tulane Green Wave (4-11, 0-3) on Sunday (January 13).


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Art Clevedon Craft Centre
Studio 3 at Clevedon Craft Centre
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Studio 3! How have I not written about this wonderful place before now? Especially as when I set up the website, promoting art was one of my priorities! Added to this, I feel as though I know it really well because I've made so many beautiful purchases there and it is such a unique place which ticks all the boxes for me!
Set in the picturesque surroundings of Clevedon Craft Centre, this relaxed, contemporary space is home to a group of resident artists who host a regular number of guest artists which means there is always something fresh to look at. They exhibit an eclectic mix of paintings, prints, ceramics, clocks, photography, batik lampshades and cushions, fused glass, wood-turning and cards. It is an absolute cornucopia of delights!
This gorgeous space was established by artists Gail Clarke and Lucy Hepworth in 2019. Gail has been a practicing artist for twenty-eight years and on retiring from dentistry undertook a three-year degree course "Contemporary Art and Business Studies" which she has just completed.
Gail experiments with ideas using her own source material, manipulating images digitally until she feels inspired with the shapes and colours. She then uses the results to make prints or to create simple minimalist shapes using multi-media and acrylics. Check out Gail's work here www.gailclarke.co.uk
Lucy was an art therapist and is a practicing artist living in Portishead. Using a wide range of materials, her two- and three-dimensional work is inspired by her love of books, animals, and concern for the environment
I was interested as to Gail and Lucy's motivation and Gail explained:
"We wanted to set up a comfortable and affordable working studio space for a community of artists. We also wanted a professional looking gallery for those artists to exhibit their work. We were particularly keen to facilitate exhibition space for work from students, beginners and people using art to recover from mental illness."
Gail added:
Lucy and I are just passionate about the gallery and especially providing artists with affordable space and minute commission costs; we feel strongly that many artists are penalised by huge gallery costs/commissions and we are very keen to make this small rural gallery worthy of their faith in us. Artists pay only 10% commission, 2% of which pays the iZettle card payment costs.
Most galleries charge 40–50% average so this really is very impressive and reflects Lucy and Gail's commitment to their vision. One of the reasons that they are able to keep the commission so low is that all aspects of the gallery are run by the artists themselves who between them have a wealth of transferable skills. There are also no staffing costs because although they are currently open Monday to Saturday from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and Sunday from 11.00 am to 4 pm, all staffing comes from within the team.
The fact that the artists themselves are in situ talking about their work and that of their peers is a real plus for me. I want to hear their story, learn about their creative process and be able to ask questions. I love their raw enthusiasm which is contagious and means that I rarely leave without a purchase.
Given their commitment to community and inclusion, I was curious as to whether Studio 3 had links with other art organisations in Clevedon which of course they have. Gail and Lucy are both long-standing members of the Clevedon Art Club and Gail herself used to be on the committee. Several of the Studio 3 family are also members and the Studio exhibit many of the members work and keep their eyes open for future exhibitors. The Art Club in turn put our information on their website. http://www.clevedonartclub.co.uk.I was lucky enough to spend an evening at Clevedon Art Club prior to doing a blogpost on them which you can read here: https://bit.ly/3hjZ20K
Studio 3 artists have exhibited both at Clevedon Pier and at the Curzon Cinema and would be very interested in expanding their network and collaborating with these two iconic organisations and indeed others who share their passion for art and community.
I wondered how the closure of galleries and arts organisations due to the Coronavirus and lockdown had impacted on the group. Happily, they had government help which allowed them to suspend rents and allow studio space to those artists whose mental health depended on being able to use the space whilst shut to the public.
The whole issue of art, creativity and mental health during lockdown has been very interesting and sparked much debate. Georgina Chatfield, Senior Programme Manager of the RSA Academies commented on the significance of the public display of rainbows at the very start of lockdown.
"Created by children to support the NHS and care workers, these little bursts of joy created instant community on our streets. Families came to together to express compassion with a symbol of hope."
She noted the increase in arts and creativity across the country, subjects which traditionally struggle to find a place on the curriculum. She felt that lockdown gave us the chance to recognise their value particularly in terms of our social and emotional wellbeing.
I would go as far as saying that creativity thrived during lockdown, with children and adults engaging in a diverse number of creative activities other than reading and writing, which helped to process feelings, reduce stress and anxiety, and give a sense of purpose.
Gail and Lucy certainly recognise the powerful contribution of art and creativity to emotional and social health and describe it as one of the driving factors in setting up Studio 3.
Let me now introduce you to the remaining artists who make up the Studio 3 team.
GREG HUNT
Greg is a civil servant and is great at helping the studio with anything like rates and taxes. He studied art at the Bristol School of Art obtaining his HNC. Everyone at the studio was delighted for Greg when he was selected for the RWA this year. Greg mainly works on very detailed drawings based on photographs but with a keen interest in collage and geometric abstract art. This photo shows him standing proudly at the RWA in May.
Greg always says:
"To misquote Isaac Asimov, I am an Archaeologist by training, an Artist by intention and a Civil Servant by accident!"
Simon loves to work with his antique cameras to produce astonishing images of beauty and intrigue, often using alternative processes such as Cyanotype for producing the final print.
Always on the lookout for an interesting and appealing image Simon also uses digital photography to capture what he finds and sees.
Gail was adamant that she would not be able to manage the Studio website without Simon!
Check out his work here: www.oldparson.art
ANNA FINDLAY
Anna began working with glass in 1992 after leaving her work as a childcare social worker. She attended classes at Queens Road School of Art and Design in Bristol, where she was taught the traditional leaded glass technique.
Over the years Anna has combined her glass-work with part-time social work, counselling and student mentoring. Now retired, she is focussing on glass-work as well as developing her interest in painting, including Indian miniatures (perhaps a reflection of her partly Indian origin).
Facebook page: Anna Findlay – Stained, painted and fused glass.
JOHN POPE
Clevedon potter, John Pope, designs and makes a wide range of affordable ceramics including exclusive wall, mantle and pendulum clocks, stylised creature figures, decorative vases, bowls and dishes and more. Working mainly with stoneware clays his work is tactile, expressive and lovingly crafted, often influenced by the style and geometry of Art Deco forms and the natural world. He has exhibited widely in the west country and has sold pieces to many overseas visitors. He has been an invaluable member of Studio 3 helping with the impossible tasks that need tenacity!
John has also worked very hard for the Clevedon Art Club and North Somerset Arts over the years.
CLAIRE SELLERS
Claire is a printmaker/artist who takes inspiration from the sublime and the natural world, and enjoys experimenting with all forms of printmaking including etching, monoprint, collagraph and screen-print. Claire joined the Studio 3 team more recently to take the place of well-known local artist Joan Hudson.
Claire is on Instagram @claire. printmaker
NB JOAN HUDSON started out with Gail and Lucy as an integral part of Studio 3, but decided, because of Covid, to spend more time with her family. She will be a frequent guest artist and her beautiful cards are still on sale.
I spotted Studio 3 and Joan's name in the North Somerset Times at the start of February. Gail and Lucy had emailed all the artists and asked if they were happy to buy a painting to donate to our lovely Cottage hospital as a thank you for all the hard work of the NHS during the pandemic and the decades of wonderful care they had provided locally.
The work they chose "Golden Treescape" depicts a woodland scene was chosen because of its tranquillity, enhanced by its unusual use of 24-carat gold leaf.
Gail went on to explain that not only did they want to show their appreciation of the hospital but of Joan herself, a treasured colleague whose expertise as a retired marketing consultant had been invaluable to the group.
Joan said:
"I was delighted and honoured that my painting was chosen by a group of local artists. I choose this subject because I admire trees, nature and the landscape very much, and I try to incorporate lighting and composition that is pleasing and tranquil. The idea behind my treescapes is that when one walks through a woodland or forest the light changes as one goes along. The 24-carat gilding has a similar effect because as you look at these paintings from different positions the light changes there too."
Gail acknowledged the hard work and tenacity of colleague John Pope in making it happen. John was very keen that it should happen, saying:
"Art has the potential to calm, intrigue, comfort, distract and lift the spirits. All these qualities are clearly an advantage in any potentially stressful hospital setting at any time, but especially so during a pandemic."
JO WHITELAND
Jo is a very popular Batik artist from Jo Whiteland Batiks. Jo discovered her passion for batik whilst working with artists in Kota Baharu on the east coast of Malaysia in 1991. On returning to the UK, she moved to Bristol and has continued to develop her own style of batik, repeating motifs to give the works life, depth and a sense of movement. The natural world provides an unlimited source of inspiration – her love of wildlife is reflected in her work. Jo uses her designs on cards, cushion covers and lampshades. You can check out her work here: www.jowhiteland.co.uk. Jo's father John Pope the potter is a keen birdwatcher & fisherman, so as a child this is where she learnt much about and a love for birds and British wildlife.
JAMIE GILBERT
Jamie makes all types of turned wooden bowls, lamp bases, clock faces, platters and gifts. His journey in woodturning began a long time ago (at school) when he was inspired by his woodwork teacher to explore the multitude of possibilities that working with wood can bring.
Due to work, family and other commitments he did not restart his working with wood until much later. He is able to design and make bespoke turned wooden objects to suit your preferences. You should check out some of the beautiful work in his gallery http://jgwoodturning.co.uk
The guests currently showing their work at Studio 3 are Stephen Lisney, Lisa Rothwell-Orr, Carol Trocci, Michelle Dash and Liz Marsh.
STEPHEN LISNEY
Stephen is a self-taught printmaker working with a variety of techniques including dry point engraving on metal, white-line woodcut and linocut. He enjoys experimenting with these media to create different sorts of images. He also prints small editions of cards that he designs, hand prints and finishes so that each is a small, unique artwork in itself. Further examples of his work can be seen on his website at: www.damsontreepress.com.
Stephen is also the Vice Chairman of the Clevedon Art Club and also manages the Club's store and exhibition equipment. He, among others, brought people's attention to Clevedon Artist Doris Hatt with a book about her. You might like to read my blogpost about Doris Hatt which I wrote in March 2019, just prior to an exhibition of her work at the Museum of Somerset https://bit.ly/3uJzs9h
LISA ROTHWELL-ORR
Lisa uses carefully selected watercolour palettes and other water-based media to portray large subjects on a small scale, hence her website name 'paintings for small spaces'.
"Abstract in nature, my paintings are mostly inspired by the natural world and satellite imagery, and are largely based on experimental techniques and the 'found image'
The paintings are usually close-cropped resulting in a dramatic final image and are most effective when displayed in groups.
" Occasionally reminiscent of photographic snapshots, some are dark and brooding, some serene and contemplative, and others are simply a celebration of colour on which to feast the eyes. Intricate in detail, they bear close scrutiny from the viewer."
Here's the link to Lisa's wonderful website: https://www.lisarothwellorr.co.uk/
CAROL TROCCHI.
Carol is a retired Headteacher and finds inspiration from colours, textures and 'found' objects. Carol creates "up – cycled earrings" and all her pieces are unique, mixing old and new, up-cycling materials to make an exciting, eclectic and constantly evolving collection.
Carol started making earrings initially in order to make them light enough to be comfortable! Then she started exploring materials which would normally be thrown away such as plastic carrier bags and cardboard packaging etc…as long as it was colourful!
She has now amassed a collection of such things as well as beads, findings and materials. This has developed into 'themes' as her interest widens to encompass jewellery, wall hangings "or anything that jumps into my head when I wake up!!"
Carol is on Instagram @W_ EARART
MICHELLE DASH
Michelle is based in South Gloucestershire where she works from her home studio. She gained a BA (hons) from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1986, working mainly in ceramics, producing large sculptures and reliefs. After her degree she switched to painting, largely for practical reasons, and has since exhibited paintings and drawings on a regular basis in Bristol, Bath and North Somerset.
Michelle now enjoys working with a wide variety of media including drawing, painting, collage and ceramics. Her pieces often incorporate found objects and recycled items. Influences and interests include images from European medieval and early Renaissance art, as well as myths, fairy tales and dreams. These become reinterpreted or reimagined during the process of making and the finished pieces often suggest a story or psychological drama – drawing the viewer into engaging with possible identities and narratives. Recurring themes are metamorphosis, disguise, performance, hiding and revealing. There is often an element of dark humour.
From 2001 to 2016 Michelle worked as an art therapist in the NHS and voluntary sector. Although now retired from art therapy, her experience in the field has given her a strong belief in the transformative potential of art making. With a continuing interest in the area of arts and health, she runs art groups, workshops and classes (mostly for adults) with an emphasis on learning through experimenting and exploring in a supportive, non-judgemental atmosphe
michelledash.artweb.com
LIZ MARSH
Liz lives in Portishead and has discovered the joys of creativity through felting and art since retiring. She would describe herself as a felt maker and fibre artist and is a member of the International Felt makers Association. Liz makes the most luxurious handcrafted wet felted items using merino wool and silk. If you were interested in doing a workshop with Liz, then these are available on request.
Guest artists are chosen from those who have requested wall space or because Gail and Lucy have seen their work and would like to see more. They have different tastes in guests which works well in keeping the art diverse but they both share a passion for the unusual. They are keen that their choices represent the widest cross section of all art work. Their artists range from beginners to the more well-known from the surrounding areas.
As previously mentioned, one of their resident artists, Greg and four of their past and repeat guests are currently showing in the RWA in Bristol. One of their guests coming in July is a member of the RWA and a renowned Professor of Printmaking, Paul Thirkell. www.paulthirkell.com
If you are a creative and you're reading this, you may well be thinking of getting in touch but bear in mind, the Studio are already booked up well into 2022.
If you'd like to know more about Studio 3, you can check it out here: www.studiothree.art and these are the contact details: Studio 3, Clevedon Craft Centre, Clevedon, BS21 6TD Telephone: 07557331967 E mail: studiothree111@gmail.com They are also on Instagram @ studiothree_gallery
A quick reminder of the opening times which it's worth mentioning are not the same as the Craft Centre: open Monday to Saturday from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and Sunday from 11.00 am to 4 pm
I really enjoyed talking to Gail and Lucy about Studio 3 and I urge you to go and check out the beautiful art they have on display.
The Theatre Shop are back for the Summer season! And what a season!
Clevedon Literary Festival
One thought on "Studio 3 at Clevedon Craft Centre"
Joan Hudson says:
This is a wonderful description of the philosophy behind Studio3 and the fabulous ideas that Gail and Lucy have put into practice. It's great that you have featured the resident and guest artists so beautifully and I was touched that I am mentioned in your blog. Thank you for the whole thing. I really hope it helps spread the word about this Anazing place.


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The Man Shows
The heroes of Smith, Jericho, and Shark—and the women who love them.
By Troy Patterson
Sept 22, 20065:47 PM
Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen in Smith
What hath Marg Helgenberger wrought? Each of the three new dramas on CBS this fall features a blonde fashioned, almost successfully, in the image of the CSI star. I am not speaking of Virginia Madsen, who plays Ray Liotta's wife on the serviceable heist drama Smith (Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET) and is easily the best thing about the show. Madsen has a curly mane, an attractively beaky nose, a spectral languor, and an undeniably forceful screen presence. Though she is a blonde with a new CBS show, these attributes disqualify her as a new CBS blonde.
No, on Smith, our gal is Annie (Amy Smart), one of Liotta's worker bees, a Vegas showgirl whose interests extend to credit-card fraud and art thievery. On the terror-exploitation drama Jericho (Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET), she takes the form of Emily Sullivan (Ashley Scott), the hero's old high-school sweetheart. On the legal procedural Shark (Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET), she is district attorney Jessica Devlin (Jeri Ryan), the former nemesis and current boss of James Woods' greaseball savant. All three have straight hair, strict posture, narrowly set eyes, a hard gaze, and a slightly pinched face peaking in a retroussé nose. Such is the new CBS blonde, a haunting presence in the life of the new CBS man—a trophy he's striving for, maybe, like a gold watch with nice teeth.
On Smith, Ray Liotta plays Bobby Stevens, a professional thief. Given his attitude and circumstances, you could almost call him a corporate thief. His job involves all the hassles of a business drone's, and even his cover—working in "Midwest sales" for a place that sells cups—is aggressively mundane. And while Bobby gets to steal Rembrandts and blow up stuff, he doesn't seem terribly excited about it. (Perhaps he's acutely aware, as so many of us are, that he's living a kind of cliché.) Liotta really puts his muscle into it only when roughing up a gambling-addicted subordinate who's planning to spend too much too conspicuously—his character perhaps learned a lesson from that movie about the Lufthansa heist—and telling off his nominal boss at the cup company. This edition of the new CBS man is reticent and explosive, with a gothic Batman quality. (His blonde, thus far, is a glamorous accessory.)
Skeet Ulrich and Ashley Scott in Jericho
Onward to Jericho. Last winter, back when TV producers were casting pilots, Sam Schechner wrote a Wall Street Journal piece headlined "The Hunk Shortage." He explained therein that sexy male actors who actually know how to act were a commodity in short supply: "The scuffles can become so fierce that executives are making snap decisions to lock in even relatively unknown actors before losing them to another network." I'm mentioning my friend's article by way of explaining that the star of Jericho is Skeet Ulrich.
Skeet, best known for his turn in Scream, is now charged with defending the homeland. His character, Jake Green, is a prodigal son returning home to Jericho, Kan., after many mysterious years away. Jake wants to tap into the trust fund set up for him by Granpappy. Dad, the town's mayor, is not having it. But then there are mushroom clouds in many distant cities and bad juju in the neighborly streets, and Jake must rescue a school bus's worth of adorably stupid children from extreme inconvenience. So far, it's looking good for both the homeland and for Ulrich's chances with his blonde.
James Woods in Shark
On Shark, James Woods plays Sebastian Stark, a star defense attorney who has a crisis of conscience and decides to switch sides, which involves rallying a team of young prosecutors and making inappropriate remarks to his new blond boss. Stark also must endure a 16-year-old daughter who talks like a 32-year-old ex-girlfriend: "I'll be screwed up for life if I don't get some closure on you and me." The show works only because Woods is a honey-baked ham playing a character who lives to be a showman. Like the rest of CBS's new-school heroes, he is animated only by a certain sense of mission and the potential promise of an ice queen waiting for him, trophylike, at the end of the line.


Our mission: connecting basketball players, teams, to their fans all over the world.
Our co-founders, Benoit Dujardin and Cedric Breton, are long-time basketball geeks from France. They met when Cedric was working as an intern for Basketzone.com, and Benoit was the CEO of the company editing the website. Impressed by the young man's work ethic, Benoit decided to partner with him when Basketzone was sold to the French magazine Basket Hebdo, and to launch Proballers.com.
Since then, working from Poitiers (Benoit) and Paris (Cedric) and traveling throughout Europe, they have created a website, an app and an API service for professional teams. Proballers is first and foremost one of the most reliable and up-to-date basketball databases in the world. It includes compilations of more than 60,000 player profiles, 3000 team profiles, and 250,000 box scores.
Proballers delivers stats to basketball fans through it's iOS and Android App, and also to news websites (Sportando, Eurohoops), professional teams (Bourg-en-Bresse, Cholet, Chalon, Dijon, Gravelines-Dunkerque) and a national team (France).
With the smartphone App, fans can follow players from the top 75 leagues throughout the world and receive notifications every time they play. With the game becoming more global every day, it is a unique and must-have tool to stay connected to the players !
Benoit Dujardin grew up watching Michael Jordan lead the Chicago Bulls to six championships while Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović and other European stars made names for themselves in the NBA. Living in Poitiers, France, where there was no major basketball team at that time, Benoit was a supporter of Limoges CSP, and shed tears of joy in front of his TV set when the team won the Euroleague in 1993.
In 1999, Benoit launched his first company, Sportprod, editing Basketzone.com. The website quickly became the number one basketball website in France. From 1999 to 2011, Basketzone enabled him to cover many major events such as the NBA Finals, the French professional league and the French All-Star game.
While developing his network on a global scale, Benoit joined the rapidly rising Poitiers Basket 86 club in 2005. His local team had reached the third division, and was about to climb up to an even higher level. After 2 years working as a volunteer, he became the club's Marketing Director. From 2007 to 2014, he helped Poitiers raise its attendance from 500 to 4500. The club rose meteorically from the 3rd to the 1st French division. Poitiers was an inspiration for other teams in France on how to market the game in the new digital landscape.
In 2012, Dujardin directed a documentary on the local phenom Evan Fournier, who was on his way to being drafted by the Denver Nuggets ! His work with the Poitiers team put Benoit on the map, and he went on to sign contracts with the French pro basketball league (LNB), the French National Team and FIBA, as well, to work on video and digital marketing. This experience led him to work with the likes of Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, Nicolas Batum, Rudy Gobert, Nando De Colo and a number of other French stars, many of whom have played in the NBA.
What Benoit loves about Proballers is that « it is a great tool to promote player performances, and to keep the fans engaged, through constantly updated statistics ». « Basketball stats are a great tool for storytelling, as they help us to recognize greatness, as we compare stars from different eras. It also allows us to take notice of up and coming prospects throughout the world ». Thanks to Proballers, Benoît remains close to people in basketball throughout Europe and in the NBA.


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VOL. IX, Issue 2, Spring 2017
A 'stronger, more holistic' impact:
Through research, outreach and imagination, Cornell is an integral, growing part of New York City's future
by Olivia M. Hall
Nathan Kallus, assistant professor of operation research and information engineering at Cornell Tech.
Cornell's Ithaca campus and its iconic upstate setting may be what many envision when they think of the university, but Cornell has long had a presence on the cosmopolitan stages of New York City.
The physical Cornell presence best known to those in NYC may be Weill Cornell Medicine (the institution first opened in 1898), but the Big Red footprint is much larger than that, and growing. For decades, Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC (CUCE-NYC) programs have improved the lives of city residents in all five boroughs – where just under 20,000 Cornell alumni make their homes.
College of Architecture, Art and Planning students have been studying at AAP NYC since 2006, and the ILR School, with NYC connections dating back to 1948, offers a Master of Professional Studies degree based in Manhattan. The new Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is growing its operations in NYC, including a dual-degree MBA/M.S. program with Weill Cornell Medicine and increasing partnerships with Cornell Tech. Steps away from Wall Street, Cornell Engineering's financial engineering satellite campus allows researchers and students to work on the technology that underpins global markets.
In short, nearly every facet of the university has at least one strong link – a program, an institute, a faculty research project – to the Big Apple.
The lead-up to the historic opening of the Cornell Tech campus this fall on Roosevelt Island has infused a new energy into this diverse array of programs, according to Jackie Davis Manigaulte '72, senior extension associate and director of community relations with CUCE-NYC and a longtime New Yorker.
"I think we're on the verge of a stronger, more holistic Cornell presence," she says. "There seems to be more synergy, interaction and coordination between the different efforts that are taking place."
Take, for example, last year's Big Red STEM day, an event hosted by Cornell Tech, Cooperative Extension, Weill Cornell Medicine and the city's Department of Education. The event aimed to introduce high school students to aspects of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, and was staffed by Ithaca faculty and students.
"It was bigger and richer than anything one of our organizations could have done on our own," says Manigaulte. "Efforts like this make Cornell seem real and more accessible to people in the city."
Bicyclist and street scene in Manhattan. See larger image
Students pursuing the master's degree in health tech at Cornell Tech's Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute and enrolled at Weill Cornell Medicine similarly take advantage of the potential of partnerships and collaborations. Students are not only able to take classes at each other's campuses but to share resources, data and space.
"Weill Cornell Medicine faculty have welcomed our students into their excellent courses," says Deborah Estrin, associate dean and professor of computer science, who also directs the health tech program at Cornell Tech; she also is professor of healthcare policy and research at Weill Cornell Medicine. "This cross-campus collaboration is slated to increase as we become geographic neighbors."
Cornell is deeply woven into the fabric of New York City in ways that have changed over time as research, knowledge and societal needs have evolved. Cornell has an impact on the lives of New Yorkers today (as well as people throughout the state, the nation and the world), and shares the entrepreneurial spirit that is driving the city's future.
Much of this research and work has organized itself, formally and informally, around interdisciplinary hubs that draw on the best of Cornell to tackle real-world challenges. Current work includes cutting-edge medical research and outreach; the food system, from farm to fork; and helping to bring citizens into dialogue with their representatives in the city and other levels of government.
"Campus is a state of mind, and New York is very much the Cornell campus," says Sam Bacharach, the McKelvey-Grant Professor of Labor Management who founded the ILR School's Institute for Workplace Studies in the city in 1999. "There's an energy to this place. … You supplement the intensity we bring to our work in Ithaca with the dynamics of New York, and you've got an unbelievable combination."
Here is a look at three areas where Cornell's research and outreach in New York City address the larger systems involved, broadening an approach that thrives on multidisciplinary strategies to improve lives.
Personalized diabetes care
Nearly one in 11 Americans suffers from diabetes, the seventh leading cause of death in the country. About 40 percent of the population will develop the disease in their lifetime, most frequently (90 to 95 percent) type 2 diabetes.
Despite evidence that different populations may respond differently to treatment options, current clinical guidelines are still somewhat of a blunt instrument and do not distinguish between patients based on their demographics, medical history or previous treatments.
"The standards of care are basically 'one size fits all,'" says Nathan Kallus, assistant professor of operations research and information engineering at Cornell Tech, whose research interests include data-driven optimization, decision-making, causal inference and machine learning.
With colleagues at MIT, he analyzed data from more than 10,000 type 2 diabetes patients at Boston Medical Center and modeled outcomes under 13 pharmacological therapies. Using this information, the team developed a prescriptive method for personalized type 2 diabetes care based on characteristics such as age, sex, race, BMI, treatment history and disease progression.
In 32 percent of the cases, "the algorithm recommended an alternative treatment from the standard of care," Kallus reports, noting that the subsequent results of that treatment showed a significant reduction in average blood sugar levels.
Because the study offers methodological suggestions, the researchers chose to publish their results in Diabetes Care, the leading medical journal on diabetes, hoping to attract the attention of medical practitioners who will run real-world trials.
This desire to make concrete changes similarly attracted Kallus to Cornell Tech: "First and foremost, I was drawn to the amazing people and research at Cornell University. And in New York, specifically, you can connect with the tech and medical fields to learn from them and teach them about your cutting-edge research in the hope to have a direct impact."
Computational biomedicine
Every patient's cancer is different. Olivier Elemento, associate director of the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Institute for Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, hopes to help provide them with highly individualized and precisely targeted treatment.
Olivier Elemento, associate director of the Institute for Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. See larger image
"We're taking a precision medicine approach," he says of the research that involves a large team across several institutions, including clinicians at Weill Cornell Medicine's Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, biomedical engineers at Cornell Ithaca, metabolomics experts at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar in Doha, and scientists at the Cornell Tech campus. "It's an attempt to improve how we deliver health care by trying hard to understand the molecular roots of each patient's disease and making a multitude of measurements that predict and help identify the best treatment options for each patient."
Elemento works closely with the affiliated hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, which provides patient data and samples. Sometimes his team can return treatment recommendations in as little as a week, but building the model on which they are based takes years – and massive amounts of data.
Much of this information stems from high-throughput sequencing, which delivers the makeup of an entire genome in just a couple of days.
"That's a really critical technology that allows us to peer down to the cells and understand what's driving them," says Elemento, who also is the Walter B. Wriston Research Scholar.
Sequencing can help to match mutations in the DNA of cancerous cells to specific treatments and analyze cell RNA to see what genes are expressed in a tumor. It is also being used to monitor patient immune systems in an effort to predict and increase the currently small number of patients who respond to immunotherapy, a new form of cancer treatment that activates the immune system itself to find and kill tumor cells.
Elemento's approach to precision medicine relies heavily on high-performance supercomputing to process these large amounts of data. "But it's only one component," he explains, "because then you have to build predictive models. That's where artificial intelligence (AI) becomes critical."
In this case, AI consists of computer programs sifting through the data to forecast which treatments will be effective in a given patient, based on his or her individual combination of measurements of genetic, physiological and environmental factors. AI also can be used to predict whether or not a patient requires urgent treatment – for example, based on the expression of certain genes, whether a thyroid nodule is likely to be cancerous or benign.
While Elemento estimates the number of patients who have been treated by these methods number fewer than 100, that total is growing quickly, he says: "But even if we help prolong the life of only one patient, it's amazing."
New York City is on the front lines of a war against a horde of tiny but powerful enemies. For nearly two decades, bedbugs have been crawling and biting their way through all five boroughs. While these flightless parasites are not known to spread disease when they feed on human blood, they can afflict their victims with itchy welts, anxiety and sleepless nights.
In this battle, you want Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann on your side. In her capacity as a senior extension associate with New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which reports to Cornell Cooperative Extension, the specialist in community nonagricultural IPM has been advising city officials on strategies to combat the infestation.
Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, senior extension associate with New York State Integrated Pest Management and a specialist in community nonagricultural IPM who advises city officials on strategies to combat bedbugs. See larger image
"We were definitely the canary in the coal mine," says Gangloff-Kaufmann of the bedbug resurgence that hit the city after decades of only occasional reports (and well before reports rose throughout the rest of the country). She attributes the insects' quick spread to a general lack of awareness in the population and among pest control professionals and, possibly, to the elimination by the EPA of several toxic household pesticides. By its peak in 2010, the city saw a spike in housing violation complaints, well-known stores and buildings were making undesirable headlines as hosts to the bugs, and numerous hotels faced lawsuits from bite-riddled guests.
In 2009, Gangloff-Kaufmann joined New York City's 10-member Bed Bug Advisory Board, convened by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to issue a comprehensive report on what it called "a pest like no other." Although the city has not implemented all the board's recommendations, such as forming a permanent task force, it has intensified training for agency staff and put up a detailed bedbug information website.
As awareness of the pest has increased – particularly among landlords, who are legally required to treat bedbugs immediately – and more effective pesticides have become available, the number of housing complaints has dropped consecutively for several years (by nearly 50 percent between 2012 and 2016). Periodic spikes in calls to pest control companies, however, show that the battle is far from over. "This will be ongoing for the foreseeable future," Gangloff-Kaufmann confirms. She, for one, continues her outreach by training city social workers, who help protect some of the most vulnerable citizens from the bugs.
The Brooklyn Grange
Among its many assets, New York City boasts the world's largest rooftop soil-based farms. Two and a half cultivated acres – 12 stories above the Brooklyn Navy Yard and at the flagship farm atop the six-story Standard Motor Products building in Queens – form the Brooklyn Grange, which sells more than 50,000 pounds of vegetables per year to community-supported agriculture, local restaurants and the public.
They also serve as a living lab to plant ecologist Tom Whitlow, associate professor of horticulture, and his doctoral student Yoshi Harada.
"Rooftop farming can be the ideal sandbox for precision agriculture," says Harada. Compared with complex in-ground agriculture, the discrete system allows for relatively easy collection of samples, monitoring and experimental manipulations.
The Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm. Photo: Diane Bondareff Photography. See larger image
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future faculty fellows joined College of Agriculture and Life Sciences leaders and alumni in June 2016 at the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm for a farm-to-table dinner and tour showcasing Cornell's work with local food systems and sustainable agriculture. Photo: Diane Bondareff Photography. See larger image
As the Brooklyn Grange founders were eager to anticipate and avoid problems before they arose, the researchers launched a series of studies in 2011. Using an "adaptive management" approach, they give ongoing feedback from data collection that allows real-time changes to be made.
To the farmers' relief, Whitlow and Harada have not found any unusual contamination from urban pollution sources – such as vehicle emissions or particulate matter from brake linings – in the soil or vegetables.
They also have been working to optimize the farm's special soil mix to improve sustainable management of water and nutrients. Ideally, it should be lightweight to avoid an extra burden on the rooftop; able to hold enough water for such crops as salad greens and to aid the city in managing runoff during heavy rainfalls; and prevent excessive nitrogen runoff, which can contaminate surrounding bodies of water. One innovation implemented by Whitlow's team has been to substitute coir – a fibrous material from coconut husks with high moisture-holding capacity – for expanded shale in the engineered soil mix.
"We have not solved all problems yet because the system is so novel and still in its infancy," Harada says.
And while funding from such sources as the USDA Hatch program and Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future came to an end last year, Whitlow is pleased with what the project has accomplished: "It really hits all three of our missions – teaching, research and extension – dead center. There is still lots to learn, but we've made a giant step toward improving the sustainability of rooftop agriculture."
Geneva's Food Venture Center
The Food Venture Center (FVC) in Geneva, New York, has helped many a mom-and-pop enterprise launch its pickles, jams and BBQ sauces from the home kitchen into the commercial market. Take Rick Field, founder of Rick's Picks, who calls the center a "crucial bridge" on his pickle company's pathway from a humble stand at New York's Union Square greenmarket to becoming a national business with major supermarket clients.
An extension program of the Department of Food Science, the FVC currently fields some 1,200 requests per year for its services, which began in 1988. Most of these originate within the state, though clients call in from across the Northeast and beyond.
Olga Padilla-Zakour is the director of the Food Venture Center in Geneva, New York; she has worked with many New York City-based clients to help them launch their food products from the home kitchen to the commercial market. See larger image
"We provide assistance to make sure that people entering the marketplace understand the regulations and are able to offer a product that is safe and stable under the conditions that they want to sell it," says Olga Padilla-Zakour, FVC director, professor and chair of the Department of Food Science.
For a fee, the team of five specialists evaluates each client's production process and samples to issue a "scheduled process." This legal document lists all formulations, critical control points, and steps that must be followed and documented. It not only ensures regulatory compliance and safe food for customers but also gives producers confidence in their work: "As a small, one-person operation, I found great solace, support and thorough instruction with the very professional and patient staff of the FVC," says Kerry Cheeseboro, who cooks up "Pop Sauce" in New York City.
The condiment is one of nearly 2,300 products in the New York City area on which the FVC has worked since a client database was established in 2000. Of these, Brooklyn alone accounts for almost half, with more than 1,000 products manufactured by 600 food producers.
"The Brooklyn area has become a very important source of new foods, incubators and commercial kitchens," says Padilla-Zakour, who is excited to be opening an FVC satellite office in the borough with funding support from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences this May. "We strive to have a much better impact and meet the city's specific needs with more specialized services and training."
Zoila D'Pinzón used to indulge in large amounts of bread and rice despite her diabetes – until she took classes through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in her Queens neighborhood. "I learned that I could make little dietary changes," she says. "Now I feel great." Five years ago, D'Pinzón came full circle to begin teaching nutrition education classes herself, making her a prime example of the USDA-funded program's success.
Carol Parker, Cornell University Cooperative Extension -NYC program leader for the nutrition and health program area. See larger image
For nearly 50 years, EFNEP has targeted low-income families across the nation. In New York City, the College of Human Ecology and Cornell Cooperative Extension bring the eight-week workshop series to 5,000 adults and 3,000 youth every year. It visits such impoverished neighborhoods as the South Bronx and Central and East Harlem, where residents frequently suffer from poor nutrition, chronic disease and obesity.
Working primarily in school settings, 35 educators use hands-on lessons, shared meals and a positive learning environment to convey evidence-based nutrition curricula. Analyses of pre- and post-surveys show that most participants significantly improve their diet (90 percent statewide), frequency of physical exercise (47 percent), food resource management (82 percent) and food safety practices (66 percent).
"What makes our program unique is that we hire what we call 'indigenous educators' or 'paraprofessionals' – people who come from similar backgrounds as our participants," says Carol Parker, CUCE-NYC program leader for the nutrition and health program area. "When we deliver classes, we look for 'spark plugs,' or individuals who demonstrate leadership skills and an interest in serving others."
Among them was D'Pinzón, who – like 90 percent of the program's educators – immigrated to the United States (she arrived from Mexico in 1987). Only a high school diploma is required to receive the comprehensive training that prepares them for working in their communities.
"They really transform as educators, because they become so confident, competent and capable," says Parker, pointing out that several have moved on to other careers in teaching or nursing. Course participants, in turn, are inspired by seeing one of their own succeed and return to help the community. And perhaps they will become the next educators themselves.
URBAN DESIGN AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Helen Cheng, coastal resilience specialist with New York Sea Grant.
New York Sea Grant
Jamaica Bay is an urban estuary at the southern end of the New York metropolitan area. Covering some 10,000 acres, it is home to a rich diversity of wildlife – as well as JFK International Airport.
"It's one of the most unique estuaries I've heard of in the nation, but many New Yorkers really don't know what Jamaica Bay is," says Helen Cheng, coastal resilience specialist with New York Sea Grant (NYSG) in partnership with the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (SRIJB).
The Brooklyn native hopes to change this through her work with those two institutions that focus on science-based outreach to coastal communities. NYSG, a cooperative program of Cornell and the State University of New York, is part of the National Sea Grant College Program run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and SRIJB, a partnership among academic institutions, government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and community groups.
Cheng engages communities through programs on topics that impact them in the dynamic environment of the coast. These include how to live alongside wildlife in the bay and how nature provides resources for hazard mitigation. Oysters, for example, can protect shorelines from erosion. A layperson-friendly podcast series about research around the bay is in the works.
Importantly, communication goes both ways: A series of climate forums is bringing together residents, scientists and decision-makers to discuss climate and weather preparedness for such potentially catastrophic events as the flooding and storm surges brought on by 2012's Superstorm Sandy.
"Getting these groups talking to each other in the same room and working harmoniously for a cause they all share is important," says Cheng, who is taking special care to reach out to communities who may feel disconnected from the rest of the city.
With these efforts, Cheng hopes to have an impact beyond the bay: "People don't realize that New York City is a series of islands," she says. "So how can we use Jamaica Bay as a model of resilience across the entire city?"
Amplifying public participation
Joshua Brooks, J.D. '15, an eGovernment Fellow at the Cornell Law School, wants to give voters a voice beyond the ballot box. So he has brought the work of the Cornell eRulemaking Initiative (CeRI) – a cross-disciplinary research group among the Law School, the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, and the Scheinman Institute of Conflict Resolution at the ILR School – to New York City.
Sam Bacharach, the McKelvey-Grant Professor of Labor Management. See larger image
CeRI has been educating the public and soliciting input on the work of federal agencies via the online participation platform Regulation Room for nearly a decade. Now the initiative has introduced an open-source version, SmartParticipation, at the local level to provide feedback to elected officials.
"It helps to equalize underrepresented stakeholders with stakeholders that are arguably overrepresented, such as lobbyists, in a very public and transparent way," he explains.
By making himself "a nuisance in the city for a year," he says, Brooks convinced the New York State Legislature to adopt SmartParticipation as its official comment site on the complex Move NY bill. Proposed by the eponymous nonprofit environmental lobby group, the legislation would introduce uniform bridge tolling into and out of Manhattan and thereby fund an agency responsible for broad aspects of city transportation.
In the meantime, Brooks expects the bill to die in committee for political reasons, but the public has participated via the platform to an unprecedented degree. While the highest number of comments the city had previously received on its old site was 95 (concerning a proposal to lift the ban on ferret ownership in the city), the Move NY bill garnered 145 comments.
"That's really good," says Brooks, who with the CeRI team will synthesize the feedback and present a report on what New Yorkers think about traffic in the city to lawmakers and the public.
His long-term goal is to have SmartParticipation supplement the city's existing rulemaking platform. The signs are hopeful, and interest in using the platform has been pouring in from such institutions as the World Bank and governments as far away as the United Arab Emirates, as well.
"Our technological product is outstanding," says Brooks. "Everywhere we take it, people are floored by it. I really want to have any kind of decision-making body that makes rules or laws to adopt [it]."
– Olivia M. Hall, Ph.D. '12, is a freelance writer based in Ithaca.
Everywhere you look in the great city of New York, Cornell University's passion for imagining the future translates into powerful impact. We've been in town since the dawn of the 20th century, and in 2017 we celebrate the connections that our faculty, staff, students and alumni have to New York City.
Visit nyc.cornell.edu to learn more.
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I used it on dry skin & it was great. The exfoliating beads are small and feel rough enough to work but soft enough that it doesn't feel too scratchy. My skin felt squeaky clean when I rinsed it off. Definitely keen to try the mio double duff exfoliator all over.


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Our Dad, the most wonderful, caring, giving person we know lost his eyesight about 20 yrs ago due to complications with diabetes. He has had many struggles in life from polio, to diabetes and losing his eyesight. He has had to miss out on so many events due to not being able to see. But now we can give him the gift of sight! We found these esight glasses that help people with low vision and give them sight again! He tried them and they work great! He is able to see things that he hasn't been able to. Unfortunately they cost almost $10,000. So with your help we can give our dad his eyesight back. Please help by donating and sharing this so that we can reach many people in order to get him these as quickly as possible. This would be the best Christmas gift ever!
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Hello everyone. Thank you so much for all of your support. We have found another vendor that offers glasses at a 3rd of the price. Patriot Vision. Dad gave them a try and he really likes them. The are around $3000. We still need to raise several hundred more to purchase them. we appreciate everyone that has donated so far to make this possible.
Update: My Dad has the esight glasses on a trial basis (15 days).
I was there to witness how awesome they are. He is working with a coach on how to use them. I held up a card 5 feet from him with different size letters and with the glasses he was able to see ALL of the letters. Without them he could only see the biggest letter at the top. His coach said that was 20/20! He was able to sit on the couch with us and watch a movie. He used to have to sit directly in front of the TV to be able to see it. These glasses are a life changer for him and us. Unfortunately this technology is to new and insurance won't cover any of it. So thank you to all that have donated. Your support is greatly appreciated!


I ran a sold-out conference last year called Accelerate. It's Canada's largest clinic business summit where hundreds of clinic owners attended.
We talked about everything from getting new clients with digital and doctor marketing, patient experience operations, commanding higher prices, selling your clinic and more. What came up is that clinic owners said their #1 problem was recruitment and management of staff.
Staff today are more difficult to manage than ever before, especially millennials. So It's essential to have proven reward strategies in place to maximize their results and get the most out of them.
In this blog post, I'll teach you the best 28 reward strategies my team and I have discovered from working with 100s of clinic owners to reward your staff to get maximum results from them when you can't afford to give them a raise.
You just finished treating a patient and have a few minutes to grab a bite to eat before your next patient. So you walk over to grab a quick snack and get a drink. As you're eating you overhear a call with a potential new patient. The patient was pretty much ready to book but just had some general questions like whether their first visit was covered by insurance.
The caller says "I'll call you back" and hangs up without your front desk even asking for an appointment!
Your blood is boiling and you want to shout at your front desk. Especially since competition is fierce with all the new clinic startups and you can't afford to lose any more patients. Plus you spent all your hard earned money on advertising to get them to call… only to lose them because your front desk forgot to ask for the appointment.
I see this problem all the time when we are training the front desk and it's one of the top phone objections they face. However, there's a proven and highly effective script I give to all my clients and what clients pay me thousands to train their front desk to increase their booking rate. Allowing you to book more patients, increase your revenue, and stop those patients from going to your competitors instead.
I talk about it inside my brand new training tool kit "How to Book a Patient When They Say I Will Call You Back.". You can get it by clicking here.
Many front desk staff just don't realize they're causing your clinic to lose patients by making these small but costly mistakes. Whether you do Chiropractor marketing, Physical Therapy marketing, or Healthcare marketing it's expensive. You can't afford to waste money because of mistakes that can be easily corrected in a minute.
When I speak at high ticket seminars and consult with clinic owners. They ask me this question all the time. "My front desk are good workers and I don't want to lose them because it's difficult to find good people.
But I see mistakes they make all the time on the phone that drives me crazy. I want to tell them but I'm afraid they'll hate me for it or quit.
In this article, I'm going to reveal a simple Oreo Cookie Approach to providing constructive feedback that will make your front desk respect and love working for you.
When you provide constructive feedback in this way. You'll have happier staff, book more appointments, and increase your bottom line.
How was your sales last month?
Was it a record month? With record amounts of new patients booked into your schedule?
Or, were you on flat on patient bookings, as usual?
We focused on client happiness - I spent two whole days with my leadership team discussing how we could accelerate our client's happiness.
We focused on gaining metrics - we discussed how we could get more clients to give us a 9 or 10 on our Net Promoter Score.
We mapped out the customer journey - from the very first touch point through the lifecycle of the client.
I really got pumped to DOUBLE DOWN on customer happiness after learning from INBOUND marketing conference in Boston. There was over 19,000 marketers there!!!
So even if you have good numbers, you should never stop learning how to make those numbers better, so your competitors can't catch up.
This includes always learning how to make your hiring and training process better - because your team, especially your front desk, play a great role in the customer happiness journey.
So today I want to share how you can hire and train your front desk staff to supercharge your customer happiness, and therefore, supercharge your business growth.
A new trend occurring in hiring front desk staff that has the potential to increase patient bookings and revenue, fast.
Big, hairy, audacious goals - the type of goals that separate great companies from the rest.
These types of goals can be a little scary, even for the most experienced business leaders. But they are the type of goals that make your business 10 times more successful.
What I am about to share with you here may seem like a big, hairy, audacious goal — nurturing the career of your front desk team and rewarding them with bonuses or experiences.
Every year your front desk team asks for a performance review and a raise and you give them the raise without really doing a proper performance review.
You know if you don't, they'll quit and then you'll have to retrain another person all over again, which is going to cost you even more (in both money and time). Unfortunately, most front desk positions turnover every 2 or 3 years, so you're always thinking — the longer you can hang onto them the better.
That's exactly why I'm going to challenge you to take on the big, hairy, audacious goal of nurturing the career of your front desk team and rewarding them with bonuses.
Once you know all this, you won't lose your front desk team members, ever.
Are you ready to take on the audacious challenge?
In my 10 year career being at the forefront of running and growing one of the largest network of rehab clinics in Canada, I've worked with hundreds of therapists, front desk staff, managers, cross functional teams, and executives.
Regardless of the roles I was working with, "buy-in" from staff is the key to making permanent change in the business. The success of any cost saving or revenue growth strategy hinges on one key attribute, the ability to execute with your teams.
Yet, quite often I speak to clinic owners that are very clear on the strategy and tasks they want to implement but are challenged on how to speak to their staff about the upcoming change, get them to "buy-in", adequately train them, start and keep it going, and ultimately, make the change long lasting.
The result for many is an initiative that starts but eventually stops, then starts and stops again, eventually ending in some type of workaround. If you can't get your team motivated to integrate the changes you intend to implement, your plans to grow your business end in dismal failure.
Of course, that's not what you want.
That's why we're here to discuss how you can overcome these challenges and influence long lasting change in your business.


A pregnant patient with chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and indwelling spinal cord stimulator presented with twin gestation for induction of preterm labor due to preeclampsia. Intravenous magnesium was initiated and a lumbar epidural catheter was placed uneventfully for labor analgesia. The patient reported complete relief of her CRPS-associated pain during and for 24 hours after delivery, while receiving intravenous magnesium, with her pain symptoms returning shortly after discontinuing magnesium. To our knowledge, there are no case reports that describe CRPS-associated pain relief while on peripartum magnesium therapy.
Presented at This report was presented in part at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology in Miami Beach, 9–13 May 2018.
Contributors JAN and MGR collaboratively researched, wrote, revised, and finalized this manuscript.


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5'9 3/4" (1.77 m)
Hinterbruehl, Austria
Barbara Paulus
Prize Money $1,294,945
W/L - Singles / 280/166
Prize Money 1294945
Grand Slam history
Singles Record: 30 - 26
W-L 8-6 10-7 2-5 10-8
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001- All Years - Print
MINNEAPOLIS , USA, MN
Round 32 L [7] Dawn Buth (USA) 114 7-5 6-3
Coached by Peter Eipeldauer...Father, Gerhard, is a computer sales manager; mother, Brigitte, is a housewife; brother, Werner, plays basketball...Graduated high school in 1990...Nickname is Babsi...Was superstitious about using the same locker room shower when she was on a winning streak.
Awards and Accomplishments:
• Has career wins over A. Huber, Pierce, Sabatini, Date and Novotna
• Received 1990 Golden Needle Award from Austrian Tennis Federation
Winner (6 WTA Tour): 1997 - Warsaw; 1996 - Styria; 1995 - Warsaw, Pattaya City; 1994 - ITF/Maribor-SLO [Aug.]; 1990 - European Open; 1988 - European Open; 1987 - ITF/Wels-AUT.
Winner(1): 1988 - Sofia (w/C. Martinez).
Semifinalist (2): 1989 - Arcachon (w/Wiesner), Bastad (w/Zrubakova).
Austrian Fed Cup Team 1986-87, 1989-91, 1996-97. Austrian Olympic Team 1988, 1992.
Career in Review:
1989 - Unseeded, upset world No. 4 Evert 64 61 in 2r at European Open
1992-1993 - Unable to compete from March-May due to rehabilitation from knee surgery and a wrist injury; off tour from October 1992-April 1993 due to recurrent problems in both wrists
1995 - After not winning a WTA Tour title in five years, won two titles: Warsaw and Pattaya City
1996 - Entered world Top 10 at No. 10 for first time on Nov. 18, capping a remarkable comeback from injuries suffered over the years; previous high was No. 12 reached six years earlier; further marked full recovery by qualifying for the season-ending championships; last qualified for the championships in 1990; en route to Hilton Head final, ousted world No. 7 Mag. Maleeva and then gained best-ever win by d. No. 2 C. Martinez,l. to No. 3 Sanchez-Vicario in a three-set final
1997 - Missed start of season due to an injured right thumb; in July, withdrew from QF match in Maria Lankowitz due to right elbow tendonitis; joined the Million Dollar Club in career prize money, at Warsaw, without dropping a set, won sixth career title
1999 - Missed season due to elbow surgery
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Intel Capital invests $132M in 11 'disruptive' tech startups
By Back End News on May 17, 2020
Intel Corp.'s global investment organization Intel Capital poured fresh investments totaling to $132 million in 11 technology startups, which have been utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous computing, and chip design in their innovations.
Intel Capital is on track to invest between $300 million and $500 million in technology companies in 2020, spanning technology domains in AI, intelligent edge, and network transformation. The investment firm believes that these technologies are crucial in bringing transformations to industries such as healthcare, automotive, and consumer goods.
The companies joining Intel Capital's portfolio are Anodot, Astera Labs, Axonne, Hypersonix, KFBIO, Lilt, MemVerge, ProPlus Electronics, Retrace, Spectrum Materials, and Xsight Labs.
Intel pledges $50M with pandemic response technology initiative
Intel acquires AI chipmaker Habana Labs for $2B
"Intel Capital identifies and invests in disruptive startups that are working to improve the way we work and live. Each of our recent investments is pushing the boundaries in areas such as AI, data analytics, autonomous systems, and semiconductor innovation," said Wendell Brooks, SVP, Intel and president, Intel Capital. "Intel Capital is excited to work with these companies as we jointly navigate the current world challenges and as we together drive sustainable, long-term growth."
Diverse investments
In 2019, Intel Capital made 32% of its new investments in startups led by women, underrepresented minorities, members of the LGBTQ community, entrepreneurs living with disabilities, and/or veterans, up from 18% in 2018. In 2015, Intel Capital announced its goal to invest $125 million over five years in companies with diverse leadership. That goal was achieved two years early in 2018; as of the first quarter of 2020, Intel Capital reached a new milestone, surpassing $300 million invested since publicly announcing its initiative.
Intel Capital said it is committed to bringing resources and expertise to accelerate the work of these teams and the realization of potentially world-changing technologies.
In 2019, Intel Capital invested $466 million in 36 new investments and 35 follow-on investments, led 72% of its deals, and had 22 successful exits. It delivered active support to advise entrepreneurs to build successful and scalable businesses through mentorship, collaborative innovation, go-to-market strategies, company board membership, and facilitation of more than 3,000 portfolio introductions to Global 2000 decision-makers.
Categories: Startup
Tagged as: Anodot, Astera Labs, Axonne, Hypersonix, Intel, Intel Capital, KFBIO, Lilt, MemVerge, ProPlus Electronics, Retrace, Spectrum Materials, Wendell Brooks, Xsight Labs
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I'm Amy Crowe, owner of Worthy. I started Worthy last year to give women sizes L/12 and up more options to shop in person at affordable prices.
Women wearing certain sizes have been made to feel like fashion is not for them, and I cannot disagree more! You are worthy of stylish options in your size. With a focus on body positivity, my mission for Worthy is to help you look and feel good. Over the past year, Worthy has grown through vendor pop ups, personal shopping appointments, and partnering with local businesses. If you'd like more information about Worthy, find me on Instagram and Facebook @worthyfigures or visit the website www.worthyfigures.com.
Here are some tips and advice for shopping summer styles and trends in plus sizes.
Jumpsuits and rompers – I've heard too many women say they cannot wear jumpsuits or rompers because of their size. I'm here to say you can! My advice is to size up to give the jumpsuit or romper a blouse-y look and feel. Find soft and comfortable fabrics that are great for moving and beating the heat this summer. If you don't feel quite ready to wear a jumpsuit or romper yet, the high-low maxi dress is trending this summer too.
Summer prints – An easy way to bring summer's trends to your plus size look is by incorporating hot prints. Majorly trending this summer are gingham, flamingos, pineapples, succulents, tropical prints and fruits. They're popular not only because they're cute, but they just embody the summer vibe.
Wear a classic silhouette with a trendy print. Classic A-line dresses or pencil skirts are a great way to do this.
Pair the prints with neutral cardigans and shoes.
Add a professional bag to pull the look together.
Swimwear – Swimsuit does not have to be a four-letter-word in your vocabulary. I'm obsessed with high-waist two pieces. They're great for coverage and comfort but still let you show some skin. If you're large chested, I suggest shopping by bra/cup size. If you're going to purchase online, a good tip is to go somewhere and get a professional bra fitting. That way, you can use your measurements to shop online easier. Swimsuits For All is my favorite plus size website for swimwear, and I like to carry their suits for Worthy.
Confidence – The greatest part about any outfit is you. I want so badly for every woman to feel confident in wearing whatever she wants. You don't have to hide in your clothes or feel that certain looks aren't for you. You are worthy of it all!
Of course, Worthy has many of summer's best styles. We carry Eloquii, Boohoo, Asos Curve, ModCloth and many more fashionable plus size brands. By carrying these brands that are only available online in the Charlotte area, you can now try them on in person through a scheduled shopping appointment or at a vendor event. It can eliminate the frustration of ordering online, not fitting, and having to return. If you're feeling lost when it comes to what to shop for your body, Worthy also offers personal shopping and styling services.
Nordstrom also has great plus size brands. City Chic, Tart, Standards and Practices, and Eliza J are some of my favorites that they carry. City Chic is great because it fits most true to size. Just keep in mind their sizing is a little different, so just make sure to find the right fit for you! Tart really has the boho vibe going, which I love. Who doesn't love a good tassel? Standards & Practices has a lot of denim selections, but this red jumpsuit is amazing. Eliza J carries classic and feminine dresses with a trendy twist. There sizes run true to size too. Nordstrom also offers personal stylists!
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We picked up this old coffee table at Yardigans (on Trafalgar just east of Highbury in London, Canada - for the locals) several weeks ago for just $10.
It was dusty, scuffed up, and very retro but it had a great shape (bar cart like) and good bones. I brought it home gave it a good wipe down and removed the wood tape (!).. I never knew there was such a thing. Removing it was easy since it came off in full pieces. It took all of five minutes.
Then, with other projects on the brain, I brought it down to the basement to live until I had the time to show it some love. We loved it here especially on movie nights since it held all our drinks and snacks.
And then, with the upcoming birthday party for our youngest we needed more seating so up came the coffee table from the basement to replace the bench in our living room (and we moved the bench to window for seating). Do you ever do this.. rearrange your house/furniture to accommodate guests?
Surprisingly, even in all it's retro glory, it received several compliments and we haven't had the heart to send it back downstairs. Plus, we've noticed it's super functional in our small living room.. it doesn't take up much square footage and it's two-tiered which makes it interesting and great for storage. I like that we were able to return to using the bench as seating. Gotta love a cheap fix.
But, now that this has all been established... let's talk makeover. I'm truly tired of all this brown (the couch, the rug, and now the coffee table). So it's nice that the top and bottom of this coffee table can be easily removed for another surface.
I'm leaning towards doing something like this surface. I think it's rustic, cottage-feeling, and would fit into our existing decor. However, I think I'd like to paint the metal white (not black) to freshen it up and draw the attention to whatever is on the coffee table, rather than the table itself.
But, here's where you come in... I'm open to ideas. Should I do a punch of color? Consider a glass top or solid piece of wood? Painted or unpainted? What would you do (wwyd)?


I was chewin' my lunch yesterday readin' the interweb when I accidently bit my tongue – and when I say bit, I mean almost severed the tip. I have two HUGE incisor wounds on the top and bottom of my tongue. After the first rush of pain it went numb and I FREAKED thinking I'd just eaten the tip, I grabbed my tongue and ran to the bathroom. Thankfully although there was a lot of blood, it was still in tact. phew!


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Q: SSRS calculated field strange behavior I have a dataset with a calculated field:
 = IIF(String.IsNullOrEmpty(Fields!Event.Value), "\t", Fields!Event.Value) & ", " &
   IIF(String.IsNullOrEmpty(Fields!Action.Value), "\t", Fields!Action.Value) & ", " &
   IIF(String.IsNullOrEmpty(Fields!RequestedBy.Value), "\t", Fields!RequestedBy.Value)

This field is then accessed inside a Table within the report using a lookup expression:
=Join(LookupSet(Fields!contactid.Value, Fields!ContactParticipantValue.Value, Fields!RowSummary.Value, "EventRequests"), Environment.NewLine)

When I run this, initially everything works fine and the correct data is shown in the cell.  However there is an warning displayed:
Warning 1   [rsRuntimeErrorInExpression] The Value expression for the field 'RowSummary' contains an error: (processing): (field.ExprHost != null)  0

Then if I go to the next page, all of the cells now contain #Error instead of the 'RowSummary' info.  If I then go back to the previous page, which used to have all the correct data in it, all of the cells are now replaced with #Error.
I have found a work around whereby I add a hidden list container to the END of the report and set DataSet property to the 'EventRequests' dataset with the calculated field in it.  I don't have to add any fields or make this list visible, but somehow just having the list on the report prevents the #Error from replacing all of my data.  This does not solve the problem completely because when I go to export to PDF, I still receive errors.
Anyone know why this is happening?

A: It is because it may not have a value at that pariticular field/place so first replace the value providing box with:
iif(IsNothing(sum(field)),"0",(sum(field))

Then replace row summary field with the below expression:
=iif(cInt(ReportItems!textbox1name.value)=0,100,(ReportItems!textbox2.value/iif(cInt(ReportItems!textbox1name.value)=0,100,ReportItems!textbox1name.value)*100))

A: Since comments do not have any formatting, I must use the 'answer' section to comment on Vandana's answer.
Vandana, I'm not sure I understand your answer.  I am not using any numbers in my calculated field so I'm not sure how using the "sum" helps in any way?
Also, I am not using a summary row.  The Join/LookupSet expression is in a regular row along with all the other data.
The output of my Kludge solution is something like:
First Name     |     Last Name     |     Event,Action,User
   John        |       Doe         |   Christmas, Remove, AdminUser
   Jane        |       Doe         |   Christmas, Add, AdminUser
   John        |       Doe         |   Team Build, Add, JDoeUser

A: I too was affected by this strange behavior. I believe it's a bug with the rendering lifecycle. It would initially render correctly, but changing pages or changing the page layout would cause the #Error message with a rsRuntimeErrorInExpression warning. The only way to "fix" it was to manually refresh the page. But changing the page or changing the layout again would cause the bug to continue. Others' suggestions of potentially null data is nonsense with the following expression as a test
=LookupSet("", "", "", "YourDataSet").Length
This should theoretically return the length of the entire dataset, yet it's also subject to this bug.
After giving up, I found a breakthrough when I was trying my backup plan which involved this stackoverflow post. The LookupSet expression didn't fail when it was used as a group expression. This made me think to try create a group variable expression and sure enough, it didn't error!
So my solution is the following:

*

*Use the nearest parent group or create one (that groups on a constant)

*In the group properties, Create a group variable called YourVariable and set it to your expression =LookupSet(Fields!contactid.Value, Fields!ContactParticipantValue.Value, Fields!RowSummary.Value, "EventRequests")

*Use the group variable in the Textbox where your previous expression was and manipulate the data accordingly: =Join(Variables!YourVariable.Value, Environment.NewLine)
I know this post is old, but this bug still exists in Microsoft Report Viewer 15.0.1449.0 so I hope this helps future people who run across this


Bring a medium-size pot of salted water to a boil and prepare a bowl of ice water. Score the bottoms of the two plum tomatoes, place in boiling water for 10 seconds, then remove and chill in ice water. Peel, halve, and de-seed them; wrap in cheesecloth and refrigerate in a bowl, covered, overnight. Combine ingredients to marinate in a bowl and refrigerate, covered, overnight. The next day, process the marinated mixture on medium speed with a grinder attachment, forming ¼-inch pieces; place in a large bowl. Finely chop the refrigerated plum tomatoes and add. Stir in the remaining broth ingredients. Season to taste with Tabasco, salt, and pepper.
Serve gazpacho well-chilled, with toppings on the side; drizzle oil over soup. Yields 2.5 quarts (10–12 servings).


Just cut strips of double sided paper, fold in half and shape into a heart (I stapled the single hearts together at the bottom of the V...) then hot glue the hearts into 2 long strips of 12-14 hearts per strip. *don't go too far down into the center of each heart with the hot glue...just in the cleavage..*if you know what I mean?** This makes the chain longer and better for the final shaping.
love it! totally going to copy you! what a great idea ... so easy! and it won't cost me anything ... i have so much paper it's ridiculous! thanks!
I'm totally going to copy too! Thanks for the idea!
That is so cute! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to make one! Cute blog background. My Mom, Suzy, and Ashlie are going to Dallas to visit Clarissa in March 12-17. You should come! Seriously.