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Omicron: Booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can 'neutralize' variant, companies say
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By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Pfizer and BioNTech said early Wednesday that three doses of their coronavirus vaccine appear to "neutralize" the omicron variant, while two doses show "significantly reduced neutralization," according to preliminary data.
In a news release, the companies said an initial lab study demonstrated that antibodies induced by the vaccine neutralized the variant after a third dose, widely known as a "booster" dose. Three doses appeared to increase neutralizing antibodies against omicron to levels comparable to those induced by two doses against the original strain of the virus, the release said.
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The third dose increased neutralizing antibodies against omicron 25-fold compared to two doses, according to the release.
"Although two doses of the vaccine may still offer protection against severe disease caused by the omicron strain, it's clear from these preliminary data that protection is maximized with a third dose of our vaccine," Albert Bourla, Pfizer's CEO, said in a statement.
The study has not yet been peer-reviewed, The Associated Press reported.
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Home Gun Nation Help A Bigoted, Gun-Hating Liberal Win an AK-47
Help A Bigoted, Gun-Hating Liberal Win an AK-47
Bruce W. Krafft
Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post Writers Group has penned an interesting essay. Titled, "Help a card-carrying liberal win an AK-47," it shows the sort of hateful rhetoric we gunnies have come to expect from the self-styled tolerant, inclusive, liberal elite. Refreshingly, Gene's perfectly honest about his liberalism and states up front that he would like to repeal the Second Amendment (he's apparently unaware that the Bill of Rights protects our rights, it doesn't grant them, so repealing the Second Amendment would do nothing but precipitate a civil war). He magnanimously admits that the Second was once useful, but then goes on to say…
Things are different now. Today, most private weapons are owned by a class of rural hobbyists known as "gun enthusiasts," a term newspapers came up with to avoid saying "paranoiacs in bib overalls." These are the sort of people who advertise on armslist.com, my favorite website in the whole world since yesterday, when I learned that it is giving away an AK-47, with mounted bayonet, to the person who brings the most new traffic to its site.
Paranoiacs in bib overalls? Makes me wonder if Gene has John Valby (NSFW) songs for his ringtone? Probably not, though, because it seems he reserves his real prejudice and disdain for us "rural hobbyists." I'm guessing that the closest Gene ever comes to a wild animals is when he clicks past The Discovery Channel, otherwise he'd know that once you move away from the core cities you can find yourself facing unfriendly, hungry animals. To say nothing of the damage a rampaging bull or pissed off horse can do to a person.
But why would Gene want an AK? He explains:
Now, I know what you are thinking. You are thinking: Why would a genuine recidivist liberal want to own a gas-operated assault rifle that fires projectiles engineered to tumble and fragment in flesh, producing maximum tissue damage; a weapon that is the favourite of Mexican drug cartels and international terrorist organizations; the very weapon found in Osama bin Laden's bedroom? The answer is that if I win, I will have the gun professionally converted into a plowshare, which I will then donate to an Amish village.
I guess Gene's a little confused about the difference between an assault rifle and an assault weapon (not surprising since the terminology was picked precisely for that reason). The first is a select-fire military weapon that sells for between ten and fifteen thousand dollars and the second is a made-up term to describe semi-auto scary black guns with certain cosmetic features that sell for between four hundred and a thousand bucks. And while the AK may be the "favourite" of cartels and terrorists, it's also the army standard issue weapon for more than 70 different countries.
Finally, Gene obviously is familiar with neither plowing nor AKs. Otherwise he would know that A) the mild steel of the AK's stamped receiver would not stand up to a single furrow and B) you'll need a lot more than a single AK to make a plowshare. But hey, what use are facts when there are people to insult and silly political/social statements to be made?
Plus, by familiarizing yourself with this site, you will learn not to judge people too harshly: Gun enthusiasts are not without other interests. It's not all about guns, guns, guns with them. It's also about blackjacks, "spring-assisted stilettos," flamethrowers, firearms concealment vests, and, I swear, grenade launchers. One guy in Oklahoma is selling two homemade cannons that fire bowling balls.
I dunno, paranoiacs in bib overalls sounds like a pretty harsh judgment to me, but then I'm not a card-carrying liberal. Anyway, I couldn't find any blackjacks, grenades, grenade launchers or flamethrowers, and only a half-dozen switchblades, but there is a guy selling his black powder bowling ball cannons! And I want one.
I'm not sure exactly what Gene's really saying here, though. It seems to me that he's pointing out that we bibbed paranoiacs have wide ranging tastes and interests, including ballistics, knife collecting, concealment clothing and engineering. At least I would want to run through some serious calculations before I shot a bowling ball out of a cannon I'd made. He also doesn't mention the fact that every ad has a header urging people: Report illegal firearms activity to 1-800-ATF-GUNS or your local police department.
Now, you might be wondering why they'd co-operate with a card-carrying liberal who was going to make fun of them. The answer is that I never told them exactly what kind of column I wrote, and I'm betting they didn't look it up. They'll be figuring it out right about now, when they're getting a whole passel of clicks from Democrats with advanced degrees.
You know Gene, I doubt the site managers care about your column making fun of us since, unlike certain card-carrying liberals I could name, most gunnies really are tolerant and inclusive. But good luck in the contest anyway.
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I am a bit of a Johnny-come-lately to the civil rights (firearms flavor) movement, having not really gotten involved until after I hit 40. I am not really a "gun guy"; I can generally hit what I aim at, but I'm not a competitive shooter. I enjoy the craftsmanship of a fine pistol or rifle, but I am not particularly knowledgeable about firearms in general nor am I a Glock guy, or 1911 guy, I'm just a guy. What I am is passionate about civil rights, especially those of the firearm flavor.
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ROger.45 December 29, 2011 At 09:41
With the curious nature of some people, and after they read his article mentioning armslist.com, he may just win the AK-47 semi-auto.
Do what you want with your new rifle Mr. Weingarten… just don't tell me what to do with mine.
GS650G December 29, 2011 At 09:57
I'm sure he types his column from the safety of a gated community in NVA while MSNBC runs in the background, his fluffy slippers tapping on the floor to folk music, while the Sunday NYT sits on his desk.
Why would he need to be armed indeed. What a nice life he must have.
joe December 29, 2011 At 20:45
He needs that cutsey little comfort zone violated just once and he'll be whining for more protection when he can have it for a few hundred bucks.
HSR47 December 29, 2011 At 09:58
Those who hammer their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not.
TTACer December 29, 2011 At 10:38
Sam Whittemore December 29, 2011 At 13:47
Bobby December 29, 2011 At 09:58
"Plus, you might have to form citizen militias to repel invading British troops, which was not as hard as it sounds because they marched 12 abreast and played drums and fifes to let you know where they were"
There may be some (real) men that may want a word with him after this.
Cliff December 29, 2011 At 11:19
Given that General Washington spent most of the Revolutionary War avoiding those kinds of battles, it might have been a trifle more difficult than he thinks. Ask Napoleon how much he enjoyed facing those British infantrymen. Oh, that's right, liberals are professionals at avoiding inconvenient history. Or, really, history period.
Plenty of gravestones around Philadelphia from that war would prove Gene wrong. He needs a white glove across his face. It's offensive as hell to read he thinks the Revolutionary War was somehow easy to fight.
John Fritz December 29, 2011 At 10:21
He forgot spud guns in his snarky little enthusiast weapons list.
Perhaps Gene could be a guest writer on friend of the forum mikeb302000's blog. A match made in heaven. Equaled only by the match of the barrel in my PXT1445GR S. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
John December 29, 2011 At 10:46
Mr. Weingarten appears to be another of those "enlightened" liberals who would cut their own tongue out before uttering the "n" word and would defend gays and other minorities without hesitation. But he seems perfectly comfortable in being condescendingly prejudiced and blindly bigoted toward gun owners. Worse yet, he fails to see the blatant hypocrisy and intellectual cowardice in his attitudes. A pretty sad spokesperson for the so-called intellectual elite.
Chaz December 29, 2011 At 10:47
… from Democrats with advanced degrees
Thank you, Your Grace, for bestowing from your ivory tower that morsel of self-absorbed condescending and gratuitous sanctimonious arrogance. ;->
Martin Albright December 29, 2011 At 10:49
Weingarten's smug condescension does more damage to the anti-gun cause than anything we could write here. You have to wonder how shocked -SHOCKED!- Wiengarten would be if he found out that there are "Democrats with advanced degrees" who own guns, too. In fact, I'd be willing to bet money that at least one person in Weingarten's circle of freinds, family or acquaintances owns a gun.
How do you think that person is going to react when he/she reads Gene's snarky little article?
AK December 29, 2011 At 10:49
He even says " Democrats with advanced degrees."! The audacity to think that he's better than anyone who disagrees with him! Such elitism has no place in free society.
Mr. Weingarten, you can do what you want with your guns, just dont think you can tell me what to do with mine.
Ralph December 29, 2011 At 11:04
Most gunnies are tolerant and inclusive — but I'm not. That guy's an @$$hole. Repeal the First Amendment. It was important a long time ago, but now it's just abused by lightweights like Gene Whinegarten.
mikeb302000 December 31, 2011 At 04:10
Ralph's right. Even on this site most gunnies are not tolerant and inclusive. Imagine out there in the real world. Imagine the folks depicted in Winter's Bone. They're more representative of gun owners than you guys are, which means Gene may have had a point about the bib overalls.
dan December 29, 2011 At 11:06
um guys Gene Weingarten is a satirist/humorist he hasn't written a serious article in well the 10 years i have read the Washington post. how do you take an article as being serious when it starts with:
"As you probably know, I am an unapologetic liberal. My name appears on the U.S. National Liberal Registry; when moving into a new neighbourhood, I have to go door to door and sheepishly inform people that one of my kind is living in their midst."
West Philthy December 29, 2011 At 11:12
What a joke. This type of diatribe is embarassing – insert any stereotype other than "poor white people" and this guy would be getting fired.
I'm probably pretty far left of most of the posters here, but I'll take a thinking conservative over a knee jerk liberal any day. Being a critical thinker requires an open mind. Relying on stereotypes to advance an argument is as lazy as it gets and demonstrates a real lack of capacity for meaningful discourse. Further, suggesting that attaining an advanced degree makes your opinion more valid is just insulting.
thatoneguy December 29, 2011 At 14:56
+1. Add to that most of the people I know with their "advanced degrees" from institutes of higher learning still can't figure out the difference between there, their, and they're in the emails they send out.
Roy Hill December 29, 2011 At 11:31
dan,Claiming the mantle of "satirist" or "humorist" is sadly typical of second-rate hacks like Weingarten who spew their own personal pathologies and prejudices, whose idea of a "being witty" is to throw spoiled second-grader tantrums.And then when their targets react with ire to the juvenile, venomous spewings, these B-minus, self-styled intellectuals sneer and snark that "hey, it's a J-O-K-E" and condescendingly shake their heads at the "rubes" and "hicks" who don't appreciate high-level satire and humor.Folks like Weingarten are the adult version of the wimpy school-yard punks who are intimidated by the bigger, stronger kids. These wimpy punks try to get back at the bigger stronger kids by shouting insults at them, but only from the safety of a quickly moving bus.Weingarten is stale chewing gum on the soles of the shoes of really talented satirists, like P.J. O'Rourke.
or Roy maybe its you who is the one with the thin skin the article starts with "As you probably know, I am an unapologetic liberal. My name appears on the U.S. National Liberal Registry; when moving into a new neighbourhood, I have to go door to door and sheepishly inform people that one of my kind is living in their midst."
that shows clearly He IS NOT BEING SERIOUS AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS ARTICLE SERIOUSLY.
yes the article satirizes his standpoint along with our stand point but there are some things that are patently absurd about sites like ArmsList.
Joe Grine December 29, 2011 At 11:44
According to Wikipedia:
"Weingarten attended the Bronx High School of Science and New York University; at NYU he 'majored in psychology, but only because it was the easiest major'; he 'spent all [his] time as editor of the daily newspaper, and then dropped out with three credits to go.'
Impressive. Makes me feel like such an underachiever for only graduating 'cum laude' from law school.
It's funny how liberals always want to characterize gun owners as "paranoiacs in bib overalls." It's particularly entertaining since the guys that make these kind of comments are always the dick-less metrosexual "sheeple" types who could not defend themselves in a fight if their life depended on it. I'm convinced that these "men" only make ignorant statements like this because they think it will help them get laid by those nasty liberal hairly-legged uptight hippie women they court.
Sam Wright December 29, 2011 At 11:49
Instead of having the AK "professionally" converted into a plowshare, he should allow the Amish to do their own blacksmithing on the evil symbol of terrorist and/or patriots.
CarlosT December 29, 2011 At 12:28
Actually, I'm sure that Amish blacksmiths would consider their work very professional.
And he's making the error of thinking the Amish are gun-fearing pacifists. While not being particularly aggressive, the Amish do appreciate a good firearm, for hunting and defense. I don't know if the modern semi-automatic rifle would appeal to them, but it's not like they're electric or anything like that.
E. Zach Lee-Wright December 30, 2011 At 03:55
Carlos is correct. I grew up in an Amish area. Those of us who share this experience know what "road apples" are. The Amish share a bunch of good traits which include appreciation for a good rifle. The Amish communities I have known have been owners and users of both long guns and hand guns. The last thing they would do is to pound a rifle into a plow shear.
By the way, it may surprise you to know that many Amish have their homes wired for electricity to make them better suited for resale. They just don't connect the home to the grid nor do they use a generator.
Tom December 29, 2011 At 12:01
This guy is just another elite Fascist who wants a dictatorship for the USA. After the 2A is trashed, watch the Constitution go down with it.
So dan, if I started out a piece with a statement like "I am card-carrying member of the National Organization of Hairy, Gun-toting Hillbillies," which obviously shows I'm not being serious, I could get away with then saying that "men who enjoy Weingarten columns like to dance naked in front of body-length mirrors to Culture Club's Greatest Hits while slathering their nether regions with Nair and moaning "Oh Gene, Oh Gene, Oh Gene, baby."
Because, hey, like my opening statement shows I'm not serious?It's like a joke or something, okay? You know……satire?
yes it would imply satire if you used the whole bit about having to sheepishly introduce yourself as a "Hairy, Gun-toting Hillbillies."
it sets the tone for the entire article first off your starting out with a situation that is fictional and absurd at the same time, this denotes that the rest of the story is just that ABSURD and FICTIONAL.
Robert Farago December 29, 2011 At 15:11
You're more right than you suspect.
IdahoPete December 29, 2011 At 13:26
"One guy in Oklahoma is selling two homemade cannons that fire bowling balls."
OOOH, I want one! Actually, these are probably bowling ball MORTARS, since you need a really heavy, thick tube to shoot a bowling ball sized projectile (12-16lbs) from a cannon or howitzer. South Bend Replicas (SBR) makes full size 12-pounder cannon and howitzer tubes, but they will set you back several thousand dollars and weigh around a ton.
A bowling ball mortar, on the other hand, can be made of stout steel pipe with a good welded base and a reinforcing band, and only weighs 100-200 pounds. This is because a cannon or howitzer must use a much larger charge of black powder (flatter trajectory) than a mortar (very high trajectory). My small SBR Coehorn Mortar will shoot an 8-oz juice can full of cement about 300 yards with a charge of 250-300 grains of black powder (that's NOT smokeless, for you non-artillerists). [STANDARD WARNING FOR THE TERMINALLY CLUELESS: Don't try this without trained adult supervision.]
Of course, it is ridiulous to expect a poorly educated WaPo liberal news flack to understand the subtle difference between a cannon and a mortar.
Over in that Washington, they can barely get handguns, so it's I'm not surprised that the finer points of artillery aren't exactly common knowledge.
So… I have to ask… Are you guys planning for an invasion of Pullman or something? Because you can totally have it if you want. We're not using it.
DrewR55 December 29, 2011 At 15:50
See, and I would have guessed the mortars were for an invasion of British Columbia.
And as an Okie I think we would be better off holding onto those mortars. You never know when you need to loob something back into Texas… Maybe we can take them down to the Cotton Bowl next year.
NeonCat December 29, 2011 At 16:06
"Tragedy erupted today as some Okie fans completely misinterpreted what 'long bomb' means in football…"
Darren December 30, 2011 At 16:54
Bad things often end in -oma:
Just pointing out a pattern, is all… 😛
Richard December 29, 2011 At 16:55
Here go again report picking out semi auto Ak 47 . Report with out clue how evil they are how evil oweners of them are. Where I live in Phoenix, Arizona where bad thing keep on happen people get shot with handguns not evil looking semi auto Ak47 becuase real hard conceal 47 walk round with on streets Phoenix. It out right amzase me reports in liberal do not know what makes assault rifle differnt than assault weapon even shoot them in ass with one other.
BLAMMO December 29, 2011 At 19:18
Having a degree from a post-secondary school doesn't necessarily make you an intellectual but it usually means you're educated. This guy don't know shit. Tumbling bullets?
No kidding. Wait until he finds out that the 5.56x45mm projectiles break at the cannelure and fragment. A war crime, I tell you!
From the looks of the guy, he probably thinks "temporary stretch cavity" has to do with overeating at the holidays.
DJS December 31, 2011 At 05:20
Okay, I just have to say this: If this article is not satire, this guy's an asshole. But isn't it doing the same thing calling him 'an elitist liberal, who watches MSNBC, etc.' Isn't that the same kind of judgement he is showing. Being liberal doesn't mean you hate guns, or are not a snobbish prick any more than liking a gun makes you a paranoid, religious fanatic, right-wing prick. If you want to call him out, fine, point out that he is the type of liberal that you hate-but don't generalize liberals or you are no better than him honestly. I have seen plenty of snobbish liberals and fanatical violent republicans, but I also no a lot more decent, honest people on both sides of the political isle. So yeah, a lot of liberals want to regulate guns and their are a lot of conservatives that are religious fanatics but let us not get carried away demonizing the other side, K?
-A somewhat liberal athiest who likes guns and has Christian friends that I respect as good people


Tony-winning actress Ruthie Ann Miles, whose four-year-old daughter was killed in a horrific Brooklyn car crash that also left Miles injured, has lost the baby she was carrying at the time of the crash, the family's lawyer told the New York Daily News.
Miles was due to give birth to a girl this month.
The March 5 accident, in which a driver ran a red light (possibly while suffering a seizure) and struck five pedestrians, also claimed the life of a one-year-old boy.
Miles won a Tony Award for her performance in the 2015 Broadway revival of The King and I. She had performed in February at a concert staging of popular '80s musical Chess at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She also appeared in the 2016 New York Encores! production of Sunday In The Park With George that starred Jake Gyllenhaal.


Phrasal verbs are great to improve your English. Natives use phrasal verbs constantly, so they can help you to communicate as well as improve your vocabulary bank.
A phrasal verb is exactly like it sounds. It is a phrase of at least two words that acts like a verb, so it is the action of your sentence. Phrasal verbs can be misleading because they do not always translate well and sometimes the meaning is not very obvious.
An example of a not very obvious phrasal verb is 'pass away'. 'Pass' in Spanish translates to 'pasar', and 'away' translates to 'lejos' or 'fuera'. However when you use 'pass away' together as a phrasal verb, the phrase translates to 'fallecer' in Spanish. When you think of phrasal verbs as new vocabulary, there are many new vocabulary words available to you in English.
Ex. I am sad because the veterinarian said my dog is going to pass away.
A standard phrasal verb consists of a Verb part + a Preposition part. A Preposition tells Position. Common prepositions you will see used in phrasal verbs are up, down, on, off, in, out, away, over. Sometimes the preposition part can help you to translate the meaning of the phrasal verb.
Phrasal verbs are great to practice your English tenses! They are very versatile; you can change them into any tense you like. When conjugating a phrasal verb, only change the Verb part of the phrase, and not the Preposition part.
Ex. GOOD = My dog passed away.
INCORRECT = My dog pass awayed.
INCORRECT = My dog passed awayed.
Here is a list of some common phrasal verbs to add to your vocabulary, or to notice when listening to English content. Try to identify the tense used in the example sentence!
Ex. We need to call off the meeting due to the weather.
Ex. We need to call the meeting off because it is going to rain.
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Catch up – get to the same point as another person.
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French police stormed a bank in Toulouse on Wednesday, arresting a gunman with psychiatric problems who claimed to be an Al-Qaeda militant and freeing his two hostages after a seven-hour siege.
The 26-year-old, who had taken four bank employees hostage in the morning in the same area where serial killer Mohamed Merah lived and was shot dead by police in March, was wounded in the stomach in the assault, police sources said.
The two other hostages, both women, had been released earlier, and no police officers were injured in the operation, which took place at 4:45 pm local time (1445 GMT), police said.
Nearly seven hours earlier the man had entered the CIC bank, demanded money then fired a shot and taken the bank manager and other staff hostage, saying he wanted to negotiate with the elite RAID police unit that killed Merah.
Before the police went in local prosecutor Michel Valet said the gunman "wishes to make it known that this is not at all about money and that his motives are based on religious convictions."
"We don't yet know if this is a robbery that went wrong or if (the hostage taking) is a premeditated act," a police source had said.
The man called himself "Boumaza" and had a criminal record, police said. Another source said he was schizophrenic and "may have stopped his treatment".
He was "put in a foster home when he was little and suffers from rage and fears the outside world," his sister said over the telephone.
She said he was not very religious, adding, "we went to nightclubs and drank alcohol."
He entered the bank at around 10:00 am and insistently asked for money but staff did not take him seriously, police said. He then produced a gun and took everyone hostage.
Parents of pupils at a nearby school were sent a text message telling them to pick up their children, witnesses said, and rapid-intervention GIPN police units were dispatched from southern cities Bordeaux and Marseille.
The RAID unit that shot Merah after he went on a killing spree is based in Paris, hundreds of kilometres to the north.
The CIC bank and Merah's former flat are within 500 metres of each other in Toulouse's Cote Pavee neighbourhood, east of the city centre.
Merah was killed at the end of a 32-hour siege of his flat after he shot dead seven people -- three soldiers, and three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in Toulouse -- in a wave of killings that shocked the country.
Toulouse, a city of around 500,000 people, lived in fear while police hunted the killer before he was identified as Merah. His neighbourhood has struggled to shake off the stigma of being associated with him.
"We're going through the same thing as three months ago," Maria Gonzalez, a mother with two children who could not go home because of the police cordon, said Wednesday before the incident was resolved.
"We used to be worry-free in the neighbourhood, but since the Mohamed Merah problem, we're worried. It's happening again, it's starting to scare me," she said.
Merhah, 23, who claimed to be acting for Al-Qaeda, filmed himself carrying out his attacks and reportedly confessed to police before he was shot dead.
A petty criminal of Algerian origin, Merah reportedly spent time in Pakistan and Afghanistan but it is not known if he attended militant training camps.
Riding a powerful scooter, Merah shot dead three French troops in cold blood, reportedly because of French military interventions abroad.
He told negotiators the Jewish school killings were to avenge Palestinian children killed by Israel.
French intelligence was heavily criticised for failing to keep tabs on Merah despite the fact he travelled to known hotbeds of militant Islam.
France has the largest Muslim population in Europe.


"If that's true, we're going to really have to start brushing our teeth."
He'll blink up at me. "I got distracted."
Much like parenting, there is a lot of trouble-shooting involved.
And speaking of parenting, we're in full summer vacation season around here now. It's a bit of challenge for the working parent. You want it be a relaxing break for the kiddo, and yet they still have to be out of the house from 8-5 while Mom and Dad do their daily thing. It ends up being a combo of day camps and day care and extended family to make the whole thing run. It takes planning months in advance before the camps fill up and whole thing is a lot more regimented than my summers generally were when I was small.
Of course, I came home to an empty house and managed for myself when I was that age, a lot more often than my kid ever does, simply because there are programs to choose from for the kids now. Which is better, I wonder? Hard to say.
I think the real reason that things always seem better "when we were kids" is because we only remember bits and pieces, and mostly the good parts.
Speaking of "when we were kids", I got an invitation to my twentieth high school reunion. Classmates.com has been reminding me daily that I haven't responded yet. What do you say, folks? Should I stay or should I go now?


When I graduated from seminary in the spring of 1982, I had never heard of family systems theory. I began a degree program in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling in the fall of 1982 and was introduced to the writings of psychiatrist Murray Bowen. After reading his book, "Family Therapy in Clinical Practice," I knew I would never be the same again. The concepts he articulated made so much sense, and I immediately saw the value of their practical application in addressing issues in my own family of origin and pastoral ministry.
Many church leaders know something about Bowen's theory, but far less know much about Bowen himself. Bowen was born in 1913 in Waverly, Tennessee. He was the firstborn of Jess Sewell Bowen and Maggie May Luff's five children. His father owned the funeral home in small-town Waverly. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1934, and an M.D. degree from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1937. He interned at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and the Grasslands Hospital in Valhalla, New York, from 1939-41.
After his medical training, Bowen served five years in the U. S. Army during World War II – rising from the rank of lieutenant to major. Although accepted into a fellowship in surgery at the Mayo Clinic after the war, Bowen's focus changed from surgery to psychiatry — a result of his wartime experiences. Bowen began developing his family systems theory while in medical school and in his early days of psychiatric training.
He began psychiatric training in 1946 at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, and remained at Menninger until 1954. He then embarked on a five-year research adventure at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The project involved having families with an adult child with schizophrenia living in a research hospital ward for long periods of time. Yes, he admitted the whole family to the hospital to study the entire "family system" and their respective interactions and functioning.
His early work with schizophrenic families ultimately led him to conclude that there is some degree of craziness and schizophrenic splitting in all of us. He thought that what exists in extreme forms in schizophrenic families exists to lesser degrees in us all.
Bowen believed that human beings possess the capacity, in varying degrees, to "differentiate" — an innate and evolving drive and desire to become a distinct, balanced self, sufficiently separate, while simultaneously remaining healthily connected to one's family of origin and others. Differentiation of self begins the human maturation process. Bowen sought to answer this question: If human beings possess this instinctual, God-given capacity to mature, why are they so prone to immaturity, factions, divisiveness, petty splintering, judging, "cutoff," alienation, aggression and violence? As he studied the process by which cells differentiate and mature, Bowen noted correlations between how cells differentiate and how individuals, families, organizations and institutions function. Several noted authors like Rabbi Edwin Friedman, Peter Steinke, Ronald Richardson, Robert Creech, Trisha Taylor, Israel Galindo and others have advanced Bowen's theory by applying its principles to faith communities.
The capacity to stay connected or related to all (but especially key) persons in the system.
Bowen's 12 capacities of "differentiation of self" are helpful because they offer a template of what the highest levels of human maturity ideally look like and simultaneously provide guidance for achieving this level of maturity. Here's a brief example of how it works.
While a pastor on Long Island, the young, local rabbi and I became friends. A woman from my congregation married a man from his. They had a baby and the baby died after three days. The couple asked us both to officiate a joint funeral service. My friend said a remarkably "differentiated" thing to me: "I am going to do what I normally do in this funeral service, and I expect the same of you. Please do not alter or compromise your theology or liturgy because of me." I was experiencing true ecumenism at work.
Pondering the various constructs of "differentiation of self," it is clear that the young rabbi elegantly demonstrated all 12.
He maintained a "person to person relationship" with the couple and me.
Remarkably, he accomplished all of this in just two sentences!
David Lee Jones is a fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and directed Austin Seminary's doctor of ministry program from 2003 to 2012. He currently serves as affiliate professor of pastoral theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin.


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Book Review: The Photobook: A History Vol. III
Book Review The Photobook: A History Vol. III By Martin Parr and Gerry Badger Reviewed by Melanie McWhorter It is difficult to create a complete survey of any medium. Even a tome on the history of the photobook that covers work as early as Anna Atkin's handmade publication of cyanotypes of British algae from 1843 cannot fully document the entire photobook history. Yet, Gerry Badger and Martin Parr attempt to cover what they consider some of the most important books since the inception of photography in The Photobook: A History.
The Photobook: A History Volume III.
By Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. Phaidon, 2014.
The Photobook: A History Volume III
Reviewed by Melanie McWhorter
By Martin Parr and Gerry Badger
Phaidon, London, 2014. 320 pp., 900 color illustrations, 11½x9¾".
It is difficult to create a complete survey of any medium. Even a tome on the history of the photobook that covers work as early as Anna Atkin's handmade publication of cyanotypes of British algae from 1843 cannot fully document the entire photobook history. Yet, Gerry Badger and Martin Parr attempt to cover what they consider some of the most important books since the inception of photography in The Photobook: A History.
I must admit that I am among the readers who are not well aware of many of the publications in this book; many of them were a discovery. As with the previous books on books, this volume is illustrated with the cover of each featured publication and one or more page spreads, and a bit of text long enough to digest in a brief sitting, but enough to illuminate the importance of each publication. While presenting me with a wealth of previously undiscovered books, they focus on a few of my recent favorites with beautifully composed words of accompaniment. Donald Weber's Interrogations they describe as a book that "certainly confirms the fact that vestiges of the old totalitarian Soviet power systems remain;" they explain how the pictures in Susan Lipper's Grapevine "amply fulfill photography's material mission in a myriad of telling physical details" and how Viviane Sassen's Flamboya "displays an awareness of the chequered history of Europeans representing Africans, but deals with it, as it were, by simply ignoring it." Parr and Badger's text describing the book and placing it in its historical context is what makes this an invaluable resource.
The Photobook: A History Volume III. By Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. Phaidon, 2014.
Surveys and histories are often subjective depending on the inclinations of the contributors and the authors do not deny the existence of bias. Following The Photobook: A History Volume I and II in 2002 and 2006, respectively, Parr and Badger "state the subjective nature of [their] photobook history." They base their listings on books that they happened to notice, but also ones that they feel are neglected, overlooked or simply slipped past the main channels for photobook consumption. Volume III is a continuation of the previous two. After Volume II the authors, who did not originally conceived of a trilogy of publications, responded to reader requests and their own desire to include books that did not make it into the first two volumes for organizational reasons and books discovered since the previous publications.
For the new book, Parr and Badger cover books from the 20th and 21st century focusing on books published since World War II. Influenced by the section Modern Life that closes Volume II, they use this new publication to examine in more depth "how contemporary photographers worldwide were dealing with modern life in their photobooks" with the themes of "propaganda, protest, desire, society, place, conflict, identity, memory and the medium itself." Scholarship on a photographic project that is often included in a monograph as an accompanying essay is often neglected for the sake of the pictures. Great work is, as Parr and Badger reiterate from the words of the wise sage and photographer John Gossage, the foremost quality of a successful photography book. The images could stand alone, but we continue to dialogue about this medium so why not allow words their proper place. Some argue that the proliferation of imagery can continue as long as there are narratives, stories to go along with all the images. Parr and Badger provide us those words, although more fact than fiction. I encourage all who indulge in the photographic book to explore the presence or absence of words. Here, in The Photobook Volume III, Parr and Badger tell us why they love photobooks, why the medium is important and although this is the final volume of their history, they expect others will continue in photobook research and continue to explore. Parr and Badger hold open a "veritable Pandora's box" of photobooks for us to jump right in.—MELANIE MCWHORTER
MELANIE MCWHORTER has managed photo-eye's Book Division for 16 years and is a regular contributor to the photo-eye Blog. She has been interviewed about photography in numerous print and online publications including PDN, The Picture Show and LayFlat, has judged the prestigious photography competitions Women Photojournalists of Washington's Annual Exhibition and Fotografia: Fotofestival di Roma's Book Prize, has reviewed portfolios at Fotografia, Photolucida, Review Santa Fe and PhotoNOLA, and taught and lectured at numerous venues.
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The Secretary for Justice, Ms Teresa Cheng, SC, will visit France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria from April 11 to 18.
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Q: SecItemCopyMatching returns nil value without any error I'm trying to add a RSA public key to my iPhone's keychain using CryptoExercise's SecKeyWrapper addPeerPublicKey:keyBits: method.
The logic of this method is that it first tries to add the key to the keychain and if it already there (sanityCheck==errSecDuplicateItem) it tries to retrieve this key from the keychain by calling SecKeyItemCopyMatching().
That is exactly what happens in my case: the key is already in the keychain, so the call to SecKeyItemAdd() returns errSecDuplicateItem.
Then it tries to retrieve the existing key but SecKeyItemCopyMatching() returns 0 (indicating that there was no error) but the second parameter (peerKeyRef) remains desesperately nil.
How is this possible? What is wrong with this?
Here is the code of [SecKeyWrapper addPeerPublicKey:keyBits:] from CryptoExercise sample for reference:
- (SecKeyRef)addPeerPublicKey:(NSString *)peerName keyBits:(NSData *)publicKey {
    OSStatus sanityCheck = noErr;
    SecKeyRef peerKeyRef = NULL;
    CFTypeRef persistPeer = NULL;

    LOGGING_FACILITY( peerName != nil, @"Peer name parameter is nil." );
    LOGGING_FACILITY( publicKey != nil, @"Public key parameter is nil." );

    NSData *peerTag = [[NSData alloc] initWithBytes:(const void *) [peerName UTF8String] length:[peerName length]];
    NSMutableDictionary *peerPublicKeyAttr = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

    [peerPublicKeyAttr setObject:(__bridge id) kSecClassKey forKey:(__bridge id) kSecClass];
    [peerPublicKeyAttr setObject:(__bridge id) kSecAttrKeyTypeRSA forKey:(__bridge id) kSecAttrKeyType];
    [peerPublicKeyAttr setObject:peerTag forKey:(__bridge id) kSecAttrApplicationTag];
    [peerPublicKeyAttr setObject:publicKey forKey:(__bridge id) kSecValueData];
    [peerPublicKeyAttr setObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:(__bridge id) kSecReturnPersistentRef];

    sanityCheck = SecItemAdd((__bridge CFDictionaryRef) peerPublicKeyAttr, (CFTypeRef *) &persistPeer);

    // The nice thing about persistent references is that you can write their value out to disk and
    // then use them later. I don't do that here but it certainly can make sense for other situations
    // where you don't want to have to keep building up dictionaries of attributes to get a reference.
    //
    // Also take a look at SecKeyWrapper's methods (CFTypeRef)getPersistentKeyRefWithKeyRef:(SecKeyRef)key
    // & (SecKeyRef)getKeyRefWithPersistentKeyRef:(CFTypeRef)persistentRef.

    LOGGING_FACILITY1( sanityCheck == noErr || sanityCheck == errSecDuplicateItem, @"Problem adding the peer public key to the keychain, OSStatus == %ld.", sanityCheck );

    if (persistPeer) {
        peerKeyRef = [self getKeyRefWithPersistentKeyRef:persistPeer];
    } else {
        [peerPublicKeyAttr removeObjectForKey:(__bridge id) kSecValueData];
        [peerPublicKeyAttr setObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:(__bridge id) kSecReturnRef];
        // Let's retry a different way.
        sanityCheck = SecItemCopyMatching((__bridge CFDictionaryRef) peerPublicKeyAttr, (CFTypeRef *) &peerKeyRef);
    }

    LOGGING_FACILITY1( sanityCheck == noErr && peerKeyRef != NULL, @"Problem acquiring reference to the public key, OSStatus == %ld.", sanityCheck );

    if (persistPeer) CFRelease(persistPeer);
    return peerKeyRef;
}

A: I had the same problem and I assume you try to import a RSA key which was not exported from another iOS device.
The reason seems to be an incompatible key format - in detail iOS expects some ASN1 header NOT  to be set. Why the functions returns OK is for me only explainable with a bug...
Check out the code at http://blog.flirble.org/2011/01/05/rsa-public-key-openssl-ios/ this is the correct solution and works for me - so thanks to Chris Luke

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When this event's theme was chosen I knew I had a lock on it because of this location. The only problem was figuring out a way to disapprove the submission of anyone else in town that shot it and not make it look like I ... ?? ... did I say that or just think it? Man, I sure wish there was a backspace key on this keyboard.
Nevertheless when I announced the event I said "There are serious bonus points for a panorama that has Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, Tommy Johnson and a chicken all on different corners from one another at the aforementioned crossroads."
Numbers 1, 2 and 4 are obvious and number 3 was for the character Tommy Johnson in the Coen Brothers' movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou? that's an obvious reference to Robert Johnson and the story of selling his soul to the Devil at a crossroads in exchange for being able to play the guitar like a master. To be able to add those elements I need images of each one. Well there are 2 known images of Robert Johnson and one works perfectly within this panorama and my concept so that's a no-brainer. Get it, work with it and add it to the panorama.
Onward to the next element, Eric Clapton. There are a bazillion image of Eric Clapton but no good single images of him when he was with Cream when they recorded Crossroads on March 10, 1968, during their performance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. This is by far the best and best-known cover of Cross Road Blues and it brought Robert Johnson's name and work back into the mainstream. Crossroads is the 1st cut on Side 1 of Disc 2 of the Wheels of Fire 2-disc album. All 4 songs on that disc were recorded live and need to be played at 11 to be fully appreciated. Nevertheless I'm stuck for an image of Eric but you'll find 2 distinct references to him in the panorama (one coming 6 months prior to the concert and half a world away from San Francisco and it has a secondary reference within it).
Next I need an image of Tommy Johnson from the aforementioned film. Google to the rescue! Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. There are only a couple but none work and they're too tight. It looks like I'll have to do a screen grab from the DVD. Put it in the drive and scrub the film from one end to the other. Nothing is usable. He was never in a single, or group shot that I can pull him out of, that gives me what I need, much less anything I can even conceivably fiddle with to make it work. OK, fine. Back to Google but I keep running into images of another Tommy Johnson, a real one, a black Delta Blues musician from the early part of the 20th Century. Curious I check him out and am I glad I did. It turns out he was the one who said that he'd sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads and that story and others were later attributed to Robert Johnson by the recording company to sell Robert Johnson's music after he'd died at only 27-years-old in 1938 under mysterious circumstances. Other sources attribute it to Son House in an interview with Pete Welding in 1966. No musicologist or music historian has ever found s single instance of Robert Johnson saying he'd sold his soul to the the Devil but Tommy Johnson is recorded as having said it many times over the years. This legend wasn't attributed to Robert Johnson until the 1960s long after Tommy Johnson's death in 1956. Because dead men can't stick up for themselves the legend has stuck to Robert Johnson but it has been disputed by Tommy Johnson's family and friends ever since.
Tommy Johnson along with Son House and Charlie Patton (the Father of the Delta Blues) were the 3 most important bluesmen in Mississippi. They developed the Delta Blues sound long before Robert Johnson's recordings in 1936-37, a full 8 years after Tommy Johnson's recording sessions in 1928-29. Both Johnsons left behind similarly small discographies, Tommy recorded just 12 songs with 2 alternate takes for a total of 17 recordings and only 1 known photograph while Robert Johnson recorded 29 songs with 12 alternate takes for a total of 41 recordings and only 2 known photographs.
Now I know who's who and what I'm up against. Get the best version of the Tommy Johnson image and find a way to incorporate it into the panorama.
The final image I need is a chicken and because it must be crossing the road the obvious place to put it is in the nadir, so I need a shot of a chicken from above. No problem. If only...
Of the 29,700,000 "chicken" images Google found in 0.19 seconds how many of them are shot from above? None. What! Yer killin' me! Refine the search to "chicken from above" and I get a mere 9,560,000 images in 0.27 seconds. Of course I'm no closer to getting an image I can use than I was before I started. Well then how about "live chicken from above"? Hey, now we're talking. Only 6,360,000 image in a much longer 0.31 seconds. By now you can figure out where this is getting me ... so I gave up and changed the concept.
Through serendipity and persistence this relatively simple WWP event theme turned into a wonderful learning experience, a revelation and the discovery of new, to me, Delta Blues artists (I've had Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings since 1991). Robert Johnson did write Cross Road Blues that was covered by Eric Clapton and Cream with Crossroads but Tommy Johnson was the one who said he'd sold his soul to the Devil to be a guitar master and the chicken, well it's just there for the old joke.
If you're at all interested in great music or simply the blues and specifically the Delta Blues then I urge you to get the recordings of Charlie Patton, Son House, Tommy Johnson and Robert Johnson. These are very powerful recordings of the men who influenced music from their time over 100 years ago to the present day and will continue to influence it on into the future.
And Wheels of Fire disc 2? It always needs to be played at 11. Of course that's right after you play Jimi Hendrix' cover of Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower because it was recorded on January 21, 1968, exactly 7 weeks before Crossroads.
Addendum: Crossroads of the World was built in 1936 and designed to look like an art deco ocean liner. It was originally America's first outdoor shopping mall but is currently private offices serving the entertainment industry with at least 1 art gallery in the surrounding buildings. The globe at the top of the structure rotates in the opposite direction that the Earth does but it allows you to read the text "CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD" as it rotates and that brings us right back to where we started ... at the crossroads.
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Dear Members of the Division of Business and Finance,
Well into our second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to adapt to circumstances and find innovative ways to problem-solve. THANK YOU! The development of widely available and highly effective vaccines has provided a sense of hope for resuming pre-COVID operations in the future. Although the Delta variant unexpectedly set us back, we pulled together as 'Canes and once again welcomed students back to campus this fall. I am especially grateful to report that we are nearing 100% compliance on the Coral Gables and Marine campuses with our employee COVID-19 vaccine requirements and thank you again for your support of this important initiative. With a few weeks of this semester in the books, I wanted to take a moment and recognize a few of our outstanding accomplishments.
Fall 2021 Campus Reopening
Facilities Operations and Planning (FOP) ensured that safety protocols were implemented in our classrooms, residential, and administrative buildings, and that signage and hand sanitizers were visibly displayed. The Foote Green was re-sodded this summer in anticipation of our fall opening and is a point of pride on campus. In partnership with Florida Power and Light (FPL), the University executed its SolarTogether agreement in anticipation of UM being carbon neutral by 2025.
The Financial Affairs 'Canes Central team was onsite greeting more than 3,000 students, responding to over 9,700 calls and handling 6,300 virtual cases, supporting the front-of-the-house operations for the Registrar, Financial Aid, and Student Accounts—as well as student 'Cane Card operations. Congratulations to the team for achieving a 95% customer satisfaction rating and a 9.4 NPS score! Financial Affairs also brought new external auditors on board for FY21, KPMG a national public accounting firm, and I thank everyone who contributed to this major endeavor!
The Information Technology (UMIT) team distributed AV technologies (webcams and microphones) to school-based IT directors and provided training support to over 570 faculty.
Showing compassion and concern for our colleagues, HR's Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) offered virtual wellness offerings to provide coping and support systems for well-being, mental health, and caregiving.
Human Resources updated the COVID-19 Preventive Measures (previously Return to Onsite Work) policy to include a requirement that all employees comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirements and managed the tracking and compliance aspects with the help of UMIT and Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS). The flu campaign has recently been launched and will be similarly tracked for compliance on all campuses.
UMPD greeted our students as they returned to campus while continuing to ensure that safety protocols are understood and applied.
The Internal Audit and Compliance team assisted in the University's transition to new external auditors, KPMG, providing over 500 hours of audit assistance.
Auxiliary Services welcomed over 5,200 residential students this fall and transformed both resident and retail dining locations back to full capacity. While adhering to campus standards for distancing and use of masks while indoors, the UM Dining team was able to return to full service, dine-in seating, and self-service.
The prudent cost mitigation measures proactively implemented during the pandemic, combined with significant funding from the federal government from the CARES Act, investment returns, and the continued strong philanthropic support from our donors contributed to positive financial operating results for FY21. As a result, the University was able to reinstate 403 (b) contributions earlier than anticipated and implement a merit pool to recognize your many contributions.
The University of Miami's Growth Pool (GP), primarily represented by the endowment, finished fiscal year 2021 with a market value of $1.42 billion, an increase of $355 million or 33.6% over fiscal 2020. For the year, the GP achieved a net investment return of 33.6%, the highest return in University recorded history. Over the past five years, the GP has grown by $565 million, or 69.6%. Thank you to our Investments Committee of the Board of Trustees and the Investments/Treasury team in Financial Affairs for their oversight of our GP and working capital.
Financial Affairs supports economic inclusion through procurement policies, engagement and bidding opportunities with minority business enterprises and minority focused organizations through the University's Supplier Diversity Program. The team focused heavily on recruitment, participated in three key events, developed a fabulous video, and a robust dashboard to track Workday spend and other key supplier information.
To raise awareness and build skills on the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion, HR offers a series of training programs. Some impressive statistics are as follows:
Managing Bias and Diversity and Inclusion in the Modern Workplace: both online modules have been completed by close to 7,500 employees.
Title IX training reached 3,129 new hires and existing employees since the start of the year.
Virtual Diversity Interactive Theatre:
423 leaders and staff on the Gables/Marine campuses participated in nine sessions.
Faculty Affairs and HR launched customized Interactive Theatre sessions for faculty based on input from students and faculty.
Racial Inclusivity two-hour training: five sessions held for 463 employees.
On, February 23, 2021, HR hosted Black History Month's "Leadership Insights" panel at which 280 faculty and staff members attended, and in March the "Visionary Women: COVID-19 and Work-Life Integration" panel in honor of Women's History Month.
Administrative Excellence & Innovation
The University of Miami has been ranked on the 2021 Forbes list of America's Best Employers, which is based on independent surveys of employees.
The University of Miami was recognized in Indeed's List of Most Inclusive Companies Hiring Now.
Lakeside Village, the 12-acre student housing complex, was recently one of the recipients of the coveted International Architecture Awards.
The City of Coral Gables also presented the University with a Platinum Green Business Certification (so far, the only business in Coral Gables to earn platinum-level recognition).
The Audit and Advisory Services team completed enhancements to the Pentana system used to monitor open audit recommendations, automating the management response process and ensuring timeliness.
The University Compliance Services team created a public site for student-related policies (umiami-public.policystat.com). This is a separate site from the University/Academy policy platform site, which allows students to view only student-related policies.
HR favorability ratings is at 98% for its series of 351 leadership and professional development webinars with over 15,730 participants since the beginning of the pandemic.
The first cohort of a new marquee leadership development experience (LEAD) for mid to senior-level leaders, graduated 26 leaders in June 2021 and will welcome the second cohort this fall.
B&F team members came together virtually in the spring to honor those who dedicated five or more years of service to growing and shaping the University of Miami at the Division of Business & Finance Milestone Anniversary Awards. Human Resources also launched the first University-wide Long Service Award Ceremony, held virtually across all campuses. Learn more.
Workplace of the Future: The B&F leadership team spearheaded the design of an optimal workplace model for the future, blending lessons learned from working 100% remote during the pandemic with our mission to have a vibrant on-campus presence. A Managers' Toolkit for Hybrid Work was distributed in the summer and included a new policy, guidance on how to define appropriate remote work designations, and tips and training links for successfully leading a hybrid work environment. While the pilot program to return staff to campus in a new hybrid model has been postponed as a result of the Delta variant, we are prepared to launch when the timing is right and will evaluate the outcomes over an academic year.
Robotic Process Automation – Financial Affairs' Enterprise Business Solutions team (EBS) started a journey to automate manual intensive processes with a pilot project in Accounts Payable that will promote quality, efficiency, and productivity.
HR is planning to introduce new diversity and inclusion training and programming, including a Diversity Certificate Program and more inclusive gender identifiers in Workday.
A Supplier Diversity website and interactive training is being launched to serve as a valuable resource to the University community and diverse suppliers.
State of the University with President Frenk - Tuesday, September 28 – I encourage you to participate in the State of the University with President Frenk on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m. This year's Town Hall will be a hybrid event, providing the members of the University community the opportunity to attend in person or virtually. Click here to RSVP in person or attend virtually. Note that limited in-person seating is available.
I recognize many of you are anxious to learn when you will be required to return to work on campus and we will communicate this timing as soon as we feel that the timing is appropriate. Please know I understand the demands of working parents, taking care of sick and elderly relatives, and so many other personal challenges brought upon you by the COVID-19 pandemic, and I commit that you will have advanced notice to make plans when the time comes.
Our division has made and is making a significant impact on the operations, financial stability, and student, faculty, and employee experience. I am grateful for your hard work and dedication every day, and for your patience during a time of unprecedented challenges.
Please continue to engage with your fellow team members to foster a culture of belonging regardless of their work modality. Be compassionate. Be kind. Be supportive. Numerous studies have shown that you can increase your own level of engagement by being a friend and/or having friends at work.
Thank you for your amazing contributions and dedication to the U. My number one priority continues to be positively impacting the health, safety, and wellbeing of our University community.