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SUBJECT: WALT DISNEY: SWOT, PESTEL AND PORTER ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION 2 PESTEL ANALYSIS 2 POLITICAL FACTORS 2 ECONOMIC FACTORS 3 SOCIAL FACTORS 3 TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS 4 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 4 PORTER'S FIVE FORCES MODEL 5 NEW ENTRANTS 5 BUYERS 5 SUBSTITUTES 6 SUPPLIERS 6 COMPETITORS 6 SWOT ANALYSIS 7 STRENGTHS 7 WEAKNESSES 8 OPPORTUNITIES 9 Improvement of customer relations strategy 9 Advertising Growth 9 Differentiation 9 The further introduction of ICT technologies 9 Superior market segmentation 10 THREATS 10 Economic conditions 10 Winnie the Pooh trial 10 STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS 11 CONCLUSION 12 REFERENCES 13 APPENDIX I - PORTFOLIO VS CORE COMPETENCE PERSPECTIVES 14 INTRODUCTION Walt Disney is a developer, producer and worldwide distributor of feature films and television programs, cable network programming and character-based merchandise. Besides, its theme parks are the most popular in the world. The current forces in the market create certain challenges for future success of the company's development. The presents analysis starts with the discussion of current environmental and industry factors. This analysis produces the holistic view of the macro factors that affect the industry players and the company. The second step comes to the analysis of the business environment competitive environment and the way the company develops and maintains its competitive advantage. This analysis creates a picture of internal capabilities of the companies. Basing on the evaluation of external and internal factors the analysis of strengths and weaknesses is delivered. It creates a framework for devising possible strategic intent of the company and identifies possible vulnerable points that can affect the feasibility of the strategy. Basing on the analysis of the environmental factors and company's capabilities the paper reviews current opportunities and threats. PESTEL ANALYSIS According to Grant (1998), in order to identify the key success factors and the company's opportunities and threats it is important to study environmental factors that effect the firm's strategy on the industrial level. ...read more.
The other important capability is the ability to develop new innovative solutions to meet changing demand. The development of Mission: SPACE is the good example of the application of latest digital technologies to enhance the entertainment experience of theme park visitors (Datamonitor, 2004). From the portfolio perspective, the company's strength is in its experience of international operations. According to Bennet (1999) the development of local knowledge along with learning curve might create potential synergies over different strategic business units. The other strength is a diversified portfolio. Walt Disney is involved in various areas of the media distribution, including television and cable, book publishing and filmed entertainment, character merchandise and internet content delivery. The company's wide-ranging interests protect it somewhat from the effects of adverse market conditions in any one of the sectors within which it operates. Its presence in a large number of markets gives the company a more balanced and stable portfolio of assets, and therefore a more secure business. The diversity of the media portfolio creates a strong advertising potential. The company operates with six domestic sports channels, reaching 85 million viewers, and has several brand extensions including ESPN Radio, which is the largest radio sports network in the US. Its A&E Television Networks, featuring cultural and entertainment programming such as The History Channel, reach 77 million homes. Lifetime Television is devoted to women's lifestyle programming and reaches 83 million cable subscribers. Its Toon Disney channel, targeted at 2-11 year olds, is available in 26 million homes and began carrying advertising in 2000. Disney's SoapNet channel was also launched in 2000, and now reaches more than 18 million homes (Datamonitor, 2004). Weaknesses One of the strong weaknesses of the company is the dependence of theme park distribution on seasonal component. ...read more.
CONCLUSION The analysis of the current PESTEL factors identified the particular importance of socio-cultural, political and legal, economic, technological and environmental factors on the environment. All of these factors determine the success of operations. If socio-cultural and economic factors affect the demand patterns and vulnerability of strategic development, other factors create the conditions for value chain architecture. The review of environmental factors identified the opportunities to improve financial health, capitalize on the growth of advertising market and develop further differentiation using technological solutions. At the same time economic conditions and copyright issue create serious threats to the company. The analysis of five forces identified the strong power of buyers and the analysis of strategic capability defined the following strengths: diversified portfolio, fast and intensive transfer of operational capabilities and the experience of running the international operations. At the same time the current portfolio management and the dependence of certain business units on various external factors were defined as major weaknesses. The paper identified various feasible opportunities. The analysis of current capabilities along with the further development of technological solutions create strong case for the development of customer relations management based on database marketing techniques. Besides the company might pursue the development of new ICT technologies. The current success of Mission: SPACE attractions show vast market opportunities with regards to the introduction of new entertainment experience. The company may develop superior market segmentation. The high influence of social factor and the influence of fashion trends on market demand and product life cycles create the space for niche market strategies. The stakeholder analysis defined three types of key stakeholders, as shareholders, employees and customers, who might exert sufficient influence on the strategic development of the company. ...read more.
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Let's start off by stating it would be foolish of the Pittsburgh Steelers to trade away Antonio Brown, unless he pulls a Le'Veon Bell and holds out for the 2019 season. The team's cap space wouldn't increase by a significant amount, and the Steelers would lose another superstar for a second consecutive season. Per mixed reports, it seems as though Pittsburgh is open to trading away Brown, but it hasn't necessarily been demanded. While it remains a possibility, here is our list of the most likely landing spots for Brown:
1) San Francisco 49ers
Outside of George Kittle, the San Francisco 49ers could use someone other than Kendrick Bourne, who led the team with 487 yards at the wide receiver position. If that wasn't enough, a tweet from Kittle might have stoked the fire some more.
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— AB (@AB84) January 1, 2019
Brown would likely thrive in a system run by Kyle Shanahan, and Jimmy Garoppolo would have the arm to potentially break some personal records. It makes sense for the Steelers as well, considering San Francisco sits in the opposite conference.
2) Miami Dolphins
Viewed as another team who could use a star receiver, Brown had more receiving yards than the Dolphins top two wide receivers combined. If Miami decides to replace Ryan Tannehill, someone like Brown could make it easier on whoever they bring in. The same could also be said for whoever ends up being the next head coach in Miami.
Antonio Brown is from South Beach and still lives there, so I doubt he would have any problems with a trade there. If the Dolphins are serious about contending, this is a move they should attempt to make.
3) Oakland Raiders
As far as return value that Pittsburgh could receive for Antonio Brown, it would be difficult to beat whatever the Raiders may offer. The team contains 3 first-round picks in this years draft, and are in serious need of a wide receiver after trading Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys. Oakland finished the 2018 season with a record of 4-12, so would it be worth trading all 3 picks for just one player? We have seen stranger moves out of the Raiders.
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We still don't know what's going to happen with Larry Fitzgerald, but Antonio Brown could fit in this offense, regardless of losing their current #1 wide receiver to retirement. The Cardinals might not be considered a contender, but adding Brown would help their case. In this situation, Pittsburgh would likely end up with the #1 pick of the 2019 NFL Draft.
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To be included in an upcoming Alumni Art Show, please contact Director of Alumni Affairs Holly Donaldson Casella '04.


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Whether you've moved companies or you have just been promoted within a business to a managerial position, it's important that you use your first 100 days wisely and efficiently. When you're new to a job or position it's a given that it takes time for you to settle in – it takes time for you to familiarise yourself with colleagues, junior employees and the job role itself. During your first 100 days you need to do four things: Observe, think, plan and "do". On paper it looks pretty simple, but in practice it's anything but easy.
There are a couple of reasons why it's important to observe: You need to become familiar with employees and people you're going to be working with, you need to be familiar with the role that you're going to be conducting, and you need to be looking for areas where you think you can "make your mark" and encourage improvement.
The thinking phase during your first 100 days shouldn't be spent locked away in a dark room. You can do your thinking at your desk, or even when you're out and about observing. There are lots of things you need to think about: How are you going to get to know your new staff? How will you determine what management style is going to be suited to who? What areas are you planning on improving, and how will you go about implementing those improvements?
Planning during your first 100 days is important – you need to bring all of your thoughts together and everything you've observed. It's then a case of planning ahead for the next 100 days (or three months, if you prefer). It's good to plan for the immediate future as well as a year or two ahead – long term goals help to establish direction and momentum – it's then up to you to ensure that these are communicated to your workforce.
When you've spent ample time observing, thinking and planning, you can then start the "doing" phase. Managers may have more than one think/plan/do cycle to negotiate and consider: You might have identified several areas you'd like to improve such as punctuality, productivity, general staff attitudes and so on – these will require different courses of action and different cycles to influence them for the better.
It's hard to know where to start when it comes to "doing" – so why not pull out your list of goals and work on them? If you planned properly you should have a clear discourse to follow that will help you to manage your employees and take them on a journey to hitting those targets and reaching those objectives.
The first 100 days in any job are particularly stressful, certainly more so if you're in a managerial position. Typically employees don't like to see managers standing around with their arms folded, but your first few weeks are perhaps the only time they'll excuse you for doing so. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity during your early days in the job, spend that time having one to one chats with your new employees so you can get to know them, and they can get to know you. One final thing for you to remember is that first impressions really count – so make sure you give off the best possible impression from the outset.


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Height: 2.07 Born: 8 August, 1997 Nationality: Italy
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Totals 6 0 9:53 4 1/1 0/0 2/2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
Averages 6 0 1:38 0.7 100% 0% 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0.2 0.2 0.5
11 vs Promitheas Patras 1:25 1 -1
12 at Umana Reyer Venice 0:36
2 Totals 2:01 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1
Average 1:00 0 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 -0.5
1 vs UNICS Kazan 0:50 1 -1
3 vs Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 0:02
4 vs Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul 4:36 2 2/2 1 3
6 at UNICS Kazan 2:24 2 1/1 2
4 Totals 7:52 4 1/1 0/0 2/2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Average 1:58 1 100% 0% 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0.3 1
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#1 in Games Played (2)
Index rating 3 Brescia Leonessa vs. Darussafaka Istanbul 10/23/2019
Points 2 UNICS Kazan vs. Brescia Leonessa 11/6/2019
Offensive rebounds 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Brescia Leonessa 1/14/2020
Defensive rebounds 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Brescia Leonessa 1/14/2020
Total rebounds 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Brescia Leonessa 1/14/2020
Assists 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Brescia Leonessa 1/14/2020
Steals 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Brescia Leonessa 1/14/2020
Blocks 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Brescia Leonessa 1/14/2020
Minutes 4 Brescia Leonessa vs. Darussafaka Istanbul 10/23/2019
Grew up with Virtus Siena (Italy) juniors.
Signed for the 2014-15 season by Stella Azzurra Rome, Serie B.
Played there also the 2015-16 championship.
Signed for the 2016-17 season by Viola Basket Reggio Calabria, A2.
Signed for the 2017-18 season by Moncada Agrigento, A2.
Signed for the 2019-20 season by Leonessa Brescia.
Has been member of the Italian U16, U18 and U20 National Team.
Played at the 2013 European U16 Championship.
2019-20 Germani Brescia Leonessa 6 4 0.7 1/1 100 0/0 0 2/2 100 0 0 0 0
Totals 6 4 0.7 1/1 100 0/0 0 2/2 100 0 0 0 0
Averages 6 4 0.7 1/1 100 0/0 0 2/2 100 0 0 0 0
2013-14 IJT VIRTUS SIENA 4 25 6.3 12/28 42.9 0/0 0 1/5 20 17 2 1 2
2014-15 U18 Stellazzurra Basketball Academy Rome 7 12 1.7 6/22 27.3 0/0 0 0/2 0 22 3 2 4
Totals 11 37 3.4 18/50 36 0/0 0 1/7 14.3 39 5 3 6
Averages 11 37 3.4 18/50 36 0/0 0 1/7 14.3 3.5 0.5 0.3 0.5
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M-A % 3FG
M-A % FT
M-A % Reb St As Bl
2014/15 Stella Azzurra 20 125 6.3 50/119 42.0 0/1 0.0 25/34 73.5 98 7 4 1
2015/16 Stella Azzurra 26 207 8.0 88/164 53.7 1/2 50.0 28/55 50.9 143 15 20 11
2016/17 Viola Reggio Calabria 27 96 3.6 43/92 46.7 0/0 0.0 10/14 71.4 50 5 12 4
2017/18 Agrigento 31 184 5.9 54/113 47.8 22/58 37.9 10/15 66.7 86 7 16 2
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Title: The Rojava Experiment
Author: Shawn Hattingh
Topics: democratic confederalism, Rojava, Zabalaza
Source: Retrieved on 4th August 2021 from zabalaza.net
Notes: In this article, the first article of the education series on alternatives to capitalism, we look at an experiment that is taking place today, known as the Rojava Revolution, to overturn capitalism and the state system in northern Syria (which is being subjected to an imperialist and civil war). In Rojava a social revolution, influenced by libertarian socialism, has been underway since 2012 and a new society has emerged in the process.
The Rojava Experiment
Rojava is an outcome of the struggle that has been waged by the Kurds for national liberation. Nonetheless, it has gone beyond even national liberation and has become an experiment to create a confederation of worker and community councils and communes to replace capitalism and the state.
Initially up until the 1990s, the Kurdish national liberation struggle was mainly influenced by Stalinism. However, in the late 1990s the movement began reflecting and analysing the failed experiments in Russia, China and Cuba which saw the Communist Parties in those countries setting up state capitalism in the name of revolution. As part of the reflection and analyses, the Kurdish liberation movement – in which the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) plays a key role – came to view all states as hierarchical and patriarchal institutions that, far from brining freedom, always ensured the oppression of a majority by a minority that headed these states.
As part of this, by the early 2000s, the Kurdish liberation movement had come to be heavily influenced by some of the ideas – although not all – of the libertarian socialist Murray Bookchin. Bookchin himself started out his political life as a Stalinist but moved to anarchism before adopting a form of libertarian socialism based on communalism, social ecology, feminism and libertarian municipalism.
Under this, the goal of the Kurdish movement broadened to struggle for a revolution in the Middle East as a whole. As part of this desired revolution, and in line with its left libertarian and feminist orientation, the movement has explicitly stated that it does not aim to create a state; but rather a system of direct democracy that would be defined by people setting up assemblies, councils and communes that are confederated together. It has called this 'democratic confederalism'. However, there are contradictions too; for example there is a glorification of the symbolic leader of the Kurdish struggle, Abdullah Ocalan, that runs counter the egalitarian goals of democratic confederalism.
Nonetheless, in Rojava in 2012 – as the Syrian state withdrew from the area as the civil war erupted – elements of democratic confederalism (although not all) began to be implemented. As part of this communes, federated neighbourhood assemblies and a federated Rojava council have been established with the aim of ensuring that there is a direct democracy in Rojava without a state. Women play a central role in this and each community assembly, commune or council has to ensure gender equality amongst the mandated and recallable delegates that participate in these forums. This is one of the central pillars of the experiment in feminism.
In terms of the economy, it has been reported that the people in Rojava have also begun rolling back aspects of capitalism. Some sources estimate that 80% of the economy is now run through democratic workers' co-operatives. Small private businesses still exist, but they are reportedly accountable to the communes – and are mandated by these to meet the needs of the people.
To defend the Revolution, Rojava has established a democratic militia called the People's Protection Units (YPG), in which unit leaders are elected and recallable. The establishment of democratic militia has been part of shunning the notions of a hierarchical standing army, which are associated with states. Thousands of people – including from other countries – have joined these militia and have been engaged in struggle against various grouping wishing to destroy the revolution, including the Islamic State (ISIS). Women play a central role in the militia – in fact there are women-only militia's called the Women's Protection Units (YPJ). The YPJ are some of the best units of all and played a key role in the defeat of ISIS.
Rojava, however, does face threats. Internally a state may yet still arise, and the elevation and glorification of Ocalan is deeply concerning. Externally, the biggest threat to Rojava in the foreseeable future is Turkey. In January 2018, Turkey invaded parts of Rojava to stop the revolution spreading to its territory – which has a large Kurdish population. The invasion is ongoing. The US temporarily backed Rojava militia against ISIS. With the defeat of ISIS, however, it too could turn on Rojava. Despite the threats, Rojava shows a more just society can be created by working class struggles, even in the context of a harsh civil war.


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Released in 1990, Reference Point is the first album by Acoustic Alchemy released for jazz label GRP and their fourth album overall. The song "Caravan of Dreams" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best New Age Performance.

Containing some of the band's more popular tracks, such as the title track "Reference Point", "Same Road, Same Reason" and "Cuban Heels", the nine-track album is also the only album by the band to offer a cover track: "Take Five".

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Parents of students at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw were notified of a student at the school had been diagnosed with pertussis, the bacterial infection more commonly known as the whooping cough.
Several Cobb County elementary schools have also had cases of whooping cough during the last school year. Receiving the vaccination has not been proof against infection as at least some of those infected were vaccinated routinely at a young age.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious disease which poses the greatest risk to young children who have not completed their series of vaccinations yet, and who suffer more greatly from the symptoms of the disease. Older individuals can also suffer from the disease, as the vaccination is only approximately 85 percent effective, and the booster's effectiveness diminishes with time.
Many people think of the whooping cough the way they think of polio – a historical childhood illness that no longer poses a risk today, but that is simply not the case. Outbreaks of the disease are not uncommon, affecting more than 25,000 people in 2004 according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than in any year since the 1950s.
Being aware of the symptoms can help lead to early detection, and hopefully prevent complications.
In teenagers and adults, complications due to the whooping cough are normally mild, though they can include bruised or even broken ribs, and hernias from the violent coughing fits. In infants, however, complications can be much more severe, ranging from ear infections to pneumonia, to seizures and brain damage.
The symptoms of the whooping cough often start out similar to a severe cold or bronchitis. Early signs include runny nose/nasal congestion, sneezing, a dry cough and a mild fever. These then escalate to violent coughing fits, as many as fifteen coughs in a row, which may bring up phlegm, and fatigue from the exertion of coughing.
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Infants with whooping cough should be admitted to the hospital. Today, most infants and toddlers recover from the whooping cough without lasting damage, but as long as the infection lasts, there is a danger of complication, particularly in those under six months old. In the hospital, the young child's breathing can be monitored, and problems which arise can be treated quickly and specifically. While in the hospital, the child will most likely receive IV antibiotics and drugs to prevent airway inflammation.
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Belfast tycoon planning gin and vodka distillery on French estate
Former packaging giant boss Terry Cross has said he will open a new vodka and gin distillery at his grand estate in France
By John Mulgrew
Former packaging giant boss Terry Cross has said he will open a new vodka and gin distillery at his grand estate in France.
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The former Delta Print & Packaging boss, who sold his west Belfast company to Finnish firm Huhtamaki in 2016 for £80m, is currently developing his £15m Hinch Distillery at his Killaney Estate outside Carryduff.
But he's now revealed that a new gin and vodka distillery could subsequently be built at his Bordeaux vineyard Château de La Ligne.
"I looked at the market for Irish whiskey and also Irish gin," he said. "The market for Irish whiskey is on fire at the moment, led mainly by Jameson and Tullamore Dew."
And a further distillery looks set to follow at his French estate - producing gin and vodka.
"We are going to build a distillery in Bordeaux as well… probably for gin and French vodka. We've established planning," he added.
Mr Cross's current Hinch Distillery is an ambitious £15m project, already well under way, which will see a whiskey and gin distillery, complete with visitor centre, located right beside his own Killaney Estate.
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A former sailor, Mr Cross grew his business Delta Print & Packaging into a west Belfast giant employing more than 300 people, securing contracts with McDonald's and KFC before selling the company to Finnish firm Huhtamaki in 2016 for £80m.
"It was never a plan (to sell). It was two years of due diligence," Mr Cross told Belfast Telegraph sister publication Ulster Business. "I'm very happy to say the Brexit issue was not foreseen by anyone - by the banks, markets or the politicians. "If it had been, the sale to Huhtamaki wouldn't have happened, or would have happened at a different price - and it would have been a hell of a lot less."
Now, he's turned his attention again to the drinks industry, with Hinch Distillery and his France plan.
"I was never going to do nothing," he said. You need a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
"That (the Hinch project) came out of the difficulty with Bordeaux wines and the difficulty to make profit."
Looking back on Delta Print & Packaging, he said printed packaging had been the major development which spurred on the business's success.
The company then grew into a major entity, producing cartons and packaging for giants of the food world such as Kellogg's.
Mr Cross grew up in the Antrim Road area of north Belfast. He was one of four children to father William and mother Rosaleen.
He studied at St Mary's in Belfast before serving across the world on merchant vessels.
His father, who lived to the age of 91, was responsible for shooting down planes of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.
His chateau is also a wedding venue, and the vineyard - which covers 17 hectares - produces around 72,000 bottles a year.
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How much Finnish firm Huhtamaki paid for Terry Cross's Delta Print & Packaging company in 2016
Workplace dispute protocols in Northern Ireland set to change next week
By Claire McNeilly The process for resolving problems in the workplace in Northern Ireland is about to change.
Closure of Crane Stockham in east Belfast 'a body blow'
By Allan Preston The closure of an east Belfast factory resulting in 63 job losses has been branded "a body blow" for manufacturing in Northern Ireland.
Approved Tribeca project must be of highest quality, warns former NI minister
By Caitriona McBride Former direct rule minister Sir Richard Needham, who helped establish Belfast's Cathedral Quarter, has welcomed the £500m Tribeca development in the area.
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Åsa Rydhard knows how to entertain a crowd—just ask anyone from her former church congregation. During her time as a pastor in the early 2000s, the Swedish native would pack the church to capacity with her engaging sermons, lively stage presence and passion for storytelling.
But after an internal quarrel, the entire church staff was fired, and that's when Rydhard, ACG, ALB, says she lost her voice, her stage and her social network.
In 2010, she joined the Borås Toastmasters club in Sweden to find her voice again. Then, in 2014, Rydhard won first place in the Division G Toastmasters International Speech Contest. Now an entrepreneur in the communications field, her mission is to help small-business owners find their voices and use storytelling as a tool for social impact.
When I was in school, I had a vague idea about what I wanted to do with my life. I attended three higher education institutes, and each time I was convinced that I had found my ultimate path. I first studied information technology because it was new and exciting at the time, but then it started to bore me, and I knew I needed more.
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How do you prepare for audiences of different cultures?
In 2017 I traveled to Germany, India, Amsterdam and Croatia for work. Presenting to people from different cultures is something we train for at Toastmasters in Sweden. The majority of members are from all over the world! Since I'm not a native English speaker, I prepare by writing or reading a manuscript before presenting, which allows me to speak onstage without notes. Being a non-native English-speaking person can actually be a huge plus when presenting to others who are the same. There is no risk that I talk too quickly or use fancy words, which is a common mistake of a native English speaker presenting to people from other countries.
What keeps you coming back to Toastmasters?
When I joined Toastmasters I had just lost my job and felt my life was ruined. But through my years in Toastmasters I found another, stronger voice. I also found my "7-Second Pitch" workshop, which made the core of my business and I now have an amazing new career.
I stay because I have many friends in the organization. As a lonely entrepreneur I find valuable business contacts though the network. Having the honor to present at conferences is also a way for me to give something back to the organization. After all, I have a lot to thank Toastmasters for.
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The government has overlooked the careers of skilled scientists and engineers in favour of research and infrastructure and encouraging commercialisation, a review has found.
It must take "coherent, structured" action to make careers in science and engineering more attractive in order to secure the supply of scientists and engineers needed to raise the United Kingdom's performance to match the world's best, according to the interim recommendations from the review of the supply of scientists and engineers. It was commissioned by the chancellor, Gordon Brown, after the 2001 budget.
Review author Sir Gareth Roberts, president of Wolfson College, Oxford, sent a summary of the findings to the chancellor to coincide with his pre-budget report. Copies went to the trade and industry secretary and the education and skills secretary.
Sir Gareth praised measures such as the Science Research Investment Fund and the Higher Education Innovation Fund but added: "It is clear that action is needed to complement this by securing a strong future supply of scientists and engineers."
* Improving communication between employers and universities and examining opportunities for scientists in industry.
Sir Gareth sent out a consultation paper in June and received 150 responses from universities, industry, development agencies and training organisations. A majority of respondents agreed there was a problem in the supply of good quality scientists and engineers. But Scotland was seen to have benefited from a higher participation rate in higher and further education.
There was concern about the rising age of school science teachers and academics, which was not balanced by new graduates entering and staying in these professions.
The responses highlighted a decline in applications to undergraduate courses, leading to lower entry requirements and weaker students being admitted. Many said the burden of debt was putting students off applying.
Respondents said debts and low PhD stipends, despite recent increases, meant universities had trouble finding PhD and postdoctoral researchers, and low pay and fixed-term contracts were disincentives to university careers. They said academics were overworked, stressed and underpaid, and provided poor role models for students considering careers in science.
Peter Cotgreave, of lobby group Save British Science, which was not asked to respond to the consultation, said the findings would send a clear and consistent message to the Treasury that the government could not ignore.


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Natriuretic Peptides: Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Implications
Kailash N. Pandey, PhD (Editor)
Tulane University School of Medicine, LA, USA
Series: Endocrinology Research and Clinical Developments
BISAC: SCI049000
Natriuretic Peptides: Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Implications quantity
ISBN: N/A Categories: Endocrinology Research and Clinical Developments, Endocrinology, Medicine and Health Tags: 9781633210806, 9781633210837, Endocrinology
This book provides the current knowledge and recent developments to navigate cellular, molecular, and clinical aspects of natriuretic peptides and their receptors in health and disease. State-of-the-art technology in cell and molecular biology has been applied to delineate the expression, function, and regulation of natriuretic peptides and their receptors both in vitro and in vivo model systems. Transgenic and gene-targeted mouse models have clearly demonstrated that the absence of functional natriuretic peptides and/or their cognate receptors cannot only raise blood pressure but also cause severe hypertensive heart, similar to what is seen in untreated human hypertensive patients. The genetically engineered mouse models have been useful to reveal not only the actual functions of the genes for natriuretic peptides and their receptors, but more critically their modifying interactions with other genes.
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Chapter 1 - Natriuretic Peptides (pp. 1-30)
Tsuneo Ogawa and Adolfo J. de Bold (Cardiovascular Endocrinology Laboratory, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 2 - Cellular, Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Natriuretic Peptides and Their Receptors in Health and Disease (pp. 31-76)
Kailash N. Pandey (Tulane University School of Medicine, LA, USA)
Chapter 3 - MANP: A Novel Designer Natriuretic Peptide GC-A Activator for the Treatment of Hypertension and Heart Failure (pp. 77-100)
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Chapter 4 - Atrial Natriuretic Factor Receptor Guanylate Cyclase: The Journey (pp. 101-118)
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Chapter 5 - Natriuretic Peptide Receptor: Structure and Signaling Mechanism (pp. 119-136)
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Chapter 9 - Natriuretic Peptides: Predictive, Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications in Cardiovascular Diseases with Particular Regard to Acute Cardiovascular Events (pp. 201-216)
Speranza Rubattu and Massimo Volpe (Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, and Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy)
Chapter 10 - Natriuretic Peptides Receptors: Molecular Biology, Phisiology and Clinical Implication (pp. 217-236)
Daniele Masarone, Raffaella D'Alessandro, Andrea Buono, Rita Gravino, Alessandra Rea, Gemma Salerno, Ernesto Ammendola, Giuseppe Del Giorno, Lucio Santangelo, Antonello D'Andrea, Maria Giovanna Russo, Raffaele Calabrò, Giuseppe Limongelli and Giuseppe Pacileo (Department of Cardiology. Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy)
Chapter 11 - Natriuretic Peptides Modulate Inner Ear Function (pp. 237-258)
George J. Trachte and Janet L. Fitzakerley (Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN, USA)
Chapter 12 - Mechanisms of Action of Guanylin Peptides (pp. 259-276)
Aleksandra Sindic (Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 13 - N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: A Biomarker of Cardiac Dysfunction during Human Fetal Life (pp. 277-300)
Waltraut M. Merz and Ulrich Gembruch (University Bonn Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Bonn, Germany)
Chapter 14 - Transcriptional Control Mechanisms of Guanylyl Cyclase/Natriuretic Peptide Receptor A Gene (pp. 301-330)
Prerna Kumar and Kailash N. Pandey (Tulane University School of Medicine, LA, USA)


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The National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Special Activity of Leonard Bucklin
Bucklin is specially proud of his past work on for the United Network for Organ Sharing, an organization that saves thousands of lives each year.
UNOS runs the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The OPTN coordinates over 400 medical entities to provide the equitable allocation of organs and appropriate professional standards for life-saving transplants throughout the United States. The ethics issues involved in making this daily equitable allocation are sensitive and newsworthy.
Bucklin served on the Ethics Committee of UNOS for a dozen years.
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UNOS monitors every organ match to ensure adherence to UNOS policy.
Through nationwide publicity campaigns, UNOS raises public awareness about the importance of organ donation.
Ethics, law, and medicine are all involved in this corporation's setting of national priorities, hospital and medical regulations and policies. UNOS is the federal contractor running the Congressional mandated national Organ Procurement Transplant Network, (OPTN). UNOS and the OPTN must balance a multitude of factors and competing interests of the average 85,000 persons awaiting life-saving organs every day (when only about 25,000 organs are available during a year).
Every day the OPTN operations center makes individual allocations and arrangements for securing tens of thousands of organs, transporting them, and providing to which transplant center and patient to whom they are allocated. The OPTN mandates standards for organ transplantation professionals and hospitals and audits for the Government the performance of the over 400 organizations across the country involved in transplantation.
Summary of the article on medical ethics, mentioned by Life Source in its letter. Bucklin's article impacted organ transplantation practices which have now changed as he advocated. You can download the entire article, which was solicited by the Social Sciences Research Network, for republication there, in PDF format, at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=362920
Woe Unto Those Who Request Consent: Ethical and Legal Considerations in Rejecting a Deceased's Anatomical Gift Because There is no Consent by the Survivors
Leonard H. Bucklin
North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 78, October 2002, Copyright
The thesis of this article is that it is unethical (and legally dangerous) for an Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) to refuse a decedent's gift of organs on the basis that a next of kin does not give consent to the OPO's receipt of the gift.
Statistics may indicate that we do not have a shortage of organs for transplants; we only have a shortage of organs recovered. Certainly part of the organ shortage is caused by the practice of Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) to refuse a decedent's gift of organs on the basis that a next of kin has not given consent to the OPO's receipt of the gift. The legal and legislative communities have for years tried to convince the OPO's to accept the gifts without seeking consent of the survivors. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Acts of 1968 and 1987 were such attempts by the legal and legislative communities. Although the practice is changing, many OPOs continue in the practice of requiring "consent" by survivors to a valid anatomical gift made by the deceased.
The author proceeds on the assumption that an extensive discussion of the legal issues, coupled with a discussion of the ethical issues, may change practices of OPOs and thereby increase the rate of organ recovery.
Part one of the article examines the legal rights of the deceased, the OPO, and the survivors in a dead body. The history of the law of dead bodies and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, adopted in some form in every state of the United States are reviewed. Then the legal liability issues in obtaining cadaveric organs for transplantation when the next of kin objects, or is not present to give consent, are discussed. The legal theory indicates there is no liability to accepting a valid anatomical gift without further "consent", and indeed the reported legal cases unanimously support non-liability for following the Uniform Act, regardless of the objections of the next of kin. On the other hand, denial of the gift only to seek "consent" from others may impose liability on the OPO, and these possibilities are laid out for future litigators.
Part two of the article analyzes the ethical principles involved when an OPO requests consent when it is known (or should be known if a reasonable search was made) that the deceased had signed an organ donor card. The ethical principles of utility, justice, and autonomy all are violated by OPOs that seek unnecessary consent. Such OPOs violate the ethical rights not only of the deceased, but also of the patients waiting transplant.
The article concludes that there is no legal reason not to accept the gift of the decedent; and that the OPO has an ethical duty to accept the gift of the decedent. It is unethical (and legally dangerous) for an OPO to refuse a decedent's gift of organs on the basis that a next of kin does not give consent to the OPO's receipt of the gift.
Keywords: organ transplantation, Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, Organ Procurement Organization, consent, ethics
JEL Classifications: I18, I19, K11, K32
Back to C.V. – Leonard Bucklin


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There's not much that can make a Beyonce music video better, but donuts are a nice try.
Bay Area actor Adrian Anchondo recently posted online his music video that parody's Beyonce's popular "Drunk in Love."
"Dunkin Love" features Anchondo and another actor showing some love for Canton-based Dunkin' Donuts.
Last year, Dunkin' Donuts said it was expanding by planning to open dozens of stores in California.


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Historical biography, United States history
"A stunning tale of a little-known figure in history. Robert Smalls' astounding heroism during the Civil War helped convince Lincoln…
and the country that African Americans were extraordinarily capable of fighting for their freedom. Lineberry has produced a triumph in this heroic story that illuminates our country's ongoing struggles with race." —Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Professor in American History Harvard University and Executive Producer of Finding Your Roots"Be Free or Die makes you want to stand up and cheer. Cate Lineberry has done us all a great service by telling this incredibly moving, thrilling, and important story about an American hero who deserves to be remembered, and admired." —Candice Millard, author of Hero of the EmpireFacing death rather than enslavement—a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national heroIt was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a twenty-three-year-old slave named Robert Smalls did the unthinkable and boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small crew ran a gauntlet of heavily armed fortifications in Charleston Harbor and delivered the valuable vessel and the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces. To be unsuccessful was a death sentence for all. Smalls' courageous and ingenious act freed him and his family from slavery and immediately made him a Union hero while simultaneously challenging much of the country's view of what African Americans were willing to do to gain their freedom. After his escape, Smalls served in numerous naval campaigns off Charleston as a civilian boat pilot and eventually became the first black captain of an Army ship. In a particularly poignant moment Smalls even bought the home that he and his mother had once served in as house slaves.Be Free or Die is a compelling narrative that illuminates Robert Smalls' amazing journey from slave to Union hero and ultimately United States Congressman. This captivating tale of a valuable figure in American history gives fascinating insight into the country's first efforts to help newly freed slaves while also illustrating the many struggles and achievements of African Americans during the Civil War.
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
By S. C. Gwynne. 2014
Historical biography, War and military biography, United States history
From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a thrilling account of…
how Civil War general Thomas Stonewall Jackson became a great and tragic American hero Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon even Robert E Lee he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause Jackson is also considered without argument one of our country s greatest military figures His brilliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and threatened the ultimate success of the Union armies Jackson s strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future In April 1862 Jackson was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause By June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world He had moreover given the Confederate cause what it had recently lacked--hope--and struck fear into the hearts of the Union Rebel Yell is written with the swiftly vivid narrative that is Gwynne s hallmark and is rich with battle lore biographical detail and intense conflict between historical figures Gwynne delves deep into Jackson s private life including the loss of his young beloved first wife and his regimented personal habits It traces Jackson s brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend his stunning effect on the course of the war itself and his tragic death which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
By Jan Jarboe Russell. 2015
Historical biography, World War II, United States history
The dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II where…
thousands of families--many US citizens--were incarcerated From 1942 to 1948 trains delivered thousands of civilians from the United States and Latin America to Crystal City Texas a small desert town at the southern tip of Texas The trains carried Japanese German Italian immigrants and their American-born children The only family internment camp during World War II Crystal City was the center of a government prisoner exchange program called quiet passage During the course of the war hundreds of prisoners in Crystal City including their American-born children were exchanged for other more important Americans--diplomats businessmen soldiers physicians and missionaries--behind enemy lines in Japan and Germany Focusing her story on two American-born teenage girls who were interned author Jan Jarboe Russell uncovers the details of their years spent in the camp the struggles of their fathers their families subsequent journeys to war-devastated Germany and Japan and their years-long attempt to survive and return to the United States transformed from incarcerated enemies to American loyalists Their stories of day-to-day life at the camp from the ten-foot high security fence to the armed guards daily roll call and censored mail have never been told Combining big-picture World War II history with a little-known event in American history that has long been kept quiet The Train to Crystal City reveals the war-time hysteria against the Japanese and Germans in America the secrets of FDR s tactics to rescue high-profile POWs in Germany and Japan and how the definition of American citizenship changed under the pressure of war
Samuel Peppard and the Wind Wagon
By Stephanie M. Bearce. 2018
Historical biography, Science and technology, General non-fiction
Millwright Samuel Peppard is ready to test his wind wagon invention on the prairie plains of the Midwest
Cesare Pavese and Antonio Chiuminatto: Their Correspondence (The Royal Society of Canada Special Publications)
By Mark Pietralunga. 2007
Historical biography, Anthologies, Criticism
Italian poet novelist literary critic and translator Cesare Pavese 1908-1950 is generally recognized as one of…
the most important writers of his period Between the years 1929 and 1933 Pavese enjoyed a rich correspondence with his Italian American friend the musician and educator Antonio Chiuminatto 1904-1973 The nature of this correspondence is primarily related to Pavese s thirst to learn about American culture its latest books its most significant contemporary writers as well as its slang This volume presents an annotated edition of Pavese and Chiminatto s complete epistolary exchange Mark Pietralunga s brilliant introduction provides historical and cultural context for the letters and traces Pavese s early development as a leading Americanist and translator The volume also includes an appendix of Chiuminatto s detailed annotations and thorough explanations of colloquial American terms and slang drawn from the works of Sinclair Lewis Sherwood Anderson and William Faulkner A lively and illuminating exchange this collection ultimately corroborates critical opinion that America was the igniting spark of Pavese s literary beginnings as a writer and translator
The Hitler Kiss: A Memoir of Czech Resistance
By Radomir Luza. 2004
Biography, Historical biography, World War II
This gripping autobiography is at once a heart-pounding adventure story a moving recollection of a larger-than-life father and…
an important account of the Czech resistance Radomir Luza s father was a revered army general when the Nazis stormed into Czechoslovakia After his father went underground to avoid arrest and torture the nineteen-year-old Radomir spent weeks in a Gestapo prison Upon his release he joined his father in hiding General Luza became the military commander of the Czech resistance while Radomir secretly helped organize the country s largest resistance network Luza s narrative makes palpable the terror of being constantly hunted and nearly snared by betrayals and Gestapo raids The Hitler Kiss is a portrait of courage tenderness optimism and sheer survival
We're Alive and Life Goes On: A Theresienstadt Diary
By Eva Roubickova, Zaia Alexander. 1998
Historical biography, Women biography, War
P It s a terrible feeling to see the fate of thousands of people dependent on a single person…
It seems like a mass judgment to me life or death P On December 17 1941 twenty-year-old Eva M ndlov arrived at the Nazi s model concentration camp Theresienstadt From that day until she was freed three and a half years later she kept a diary At times sweet and personal at times agonized and profound Eva is a human voice amidst inhuman evil P Through Eva s eyes the camp sometimes even resembles normal life as she makes friends and talks with Benny or Egon or Otto But at any moment anyone may be selected for a transport to Poland No one ever returns from Poland Never before published Eva s diary is a true-life Sophie s Choice in which each day brings impossible decisions As a Gentile man inexplicably helps her Eva must decide who should share her bounty As close friends and loved ones are sent away she has to decide over and over again whether to ask to join them on their final journey
From Holocaust to Harvard: A Story of Escape, Forgiveness, and Freedom
By John Stoessinger. 2014
Biography, Historical biography, World War II, History
A true and touching human tale of survival and achievement When John Stoessinger was ten years old Adolf Hitler…
annexed his homeland of Austria ripping the boy from his home and his friends in Vienna His grandparents encouraged his mother and stepfather to take young John somewhere safe You must have a future his grandfather told him before he and his parents boarded the train and waved goodbye As they trekked across the country from Vienna to Prague and then finally settling in Shanghai there was never a single moment Stoessinger was not afraid-he lived in constant fear that he and his family would be found and killed However even in Hitler-ruled Nazi Germany there were plenty of people who refused to cower to absolute evil and who did everything they could to usher families like Stoessinger s to freedom In From Holocaust to Harvard Stoessinger recalls heartbreaking moments from his childhood and of living a life of secrets in Shanghai He then presents the second part of his story-the part where he attempts to untangle himself from his previous life and devastating memories and is able to relocate to America earn a graduate-level degree from a prestigious university and later become a member of the Council on Foreign Relations despite making a decision that nearly lands him in prison and threatens his hard-earned freedom Throughout his story Stoessinger expresses his gratitude to those who helped him through the toughest parts of this life and put him on a path that led him to a Harvard education a successful career and inner peace Skyhorse Publishing along with our Arcade Good Books Sports Publishing and Yucca imprints is proud to publish a broad range of biographies autobiographies and memoirs Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin Nelson Mandela and Alexander Graham Bell as well as villains from history such as Heinrich Himmler John Wayne Gacy and O J Simpson We have also published survivor stories of World War II memoirs about overcoming adversity first-hand tales of adventure and much more While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home
Who Was Daniel Boone? (Who was?)
By Sydelle Kramer. 2006
Biography, Historical biography, Adventure and exploration, United States history, United States travel and geography
Called the "Great Pathfinder", Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol…
of America's pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid reader although he never attended school.

Sydelle Kramer skillfully recounts Boone's many adventures such as the day he rescued his own daughter from kidnappers.
Business biography, Business and economics, Biography, Historical biography, General non-fiction
- Age-appropriate vocabulary- Clear linkage between text and photos- Includes archival reproductions where appropriate- Positioned in the middle Early Intervention…
range- Comprehensive glossary of "Words You Know"- Index makes navigating subject matter easy
Glenn Miller Declassified
By Dennis M. Spragg. 2017
Historical biography, World War II, Music
On December 15, 1944, Maj. Alton Glenn Miller, commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band (Special), boarded a plane…
in England bound for France with Lt. Col. Norman Francis Baessell. Somewhere over the English Channel the plane vanished. No trace of the aircraft or its occupants has ever been found. To this day Miller, Baessell, and the pilot, John Robert Stuart Morgan, are classified as missing in action. Weaving together cultural and military history, Glenn Miller Declassified tells the story of the musical legend Miller and his military career as commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band during World War II. After a brief assignment to the Army Specialist Corps, Miller was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command and soon thereafter to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, in the UK. Later that year Miller and his band were to be transferred to Paris to expand the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme, but Miller never made it. Miller's disappearance resulted in numerous conspiracy theories, especially since much of the information surrounding his military service had been classified, restricted, or, in some cases, lost. Dennis M. Spragg has gained unprecedented access to the Miller family archives as well as military and government documents to lay such theories to rest and to demonstrate the lasting legacy and importance of Miller's life, career, and service to his country.
Trading Boys, Trading Cultures
Historical biography, United States history, United States travel and geography
In the 1600s a boy from colonial Jamestown named Thomas Savage was traded to the Powhatans in exchange for…
a boy named Namontack The English hoped this gift would prove their friendship to Chief Powhatan and allow them to teach Namontack about England While staying with the tribe Thomas learned their language and culture and served as an interpreter between the Native Americans and Europeans
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By Simon Winchester. 2003
Historical biography, Literature biography, General non-fiction
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible…
obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams
By William Carlos Williams. 1967
Biography, Historical biography, Literature biography, Journals and memoirs
The Autobiography is an unpretentious book it reads much as Williams talked spontaneously and often with a…
special kind of salty humor But it is a very human story glowing with warmth and sensitivity It brings us close to a rare man and lets us share his affectionate concern for the people to whom he ministered body and soul through a long rich life as physician and writer William Carlos Williams s medical practice and his literary career formed an undivided life For forty years he was a busy doctor in the town of Rutherford New Jersey and yet he was able to write more than thirty books One of the finest chapters in the Autobiography tells how each of his two roles stimulated and supported the other
Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography
Helen Keller s autobiography
George Washington Carver: A Life (Southern Biography Series)
By Christina Vella. 2015
Historical biography, History, United States history
Christina Vella received a PhD in Modern European and U S history from Tulane University where she…
is a Visiting Professor A consultant for the U S State Department she lectures widely on historical and biographical topics Nearly every American can cite one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver A national monument bears his name a U S coin was minted in his honor and his induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame is one of many tributes honoring his contributions to scientific advancement and black history Born into slavery Carver earned a master s degree at Iowa State Agricultural College and went on to become the university s first black faculty member His research into peanuts and sweet potatoes crops that replenished the cotton-leached soil of the South helped lift multitudes of sharecroppers out of poverty When he died in 1943 despite living during a period of systemic racial prejudice millions of Americans mourned the passing of one of the nation s most honored and beloved scientists Scores of children s books celebrate the contributions of this prolific botanist but his personal life his romantic interests and the intersection of both with his professional career have remained largely unexamined until now Christina Vella offers the most thorough biography of George Washington Carver including in-depth details of his personal relationships with family colleagues lovers and friends set in the context of the early twentieth century Despite the exceptional trajectory of his career Carver was not immune to the racism of the Jim Crow era or the privations and hardships of the Great Depression and two world wars Yet throughout the tumult of this period his scientific achievements aligned him with equally extraordinary friends including Teddy Roosevelt Mohandas Gandhi Henry A Wallace and Henry Ford In pursuit of the man behind the historical figure Vella discovers an unassuming intellectual with a quirky sense of humor striking eccentricities and an unwavering religious faith She explores Carver s anguished dealings with Booker T Washington across their nineteen years working together at the Tuskegee Institute a relationship so fraught with jealousy that it contributed to the tragic suicide of a woman Carver loved This affair was followed years later by Carver s unrequited passion for a white man Carver was a prodigious and generous scholar whose life was shaped by struggle and heartbreak as well as success and fame Vella s extensively researched biography offers a complex and compelling portrait of Carver one of the most brilliant minds of the last century
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
By Eric Metaxas. 2007
Historical biography, Religious biography
Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce 1759-1833 This…
accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce s extraordinary role as a human rights activist cultural reformer and member of Parliament At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade a battle Wilberforce won in 1807 as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833 Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said he changed the world Before Wilberforce few thought slavery was wrong After Wilberforce most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing Grace and this companion biography which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film This account of Wilberforce s life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America
Biography, Historical biography
In 1913 a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy begging the preeminent English…
mathematician s opinion on several ideas he had about numbers Realizing the letter was the work of a genius Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled With a passion for rich and evocative detail Robert Kanigel takes us from the temples and slums of Madras to the courts and chapels of Cambridge University where the devout Hindu Ramanujan the Prince of Intuition tested his brilliant theories alongside the sophisticated and eccentric Hardy the Apostle of Proof In time Ramanujan s creative intensity took its toll he died at the age of thirty-two and left behind a magical and inspired legacy that is still being plumbed for its secrets today
Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait
By Victor Sebestyen. 2017
Historical biography, Politics and government biography
Victor Sebestyen s intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the…
most significant figures of the twentieth century In Russia to this day Lenin inspires adulation Everywhere he continues to fascinate as a man who made history and who created a new kind of state that would later be imitated by nearly half the countries in the world Lenin believed that the the political is the personal and while in no way ignoring his political life Sebestyen focuses on Lenin the man - a man who loved nature almost as much as he loved making revolution and whose closest ties and friendships were with women The long-suppressed story of his m nage a trois with his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya and his mistress and comrade Inessa Armand reveals a different character to the coldly one-dimensional figure of legend Told through the prism of Lenin s key relationships Sebestyen s lively biography casts a new light on the Russian Revolution one of the great turning points of modern history
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2014 Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
France / Chablis / Louis Michel
Located on the right bank of the river Serein - as with the grands crus - the Montée de Tonnerre is the most prestigious of all the Chablis premiers crus. The domaine grows fruit on a total of four hectares which were planted in 1974. The soil is Kimmeridgian from the right bank; it's sticky and features marl with marine fossils, rich in limestone pebbles. Vines with an average age of 40 years.
Tim Atkin MW
Gourmet Traveller WINE
Showing the purity that's typical of Guillaume Michel's style - oak is rarely if ever used - this superb wine comes from a single four-hectare parcel. Saline, yet showing the richness of the right bank with a stony bite and layers of flavour.
The Wine Front
Screwcapped for your pleasure. Lovely. The year 2014 was very good in Chablis.
White flowers, mint and a sea breeze, clean and inviting, ripe citrus and stonefruits, and that typical crushed rock thing that Chablis often has. Medium bodied, flavoursome and gentle, cool acidity, subtle milkiness to the texture, as well as plenty of flint and crunch on a long fine finish. Ripe lemon in the aftertaste. Terrific. Ticks all the boxes.
About Louis Michel
The Michel family have been cultivating their passion for tradition and the Chablis terroir since 1850. The winery is situated in the heart of the village, with the 25-hectare vineyard spread over the very first slopes that were discovered by Cistercian monks in the 11th century. Forty years ago, the family decided to stop making the wine in wooden barrels, preferring to create clean, pure and precise Chablis without adding artificial woody tastes. Through this philosophy, combined with the limited yields inspired by organic winegrowing techniques, the domaine has developed a worldwide reputation for fine winemaking in stainless steel tanks. Today it's Guillaume Michel who upholds the family tradition and further its reputation.
Guillaume Michel is the sixth-generation representative of a family which has been making wine since 1850. He was recently handed the reins by his uncle Jean-Loup Michel. Their philosophy is to impart as little interference as possible, with the two principal ambitions being to respect the environment and to reflect the terroir in their wines.


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Q: Avoiding echos in Clozure lisp (noob) I'm getting my feet wet with lisp and came across an (I think) unusual problem. I'd like to create very long lists; ie, something like (setf *mat* (make-list 1000000)), but without having Nil printed out a million times on the screen.
The best I came up with is...
(let () (setf *mat* (make-list 1000000)) (length *mat*))

(or some other short but useless function at the end of the closure)
...but I suspect there is a better solution to avoid these sesquipedalian printouts. Any input is appreciated. Btw, I'm using Clozure v1.10 under Windows 7.

A: Usually one would call (values) at the end.
Common Lisp has a way to deal with long output at the printer level:
Welcome to Clozure Common Lisp Version 1.9-dev-r15612M-trunk  (DarwinX8664)!
? *print-length*
NIL
? (setf *print-length* 100)
100
? (make-list 1000000)
(NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
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 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
 NIL NIL NIL NIL ...)

*print-length* here is the variable which controls it.

A: An alternative to setting *print-length* is to use defparameter instead of setf on the repl. defparameter returns the symbol instead of the value:
(defparameter *mat* (make-list 10000))
-> *mat*

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