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Matter / photon interactions
published on 27 November 2015 , updated on 2 December 2015 at 09:15
Atoms, molecules, and grains probe the chemical evolution of the Universe, from the most distant metal-poor galaxies, to the densest phases of the interstellar medium (e.g. star forming regions) rich in complex molecules. On the observational side, such studies undergo a rapid expansion with the recent development of the Herschel, APEX, SOFIA, ALMA, and (soon) NOEMA submillimeter telescopes. Many molecular lines, long thought as tracers of dense and cold gas, have thus been detected in hostile environments, weakly shielded from the UV radiation field, including active galaxies at high redshift.
All these discoveries raise several questions. What are the contributions of the different phases of the interstellar medium (HII regions / Warm Ionized Medium, Warm Neutral Medium, Cold Neutral Medium) in the emissions of atomic and molecular lines and what can we deduce about their structure and evolution ? Are the current models able to explain the chemical richness of astronomical environments and the various spatial and spectral correlations observed in galactic and extragalactic media ? What are the main chemical and physical processes involved ? Finally, what information can we derive from the observations, in particular regarding the energy balance of galaxies, the timescale of the cycle of matter and its evolution with metallicity ?
In order to solve those issues, our team is specialized in the conception and development of numerical models designed to treat all the coupling between the interstellar matter, the radiation field at all wavelengths, and the high energy particles. Most of the numerical developments we propose are done in the framework of the Meudon PDR code, a public model (http://ism.obspm.fr) which describes the chemical and thermal structures of an interstellar cloud pervaded by an external radiation field. The specificity of our approach is to describe as precisely as possible the details of the microphysical processes at play and to estimate their global impact on the physics of the environment. Our work is therefore build on the results of numerous theoretical calculations and laboratory experiments (e.g. spectroscopy, collisions) and is thus strongly interdisciplinary, at the interface of chemistry, dynamics, radiative transfer, and atomic and molecular physics.
Find below a few of our most recent results.
Temperature fluctuations of interstellar grains
Interstellar grains are not always at thermal equilibrium but may fluctuate over a wide range of temperature. To study the process we have recently developed a new method to solve the statistical equilibrium of the system. Using the method on real astronomical sources, we have shown that this aspect of the microphysics of grains has a decisive impact on all the surface processes, in particular the chemical reaction, the ortho-para conversion and the desorption mechanisms. The fact that small grains naturally span a whole distribution of temperatures strongly modifies the intensities of several H2 lines predicted in galactic PDRs compared to traditional models.
Excitation of CO in PDRs
One of the most vivid results of the Herschel, APEX, and ALMA observatories is the detection of the pure rotational ladder of carbon monoxyde up to high energy transitions (J = 49-48) in a variety of astrophysical environments, including the galactic and extragalactic interstellar matter. In contrast to traditional models which usually explain those observations by combining the contributions of several media (PDR, shock, XDR), we have shown that a detailed treatment of the microphysical processes of dust and gas offers an alternative scenario. With such treatment, a single PDR component has been found to be sufficient to reproduce the intensities of all the rotational lines of CO observed in the NGC 7023 nebula and in the Orion bar.
Surface chemistry
Many interstellar molecules are known to be formed on dust surfaces. To model the process as precisely as possible, we have revised our treatment of surface chemistry in the PDR code. Both physisorption and chemisorption sites have been added in the computation of H2 production. We have also developed a new formalism to describe the formation of grain mantles and the adsorption and desorption of atomic and molecular species, which has been tested on the formation of methanol and formaldehyde. We have shown that these improvements are necessary to explain the formation of H2 at the border of PDRs and to interpret the abundances of several molecules observed in the Horsehead nebula with the Plateau de Bure interferometrer.
Nitrogen chemistry in the interstellar medium
A major part of our work consists in keeping track of the latest improvements of the kinetic chemical database, in coordination with several colleagues physicists and chemists, in order to update our chemical reaction networks. Focusing on nitrogen chemistry, we have recently built a new chemical network containing D, 13C, and 15N that we used to study fractionation processes in the interstellar medium. This network has been tested with several dense clouds and prestellar core conditions. Most notably, we found that the nitrile and isocyanide are systematically depleted in 13C in these media, a result that casts doubts on previous interpretation of observations
Diagnostics of the multiphase interstellar medium
Interpreting extragalactic observations is tricky. Indeed, with the resolution of the current instruments, the lines of sight necessarily encompass the contributions of a multitude of different environments, where the chemistry is driven by the radiation field (HII region, PDRs, XDRs), the cosmic rays (CRDRs), or the dissipation of mechanical energy (shock, TDRs). To treat as many of these scenario as possible, we have recently extended the scope of the Meudon PDR code by implementing all the interaction between X-ray photons and the interstellar matter. This code gave us access to the atomic and molecular transitions sensitive to the X-ray field, and has been successfully used to interpret observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Publications récentes ou significatives
Bron, E.; Le Bourlot, J.; Le Petit, F., 201 4,A&A, 569, 100
Godard, B.; Cernicharo, J., 2013, A&A, 550, 8
Le Bourlot, J.; Le Petit, F.; Pinto, C.; Roueff, E.; Roy, F., 2012, A&A, 541, 76
Le Petit, F.; Nehmé, C.; Le Bourlot, J.; Roueff, E., 2006, ApJS, 164, 506
Le Petit, F.; Ruaud, M; Bron, E.; Godard B., et al., 2015, A&A, in press.
Levrier, F.; Le Petit, F.; Hennebelle, P.; Lesaffre, P.; et al., 2012 A&A, 544, 22
Neufeld, D. A.; Roueff, E.; Snell, R. L.; Lis, D.; et al., 201 2,ApJ, 748, 37
Roueff, E.; Loison, J. C.; Hickson, K. M., 2015, A&A, 576, 99
Sternberg, A.; Le Petit, F.; Roueff, E.; Le Bourlot, J., 2014, ApJ, 790, 10
Zanchet, A.; Godard, B.; Bulut, N.; Roncero, O.; et al., 2013, ApJ, 766, 80
Bron Emeric
Godard Benjamin
Languignon David
Le Bourlot Jacques
Le Petit Franck
Rabasse Jean-François
Roueff Evelyne
Stephan Gwendoline
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Anyone online have these in Stock?...Play.com have had my order since the start of December but no joy there. My TV does not accept component so it has to be RGB Scart.
Just got one today from tors r us (Preston).
Also game had component leads etc in stock today aswell.
Asda in Watford had them in stock last night.
Should be plenty popping up on the 'for sale' section of the forum then.
The RGB scart is a good buy, I got one from Amazon with the Wii and quality is spot on.
Been on the play website and requested a rma. So hopefully it'll be sorted without too much grief.
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Tumaini Fund to Host Colors of Hope Benefit Gala
Home/Brands that Inspire, Events, Fundraising, Media Relations, News, Public Relations/Tumaini Fund to Host Colors of Hope Benefit Gala
Proceeds to Aid Impoverished Orphans and Widows in Tanzania
The Naples-based nonprofit organization Tumaini Fund USA will host its annual "Colors of Hope" benefit gala March 19 to raise funds to help thousands of impoverished AIDS orphans and widows in the Kagera region of northwest Tanzania, one of the poorest regions of the world. The event, which will begin at 6 p.m. at the Naples Sailing & Yacht Club at 896 River Point Drive in Naples, will feature live and silent auctions of fine artwork, luxury travel packages to Napa Valley; Camden, Maine; and Cordon Bleu of Ottawa, Canada. Ticket price of $95 includes dinner buffet, two drink tickets, entertainment, valet parking and a presentation by Tumaini Fund CEO and founder, Dr. Susan Wilson.
Event proceeds will help Tumaini Fund USA continue its support for more than 25,000 Tanzanian orphans, supplying them with necessities such as food, blankets, mosquito nets and access to clean water. The Tumaini Fund strongly promotes educational opportunities in order to help orphans become self-sufficient and end the cycle of poverty.
"The Colors of Hope gala is our largest fundraiser of the year and we hope the 2016 event is more successful than ever before," said Rick Swope, president of Tumaini Fund USA. "This organization has brought hope to the lives of so many children and it wouldn't be possible without the giving spirit of the Southwest Florida community."
To register for the event, email info@tumainifundusa.org. For more information, contact Grace Gokturk at 501-454-8428 or bluedatca@gmail.com, or visit www.TumainiFundUSA.org.
About Tumaini Fund USA
Tumaini Fund USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Naples, Florida and was founded in 2009 to help alleviate the suffering of an estimated 200,000 impoverished AIDS widows and orphans in Kagera, the northwest province of Tanzania, Africa. Tumaini is the Swahili word for "Hope," and the organization was named accordingly because it strives to bring hope to the Kagera people who live in one of the poorest regions in the world. Tumaini Fund USA currently supports 25,000 orphans by working to improve their health, providing basic needs and encouraging education to help them become self-sufficient and break the cycle of poverty. The organization prioritizes education and provides educational resources such as school supplies and building classrooms while helping to meet basic needs such as nutritional support, clothing, housing, mosquito nets and access to clean water. For more information, visit www.TumainiFundUSA.org or email info@TumainiFundUSA.org. Follow the organization on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TumainiFundUSA or on Twitter @TumainiFundUSA.
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German vacationers in the Mediterranean are notorious for rushing out to the pool deck at the break of dawn to reserve the most desirable poolside chairs with their beach towels, infuriating fellow guests when the chair remains occupied by only the towel until mid-afternoon while the Germans wander around the locale.
Now, travel agency Thomas Cook is offering the "Comfort, worry-free package" in hopes of relieving German travellers of the pre-dawn panic to get a poolside post. Peace of mind can be purchased for €3 per day, or a bulk rate of €49 per week for family travellers, the company announced.
So far, nine resorts in Turkey, Egypt and the Canary Islands have agreed to the reservation system.
The offer is in preparation for the winter travel season, so Frankhauser said he wasn't sure how well it would be received. But the Thomas Cook manager says he himself is looking forward to using the package to prevent his wife from kicking him out of their hotel room at dawn to reserve their own poolside spots.


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Home > News > Vitamin-enhanced water in mango, peach and lemon now available in Seychelles
Vitamin-enhanced water in mango, peach and lemon now available in Seychelles
by Seychelles News Agency November 19, 2019
A new, flavoured, vitamin-enhanced bottled water — Eden VIT — has hit the Seychelles' market.
Manufactured in the second-most populated island of Praslin, Eden VIT is the brainchild of Sanjay Naidoo. The product has been available on Mahe, the main island, and Praslin since August.
SNA met with Naidoo to learn more about the new offering.
SNA: What is Eden VIT and where did the idea to create such a product come from?
SN: Eden VIT is vitamin-enhanced water that comes in three flavours: mango, peach and lime. I wanted to create a beverage that was low in sugar compared to other products on the market while offering some nutritional benefits. Eden VIT consists of Vitamin C, Vitamin B6 and Niacin (Vitamin B3) which assists in boosting the immune system, enhancing metabolism and general wellbeing. It is the perfect beverage to maintain hydration and supplement your body with essential vitamins.
SNA: What is behind the name?
SN: We are manufacturers of the bottled water Eden Springs. We have been established since 2014. We wanted to create a water-based product that was an alternative to pure spring water. Therefore, it was only intuitive to use Eden within the branding of our new product.
SNA: How long did it take to put such a product on the market? What were some of the challenges faced?
SN: Eden VIT has been in development for the past three years. We had to construct a new manufacturing facility and procure new machinery for the production of Eden VIT. Our production facility is based at Grand Anse, Praslin, which comes with challenges such as lack of infrastructure and logistics. However, despite the challenges faced, it is very rewarding and exciting to see a product from the conceptual stage to final product launch.
(Eden Springs/Facebook) Photo License: All Rights Reserved
SNA: How long has it been since the product was launched?
SN: The product was launched in August 2019 and we have rolled out our product to most retail outlets on Mahe and Praslin. The product has been very well received and been getting positive feedback from consumers. Our customers, in general, say that Eden VIT offers an alternative to water or high sugary products while ensuring maximum rehydration. It has especially been appreciated by members of sports teams, gym and casual fitness enthusiasts.
SNA: At the moment there are three flavours – mango, peach, and lemon. Are there plans to introduce others?
SN: We chose mango, peach and lemon as the initial flavours as we are all familiar to it. Furthermore, they are incredibly refreshing on a hot day. We do plan on introducing new exciting flavours as we move forward.
The beverage is suitable for all age groups. (Eden Springs/Facebook) Photo License: All Rights Reserved
SNA: What is the targeted market?
SN: We are targeting everyone as we have a beverage that is suited for all age groups. We are especially targeting consumers who want a low sugar product with a great taste and with the ability to maintain an active lifestyle. Being health-conscious and well hydrated is important for everyone. Eden VIT aims to be a healthier alternative to existing products on the market. We believe that Eden VIT is a product that can revitalize your mind, body and soul. A healthy diet is also key to ensure a healthy lifestyle.
SNA: Tell us briefly the production process and where can the public buy the products?
SN: The raw materials for Eden VIT arrive in a concentrated format. The raw product is then diluted with pure Eden Springs water which undergoes various stages of filtration. Finally, the finished product is then pasteurized to ensure product safety and shelf life before bottling. The products are available at most retailers on Mahe and Praslin. Eden VIT comes in 500ml bottles and our recommended retail price is SCR 12 a bottle.
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The Spaniel Family decides to spread a year of cheer by doing random acts of kindness every month. Follow along as you hear the author and each of the Spaniels tell their interesting rhyming tale. The colorful illustrations and photographs come to life in this video story. This is an MP4 video book on an imprinted keychain flash drive.


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Newt Guilbault Community Baseball League is proud to offer the Frederick S. Lego Scholarship in the amount of $500 to a graduating senior from Turners Falls High School or Franklin County Technical School who played at least 4 years of baseball with our league.
The $500 scholarship that is awarded by Newt Guilbault Community Baseball League has been handed out for more than 20 years. The scholarship is awarded to one senior every year that has played at least 4 years in the league and who has shown excellence in academics and citizenship. Almost 10 years ago an amazing volunteer of our league by the name of Frederick S. Lego passed away and the executive board voted to have the league scholarship renamed after him. Mr. Lego selflessly volunteered as a coach, groundskeeper, and board member until he was no longer able. He was a fan of youth baseball and a pillar in the community for many years.
If you believe you qualify for this scholarship please contact league secretary, Lesley Cogswell for an application at newtguilbaultbaseball@gmail.com by Monday, June 13, 2022.
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The Architecture School Founded by Frank Lloyd Wright May Now Close Entirely After Cutting Ties With His Foundation
The fate of the School of Architecture at Taliesin has been in ongoing flux.
Taylor Dafoe, March 19, 2020
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 9, 2017. Photo: Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has declined to renew the lease for the architecture school that Wright founded in 1932, leaving the institution without a home.
Word first came in late January that the graduate School of Architecture at Taliesin—which operates campuses in both Spring Green, Wisconsin, and Scottsdale, Arizona—might dissolve after the school's board announced that it had voted to shut the school down. The resolution, which, according to the board, was made after the foundation terminated its lease on the school's campus, caused an uproar in the architecture community.
Then, on March 5, the board announced that it had reversed its previous decision and intended to keep the school's two campuses in operation, providing some hope to those who had been lamenting the loss of Wright's 88-year-old academy.
"The legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright embodied by the school is, as the outpouring of support has shown, one of international importance," said Dan Schweiker, the chair of the school's board of governors, in a statement at the time. "The quality of the work the students have been doing in recent years is excellent. It would be a severe blow to the future of architecture if these talented students would not have the chance to continue this legacy." The board that it had secured new funding and called on the foundation to renew its land agreement in Taliesin to make its plan possible.
But yesterday, the Wright foundation's own board effectively quashed that plan, revealing that it has "voted unanimously to allow its agreement with the School of Architecture to expire at the end of July 2020."
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West, his winter home and architectural school in Scottsdale, Arizona. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images.
The decision, foundation president Stuart Graff said in a public letter, was made after the school failed to provide information about the new funding it had acquired. The foundation has now ended its discussions with the school.
"Given the uncertainties around the school's viability, the foundation will return to its own efforts to develop new programs in architect education that advance Wright's legacy, his pedagogical ideas, and the integrity of Taliesin and Taliesin West as architectural campuses," Graff wrote. "These campuses are living spaces that preserve an ongoing experience of Wright's legacy, including the 88-year legacy of training architects in the drafting studios. That vital part of the legacy will continue."
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The foundation has received pushback for its decision. It is "ignoring the enthusiastic and unanimous support from the fellows, the tens of thousands of people who have expressed their desire for the school to continue, the plea from the Arizona Private and Post-Secondary Education Committee Board for mediation, and the confidence our banks and supporters have put in us," said Aaron Betsky, outgoing president of the school, in a statement.
A representative for the legal team representing the school notes that the school's board "plans to convene to discuss next steps—whether that includes arbitration, mediation, or court action."
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Emerging Artists Are Pledging to Support One Another During the Health Crisis by Buying Each Other's Work Through Instagram


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The exotic sound of Thai names makes them a great choice for our feline companions. Of course, you can always go with the traditional names but where's the fun in that!
Asian cat names are perfect for cats of oriental breeds, such as the Siamese. But regardless of your cat's breed, these names are beautiful and have a distinctive ring to them.
The list below includes names for both female and male cats. You will also find the meaning of each name. I hope you enjoy the list as much as I enjoyed compiling it.
Need more cat name ideas? If so, you may like to check the links below, especially if you are looking for Siamese names for cats.


An 88‐year‐old man with a medical history of atrial fibrillation presented with dyspnea for 1 week. He endorsed bilateral leg edema, orthopnea, and productive cough of pinkish sputum. He denied fevers, chest pain, and palpitations and had no recent travel history, prolonged period of immobility, or reported history of congestive heart failure. He was started on levofloxacin by his PMD 2 days prior and had no symptomatic improvement. Vital signs revealed no fever, mild tachypnea, and an oxygen saturation of 92% on room air. On physical exam, he had bibasilar pulmonary rales and 1+ bilateral lower‐extremity edema. Chest x‐ray (CXR) showed a right lower opacity consistent with pneumonia, and the patient was started on intravenous antibiotics by the emergency department and admitted to medicine. Careful examination of the patient by the medical team raised concern for possible congestive heart failure. A bedside ultrasound (US) of the lungs and heart was performed that revealed severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction, moderate bilateral pleural effusions, and a right lower lobe alveolar consolidation pattern, clinically consistent with compressive atelectasis. Antibiotics were discontinued, a CT scan of the chest ordered by the ER was cancelled, and diuresis with furosemide was initiated. The patient was treated for acute systolic heart failure and discharged a few days later.
The physical examination is a fundamental and necessary skill important for the hospitalist in order to make an accurate and timely diagnosis. Radiologic imaging is a modality that hospitalists often defer to specialists; however, this does not need to be the case. Bedside ultrasonography is an established tool currently implemented in the emergency department and intensive care units throughout the country. Multiple studies have demonstrated utility, efficacy, and feasibility in the use of bedside lung US. Lung US is easy to learn, shown to be superior to CXR and as good as CT scan regarding fluid status. This case demonstrates that a rapid diagnosis can be obtained and treatment initiated without the delay incurred via the more traditional imaging route.
Recently there has been a paradigm shift, in that bedside US is being performed by the treating physician. Image acquisition and interpretation are immediate, and there is no time dissociation between ordering a radiologic exam, its performance, and interpretation. The bedside US may be regarded as an extension of the physical exam that is gaining more popularity in the 21st century. Essentially, it is an upgraded higher‐frequency stethoscope that allows the hospitalist to take a deeper look into the patient. In the era of "Obamacare" and accountable care organizations, lung US presents an opportunity to equip the hospitalist with a new tool that is superior to traditional CXR, with the potential to improve patient care and reduce medical costs.
Chaudhry A, Loukas E. Bedside Lung Ultrasound: The Hospitalist's New Best Friend. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2013, May 16-19, National Harbor, Md. Abstract 290. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2013; 8 (suppl 2). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/bedside-lung-ultrasound-the-hospitalists-new-best-friend/. Accessed April 21, 2019.


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Rogers Media buys Vancouver podcast production company Pacific Content
Rogers Media is adding to its podcasting business through the acquisition of Pacific Content, an independent production and marketing company formed five years ago by a number of former employees of the CBC.
Pacific Content currently employs 22 people and is based in Vancouver
David Paddon · The Canadian Press · Posted: May 01, 2019 8:15 PM PT | Last Updated: May 2, 2019
"Podcasting is a big part of the future of audio," a spokesperson from Rogers said in a statement announcing the acquisition. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)
Pacific Content, which currently employs 22 people based in Vancouver, works with companies and advertisers to attract audiences using audio storytelling techniques.
One of its more recent clients is Facebook, which commissioned Pacific Content to create the "3.5 Degrees" podcast about business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Facebook's series was released Jan. 13 through the Apple, Google, Stitcher and Spotify podcast platforms.
Rogers didn't disclose how much it's paying for Pacific Content but did say it will complement the Frequency Podcast Network that it launched last year. (Darrel Dyck/Canadian Press)
"They wanted to make a show for a business audience," Pacific Content co-founder Steve Pratt said in an interview.
"One of the episodes has (somebody with) a very small, local hamburger business getting to meet the CEO of McDonald's and finding they have a lot in common, and can learn from each other about how their businesses work."
As podcasting grows, screen adaptations attempt to transition from audio to video
This type of commissioned content aims to build a sponsor's brand by attracting an audience, Pratt said.
"It has to be a really, really great show that truly is original and not a piece of marketing," he added.
"We bring a lot of expertise in terms of trying to translate brand strategy into audio shows that are great listens."
'A big part of the future of audio'
Rogers didn't disclose how much it's paying for Pacific Content but did say it will complement the Frequency Podcast Network that it launched last year.
"Podcasting is a big part of the future of audio. We quickly identified its immense potential and are being aggressive in this space," Julie Adam, Rogers Radio senior vice-president, said in a statement.
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Pratt said almost all of Pacific Content's employees will remain, although one co-founder will leave to open a restaurant.
Asked about Pacific Content's pay scales, Pratt said wouldn't disclose amounts but said they were "better than average."
"Our team is the most important thing we have in the whole company and our culture is a huge part of the reason that the company works. And we want to make sure that everybody is feeling very well compensated for the work they do."
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However, he said, Rogers will also help Pacific Content with its strong sales organization.
"Right now, most of our clients are in the States, so being able to work with Rogers to make this happen for Canadian brands is something we're really excited about."
Rogers Communications Inc. owns one of Canada's largest media businesses, which includes 56 radio stations, 29 local TV stations, the Sportsnet specialty TV channels and the Toronto Blue Jays major league baseball team.
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Adoptee Lisa Williams-McCallum knows family comes first
Published in 2020 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers magazine By Nancy Coleman on November 16, 2020
When the coronavirus pandemic hit the Midwest this spring, Lisa Williams-McCallum was nervous. In the throes of an unprecedented health crisis, the Kansas adoption attorney worried whether hiring a lawyer to help with the adoption process would still be at the top of anyone's mind.
And then her firm, The Adoption Services Law Group, got busier than it had been in the past two years.
"I think it's because we have really had to refocus about what kinds of things are important. And family is important," she says. "Even though the world is so uncertain right now, and everything seems so topsy-turvy on so many fronts, people still want that family connection."
Williams-McCallum's firm is one of the few in the region that focuses solely on adoption and child welfare litigation. It is a relatively small niche, she says, in which business relies heavily on referrals. And it can come with plenty of difficult situations: contested adoptions, painful evidentiary hearings, and cases involving bad family situations, including abusive relationships.
But the rewarding nature of the work far outweighs the challenges. And it's an arena Williams-McCallum instantly connected with at Washburn University.
"Being an adoptee, it made sense," she says. "I took an adoption law class, and five minutes in, I knew: This is it. This is what I wanted to do. I absolutely loved my professor, and we're actually officemates now."
When Williams-McCallum was born, Missouri adoption records were still closed. But in 2019, about a year after the state began making birth certificates in her year available to adoptees, she was able to track down her birth mother. They have the same light brown eyes, and the same laugh, proven at a birthday party last year, when they celebrated both their birthdays.
"Several people … were surprised at how similar we laughed—and some of our expressions and gestures and those kinds of things, how similar they were," says Williams-McCallum. Though she had noticed the similarity herself, she adds, "I thought, 'Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part, trying to make a connection.' But if other people recognized it, it must be."
She always knew she was adopted. And she remembers the day her parents adopted her brother, Rodney, three years later, and the trip around town to introduce him to her aunt and grandmother. "For me, since it was a positive experience, I went into my career wanting to help other children find that family that's going to think they are the greatest thing ever," Williams-McCallum says.
Because she started law school at 45, she already had a good idea of what she wanted her career to look like. Working for somebody else for 90 hours a week, for example, was not in the cards. So, when Williams-McCallum opened her firm in October 2019, she focused on adoption from the start. And her professor from the adoption law class and his wife—Allan and Peggy Hazlett—were graciously willing to share an office space.
"A lot of times, you have couples who have had fertility issues or have had miscarriages, or failed adoptions after fertility issues, and being able to finalize those adoptions is so wonderful," Williams-McCallum says. "To see how happy the parents are, and know that this baby is going to go to a super set of folks and will have lots of advantages that it maybe might otherwise not have had, that is particularly rewarding."
And the rewards often continue years after an adoption is finalized, as past clients send holiday cards and school pictures. Her favorite part, however, is more immediate.
"It's kind of corny, but I really do like that finalization hearing and seeing the judge's face," she says. "They have a very small part in the grand scheme of getting through the adoption plan and process; they're just there at the very end. But you can really tell that one of the happier things the court gets to do is to sign that decree of adoption. That officially makes that child a member of that family forever."
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April 26, 2018 May 28, 2018 mlerner10	TenSquare
My recent meeting with Josh Kern marked a milestone in the history of exclusive interviews. It was the first instance in the nine years I've been doing these that I sat down with someone that I have talked to in the past who is now in a different role. In early 2011, I conversed with Mr. Kern regarding his co-founding of the nationally respected Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School. Now, I was in the downtown office of TenSquare to understand the story behind the creation of this charter school consulting group. But first I wanted to go back in time to learn about Mr. Kern's decision to leave TMA and start TenSquare seven years ago.
"I felt like I had accomplished what I set out to do in co-founding the school," Mr. Kern indicated. "It was an amazing personal journey that began with my teaching an introduction to law class at Ballou High School to juniors and seniors when I was in my second year at Georgetown Law through the Street Law program. I saw the challenges that these kids had in obtaining their education. They would sometimes have to stand outside the building for 30 minutes in the cold during the winter months in order to go through a metal detector and be patted down. In the classroom it seemed like announcements were broadcast continually over the loudspeaker which sent a strong signal that learning was not a priority. But I loved the involvement with the students and they really enjoyed the curriculum that culminated in a mock trial."
The experience led Mr. Kern, in the spring of his second year of law school, together with a team of 10 others, to submit an application to create Thurgood Marshall. After it was approved, he spent his third year at Georgetown Law preparing to open the charter. In May 2001, Mr. Kern graduated with honors and in August of the same year TMA began its operation. Four years later it moved into its permanent location at the former DCPS Nichols Avenue School in Ward 8 after spending $12.5 million to renovate the facility in the classic tradition. The agreement to take over the building involved negotiations between the school, the U.S. Congress, the District of Columbia, and the private sector. Thurgood Marshall was the first charter to take advantage of New Market Tax Credits to reduce its loan amount.
Academically, the charter has consistently scored some of the city's highest standardized test scores of open enrollment schools in reading and math while instructing a population of students of which 74 percent qualify for free or reduced-price meals. It has been ranked as Tier 1 on the DC Public Charter School Board's Performance Management Framework since the tool was introduced in 2012. Mr. Kern informed me when I interviewed him the first time that education researchers had studied TMA to find that they were years ahead of leading-edge practices. The U.S. Department of Education has used methods at TMA as the standard when comparing processes at other schools.
Therefore, with his mission accomplished, Mr. Kern was ready to move on. During his decade at Thurgood Marshall he thought he had learned much and made a lot of mistakes. He believed that the charter sector needed a stronger ecosystem to support the local movement. The co-founder of TMA felt that many schools would experience the same hurdles that he did, including recruiting high performing teachers and administrators and setting up systems to effectively use student data to inform classroom instruction, and that schools deserved a resource that could provide help.
He then explored an opportunity to serve as executive director of the DC PCSB following Josephine Baker's retirement. At that point the Washington Post claimed that Mr. Kern was the board's choice to lead the institution.
"The position appealed to me because I thought I could make an impact, but ultimately I felt that I could make a bigger difference for students by creating a charter school support organization. Starting TenSquare was also a better fit with my entrepreneurial nature. Leading an authorizer is a very challenging job, and Scott Pearson has been a great leader at the PCSB."
In 2011 Mr. Kern, along with Jerry Levine, who had been on the advisory board for the financing of the Nichols campus, established TenSquare. The firm is named, according to Mr. Kern, after Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution that defines a federal district "not to exceed 10 miles square."
The business began, recalls Mr. Kern, by doing some work around facilities for Next Step PCS and Eagle Academy PCS. But it was Norm Johnson, the former executive director of IDEA PCS, who was the first to utilize TenSquare for the school turnaround improvement interventions for which TenSquare is most widely known. When the company was formed, IDEA was a Performance Management Framework Tier 3 school facing its 15 year review. Mr. Johnson was about to retire, and he was fearful that the charter would be revoked. The situation IDEA found itself in was exactly the right one for TenSquare's mission.
Mr. Kern explains, "It is getting harder and harder for stand-alone charter schools to prosper, in D.C. and in other cities and states. The expectations around academics, facilities, compliance, regulatory requirements, and back office duties are increasing and becoming more and more complex. The implicit and explicit belief is that charter schools can meet these demands on their own. School leaders and boards often feel that they don't need assistance. But as authorizers mature in their oversight of charters, the requirements a school must meet for it to be defined as successful are going up exponentially. It doesn't count if a school was great 10 years ago. What matters is the school's performance right now."
TenSquare engaged with IDEA PCS for three years and the results were astonishing. On December 16, 2014, then-Mayor Vincent Gray joined school leaders in celebrating the charter's academic improvement. The press release for the event listed these statistics:
IDEA's PMF scores increased 26 percentage points during the two probationary years, from 28.4 in 2012 to 54.4 in 2014
IDEA earned the designation of a DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education Reward School, an honor reserved for the top five percent of schools showing the greatest growth in student achievement, for two consecutive years
IDEA scholars outperformed all other high schools in Ward 7 on the DC-CAS in reading and math combined
Achievement on the DC-CAS math test increased by 29 percentage points to 67%, the greatest student gain of any DC high school in 2013–2014
Student progress in reading exceeded the growth target set by the PCSB, earning IDEA 100% of the points possible for this metric on the 2014 PMF
TenSquare has refined its approach over the years. It now begins its school improvement engagements with charters by completing a comprehensive performance audit. This document then leads to development of a customized improvement plan that normally spans four to five years. The cost of the support depends upon the intensity of TenSquare's day-to-day involvement. TenSquare charges based on the personnel it assigns to a school, distinguishing it from charter management organizations, which tend to charge a percentage of a school's funding. During the first year or two, TenSquare might hire a new head of school as one of its staff members, who will eventually either become an employee of the charter or move on to another position.
The group has found over its seven years that by following its school improvement trajectory, a D.C. charter's PMF will improve on average by 12 percentage points each year. The average student Median Growth Percentile, a measure of academic improvement in math and English compared to their peers, will grow by a mean of 10 points in two years.
One interesting aspect I found about the way in which TenSquare operates is that when it comes into a school it often significantly raises teacher salaries. "Underperforming schools generally underpay their teachers," Mr. Kern observed. The dollars needed to improve compensation come from substantial reductions in operating costs, which TenSquare is able to realize due to its expertise. "We consistently see improvement in the school's balance sheet and cash position," Mr. Kern related.
TenSquare's staff of 28 includes specialists with first-hand school experience leading academics, culture, operations and finance, facilities acquisition and development, talent management, and data analysis and compliance. It currently operates in eight states, including Minnesota, Louisiana, Nevada, and North Carolina, and lists as its clients 25 charters, In addition, TenSquare works directly with state and local authorizers on policy, charter reviews, and as receivers for under-performing schools.
Here in the nation's capital TenSquare has partnered with Imagine Hope Community PCS's Lamond Campus, and the William E. Doar, Jr. PCS for the Performing Arts (now renamed City Arts and Prep PCS). Perry Street Prep PCS, YouthBuild PCS, Meridian PCS, and the Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy are currently using its services. In the school year 2016 to 2017, according to Mr. Kern,
Perry Street Prep was recognized by the DC PCSB as having the highest student growth among all charter schools,
YouthBuild Public Charter School not only attained Tier 1 status, but had the second highest GED attainment rate among charter adult programs, and
Meridian Public Charter School was acclaimed by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education for the largest growth in student in-seat attendance among all public schools.
Mr. Kern stressed that schools should not wait until they get into trouble before seeking outside help. "In D.C. there is a high-stakes review every five years," the TenSquare co-founder stated. "If a school has a couple of bad years or even stays stagnant, then that means there has been lack of progress for 40 percent of that period. It is therefore dangerous for charter boards of directors to see a year of declining academic results as an anomaly and wait to see if there is a trend. Adding to all of the complexity of this situation is the fact that board members and school leadership frequently change. In this environment of ever-rising accountability, it is especially important that schools enlist help before issues worsen. Also, schools are not immutably high or low performing. In any school, there's always need for improvement and the possibility for success."
I have to admit that it was a tough sell for me that charters should sign up for a performance audit even when indicators are pointing in the positive direction. But perhaps Mr. Kern is correct. After all, his instincts have been right before. He founded one of D.C.'s leading high schools. He was also the one who orchestrated an orderly transition of Options PCS, a school serving severely physically and emotionally disabled children, and one that the DC PCSB was about to shutter, to a new charter school serving the same students. The reports he filed to the court in his time as Receiver are a primer in operations management. For these efforts Mr. Kern justly deserves our gratitude. In all likelihood the same is true with TenSquare.
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X Prize to map 4,000m-deep ocean floor with robots
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, San Francisco
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35082430
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There is a new X Prize to accelerate technologies to explore the ocean.
Shell is sponsoring the competition, which will challenge teams to map a 4km-deep, 500-sq-km area of sea floor using autonomous robots.
The award, which is valued at $7m (£4.6m), will have to be claimed before the end of 2018.
Previous ocean incentives put up by the X Prize organisation have helped develop oil clean-up solutions and sensors to monitor ocean acidification.
The new challenge was announced at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco - the largest annual gathering of Earth scientists.
The motivation is the lack of high-resolution maps of the ocean bed. More than 90% of the sea floor has not been surveyed in detail.
Media captionDr Jyotika Virmani: "Every time we go into the deep ocean we find something new"
X Prize technical director Dr Jyotika Virmani said much remained to be discovered about our planet.
"It was a Caribbean sponge that gave us AZT, the compound used in AIDS treatments. There are many more medical benefits just waiting to be discovered, but we have no idea because the oceans remain largely unexplored," she told BBC News.
Although technologies already exist to survey the seabed at 4,000m down, the particular rules of the Shell Ocean Discovery competition will make even current experts in the field scratch their heads.
The entrants will have to deploy their solutions from land or from the air; they cannot use a ship or even be in the survey area at the time.
So, no cable can be used to remotely operate vehicles; they will need to be fully autonomous.
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Image caption Rutgers University is developing a drone that can fly in the air and move under water
There will be two rounds to the competition.
The first, to be held in 2017, will be undertaken at a shallower depth of 2,000m, and require teams to make a bathymetric map of at least 20% of a 500-sq-km zone of seabed in roughly 6-8 hours.
The top 10 teams will then go forward to the second round, which will be held at the full competition depth of 4,000m. At least 50% of this area will have to be mapped in 12-15 hours.
A scanning resolution of 5m per pixel is demanded. The teams will have to return high-resolution pictures from the deep as well, of a target specified by the organisers.
Control and communications in the dark at 4,000m will be tough enough, never mind the consideration of pressure, which will be about 40 megapascals - nearly 6,000 pounds per square inch.
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Image caption Our best maps of the ocean floor are low-resolution compared to maps of the land surface
"Four thousand metres is certainly challenging and we're looking forward to seeing some very innovative technologies," said Dr Virmani.
X Prize CEO Dr Peter Diamandis added: "What we're going to see will be more autonomous; it's going to be smaller; it's going to be cheaper; it's probably going to be swarm in nature. This is what we're seeing because of the proliferation of cellphone technology. Robots are getting much more capable."
$1m of the $7m will be reserved for the team that can demonstrate new chemical and biological underwater sensors. To win this, the group will need to "sniff" a target to its source in the survey zone. That prize is sponsored by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
"Right now we can bring seawater to a lab and detect what chemical and biological signatures are in there. We're looking to develop pioneering, breakthrough technology to do that in situ," Dr Virmani told BBC News.
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Image caption It is hoped even experts in the field will be prompted to go for innovative solutions
This is the third ocean-related X Prize. The California-based organisation plans two more under its Ocean Initiative, which is "designed to identify our oceans' grand challenges and what we can do to solve them".
The most famous X Prize saw a privately developed rocket pane fly into space. Other competitions still in progress seek to put robots on the Moon and to develop Star-Trek-style "tricorders" to monitor people's vital signs.
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Patrick Werme was a sincere, outgoing and gifted athlete. He was a beautiful human being who possessed a winning personality, and intense loyalty to those he loved. Patrick made everyone he met feel special in his presence, and established lasting friendships with ease. Described as an old soul, he was admired for his wisdom, kindness, and deep compassion for others. To know him was a blessing. His authentic acceptance of others will live on as his greatest legacy, along with the close bond he shared with his brother and sisters. Although he left this world far too soon, Patrick's rich collection of memories will forever hold a special place in the hearts of all who knew and loved him.
On January 24, 1991, Chris and Mary (Connors) Werme welcomed home their newborn son, Patrick Michael, at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His birth brought much joy and happiness to the family home.
Growing up in the small town of Schoolcraft, Patrick lived a classic childhood of the times. From the very beginning, his easygoing nature was a blessing to his parents when all it would take was a bottle before bed - and Patrick would be fast asleep through the whole night. As a child, Patrick was most content when he was outdoors. As a matter of fact, he found great solace in nature throughout his entire life. Whether he was fishing, camping, or falling asleep under a starlit sky, he always longed to be in the woods with his Uncle Bob: one of most special people in Patrick's life. These interests remained consistent during his adolescent years, where he counted down the days to hunting season, enjoyed dirt biking, and endlessly casting his fishing line into any open water he could find! He often talked of settling down one day in a home in Schoolcraft, where he could roam freely and explore nature.
As a teenager, he played various sports that kept him active and socially busy. Although he loved both hockey and football, golf was his all-time favorite! Despite both of his sisters trying to pass on their talent, Basketball simply was not in his wheelhouse. Instead, golf ended up being where his raw, natural talent was on full display. Golf was Patrick's true passion. It was his escape. When he put that tee in the ground on the first hole; he was in his element. He was a true ball-striker. He was known for his short backswing, reverse-c finish, and his innate ability to buy drinks for everyone……on his dad's tab.
Alongside his love for golf, Patrick was drawn to the water. Whether warm or cold, he savored the times he went fishing, swimming, boating, and snowboarding. He even enjoyed a brief career in surfing…. that was promptly ended the moment he spotted his first shark. No, Patrick far preferred the golf green, where a game could be picked up at any time, including a recent young amateurs' competition in which he took fourth place.
After witnessing the tragedy of 9/11, Patrick had his sights set on serving his Country. At the tender age of seventeen, and with his parent's blessing - he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. After graduating Schoolcraft High School, he left for basic training. Stationed in Camp Pendleton, Patrick proudly served for eight years. He saw two combat deployments and four tours between Afghanistan, Australia, South Korea, and Japan. During his time enlisted, he was classified as a mortarman, and eventually earned the prestigious role of Sergeant. Patrick was involved in Operation Enduring Freedom with the 1st battalion 1st Marines unit "No Love". From that point forward, he was driven to reenlist. He was stationed with the 1st battalion 5th Marines. Patrick was a leader and an effective Marine. Most importantly - he was an excellent human being, and a great man.
In August of 2015, while stationed in California, he bumped into a woman (Jamie) in a local bar who would soon steal his heart. Shortly after they met, Patrick left on a six-month deployment. Despite the distance, their relationship only grew stronger. Patrick and Jamie decided that they wanted nothing more than to settle down together in the country and raise a family. Luckily for him, Kaylee and Danielle made that dream a reality! Jamie's two daughters were easy to love, and enjoyed their time with Patrick. He was able to share his passions with them, taking them fishing, mini golfing, bowling, and camping! Nothing brought him greater happiness than playing the role of their father, where he was most certainly a natural. Patrick wanted the very best for them, which was easy to see by the tender way he cared for them, including baiting their hooks - which went against his every intention of encouraging their independence! After teaching them every trick in the book, as it turned out, they were better at fishing than he was!
Wise beyond his years, most of Patrick's closest friends were retired. With an unparalleled loyalty for the people close to him, no one could surpass his willingness to drop everything and be there for them. Patrick, or Patters, or Patterman, as he was affectionately called by his family, wore his heart on his sleeve. Any time a friend or family member was going through troubled times, they could always count on Patrick for his guidance, caring ways, and non-judgmental listening ear. He would selflessly help carry their burdens, and deeply grieve right alongside them. His approach to life was admirable in the ways he stayed true to himself, no matter the situation. Patrick and his boundless love for his family, friends, and USMC brothers will be greatly respected and lovingly remembered by all who were lucky enough to know him forever.
Patrick Michael Werme, age 27, of Portage, passed away July 3, 2018. He is survived by his parents; Mary Werme, Chris and Michelle Werme; siblings: Elizabeth (Brad) Koetsier, Chris Werme (Aubree Thomas), Rachel Werme (Kevin Kirk), step-brother Ethan Tellier; nephews: Brecken and Landen; his fiance, Jamie Klockow and their daughters, Kaylee and Danielle; grandparents: Donald and Pat Werme and Joyce Connors; godparents Galyn and Steve Barnum; many aunts, uncles, cousins, and special friends as well as his treasured furry companions: Cooper and Lucy. He leaves behind a significant number of USMC brothers in arms with whom he served. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, William Connors, Uncle Tim Connors, grandmother, Gayl Werme, and cousins, Lucas and Jack Hermsen. Visit with Patrick's family and friends on Sunday from 2-5 pm at the Betzler Life Story Funeral Home, 6080 Stadium Drive; Kalamazoo (269) 375-2900, where services will be held on Monday at 11:00 am. Burial, with full military honors, at the South Portage Cemetery. Lunch will follow at Bud's Bar, 220 N. Grand Street; Schoolcraft. Please visit Patrick's personal memory page at www.BetzlerFuneralHome.com where you can share a favorite memory or photo and sign his online guestbook before coming to the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Section 1776, payable to "The Section Collection," or to Wounded Warriors.


When I look at mosaic patterns, I am immediately reminded of a pixelated image, a digital image. We use digital images from cameras and video to capture moments of life, these become our memories.
The collection of mosaic for Bisazza is based on the idea to use images that trigger memories when you look at them. A pattern of sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees can remind you of a nice summer day, a picnic in the park or daydreaming in the back of a car and watching the landscape going by. These patterns become personalised memories for each viewer, we all share these memories.
I applied some of these patterns, Summer Trees, Dark Waters and Night Vision, to a coffee table and a commode in two sizes. The pieces have a large surface area for the mosaic to work optimally and an innovative sliding mechanism that opens the intricate volume inside.


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Oh no, Europe threatened to stop buying Harleys
Like Reagan before him, President Trump is imposing punitive tariffs to stop the unfair trade practice of our trading partners. Every Republican president from Lincoln to Reagan put America first. (In 1988, Sheldon L. Richman called Reagan the most protectionist president since Hoover.)
Then came the Bushes and the New World Order, and somehow conservatism morphed into globalism.
Trump's imposition of tariffs drew quick rebuke from CNN.
"Europe is preparing to impose tariffs on Harley-Davidson motorbikes, bourbon whiskey and Levi's jeans in retaliation for President Donald Trump's planned taxes on steel and aluminum imports," the Fake News network said.
No bourbon, no jeans, no Harleys. This is the end of biker rallies in Europe.
But instead of showing how we would lose in a trade war, the pathetic threat of retaliation shows that the world has been eating our lunch for decades.
They unload tons of steel and aluminum on us, while buying a few trinkets: a motorcycle, a few bottles of booze, and a few pairs of jeans. Sure, Harley, Jim Beam, and Levi's are iconic American products, but a $19 trillion economy needs much more than that.
The problem with threats by Europe to retaliate is that they have nothing to retaliate with.
China makes a half-trillion-dollars a year profit off the USA.
Time to re-negotiate on our terms.
Meanwhile, Yahoo News informed readers, "Trump tariffs could make metal baseball bats more expensive."
So, in order to have cheap bats, we should kill our aluminum and steel industries -- and imperil the national defense? That's crazy, capital CRA.
UPDATE: One last note about tariffs, Nobel economics laureate (and former Enron adviser) Paul Krugman wrote a column for Sunday blasting Trump (yawn) but disclosed that the United States sells 9% of the world's exports - and buys 14%.
The media chose to go to war with Donald John Trump in 2017 rather than accept him as president.
The media chose poorly.
From Leslie Eastman's review at Legal Insurrection:
Surber, a recovering journalist with over 30 years of experience, has been cataloging the #FakeNews that has been regularly offered as serious analysis of President Donald Trump's actions, policies, and opinions. He has brought his enormous collection together in the longest, most serious book he has yet written: Fake News Follies of 2017.
Fake News Follies of 2017 is available on Kindle and in paperback.
Autographed copies are available. Email me at DonSurber@GMail.com for details. I am including a "director's cut." I will give you the original Chapter 1 that I cut because while the chapter was amusing, it really had nothing to do with the Fake News Follies of 2017.
Posted by Don Surber at 3/03/2018 03:00:00 PM
Myiq2xu March 3, 2018 at 3:09 PM
Nobody buys Harleys, bourbon, or Levis because they are cheap.
I don't buy Levis because they are cheap. Expensive, but cheap, so i don't buy them anymore.
-Erik March 3, 2018 at 3:11 PM
And Mark Levin says Campbell soup cans will be more expensive.
The HORROR !!
And of course no American ingenuity could surpass THAT!
Farm Boy March 3, 2018 at 3:33 PM
Mark Levin should stick to discussing the US Constitution. I am not the scholar that he is, but I don't think the document mentions "free trade" (or unilateral economic trade disarmament). The guy has dug himself into a pit on this issue and just keeps going deeper
There is no trade war. The pound and the euro have risen considerably in the last 8 months as the dollar been talked down by the Trump administration. Even if the cost of goods we produce rises they will still be cheaper than theirs for the most part. Wapo and Yahoo are just part of Trumpwhax inc. They know no one in the midwest who needs a job reads their stuff so they can say what their pay wall tools want to hear. Truth is dead and in permanent darkness.
The Gipper Lives March 3, 2018 at 4:34 PM
We don't have Free Trade. That's a joke. But we do have a president who is finally standing up for Americans against the Globalists. It's been so long we'd almost forgotten what that's like.
Schlongtavious Lardmaster March 3, 2018 at 7:50 PM
If anybody is concerned what Europe thinks, then that proves they are clueless as to the state of the world in the 21st Century. What's Europe going to do to retaliate? Be rude to Americans on their Paris/London/Venice European holidays? I shudder.
China, on the other hand, is the one to watch. However, given the massive trade deficits we run against China, this is one war where the Chinese arsenal is empty.
So-called sophisticates think every trade war is Smoot Hawley triggering a global depression. Was the United States running massive trade deficits, or were we more of a seller than buyer in the global marketplace back then? Did European economies matter back then? How transportable was currency back then? Smoot Hawley may (or may not) have been a bad policy in 1930. That doesn't mean the world economy has been locked in place for 90 years.
Sam L. March 3, 2018 at 6:14 PM
European governments don't allow their populaces to say what they want to say...because most of it is proscribed as "hate speech". Discourages patriotism, it does.
LYNNDH March 3, 2018 at 5:21 PM
You notice they always say "could" but never ever say just how much of an increase there would be on any individual item. Pennies and Peanuts.
MAJMike March 3, 2018 at 5:57 PM
How many of those Levis are actually made in the U.S.? About 20 year ago Levi's closed a manufacturing plant here in San Antonio throwing hundreds of folks out of work. The factory was moved to Mexico. If the Eurotards want to buy Mexican Levis, I could care less.
There was also Levi place in Waco,Tx too,that closed down too.The only industry left there is the glass plant.
radioone March 3, 2018 at 8:09 PM
"all Levi's jeans are stitched outside America with one exception: a single line of jeans produced at a factory called "White Oak" in Greensboro, NC." BTW those are the ones that cost $178.00 per pair.
Dan March 3, 2018 at 6:00 PM
I'm still mad that the tariff to protect AMF/Harley Davidson doubled the price of the rice burner I wanted.
ruralbob March 3, 2018 at 6:08 PM
Maybe we could make baseball bats from something like wood.
An idea so shocking...it just might work!
Ridiculous. Do you think wood grows on trees?
Yeah, but Where are the trees grown?? We don't allow cutting down trees anymore do we????lol
Don Surber March 3, 2018 at 9:20 PM
You made my wife laugh, guys. Thank you.
Geez...now the SJW's have another excuse to be even more outraged.
The cost of aluminum headbashers and slim fit levis jeans are on the rise!
zregime March 4, 2018 at 8:56 AM
The power's back on. Yay! Schlongy wins that thread going away.
I'd love to see the sales figures for Harleys, American made blue jeans, and American exported bourbon in Europe. I mean the market's got to be miniscule.
The French better keep their mouths shut. Their Wine could quickly get a lot more expensive here in the USA.
The Old and Unimproved Dave March 3, 2018 at 8:59 PM
Question: What's the difference between a Harley and a vacuum cleaner ?
Answer: The position of the dirtbag.
Men in Europe ride scooters and MoPeds. Yes really.
The loss to Harley is what 15 bike a year, not really a hit in their sales. The hit on the bourbon sale would also be fairly minor. Who still buys Levis?
If that is all the dictatorship of the EU has, they need American sales a whole lot more that we need them.


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Constantin Demner
I had the joy of studying with a lot of amazing designers, one of them being Kevin Yuen Kit Lo, who I actually found out about margins from. [read his interview] He's a brilliant example, one of the most idealistic designers out there, working for such great causes, political work. He's a very committed artist that works with an amazing community. Another designer, Sarah Boris, a dear friend of mine, is working in London on a lot of book cover designs. She was a creative director at Phaidon and before that the ICA and the Barbican in London. She has recently been voted as one of the most influential female designers out there right now. Other people like Klaus Birk became a professor in Switzerland and Germany right after the MA, doing groundbreaking teaching work at some of the best universities in German-speaking surroundings.
There were a whole bunch of really talented people who were shaped by that MA at the London College of Printing, that they possibly couldn't go back into regular, commercial work – they really found their niche in working for really important causes. It's not easy to do, but those guys teaching us gave us the trust and belief to know that as a designer, you might come across manipulation a lot and if you do have to manipulate people into things, you have to make it important for our community, and not just capitalistic values. So I think that influenced me a lot, because when I do commercial work, I'm very aware and choose very wisely.
I caught up with Austria-based designer, Constantin Demner over Skype, which was perhaps fitting for the way he likes to work. Not satisfied with working in a limited market, Constantin considers himself a 'digital nomad' who deals with clients from all over the world. During our call, he shared his thoughts on the familiarity of the design process, the impact his MA peers have had on him and the design field, and what it's like to work out of his backpack.
What about inspiration from outside the fields of design and art?
That's a big question. But generally speaking I would say what made me want to go into graphic design was skateboard culture, the early days of skateboarding. I'm going to be 40 soon, and so that was almost 30 years ago, when I got into that and the subculture that surrounded it. The magazines and visual culture made us perceive environments in a completely different way, and see things through a different filter, in a creative way. Just moving through the city and wondering how you can interact with things that other people might take for granted. That's one of maybe the pillars of my inspiration and how I came into the visual design world.
Besides that, everything Japanese. Just the way the Japanese do the most mundane, everyday things in such an artful way. It's so close to design – if you look at Japanese woodworking techniques, it's just mesmerizing. The craft and the art that goes into the smallest details is something I'm very attracted to.
studioelastik.com
I recently got myself a studio space, which is exciting because I'm usually working out of
my backpack. It's a temporary space in an old tractor factory in the outskirts of Vienna.
There's a whole bunch of artists out there. My neighbor is a really talented screenprinter
printaffaires.com and risograph printer, so I have access to his printing studio, and I'm going to be doing a lot of experimental work there in the next year.
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Tell us about your thought process working through your favorite project.
The biggest project I did was a self-initiated one for my MA, called "Walk". That took half a year to finish and was an intervention into public space. I painted a 2km wide line onto the pavement in East London, in Spitalfields. I applied stencils on to the pavement with local historical facts and geographical references. It functioned as an unguided City Walk. I thoroughly researched the area and discovered behind the walls and windows, there was so much information and history, and I wondered how I could communicate that back to the people who were moving through that space.
I figured out by using the language of street art, I could open up certain dimensions or levels of history and understanding. My teachers back then had a hard time dealing with that project because it was so hard to put it into an academic context and judge the effectiveness of that. But I found a few different ways to gather information from people in the public space interacting with it to record and analyze the information. It got published for many, many years. Even today, I still get people writing to me asking if they can publish it. It's still alive. So that's something I deeply enjoyed because it took my capability of communicating an idea visually, and put it into the street, a place which belongs to all of us. It's one of the last things that really belongs to citizens. It was one my favorite projects, just because of the immense amount of work that went into it and because it really came from within. I remember, I really had to finish it for my course and I knew I had to deliver, so I actually even got busted by the police back then. I told them what I was doing and they really liked it and said, "okay just continue," because they were really digging it.
Can you tell us more about your experience across various mediums – do you have a different approach to motion work versus print work?
After all these years of working in a creative world with deadlines, actually the process is always the same. It doesn't matter if it's motion or print work or even renovating an old door, doing woodwork. Any kind of brief, for me, just follows the same milestones.
The process always feels so familiar, so I just apply my experience with design to many different disciplines. Even now, I've been renovating this door and it's so much work and it's just the same as a design job. At the beginning you get excited, do the sanding bit, and you realize, "oh my god, it's so much work". You have to dust it off and clean and paint the first layer and let it dry and put the filler in and sand it and let it dry, and you do it all over again. It's so many steps and if you get stuck in the timeline and think about how long it's going to take it gets really frustrating. But if you zoom out of the timeline, you realize it's very familiar and you've been through the same things in other moments of your creative career. So you just realize you have to do it and enjoy the process and enjoy the sanding and forget how long it takes, just sand. And when you zoom back into the timeline you realize, "I actually got quite far and it looks so much better than it did before."
"[Our professors] were ex-punks that told us they were going to take everything we knew and shake it out of us, to relearn."
The creative process for me is like a download. I'm the vessel and I just have to download that information through me. I don't really have to do anything, I just have to be patient and zoom out of the timeline and allow myself to be the funnel to download that creative input and put it out. That applies to any creative work, whether that's making a music video and doing the editing, or designing an album cover. An album cover is such a big one because you're working with musicians who have spent months or years creating a very personal, deep, emotional body of work. They give it to you and you have to find that one image that translates all of that. It's overwhelming, but if you realize you're just a vessel, the information is out there. If you just open the right port and leave it open, the information is going to download. You just have to trust that process.
Tell us about your background in the industry and how you started studioelastik.
I started out in Austria studying at a two-year graphic design course that was tailored to enter the industry. We did a lot of analog stuff to get started–a strong typographic foundation. After about a year at an agency, I decided I wanted to go into freelance, so I founded studioelastik in 2001. I started to get my first gigs through friends and the art community here in Vienna, Austria, where I'm based now. I then applied for a one-year MA in Typographic Design at what was formerly the London College of Printing, now the London College of Communication. I took my studio work with me to London and worked on that parallel to my MA, and was there for about six years. After London, I moved to Brighton, which was an amazing creative environment to be in. There was an especially strong connection to the music scene there. It was a breeding ground for indie and electronic music, and I made a lot of contacts there and got invited into designing for music: album covers and visuals for live shows.
I had a phase where I was really busy and didn't enjoy what I was doing anymore so decided to take a sabbatical and went to Africa for 6 months, which was a real life changer. It was like a parallel universe, showing me everything I was missing here, but it was also missing everything I had back in my actual life. So after that I decided to come back to my hometown in Vienna where I'd inherited my grandparents' house and now I've been back almost ten years. I've since turned that house into an artist's space where artists live and work. We have a small communal garden and it's a very special place here.
"You're just a vessel, the information is out there. If you just open the right port and leave it open, the information is going to download. You just have to trust that process."
What are your thoughts on inclusion within a team or project? Do you feel like your experience with the design field in Europe is different than in the US?
I would say I work alone a lot, so most of my work is kind of lonely. I team up with my clients and I only enjoy working with clients who join the process. The more trust there is, the more excited the client is and the better the outcome. I've never really even seen myself as a European designer even though I guess I am. The name studioelastik was chosen because I wanted to be flexible and work anywhere and grow and expand or contract depending on my projects. My market is really international. I never set out to be the best in Austria, I just went for what I wanted. I work with labels in the States and clients from all over the world. I'm working with artists who come from the craziest backgrounds and situations. I never felt like the industry was that one-dimensional, but I do get lonely moments working on the computer. Recently I've realized that and started teaching because I needed more feedback and connection with other people–to look someone in the eyes–not just me and the client remotely over skype or email.
I'm interested in the fact that you work mostly alone – did you not enjoy the agency environment when you started?
I enjoyed it because I learned a lot. But Austria is a small market, and I was never satisfied working in a limited market. In the States or the UK, you have industries for the most bizarre niches, but in Austria if you're into fashion or music, there are only a few labels, so I always felt restricted by that. If you want to work in the music industry, that's a global thing. With studioelastik, I think I'm one of the first people I know who would travel with his computer, and just go sit somewhere in a weird café hacking his mobile phone to his computer for an internet connection. For myself, I really invented that term, Digital Nomad. I always had my work in my backpack because I realized I could. So I set that trend for myself. I didn't have people to follow–I started that when it was something that people weren't really doing back then. I'd like to continue doing that. I don't want to be limited by geographic boundaries because they seem so outdated.
What's on your agenda for 2018?
One thing I definitely will say for myself in 2018 is I want to get more into teaching. I realized there are all these amazing young, hungry, talented designers out there. Rather than competing with them and fighting to have my voice in this growing sea of talented people, I want to work with them, team up and help. There will be more work with musicians – a band called The Acid who recently scored an experimental film called The Bomb, about nuclear bombs. I was very lucky to be invited to design with them. The whole project was art directed by Stanley Donwood, the designer of the Radiohead artwork. I have another project designing for a musician in California. And the rest, you never know with freelance design, things just come up whenever they're ripe. So, I'm open to new challenges.


Anrufe ohne Meldung von Roman Libbertz: "You always believe in other people, but that´s easy. Sooner or later you´ve gotta believe in yourself too, because that is what growing up is. It´s becoming who you wanna be."
"You always believe in other people, but that´s easy. Sooner or later you´ve gotta believe in yourself too, because that is what growing up is. It´s becoming who you wanna be."


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L'hippodrome des Bruyères est un ancien hippodrome situé à Sotteville-lès-Rouen dans le département de Seine-Maritime. L' hippodrome fut ouvert au galop avec une piste en herbe de  et au trot avec une piste de  en sable avec corde à gauche.

Cet hippodrome ferme ses portes en 2005, remplacé par l'hippodrome de Rouen-Mauquenchy.

La surface est reconvertie en parc naturel urbain au début des années 2020.

Historique
Les premières courses à Rouen eurent lieu en 1844 sur le Cours de la Reine à l'instigation de la Société centrale d'agriculture de la Seine-Inférieure. Mais le véritable départ eut lieu en 1861 avec la création de la Société et l'établissement d'un hippodrome aux Bruyères grâce à la Cavalerie de l'Armée.

En 1914, le site est réquisitionné et l'hippodrome devient un camp médical accueillant les soldats britanniques évacués de la Somme puis le St. Louis Hospital de l'armée américaine en 1917.

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le terrain fut occupé par des installations militaires qui nécessitèrent de gros travaux de démolition en 1945-1946.

Par suite de la vétusté des tribunes, les courses n'ont pu se dérouler sur l'hippodrome à partir du printemps 1994 et en 1995 et ont été transférées sur divers hippodromes de la Fédération (Chartres, Fontainebleau, Dieppe, etc.).

En 1994, M. Jacques Brion succède à la présidence à M. Perdrix.
En 1996, les courses au galop ont été arrêtées (raison officielle : sécurité).
D'importants travaux sont entrepris en 1996 sur les pistes, les boxes, etc.
Des projets sont à l'étude avec certains notamment envisageant la suppression des courses au galop (effectif en ).
En 1997, les projets semblent se préciser avec la construction d'un centre hippique avec hippodrome à Mauquenchy, en pays de Bray, près de Forges-les-Eaux.
Le conseil général de la Seine-Maritime a voté le  un budget de , auxquels s'ajoutent 10 millions de francs de la SECF pour la construction d'un hippodrome sur les terrains (280 hectares) du Conseil général à Mauquenchy, terrains initialement prévus 10 ans plus tôt pour la construction d'un circuit automobile en remplacement du circuit de Rouen-les-Essarts, projet abandonné avec la disparition de l'écurie Larrousse-Calmels et la construction du circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.
Il semble que fin 1999 l'ensemble du dossier (adjudications, choix de l'architecte…) soit prêt et que les travaux puissent démarrer début 2000 pour une ouverture de l'hippodrome en .

L'architecte choisi est M. Amadeo, concepteur de l'hippodrome Marseille Borély.
En , le président Jacques Brion a communiqué que les travaux à Mauquenchy pourraient débuter au printemps 2001, que la piste ferait de  à  et qu'un restaurant panoramique de 250 places serait édifié.

Malgré un incendie criminel au printemps 2002, des travaux de réfection permettront la tenue des courses à Rouen en .
Le projet Mauquenchy semble renaître au début de 2003, où le conseil général assurera la maîtrise d'œuvre d'une Cité du cheval avec un hippodrome ultra moderne entièrement tourné vers les trotteurs. Une piste corde à gauche de  est prévue avec des tribunes et installations très modernes. Le site de Mauquenchy est originellement prévu en 2004, puis est reporté pour finalement ouvrir en 2005.

Reconversion

Le site de l'hippodrome des Bruyères est voué à devenir un parc urbain. La région a décidé d'installer un parc reprenant le nom de l'hippodrome « Parc des Bruyères ». Prévu à l'origine pour 2012, on doit y trouver un golf compact de 9 trous, un centre équestre et un à deux terrains de sport, et cela dans un cadre environnemental naturel. En 2014, les concertations autour de l'aménagement sont encore en cours.

En , le Champ des Bruyères propose sa première newsletter.

Début 2021, un dépliant communique le règlement du parc et diverses informations pratiques.

Voir aussi

Notes, sources et références

Bibliographie
 Michel Croguennec, Histoire de l'hippodrome des Bruyères, 49, coll. Fascicules histoire(s), Métropole Rouen Normandie, 2014

Article connexe
 Liste des hippodromes

Équipement sportif achevé en 1861
Hippodrome en Normandie
Équipement sportif dans la Seine-Maritime
Équipement sportif détruit en France
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