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New Orleans church offers sanctuary
By Vicki Brown March 27, 2017 | NEW ORLEANS (UMNS)
First Grace United Methodist Church was born from the remnants of two congregations that lost members after Hurricane Katrina. The new church proceeded to shelter volunteers, students and the homeless.
So it seemed a natural extension of the congregation's ministry to become a sanctuary church, said the Rev. Shawn Anglim, known as Pastor Shawn to his flock.
"We've always given sanctuary," he pointed out.
Born from the merger of First Methodist and Grace United Methodist — a white church and black church separated by about a mile — First Grace joins other United Methodist churches that have pledged to shelter and protect immigrants in danger of separation from their families or being returned to countries they fled.
The Rev. Shawn Anglim said First Grace United Methodist Church will be a sanctuary church, willing to shelter undocumented immigrants in danger of being separated from family or returned to countries they fled. Photo by Art McClanahan, UMNS.
President Donald Trump campaigned on an overall tougher approach to immigration, including more Border Patrol and stepped-up deportations.
The Obama administration, which deported more than 2.5 million immigrants — the most any presidential administration — moved toward a focus on deporting convicted felons, gang members and others regarded as security threat. A Trump executive order allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement wider latitude.
Louisiana Area Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey said First Grace is the only church in the conference that has declared itself a sanctuary church.
Anglim, Harvey and members of the church welcomed the United Methodist Association of Communicators on March 23 for worship and a discussion of the beginnings of the church, which is now a diverse congregation with numerous outreach ministries, including housing for the homeless and a legal clinic. The communicators heard about a lively and growing children's ministry and a Spanish-language worship service attended by about 45-50 worshippers each Sunday.
Anglim said First Grace has "the most United Methodist sanctuary" in the U.S. because of all the things provided by the connection — from chairs to volunteer labor for cleanup and rebuilding — after Katrina. He detailed donations from other United Methodist congregations and the many volunteers who repeatedly came to clean up and build things after Hurricane Katrina.
"This story goes on and on," Anglim said, noting the conference paid his salary as pastor for the mission zone where the church is located and that Harvey has paid for the salary of the Rev. Juanita Ramos, a community development pastor who leads the Hispanic worship at the church.
Without the United Methodist connection, Anglim said, there "would be no First Grace."
Harvey told the communicators that First Grace has a unique place in New Orleans and a pastor who is "extraordinarily creative." But she said the church and the Louisiana Conference want to be known as more than Katrina survivors; they want to be known "as people who persevered through some difficult challenges."
Louisiana Bishop Cynthia Harvey said First Grace United Methodist and the Louisiana Conference want to be known as more than Katrina survivors, they want to be known "as people who persevered through some difficult challenges." She spoke to members of the United Methodist Association of Communicators who visited the church on March 23. Photo by Art McClanahan, UMNS.
The merger of the two churches began with a question, Anglim explained. "We asked the question, 'Do you believe we can do more for our city as one body of Christ than as two a long mile apart?' "
Answering yes meant ignoring 400 years of why whites and blacks should not trust each other, he said.
Margaret Washington, a member at Grace and lay minister at First Grace, recalled the first joint worship service with Grace members on one side of the church and First members on the other. But First was an aging congregation and both churches had lost members who had moved away after Katrina.
Members agreed to have another joint worship service and sit next to someone they didn't know. "We never looked back," Washington said.
The new church hosted numerous Katrina volunteer groups and became home to an intentional community of Louisiana State University students who came up with the plan for Hagar's House, a homeless shelter.
One of those students went to law school and started the church's legal clinic, which Anglim said has most recently been focusing on immigration issues — including drawing up guardianship paperwork spelling out who would care for the children of undocumented parents who fear deportation.
Talk about becoming a sanctuary church started last fall. "We wanted to do something to support the immigrant community," Ramos said, noting that many immigrants come to the church and are involved in programs like the pre-school and the legal clinic. In addition, the church provides meeting and office space for a Congress of Day Laborers that formed after Katrina when many immigrants moved to New Orleans for construction and other jobs.
While there is no law against it, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has an unofficial practice of not going into churches or hospitals to take immigrants into custody.
By the time the proposal went before the church council, Ramos said, there was really no opposition. "We're putting our faith in action."
Has the church taken in any undocumented immigrants?
Anglim said he would leave it that the church has stated publicly it will be a sanctuary church. The release of any details about an immigrant or family who sought shelter would depend on the circumstances and willingness of an immigrant to have his or her story published, he said.
Brown is editor of United Methodist News Service. Contact her at [email protected] or 615-742-5470. To read more United Methodist news, subscribe to the free Daily or Weekly Digests.
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Whats A Dress Barn
If you are looking for a new online store, you've probably come across Dressbarn.com. This company's name has ties to a chain of women's clothing stores that operated from 1962 until this year. Retail Ecommerce Ventures, a Miami-based company, owns the retailer. If you're looking for a new dress, you've likely found the perfect one at Dressbarn.com. Before you shop, here are some things to keep in mind.
When Dressbarn first launched, it was known for brick-and-mortar stores and ecommerce sales were just under 20% of the company's overall revenue. With its relaunch in April, the brand has successfully transitioned from a brick-and-mortar retailer to an online retailer and has seen revenue double every quarter. The company has seen rapid growth online and has not lost its customer base. Dressbarn is actually on track to surpass $100 million in online sales within its first year.
The brand Dressbarn was founded in 1962 by Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe. Since then, the chain has been reorganized under the name Ascena Retail Group, with the help of Taiwanese businessman Tai Lopez. Around January 2020, Dressbarn will get a new online store from its new owners. More than 100 stores have been closed by the company. The remaining 544 stores will be closing on Dec. 26. Although Dressbarn will continue to exist, they will no longer be selling their clothing online.
Despite the slow start, the company soon achieved growth and expanded its presence in the United States and Canada. In the 1970s, the company had nearly twenty retail units and had the financial resources to purchase items from high-end designers. Dress Barn's aim was to sell career-oriented women's apparel at discounted prices. They typically sold their items at up to fifty percent below the prices at department stores. Despite the slow start, the company has continued to expand and acquire other chains, and today stands at a billion dollars in revenue.
The first Dressbarn store opened 45 years ago. It was listed on the stock exchange in 1995. The company is still owned by the original family. However, it has been rebranded several times. It has become a specialty retailer but its core customers have remained the same. The company's CEO, David Jaffe, and chief marketing officer, Vivian Behrens, have continued the brand's mission. These executives are responsible for ensuring that Dressbarn stays open for business.
Although the retailer has announced that it will close stores nationwide, it is not closing altogether. Ascena Retail Group is the parent company of Dressbarn. They have not yet announced a date. The company has stated that it will honor any remaining merchandise credit and gift cards received from customers before closing their doors. The stores will close on December 26th. So, don't wait to purchase your next dress at Dressbarn.
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28th January 2018 – the first day I officially felt the first sings of Spring. I've seen a few snowdrops dotted around, but today I spotted crocuses as well. My hyacinths have bloomed and with the window thrown open today it smelt like Spring was in the air.
This January there's been a sprinkling of snow, which made for a spectacular walk up on White Horse Hill and I've managed to get a few snowdrop shots also. I hope you enjoy!
White Horse Hill Uffington, at the very top is an Ancient Hill Fort with beautiful far reaching views. From the National Trust car park you can also walk along with Ridgeway to Wayland's Smithy an ancient burial site. Click the image link below to find out more.
Despite the poor weather, a country walk still yielded some great flora. These old man's beards are the seeds left over from a clematis. A decaying hydrangea also made for a beautiful photo.
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Tracey Danaher
Professor, Department of Marketing
EmailTracey.Danaher@monash.edu
Professor Tracey Danaher's (previously Dagger) research interests focus on (i) the customer experience, (ii) multi-media advertising effectiveness, and (iii) consumer well-being. Her research agenda is driven by a desire to provide consumers, marketers, firms, and policy makers with the means to make better, more informed decisions for themselves, their firms, and society. She has a particular interest in healthcare marketing. Tracey has published in top academic journals including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Service Research, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Advertising, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Services Marketing, Managing Service Quality and Journal of Consumer Marketing, among others. Her research has been covered in the Conversation, Washington Post, ScienceDaily, and many other news outlets.
Tracey was the Academic Director of the Australian Centre for Retail Studies at Monash University for 3 years. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Retailing and Journal of Service Research. Tracey has presented her work at leading international conferences. She has received several academic awards including the ANZMAC Best Paper Award (2003), the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in Services Management (2005), the ANZMAC Emerging Researcher of the Year Award (2008), and the Services Science Forum Best Paper Award (2009). She and her co-authors were also finalists for the Journal of Service Research Best Article Award (2013) and for the Journal of Marketing Research Green Award (2016). In, 2016 Tracey was the recipient of the Faculty of Business and Economics Dean's Award for Research Impact for innovations in approach and methods of measuring business investment of a major Australian retailer, and in 2017 the Dean's Award for Research Excellence which recognizes exceptional research performance by an academic staff member.
Tracey has successfully won several national grants including ARC Linkage ($115,784) and Discovery Grants (($465,000), and several industry grants (totalling $47,893). She has previously taught at the University of Queensland and has been a visiting scholar at Florida State University, Arizona State University and New York University. Tracey joined Monash University in 2010 and earned her PhD from the University of Western Australia.
My research interests lie in several areas:
(1) Customer experiences including assessing and improving service quality and customer satisfaction, understanding and generating customer loyalty and building strong and effective loyalty programs, understanding frontline employee roles and ambidexterity, studying value co-creation, understanding the role of emotions in service encounters, improving customer service experiences, and building service environments (servicescape) to impact psychological and sales responses. For example:
Tracey S. Dagger and Peter J. Danaher (2014), "Comparing the Effect of Store Remodeling on New and Existing Customers", Journal of Marketing, 78 (3), 62-80 we examine the effect of the store envionrment on those who visit the store for the first time after it is remodeled (new customers) versus those who had visited before the remodeling (existing customers). This study contrasts the effect of store remodeling on new and existing customers in two field experiments with stores that underwent a major remodeling. Treatment and control stores are used in both experiments. We measure sales before and after the remodeling for new and existing customers; and in one store, we also measure customers' psychological responses. In both cases, sales increase after the remodeling effort. However, sales for new customers are significantly higher than for existing customers after the remodel, and this difference persists for a year. Higher sales to new customers are mostly due to more new customers being drawn to the remodeled store, their higher spend per visit, and their subsequent increased visit frequency.
Dagger (Danaher), Tracey S., Peter J. Danaher, Jillian C. Sweeney and Janet R. McColl-Kennedy (2013), "Selective Halo Effects Arising from Improving the Interpersonal Skills of Frontline Employees," Journal of Service Research, 16, 488-502
(2) Advertising effectiveness research including media planning, advertising and media optimization, using new technology as an advertising medium.
For example, in Danaher, Peter J., and Tracey S. Dagger (Danaher) (2013), "Comparing the Relative Effectiveness of Advertising Channels: a Case Study of a Multimedia Blitz Campaign," Journal of Marketing Research, 54 (4), 517-534 we compile a single-source database of individual-level exposure to 10 media (television, radio, newspaper, magazines, online display ads, sponsored search, social media, catalogs, direct mail and email) as well as the sales and profits for these same individuals during a retailer's promotional sale. We find that 7 of the 10 media have a significant positive impact on purchase outcomes. The most effective media, ranked in terms of advertising elasticity, are catalogs, TV, direct mail, radio, email, newspaper and sponsored search. Although online display advertising and social media have no direct impact on purchase outcomes they do drive significantly more traffic to the retailer's website. We additionally look for potential media synergy effects and find that a model without synergy effects performs better than when pairwise media interactions are included. However, it is still worthwhile to advertise in multiple media rather than a single medium.
See also: Danaher Peter, J. Mike Smith, Kulan Ranasinghe and Tracey S. Danaher (2015), "Where, When and How Long: Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Coupons" Journal of Marketing Research, 52, 5 (October), 710-725. [Finalist for the Green Award for the best paper in JMR]
(3) Consumer well-being which aims to transform the lives of individuals, their families and the broader community through research aimed at improving quality-of-life and well-being. Within the transformative service research agenda my interests lie in health service marketing and behaviour change. This involves understanding customer value co-creation in health care and the patient journey, and how to bring about behaviour change to elicit positive outcomes like improved health and quality-of-life.
For example, in Sweeney, Jillian C., Tracey S. Danaher .and Janet R. McColl-Kennedy (2015) "Customer Effort in Value Cocreation Activities: Improving Quality of Life and Behavioral Intentions of Health Care Customers", Journal of Service Research, 18(3), 318-335 we explore customer value co-creation in health care, identifying a hierarchy of activities representing varying levels of customer effort from complying with basic requirements (less effort, easier tasks) to extensive decision making (more effort, more difficult tasks). We define customer Effort in Value Cocreation Activities (EVCA) as the degree of effort that customers exert to integrate resources, through a range of activities of varying levels of perceived difficulty. Our findings underscore the importance of viewing health care service as taking place within the customer's service network which extends well beyond the customer-firm dyad to include other market-facing as well as public and private resources. Moreover, we demonstrate the transformative potential of customer EVCA linking customer EVCA to quality of life, satisfaction with service and behavioral intentions. We do so across three prevalent chronic diseases - cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Our findings highlight how an integrated care model has benefits for both customers and providers and can enhance customer EVCA.
See also: McColl-Kennedy, Janet R., Steve L. Vargo, Tracey S. Dagger, Jillian C. Sweeney., and Yasmin van Kasteren (2012), "Health Care Customer Value Co-creation Practice Styles," Journal of Service Research, 15 (4), 370-389.
Dagger, Tracey S., Jillian C. Sweeney., and Lester W. Johnson (2007), "A Hierarchical Model of Health Service Quality: Scale Development and Investigation of an Integrated Model", Journal of Service Research 10 (2), 123-142.
Dagger. Tracey S. and Jillian C. Sweeney (2006), "The Effect of Service Evaluations on Behavioral Intentions and Quality of Life," Journal of Service Research, 9 (1), 3-18.
Supervision interests
I have supervised many PhD and Honours students through their research journey. I am keen to supervise research topics that fall within my areas of research interest (see above) and my methodological approach (field experiments, laboratory experiments, survey research). I challenge my students and expect that they will work hard towards achieving their goals. In return, I will pass along knowledge, support and encourage them during this process. I have co-authored articles with many of my PhD and Honours students. Research is a journey we take together and so it is important that the relationship bewtween a student and supervisor is characterised by open communication, goal setting, mutual interest and enthusiasm for research.
I have expereince in consulting for a wide range of firms from health care organizations to department stores to media organizations. I bring my experience working with firms into my class so that students can see the link between theroy and practice.
Monash teaching commitment
Econometric Models for Marketing Decision Making
Danaher, P., Danaher, T. & van Heerde, H.
New methods for analysing marketing databases in the age of digital media
Danaher, P., Danaher, T. & Smith, M. S.
1 Conference Paper
Improving nonclinical and clinical-support services: lessons from oncology
Berry, L. L., Deming, K. A. & Danaher, T. S., Sep 2018, In : Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality and Outcomes. 2, 3, p. 207-217 11 p.
The complementarity of frontline service employee creativity and attention to detail in service delivery
Sok, P., Sok, K. M., Danaher, T. S. & Danaher, P. J., 1 Aug 2018, In : Journal of Service Research. 21, 3, p. 365-378 14 p.
An empirical analysis of factors that influence retail website visit types
Pallant, J., Danaher, P. J., Sands, S. J. & Danaher, T. S., 1 Nov 2017, In : Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. 39, p. 62-70 9 p.
How a child with cancer moved from vulnerability to resilience
Danaher, T. S., Brand, S., Pickkard, L., Mack, J. & Berry, L., 20 Sep 2017, In : Journal of Clinical Oncology. 35, 27, p. 3169-3171 3 p.
How do you feel today? Managing patient emotions during health care experiences to enhance well-being
McColl-Kennedy, J. R., Danaher, T. S., Gallan, A. S., Orsingher, C., Lervik-Olsen, L. & Verma, R., 1 Oct 2017, In : Journal of Business Research. 79, p. 247-259 13 p.
Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC) 2008 Early Career Researcher Award. This award recognises outstanding research performance in an early career researcher.
Tracey Danaher (Recipient), 2008
Best Paper Award. Naumann, Kay, Jana Bowden-Everson and Tracey S. Dagger (2013), "The Process of Customer Engagement, Self-Brand Connections and Loyalty within Hedonic and Utilitarian Services", 3rd International Colloquium on Consumer-Brand Relationships, 26-28 September, Winter Park (Orlando), Florida, USA.
Best Paper Award for Dagger, Tracey S. and Jillian C. Sweeney, (2003), "Service Decision-Making: The Interrelationship of Service Quality, Satisfaction, Quality-of-Life and Behavioural Intent," Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, Adelaide, Australia. This paper was selected for this award from more than 330 submitted papers.
Best Paper Award for McColl-Kennedy, Janet R., Steve L. Vargo, Tracey S. Dagger and Jillian C. Sweeney "Customers as Resource Integrators: Styles of Customer Co-Creation," Naples Forum on Services: Service-Dominant Logic, Service Science, and Network Theory, Naples, Italy. Paper selected from 200 submitted papers.
Dean's Award for Research Impact (2016)
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The workshops are held on a biennial basis to facilitate contacts among researchers of different institutions and to stimulate both theoretical and empirical research that assist bank supervision and regulation.
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BELLEVUE, Wash., February 1, 2017 – Expedia.com®, today released the results of the 2017 Expedia Fitness Breaks Study, executed in partnership with Google Consumer Surveys. The Fitness Breaks Study asked more than 7,000 residents of seven countries – Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – how they incorporate exercise into their travel regimen.
The study found the most active travelers are Australians, with a full 55% believing it is important to exercise while traveling. Americans come in a close second, at 53%. The people least likely to prioritize exercise while traveling can be found in England, with only 43% identifying exercise as important.
Globally, among those who do exercise while traveling, 22% claim to do so to balance indulgent food, an opinion shared most by the French (31%), the Australians (29%) and Americans (27%).
Simply walking/exploring a new city is, by far, the most popular exercise undertaken while traveling, an opinion shared by 47% of all respondents. Exploration walks are most popular for Australians (just over 56%), the British (just under 56%) and Canadians (53%). The French are most likely (34%) to take guided walking tours, also enjoying long runs when traveling. Germans are most likely to hop on a bike (28%).
Fitness-focused travelers often exercise differently when traveling. Americans are most likely to modify their typical workout routine when away from home (42%). A full 41% of Aussies do the same, while only 20% of the Spanish – the least in the field – alter their regular regimen.
Many exercise-focused travelers simply "create my own workout" in some fashion when travelling. Canadians lead the way (47%), closely followed by Americans (45%) and Australians (just under 45%). Just under a quarter (24%) of the French "find local fitness activities" to undertake, the most in the field, while the British (11%) are the least likely to do so.
When it comes to accommodation, Americans (39%) are most likely to "expect fitness offerings at your accommodations" while traveling, followed by Canadians (just under 39%) and Australians (33%). The French, at 14%, are least likely to expect such features.
Given the willingness of fitness-minded travelers to continue their regimen while traveling, Expedia has launched a campaign to help them do so. Dubbed "Fitness Breaks," the campaign features travel influencers in Denver (The Bitter Southerner and Blue Mountain Belle), Seattle (Bokanev and Mr. and Mrs. Globetrot) and Washington, DC (Melinda Parrish and TravelFreak).
Each influencer was asked to design and experience custom itineraries – tracking their steps all the while – and to craft workouts designed to help travelers explore new destinations. The influencers have developed video guides, healthy eating suggestions and different clever fitness activities to undertake while on the road.
To access the Fitness Breaks campaign, please click here.
Expedia.com conducted the Fitness Breaks study using Google Consumer Surveys, a Google service that enables polling of a demographically representative sample of people online. The study was conducted from December 1-30, 2016, and included responses from 7,059 adults.


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More details of the leaked signature keys of millions of Android phones
Yesterday it was announced in the news that based on a recent tweet from Łukasz Siewierski And Mishaal Rahman has also leaked platform signing keys used by several Android manufacturers to sign system apps used on devices by hackers and "malicious insiders". These signing keys are used to guarantee the legitimacy of apps and even the version of Android OS running on your phone, and that's not good news at all. Today we will be at your service with more details about this topic.
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Baked into Android is a system that trusts apps to be signed with the same key used to authenticate the OS itself, and that's where the security problem lies. By controlling these keys, an attacker could have a set of system-level Android "trusted" malware. It is just like giving the keys to your house and car to a thief with the necessary approvals. All data on vulnerable devices may be at risk. And some of these keys are used to sign regular apps installed from the Play Store or downloaded from other Android app stores.
Mishaal Rahman's tweet states that the leaked signature Android keys cannot be used to install compromised updates. And he adds that the Play Store Protect system can flag apps signed with leaked keys as potentially harmful.
While not all the sources of the leaked keys have been identified, the companies that have been named include:
Szroco (manufacturer of Walmart's Onn tablets)
Revoview
Google: No sign of it on Google Play
Google says that this vulnerability was reported to them in May of this year, and that the companies involved "have taken corrective actions to minimize user impact." A Google spokesperson said:
"OEM partners immediately implemented mitigation measures as soon as we reported the key compromise. End users are protected by mitigation measures implemented by OEM partners. Google has implemented extensive diagnostics for malware in the Build Test Suite, which scans system images. Google Play Protect also detects malware. There is no indication that this malware exists or has ever existed in the Google Play Store. As always, we recommend users make sure they're running the latest version of Android."
What should be done to reduce the risk of exposure to these malwares?
Google advised the companies involved to replace the signing keys they are currently using and to stop using the leaked keys. It also suggests that each company initiate research to understand how keys are exposed. We hope this will prevent this from happening again in the future. Google also recommends that companies use singing keys for a minimum number of apps to reduce the number of potential leaks in the future.
So what should you do as the owner of an Android phone?
First, make sure your phone is running the latest version of Android and install all security updates as soon as they arrive. Of course, many of these updates won't bring exciting new features as their job is just to make sure your device isn't compromised. Also, Android users should avoid downloading and installing apps from third-party and unverified sources, that is, exactly when you install an app sourced from a third-party app store.
This problem has existed for years
The scary thing is that this vulnerability has apparently been around for years. Samsung even addresses this issue in a statement to Android Police and says: "Samsung takes the security of Galaxy devices seriously. We have been releasing security patches since 2016 upon learning of this issue and there have been no known security incidents related to this issue. We always recommend users to keep their devices up to date with the latest software updates."
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Our Board's biographies
Professor Charles Mgone (Chair)
Charles Mgone is Vice Chancellor of Hubert Kairuki Memorial University based in Tanzania. Prior to his new role, he served as Executive Director of European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) from January 2007 to December 2015. His role was to lead in the coordination of European Member States' national programmers on poverty-related and neglected disease and work in partnerships with Africa and other parties to accelerate research and development of medical interventions against these diseases. Before joining EDCTP, Charles was the Network Director of the African Malaria Network Trust with responsibility for coordinating the African response to the malaria burden through accelerating the development of malaria vaccines and other interventions. Charles is a strong advocate for African national ownership and local investment in health research.
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar
Ibrahim Abubakar is Director of the UCL Institute for Global Health. He led the UCL Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL-TB and was a senior investigator at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit. He was head of TB at Public Health England. Prior to his appointment at UCL, he was Professor in Health Protection at the Norwich Medical School. He qualified in medicine in 1992 and initially trained in general medicine before specialising in public health medicine. His academic public health training was undertaken at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia. He serves on/chairs several expert/advisory groups for the WHO and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Professor Daniel Altmann
Danny Altmann is an active research scientist. He has run a lab at the Hammersmith Hospital Campus of Imperial College since moving to the site for the opening of the Medical Research Council's Clinical Sciences Centre in 1994.
His main research interests are the study of adaptive immunity in human disease including severe bacterial infection and autoimmune disease, such as multiple sclerosis. Danny took two and a half years out of bench research from 2011 to work with the Wellcome Trust on strategy for biomedical research funding initiatives in infection, immunity and population health. He is Editor-in-Chief of 'Immunology' and Associate Editor of 'Vaccine' journals.
He is a trustee of the Medical Research Foundation.
Dr Ralph Clemens
Ralf Clemens is Principal and Founder of GRID EUROPE Consulting, a consulting firm specialized in the field of infectious diseases. Mr. Clemens has been working in the vaccine industry since 1988 and has held various senior scientific and business positions such as VP Global Vaccines Development (1991-2000) and VP Vaccines and Pharmaceutical Business (2001-2006) at GSK. Thereafter, he served as VP and Head Global Vaccine Development at Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics (2006-2011), and as SVP and Head for Takeda's global vaccine division (2012-2015). Mr. Clemens has also been a Senior Advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since 2012. Mr. Clemens has been a member of the CureVac
Supervisory Board since March 2016. Prior to his appointment to the Board, he also served on AREF's Advisory Panel.
Dr Wendy Ewart
Wendy Ewart served as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief of Strategy at the Medical Research Council from 2012 until 2014 where she was responsible for the development and communication of its research strategy and impact while directing international policy, including global health, and leading the overall approach to planning and evaluation across the MRC. In this capacity, she was a Director of UK Biobank and the Francis Crick Institute. Prior to this, Wendy was Director of Strategy for the MRC from 2008 with responsibility for the development of the MRC's Strategic Plan 'Research Changes Lives'. Before joining the MRC she worked at the Wellcome Trust (1991-2003) managing funding programmes, including those for the developing world and was Head of Research Strategy at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College from 2003 to 2008.
Professor Rose Leke
Emeritus Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke is Professor of Immunology and Parasitology, a Fellow of the Cameroon Academy of Sciences. Until March 2013 she was Head of Department at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde 1, and Director of the Biotechnology Centre. She serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Medical Research Institute, IMPM, and serves as Vice President of the Scientific Committee of Cameroon First Lady's Research Centre (CIRCB). She was invited as the 2014 Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lecturer at the University of Ghana, and was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa (DSc).
In 2011, she was one of six women who received the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award for Women, and received the 2012 award for Excellence in Science from The Cameroon Professional Society. She was elected International Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ASTMH in 2015. She is a member of the Gairdner Foundation Global Health Award Advisory Committee. She is Executive Director of the Cameroon Coalition against malaria, and Chair of the Multilateral Initiative in Malaria (MIM) Secretariat.
She was President of the Federation of African Immunological Societies, a Council member of the International Union of Immunological Societies for two terms.
She has served and still serves as a consultant on many committees for the World Health Organization (WHO): the Malaria Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC), Chair of the African Regional Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis (ARCC), a member of the Global Certification Commission (GCC). She has been a member and Chair of the African Advisory Committee for Health Research (AACHR), a member of the Global ACHR, a Board member of the Global Forum for Health Research, and since 2013 serves on the WHO Emergency Committee for Polio eradication.
She has served as Vice-Chair of the Technical Evaluation Reference group (TERG) of the Global Fund, Chair of the Data Management Committee for a trial on Azithromycin-chloroquine, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) for Ebola vaccine trials in Guinea. Her research interest is in the immunology of parasitic infections, particularly Malaria. She has a keen interest in Global Health issues, and is very particular about Health Systems Strengthening.
Mrs Susan Wilkinson
Sue is a Commissioner at Historic England, Deputy Chair of the Churches Conservation Trust and a trustee of the Canal & River Trust. She is also a Board Director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions and was previously a trustee of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Sue was a member of the National Trust's executive board until the end of 2016 and her responsibilities included membership, fundraising, volunteering & participation. Previously she served on the Visit England board and as a trustee of the Institute of Fundraising.
She is a trustee of the Medical Research Foundation.
Professor Richard A. Adegbola
Professor Richard A. Adegbola, MSc PhD, FIMLS, FRCPath, FRCP (Hon), FAS
Independent Consultant at RAMBICON, Lagos, Nigeria
Professor Richard Adegbola has made an outstanding contribution to global health for more than two decades. He trained as a Microbiologist in Nigeria and in the UK. He has worked in diagnostic microbiology, academia, philanthropy and pharmaceutical industry, across three continents gaining unique and varied experiences. As a scientist he has ensured that his work is of the highest international standard and of great relevance to the needs of developing countries, particularly Africa. The impact of his work from the MRC Unit in The Gambia on Hib and pneumococcal diseases and vaccines is a matter of public record and is well recognized within the field. Hib disease has virtually disappeared from countries in which Hib conjugate vaccines have been introduced, including The Gambia and other countries in Africa, saving many lives and long-lasting disability. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines being introduced into the routine immunisation programmes in Africa are saving even more lives. Richard Adegbola is a fervent advocate of capacity development. In The Gambia, he taught and developed many young scientists from Africa, Europe and elsewhere. He has retained strong links with Nigeria, supporting colleagues in several Nigerian Universities. He has achieved many recognitions of his contributions including an honorary Professorship at the University of Leicester, election to Fellowships of the UK's Royal College of Pathologists and Royal College of Physicians, and the Nigerian Academy of Science. Richard Adegbola was a member of the World Health Organization's Meningitis Vaccine Project Advisory Group and was Vice Chair of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Board. He was a member of Inter-Agency Committee for Immunization, and member of the National Polio Expert Committee for The Gambia. He serves as a member or Chair of several international scientific advisory boards. He is a Trustee of the Expanded Civil Society Initiative on Immunization in Nigeria.
Mr Alpha Amadou Barry FCCA, MSc
Mr Alpha Amadou Barry was the Country Managing Partner of the Gambia practice of Deloitte, which was part of Deloitte's West & Central Africa Cluster from 2003 until 2009 and then the Leader of Deloitte's Financial Advisory practice in West & Central Africa, which provides Corporate Finance, Transaction and Valuation Services and other services across Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Cameroon. He was based in the Lagos office of Deloitte which serves as the headquarters of the Cluster where he was involved in building up the Corporate Finance Business Unit until December 2013. Mr Barry then set up his boutique advisory practice mainly executing opportunities in Nigeria.
Mr Barry is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and also possesses a Master's degree in Maritime Studies. He completed the London Business School Corporate Finance Modular Programme in London, England in 2010. He has been involved in all kinds of professional services delivery to clients and as a result has acquired extensive financial advisory and practice management expertise, and in the process developed an incredible network of contacts across West Africa.
Mr Barry is married and blessed with five children.
Mr Barry is currently the Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank – The Gambia; Chairman of Gambia Ports Authority and Chairman of Horizons Clinic – The Gambia.
Professor Nyovani Madise
Nyovani is the Director of Research and Development Policy and Head of the Malawi office of the African Institute for Development Policy. Her research focuses on global health issues particularly untangling the influence of social and economic factors on health in low-income countries.
Her most previous employment was as Professor of Demography and Social Statistics at the University of Southampton where she also served as the University's lead for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity, Associate Dean (Research), and Director of the Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy. Nyovani has previously worked as a Lecturer at the University of Malawi and as a Senior Research Scientist at the African Population and Health Research Center in Kenya. Nyovani has over 100 peer-reviewed publications focusing on the social determinants of health in the specific areas of maternal and child health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, food and nutritional security. A new research area for her is evidence-informed policymaking, focusing on three questions: why, how, and what for.
Nyovani has also designed and implemented interventions to inform policy and practitioners. She has published in international journals on child survival, family planning, reproductive and maternal health, HIV/AIDS, child nutritional status, and infant feeding practices.
Nyovani's research has had wide impacts. The World Health Organization cites her work on frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya in their review and recommendations of practices that promote child survival; she is currently advising WHO AFRO Region and the Government of Mauritius on the social and economic determinants of health with a focus on non-communicable diseases; she has advised the UK, Swedish, Kenya, Malawi and Botswana governments on the social determinants of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health in general.
In April 2007, she addressed the 40th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development in New York, where she highlighted why it is important to invest in the health and education of young people in Africa.
Between 2006-2009, she chaired a prestigious scientific panel of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Populations (IUSSP) on population growth and its implications for human welfare in Africa.
In the last 2 years, Nyovani has advised the Packard and Hewlett Foundations and also advised Melinda French Gates regarding family planning in Africa as she prepared for her TEDx speech in Berlin and London Family Planning Summit in 2012.
(Source: https://www.afidep.org/staff/nyovani-madise-ph-d/)


A lot of people get addicted to sweet foods that they find it challenging to discourage themselves off from them. It is important to note that too much sugar consumption can bring about excessive weight. Weight problems in children nowadays is mostly as a result of the extreme sugary foods they eat. Besides sugarcoated not having any type of well-known nutritious value, it can additionally make up significant liver issues. Diabetes is an usual illness that is known to be brought on by too much sugar, which can also lead to heart disease. The fact is that added sugar is a toxin that we should all stay clear of in order to stay healthy.
2 typical components that include plainly in a lot of the power beverages are high levels of caffeine as well as sugar. Both are bad for your health. While sugar can cause a host of health associated issues for you, caffeine on the other hand can result in hypertension.
There are a lot of toxins that we eat daily knowingly or unconsciously via the food we consume as well as the air we take a breath. This is due to the fact that our environments are heavily polluted. To be able to regain back your body, it is important to do away with these impurities from time to time. One method of purifying your body is with healthy and balanced consuming. This can be achieved via eating a lot of veggies as well as fruits, drinking lots of water everyday. Consuming lemon juice as well as vegetable juice are excellent ways of detoxifying the body. Detoxing of the body is one method to drop weight and also it is really beneficial for the body.
Anybody who desires to slim down needs to learn to stay away from alcohol. When you consume alcohol it enhances your calories level and triggers build-up of fat in the body. Alcohol assists in decreasing metabolic rate and thus increases your capability to accumulate weight.
The benefit of frequent workout is something you can not ignore. You can begin by engaging on your own with interior workouts and later on with exterior workouts. It applies that your exercises must go hand in hand with good consuming practice; or else you may not obtain the desired result.
fat loss is something that can be really busy to realize, but having the awareness of eating a healthy diet and also exercising regularly makes the unbiased achievable.


After almost 20 years, a former Colombian army officer has been sentenced to 44 years in prison for his role in the deaths of over 245 civilians in the Trujillo Massacres in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Alirio Antonio Urena was sentenced for killings carried out against various residents of the town of Trujillo.
Nico Udu-gama, a SOA Watch Organizer, explained that the Trujillo Massacre was a series of massacres that were carried out over a number of years. The incidents became synonymous with the use of a chainsaw to butcher the victims before their bodies were thrown into the Cauca River.
Urena was originally trained in the United States through the Social of America program.
"It's an institution located at Fort Benning in Georgia that has trained many dictators and human rights abusers in Latin America over many decades now," said Udu-gama.
He explained the School of Americas now operates under a new name; The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
"They still train soldiers from Latin America in counter insurgency techniques," said Udu-gama.
The SOA has become known mainly for its connections to a number of Latin American coups in the 1980s and 1990s. However, many who go through the training today have been involved in more recent coups, including coup events in Honduras and Ecuador.
"The United States would prefer to say that they're promoting democracy in Latin America, but through a lot of what we see through the SOA and military training institutions like it, the US is promoting only anti-democratic behavior," added Udu-gama.
He argued that the SOA is the muscle behind America's real agenda in Latin America, which is to secure and extract resources.


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Is there any way so that I can forbid User A to see the contents of Folder B when doing a search in SharePoint? If yes, How?
Thanks for your help,
Colin

A: This is implemented by default if your users are on the same domain in both SharePoint and the FileShare. If it doesn't work, my guess is that your search service application is miss-configured.

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Levine Children's Hospital, located on the campus of CMC, is the largest children's hospital between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. The 240,000-foot hospital opened in 2007 and is home to the region's only dedicated children's emergency department operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
LCH has more board-certified physicians in more pediatric specialties than any other hospital in the region. With 234 beds, LCH leads the region in specialty pediatric care, offering more than 30 specialized pediatric services including kidney, liver and heart transplants; cardiac and cancer care; neurosurgery; rehabilitation service; and the highest designated level of neonatal intensive care.
The Myers Park clinic houses the offices for all the resident clinics, not only for orthopedic. The clinic helps provide care to those people in the county without insurance.
OrthoCarolina is one of the largest, most comprehensive orthopedic practices in the nation. OrthoCarolina was created by the 2005 merger of Miller Orthopedic Clinic and Charlotte Orthopedic Specialists. For more than 80 years, each practice provided high quality orthopedic care to patients of the Charlotte, NC region.
Together as OrthoCarolina, they are able to combine our strengths to provide an even higher level of orthopedic service and patient care. The highly-trained physician staff of OrthoCarolina is comprised of orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists and physician assistants. While the orthopedic surgeons at OrthoCarolina are trained and experienced in all areas of orthopedics, many have fellowship training in specialty areas, such as foot and ankle; hand; hip and knee; pediatric orthopedics; shoulder and elbow; spine; and sports medicine.
Specifically, the orthopedic residency has developed a year-long curriculum, which involves teaching basic casting/splinting techniques, basic arthroscopy on models, and fracture fixation with the use sawbones.
Carolinas Rehabilitation, located in Charlotte, NC has served patients across the United States and around the world since 1950. A team of highly-specialized physiatrists works to provide the highest quality care to each of the patients who are served. While other rehabilitation centers may attempt to equal this level of expertise, few can match our results in helping patients who have sustained life-altering injuries or conditions.
Carolinas Rehabilitation hospital is one of the largest free-standing, non-profit inpatient rehabilitation centers in the nation. This facility is a neurorehabilitation center for individuals who have sustained brain injury, spinal cord injury, or other traumatic injuries.
Carolinas Rehabilitation has two other facilities where physicians and staff are specialized in treating stroke, non-traumatic injuries, amputations, orthopedic and other general rehabilitation diagnoses. A fourth location is located in Levine Children's Hospital, where our primary therapeutic goal is to help young children and adolescents lead longer and richer lives at the highest level of functioning possible.


Title Shakespeare's Asian journeys : critical encounters, cultural geographies, and the politics of travel / edited by Bi-qi Beatrice Lei, Judy Celine Ick, and Poonam Trivedi.
Published New York : Routledge, ©2017.
Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 19.
Contents pt. 1. Re-defining the field of Asian Shakespeare -- pt. 2. Shakespeare and Asian politics -- pt. 3. Shakespeare and Asian identity -- pt. 4. Asian Shakespeare and pop culture.
Other formats Also available in print format.
Other author Ick, Judy Celine A.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.


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Cultural Heart People of Adelaide
Why do artists choose to live, work and produce in Adelaide? Two locals share a little of their creative journey, some advice for up-and-comers and why they intend staying right where they are.
Cayleigh Davies – The Human Arts Movement.
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm at SMOCK.
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, artist
My relationship with art began with traditional crafts and painting, but my work took me through mentorships in poetry and street art as well as graphic and environmental design. Currently, my work involves performances of music and poetry in hand-built installations with narratives and memories stemming from my childhood.
My love of art comes from an inability to conform and a desire to express myself. I was born in Germany but come from Pakistani and Canadian heritage and was raised in Adelaide. This culturally diverse upbringing inspired me to try and create an artistic language to cross borders and cultural boundaries: to develop an aesthetic and ethic for the international citizen. I generally present my work at obscure venues like abandoned buildings and clubs, as well as the City of Adelaide Art Pod and Floating Goose Studios Inc. I live to create environments where people can feel free to express themselves as a community, and believe my greatest accomplishment is involving my friends, family and community in my practice.
Despite having connections to many cities across the world, I choose to live and create in Adelaide. I love the weather, freedom and environment the city, and South Australia, provides me. This is my home and I want to see it continue to bloom into a beautiful artistic place. I feel humbled to be part of an evolving artistic community and privileged that the number of people attending my events continues to grow.
The City of Adelaide has been continually supportive of my practice. They offer the best opportunities for the Adelaide arts community to create a rich, artistic city. Last year we ran a free event at SMOCK in Hindley Street which showcased work by over 15 local and international artists. The City of Adelaide provided financial assistance through a Quick Response grant.
Tip for creatives: Play. Don't work. Play. Art isn't a job or a commodity: it's an exploration of ideas and community. It's about how you can create conversations between cultures and traditions in your city.
Cayleigh Davies, The Human Arts Movement
Chris Herzfeld
I began dancing at a very young age and have always wanted to have a career in the industry. I started with ballet, then found my true passion in contemporary dance which led me to a Bachelor of Dance Performance at Adelaide College of Arts. After graduating, I became a member of a local dance collective, The Human Arts Movement (THAM), which I now co-direct alongside Rita Bush, Cazna Brass and Peter Vayne.
Dance inspires me greatly, but so does nature: its importance, diversity and how it affects people. This impacts how I work as a dance artist, and I enjoy exploring themes around nature. Environmental sustainability was the theme for my show in[nate]ture, which THAM presented in the First Creek Wetland at the 2017 Adelaide Fringe. This was one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my life: creating, organising and performing my own work - then winning two awards for it!
I've spent most of my life in Adelaide and am passionate about seeing the arts thrive in our city. Being internationally recognised as the 'Festival State' makes South Australia a great place to live. I want to base myself here so I'm able to represent Adelaide on the global stage, and show other local artists that there are opportunities to work and create here. Maintaining networks with other artists and supporting each other through collaborating on projects really does bring the city to life and encourages people to stay here long term.
With the support of Splash Adelaide, this April we are featuring Cazna's work Detour. This free event will be held in a public CBD space, and is one of many exciting developments planned for 2018.
Tip for creatives: Be dedicated to and passionate about your art form, be true to yourself and take all opportunities – you never know where they might lead you! I've learned that following what inspires you can lead to great achievements and enables you to find your own artistic voice.


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Sometimes I sign up for a blog tour because I'm intrigued by the pattern, I have the perfect fabrics in my stash, or it's from a favorite designer. Sewing the Jeune Twin Set by Sew Pony combined these reasons plus I thought this might be a perfect pattern to suggest to beginning sewists.
The verdict: I will highly recommend the Jeune Twin Set pattern to someone learning to sew for a few key reasons. The top has no exposed seams or set in sleeves. When first learning to sew, finishing seams is one more step to learn. A new sewist can skip that step with this top, but then learn it when sewing the skirt.
The blouse has several options including a rounded back neckline, straight hem, and collar. The simple button back closure is so classic rounding out another skill for the beginner to practice. From a distance the top fabric, Bloom Geo Blossom by Riley Blake, looks like simple dots, but the white on gray geometric print is much more interesting. Be sure to grab the Riley Blake Solid in Peacock for a perfect coordinate.
The skirt portion of the twin set is a few simple rectangles, but the side pockets provide a fun detail. Avery already had a tiny shell or two stored away by the end of this photo shoot. Sewing the skirt gives a beginner experience with sewing a hem, finishing side seams, and inserting elastic in a casing. I'd venture to say that the Jeune Twin Set pattern would make a great instructional pattern if you are planning to teach someone to sew.
Suz has organized a full blog tour this week, so be sure to check out all of the other inspiration. A 10% discount will apply throughout the tour with the code JEUNETOUR (May 2 - May 12). Also, the pattern is available in English as well as Dutch. Visit WenSJe and My Petite Sophie for their stops on the tour today.


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Whether you are purchasing or refinancing, I understand that your financial needs are unique to you. Choosing who to assist you is as important as choosing the best financing option for your circumstances. I have been working with people and assisting with their mortgage and financial matters since 1991. Whether you have a large or a small down payment, whether you want a Jumbo, Conventional or Construction/Renovation loan, Huntington has an extensive number of options designed to fit the many diverse needs of our clients. Contact me and we will review the options available to you. You are in the driver's seat; I am just here to assist.


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OAE @ RFH – Masaaki Suzuki conducts Mendelssohn's Elijah
Elijah, Op.70 – Oratorio in two parts to a text by Julius Schubring sourced from Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible [sung in English]
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano),Robert Murray (tenor) & Christian Immler (baritone)
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Masaaki Suzuki
Reviewed by: Amanda-Jane Doran
Reviewed: 3 October, 2019
Venue: Southbank Centre, London – Royal Festival Hall
Masaaki Suzuki joined the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a fascinating reading of Mendelssohn's dramatic Elijah. Mendelssohn consciously modelled his choral drama on the works of his musical idols, Bach and Handel, and Suzuki was ideally placed to lead this core Victorian work. Period instruments of moderate numbers combined with a chorus of thirty-two handpicked young singers to paint the vivid backdrop of Old Testament strife and heroic reconciliation. From the opening chords we are in Bach's harmonic world, echoes of the St Matthew Passion frame the work.
Christian Immler was in fine voice as the prophet, a thoughtful, refined baritone with rich resonance and spectacular diction. The protagonist dramatically opens the work before the appearance of the Overture, which built tension and suspense, Suzuki teasing rich colours, a sound of Berliozian splendour, magically conjured; Suzuki's command was superbly calibrated through every mood
The role of the chorus is central to the narrative, at once reflective and reactive, propelling the story on. The Choir of the Age of Enlightenment's tone was focussed and expressive, expanding to belie their numbers in moments of high drama.
Carolyn Sampson's 'Hear ye Israel' opened the second half with moving intensity and silver-honeyed mobility: a singer-actress of the highest calibre. Each soloist delivered afresh. Anna Stéphany's Angel impressed with warmth and feeling and Robert Murray, a late replacement, was fervently persuasive in the various tenor roles. Other parts were taken by members of the chorus, including Sofia Larsson and Emma Walshe, who both sang with engagement and lovely tone.
As an opus Elijah synthesises ideas of sin and redemption that link the Old and New Testaments; Mendelssohn's great achievement is to create something that integrates foundational religious music of the past with his own forward-looking musical personality. Suzuki seamlessly wove all these elements together in a compelling performance.


Knit Picks' Podcast: Episode 57: New Fall Yarn!
Episode 57: New Fall Yarn!
Kelley and Tina talk about the new fall yarn lines, detailing the color selection process and discussing different commercial dyeing techniques.


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MC Hammer's Parachute Pants
"Hammer Time!"
Parachute Pants
Grants the wearer temporary fame and fortune
Comes with an equal yet opposite backlash of unpopularity and poverty
Wearing and saying "Can't Touch This".
Artie Nielsen
Homobonus-MT8
MC Hammer dominated the charts with his hip-hop single "Can't Touch This". His signature parachute pants and Hammer dance were everywhere in the early 90's. However, due to poor investments and a rapid decline in popularity due to overexposure, MC Hammer lost everything, losing his house and declaring bankruptcy.
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When the user wears the pants and says the phrase, "Can't Touch This", the wearer will be blessed with temporary fame and fortune beyond his/her wildest dreams. However, the effect comes with a downside. Shortly after the wearer has reached the pinnacle of popularity, the effect will reverse, causing instant unpopularity and poverty.
Artie bought the pants from an auction MC Hammer held at his estate to gather enough money for his doomed TV career.
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The great French impressionist artist captivated worldwide an enthusiastic public with subtly formed sculptures, too.
The 'Little Dancer' originates from 1879 -1881.
The cold cast bronze replica is painstakingly hand-painted.
Height (incl. base) 33 cm.
This unique piece of work from 1946 carries you into a dream-like world which reflects the charm of a wonderful day.
Granolithography, 12 colors, on 270 g of Rives handmade Paper. Handmade gold-plated studio frame.
Limited world edition of 7500 copies.
Size (framed) approx. 50 x 70 cm.
In this masterpiece, originating from 1875, Renoir has captured the charm of an unforgettable spring day on canvas. It is as if he has even painted the scent of the flowers. 20-color lithography.
Limited edition of 999 copies on Arches handmade paper.
High quality studio frame with passe-partout.
Size (framed) approx. 70 x 90 cm.
Figures such as the bishop are typical for chess sets of European origin, such as the Celtic Lewis chess set from the 12th century.
The originals of these Nordic chess figures were found on the Isle of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) in 1831 and are currently in the British Museum in London.
These chess figures, carved from walrus ivory, are attributed to a Scandinavian artist and are regarded as the most magnificant of the European Middle Ages.
The reconstruction of the Lewis chess set is an extra-ordinary collector's piece for every chess fan.
Limited edition of 999 specimens.
size approx. 58 x 58 cm. Cold cast chess figures, black and ivory colors.
Size of the figures 4, 6 and 10 cm.
by vigour and vitality. With his most famous work 'The Thinker', originating from 1880, Rodin made an immortal mark of creative energy and virtuosity.
The cold cast bronze sculpture is (incl.
marble base) 41 cm high.
As a guardian of the house, home and family, this godhood enjoyed for centuries much adoration in ancient Egypt. The museum replica, true to the original, is in cold cast bronze. Earrings and collar have a valuable gilding.
Height (incl. wood base) 28 cm.
A work of the sculptor Quirin Roth following motives from the most popular painting of Sandro Botticelli 'Spring' (la prima-vera). Amor, the son of Venus, shoots an arrow at Simonetta who is presumably the mistress of Prince Lorenzo di Medici. A masterpiee from finest marble cast. The frame is patinated in yeollwish-gold (23,6 carat) and white gold (12 carat).
Size 43,5 x 59 cm.
The great impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) also acquired world prestige with his subtly formed sculptures.
One of the most beautiful works is named 'Fascinating Horse'. This horse, bursting with elegance and power, is individually made by hand as a limited edition.
Height (incl. base) ca. 30 cm.
True to the original of Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The original is an oil painting on wood, with a refined gold staffage and one real rubin. The Rose in the hand of Madonna is cut from red corals.
The outstanding painting is mounted in a richlygildes altar frame. (Museum of Vatikan).
The celestial horses from the Han period are some of the most impressive works in Chinese art. We are offering the most fiery as a museum replica. It originates from between 25-220 AD, commissioned by a ruler of the eastern Han dynasty.
Limited edition of 499 specimens.
Mane, tail and hooves have a gold-leaf plating, each individual piece painsta-kingly made by hand.
Height (incl. marble base) 32.5 cm.


What a month April has turned out to be; with threats of nuclear war being tossed around like it's a day out in the park, and the horrendous bombings in Boston. What do we do?
If there's something which brings the masses together across this fine planet of ours, it's the movies. There's a few big 'uns coming out this year, and Star Trek is way up there on my list of those to see.
I enjoyed the first of J.J. Abrams Trek movies despite the foreboding time travel premise, but it turned out to be awesome. Star Trek 2: Into Darkness has looked pretty impressive from the trailers so far, and with Summer fast approaching, what better way to head into it than seeing the Enterprise smash into the ground!
So, to all those wanting to blow this planet up with the fervour of the newly converted, I say, go ahead, try it, but we've seen it all before and we'll continue to shrug it off in the future coz planet Earth is da bomb (so to speak).


1. Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush a lot about how wonderful it is to find kindred souls).
2. Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm recruitment strategies).
3. Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up).
4. Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are welcomed with generosity and patience; everyone -- newbie and expert alike -- feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and sharing opinions).
5. Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every reader; people start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if other people don't limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets annoyed).
6a. Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private email and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list).
6b. Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks; many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly ever after).


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Local News >
Elizabeth Kelley dedicates career to defending those with developmental disabilities
Spokane-based attorney builds national practice
-Kevin Blocker
In addition to practicing law, Elizabeth Kelley is the president of the Spokane Symphony board of trustees. She's shown here at the Fox Theater, in downtown Spokane.
Elizabeth Kelley hails from a family of attorneys. But even with a law degree herself, she had no aspirations of practicing after earning her juris doctorate, and she certainly never imagined she'd end up being a criminal defense attorney representing those with mental disabilities.
"There's something particularly special about representing people with mental disabilities, because they don't have the same type of culpability as other defendants," she says. "They may not know the nature of what they're doing, or they may be powerless to stop themselves."
Kelley says the general public, law enforcement, and prosecutor's offices across the U.S. lack a basic understanding of mental illness, and those suffering from mental illness often are lumped in together with other criminal defendants.
It's estimated that 50% of the U.S. prison population has some form of a mental disability, says Kelley citing Centers for Disease Control estimates.
"I think we're finally starting to realize that we shouldn't be incarcerating our way out of a public health problem," she says.
Earlier this year, the American Bar Association published Kelley's book, titled Representing People with Autism Spectrum Disorders, a manual designed as a guide for criminal defense lawyers representing those who have autism.
Kelley is the sole proprietor of Elizabeth Kelley, Attorney at Law. Based in Spokane, she represents clients from around the country. Ironically, not one of her active cases is here.
When representing clients in the eastern U.S., she has access to a friend's law office in New York, she says.
In order to represent clients in other states, Kelley submits motions pro hac vice – Latin for 'this occasion' – to handle cases elsewhere.
A fourth generation Spokanite, Kelley is a descendant of the founders of the Witherspoon Kelley law firm. Founded in 1887, Witherspoon Kelley is Spokane's oldest law firm.
Despite her legal pedigree, Kelley says she was quite content to travel after completing law school. She's the daughter of former Spokane attorney Jon F. Kelley, who died in 2003.
"My father told me that the law was the quintessential liberal arts education," she says.
Her father passed down his love of learning to her, she says.
A Ferris High School graduate, Kelley earned an undergraduate degree from Mills College in East Oakland, California in English and French. She also spent a summer studying abroad at Oxford University, in England, and another summer at Paris-Sorbonne University, in France.
Later, she completed her master's degree in English literature from the University of Chicago before completing her juris doctorate at Case Western Reserve University's law school in Cleveland in 1993.
"As much I enjoy reading and writing, I didn't want to be a junior associate in a law firm cloistered in the library," she says.
After spending more time travelling, Kelley says she finally decided to open her own practice in the Cleveland area.
"You basically take everything that walks in the door," Kelley says of the process of building a clientele.
One evening at a benefit dinner, Kelley says she was approached by a judge who encouraged her to become a criminal defense attorney. The judge invited Kelley to her chambers that week to show her how to handle a criminal filing. Later, the same judge assigned her a client.
The young female defendant had no prior criminal history when she was stopped by police. She had in her possession a pipe with drug residue in it. In doing her research, Kelley discovered the woman faced a maximum penalty of a year in prison under Ohio law.
"She didn't want to fight the charge at all," Kelley says of the defendant. "I literally felt like I had someone's life in my hands."
After entering a guilty plea, the judge gave Kelley's client a probationary sentence.
"I used every argument in the book. I was as prepared and as persuasive as my young attorney mind would allow me to be," she says with a laugh.
Years later, in a courtroom in rural Ohio around 2004, Kelley had a court-assigned defendant who had an intellectual disability.
"This was a young man who was forced by his so-called street-wise friends to be the lookout during a series of robberies," she says.
The young man's case worker was so pleased with the work Kelley put in on the case that he quickly began passing along her business cards to other people who had family and friends who suffered from intellectual disabilities and mental illness and who were facing criminal charges.
Almost immediately, she became a resource for other attorneys and judges.
"I don't have a volume practice. I don't do case after case after case. I have a few big cases that are involved that I work," she says.
One of those current cases is the post-conviction case of a South Dakota man who she believes has been wrongly incarcerated since the mid-1980s. She's been working on the case for five years.
A common misbelief is that her clientele ranges from indigent to low-income at best. Nothing is further from the truth, she says.
"Autism, bi-polar disorder, mental illness... they cross all socioeconomic and ethnic boundaries," she says. "All my clients are retained."
Kelley says she never anticipated returning to Spokane after leaving for college. By the early 2000s, though, she increasingly began returning more frequently to Spokane as her parents grew older.
"Spokane was starting to change from the way it was when I was growing up," she says. "There were more and more people moving into the area; there was more building. And at the same time, those things that were very precious to me from childhood, like my family's ranch, like Manito Park, the Cathedral, the then-Cheney-Cowles Museum, the Spokane Symphony… meant more to me.".
After her mother died in 2011, Kelley continued to return to Spokane to settle estate-related matters, and Spokane continued to "grow on her," she says.
In many respects, Kelley says the legal profession was ahead of the times as it related to virtual work.
"During that period, judges were very good about letting me appear telephonically for various court proceedings," she says. "More and more courts around the country were accepting electronic filing."
All this transpired at about the same time she began carving out a wider nationwide niche of representing criminal defendants with developmental disabilities, she says.
"I was getting calls from families and attorneys all over the country," she says. "It was a perfect time to re-imagine and remake my law practice."
Kelley says she returned to Spokane for good in December 2012.
"Bar none, it's the best decision I ever made," she says.


Burleigh Travel have been awarded the LOTC Quality Badge for our School Sports Tours.
This award is in recognition of the range of benefits that a sports tour offers an individuals personal, social and learning development. As well as passing a rigerous health and safety check, which reduces the red tape and work for you when looking to book one of our tours.
The LOtC Quality Badge is a nationally recognised indicator of good quality educational provision. It combines the essential elements of provision, learning and safety, into one easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme for all types of learning outside the classroom. The LOtC Quality Badge means that the holder has passed a robust assessment designed to ensure that they are meeting schools' learning and risk management needs, no matter what activities they offer. It should help schools identify good quality and safe provision, which will then in turn reduce red tape when planning educational visits.
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"The tour is without a doubt one of the finest successes in the school's history"


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Character Dives / Summer of Love
Off the bat, it is important to know that CCS is not a show of extreme depth. While there are great moments of development, this isn't an anime that is concerned with doing a deep examination into its cast. What you see with the cast is pretty much what you get and honestly there is nothing wrong with that. Not every show needs or should be a exploration of that level and there are many great characters who get the job done without it.
Don't expect any great level of depth for Sakura, but CCS gives her more than other shows do.
Sakura Kinomoto is an example of this and she accomplishes it quite well. On the surface level, Sakura is exactly what this kind of shows needs. Cheerful, upbeat, endlessly optimistic, and full of childlike wonder and naivety. She approaches almost all situations with a can-do attitude and a smile. Even when some of the Clow Cards cause more trouble than others, Sakura never loses her smile and tries to see the best in situation. Her common use of the phrase 'daijoubu' Japanese for 'alright' or 'everything is going to be alright' is the sum total of who she is as a character. That no matter what happens, no matter how bad things get, if you put on a smile then things are going to be okay. To many in the real world, that may come off as overly optimistic or shallow, but in a children's show, I think it is a great message.
No matter what she is faced with, Sakura views the world with joy and trust, embracing it with open arms.
However CCS is wise enough to not make Sakura's optimism the end point of her character. And what endears her to the audience is not her magical powers or loving smile, but the traits that make her human. Throughout the series we see Sakura being happy and loving, but also jealous, angry, frustrated, sad, upset, weak, and determined. There are episodes were Sakura fights with Kero, where she tries and fails to help her father, where she struggles to cook, or where she pushes herself too hard and collapses. These are all basic things, but they are crucial for fleshing out who Sakura is and pushing her beyond the box the genre puts her in. The world of CCS is one of pure innocence and trusting adults, but that doesn't mean the struggles of life are just absent.
Sakura isn't always totally happy, and she has those moments of frustration and anger found in all children.
This comes to head in the major source of development for Sakura: her views on romance and going from her infatuation with Yukito to the true love she has with Syaoran. Sprinkled throughout the entire series, we see that Sakura has a major crush on Yukito, a source of comedy throughout the series. However as time goes on and and she eventually confesses her affection, we see that the crush she had was just a crush. That the love she felt for him was the love of a sibling, or the way she feels about her father: a warm and affectionate role model who is a source of comfort and assurance. When confronted with Syaoran's own feelings, we see Sakura discover that this love is different than that of her family or friends. This is a someone who loves her deeply and truly and wants to be her 'number one'. We then see Sakura become more flustered and nervous around him, and much of the final film of the series is her trying to tell him how she feels. All very natural feelings and ones that are very human. It takes what is on paper a very basic character and adds a layer of depth that show benefits from.
The series final scene is a great step for Sakura as she realizes the depths of her feelings, and how they are different from what she's felt before.
Sakura Kinomoto serves her series exceptionally well. Forever optimistic, forever kind and full of affection and love. It is clear why she has served as the legacy for all magical girls to follow. Whether it is shows that try to honor it, or run away from it, Sakura is one of the most important ones. But beyond that legacy and looking at the show as is, we see that CLAMP and the writers worked hard to give Sakura a layer of humanity that endears her to the viewers. It is neither too much, or too little, and doesn't concern itself with pandering to any type of group of belief. It makes the show feel more than just the 'monster of the week' entertainment it often is. It's nothing special, nothing groundbreaking, but you are glad that it is there and that it works so well.
At least that is what I think.
Anime, Cardcaptor Sakura, Character Dive, Magical Girl, Slice of Life, The Summer of Love
Tune of the Week: Cardcaptor Sakura's Tobira wo Akete
Bi-Weekly Booty: Prison School's Meiko Shiraki


On this page you will find links to information enabling parents and carers to find out more about how the children learn at The Hythe.
We will also post details of any workshops we are running for parents and carers.
Below are three documents that hopefully will help you learn more about Maths teaching at The Hythe.
The first one is for parents of children in the Infants - Years R, 1 & 2.
The third document has helpful hints for parents about fun Maths home learning.


Once more I saw it all.
In my dream of the Big Parade.
They were scenes I can't forget.
Millions of sailors helping them through.
Millions of buddies wounded and gassed.
Millions of cooties crawling around.
Many a cross where somebody fell.
And God knows what you're fighting it for.
Little French girls they had to forget.
But all that went over, didn't come home.
who asked so little and gave so much will lie dead in the dust.


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