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lipid peroxidation
ARTICLE, Development/Plasticity/Repair
Heme Oxygenase-2 Protects against Lipid Peroxidation-Mediated Cell Loss and Impaired Motor Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury
Edward F. Chang, Ronald J. Wong, Hendrik J. Vreman, Takuji Igarashi, Ethel Galo, Frank R. Sharp, David K. Stevenson and Linda J. Noble-Haeusslein
Journal of Neuroscience 1 May 2003, 23 (9) 3689-3696; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-09-03689.2003
Ceruloplasmin Regulates Iron Levels in the CNS and Prevents Free Radical Injury
Bharatkumar N. Patel, Robert J. Dunn, Suh Young Jeong, Qinzhang Zhu, Jean-Pierre Julien and Samuel David
Journal of Neuroscience 1 August 2002, 22 (15) 6578-6586; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-15-06578.2002
ARTICLE, Cellular/Molecular
Urocortin, But Not Urocortin II, Protects Cultured Hippocampal Neurons from Oxidative and Excitotoxic Cell Death via Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Type I
Ward A. Pedersen, Ruiqian Wan, Peisu Zhang and Mark P. Mattson
Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2002, 22 (2) 404-412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-02-00404.2002
Increased Lipid Peroxidation Precedes Amyloid Plaque Formation in an Animal Model of Alzheimer Amyloidosis
Domenico Praticò, Kunihiro Uryu, Susan Leight, John Q. Trojanoswki and Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Journal of Neuroscience 15 June 2001, 21 (12) 4183-4187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-12-04183.2001
The Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid Precursor Protein Modulates Copper-Induced Toxicity and Oxidative Stress in Primary Neuronal Cultures
Anthony R. White, Gerd Multhaup, Fran Maher, Shayne Bellingham, James Camakaris, Hui Zheng, Ashley I. Bush, Konrad Beyreuther, Colin L. Masters and Roberto Cappai
Journal of Neuroscience 1 November 1999, 19 (21) 9170-9179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-21-09170.1999
Evidence That Increased Hippocampal Expression of the Cytokine Interleukin-1β Is a Common Trigger for Age- and Stress-Induced Impairments in Long-Term Potentiation
Ciara A. Murray and Marina A. Lynch
Evidence that 4-Hydroxynonenal Mediates Oxidative Stress-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis
Inna Kruman, Annadora J. Bruce-Keller, Dale Bredesen, Georg Waeg and Mark P. Mattson
Journal of Neuroscience 1 July 1997, 17 (13) 5089-5100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.17-13-05089.1997


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Sara Connor: Australian's jail term over death of Bali policeman extended.
By Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey
An Indonesian court has increased the jail term for the Australian woman convicted over the killing of a Bali police officer.
The High Court in Bali ruled that Sara Connor should spend five years in prison for her involvement in the death of Wayan Sudarsa, whose bloodied and battered body was found on Kuta Beach on August 17 last year.
Prosecutors had lodged an appeal against her original four-year sentence, saying it did "not reflect the sense of justice".
A three judge panel ruled that the original penalty should be changed because Connor left Sudarsa to die on the beach after he was bashed by her boyfriend David Taylor, and because the crime has damaged the tourism industry in Bali.
Connor was not present in court for the verdict, nor was her legal team, which she has sacked.
Taylor has admitted he killed the man, although he has said he acted in self defence. He was sentenced to six years' jail.
Connor has maintained her innocence, saying all she did was try to separate Taylor and the officer as they struggled on the beach.
This post originally appeared on ABC News.
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Woodbury Planning Commission Gives Bernard Rosenberg Award to Richard "Rick" Rooney
The Woodbury Planning Commission honored Richard "Rick" Rooney with its 2010 Bernard Rosenberg Award. The Award is issued annually to recognize a community volunteer for improving the quality of life in Woodbury through volunteerism.
Dry Hydrant test
The dry hydrant on Pond Valley Road is now functioning properly. After several attempts to draft from this hydrant the hydrant was taking off the list of usable dry hydrants. If water was needed in this area the firefighters would have to draft directly from the pump.
USFA Releases Provisional 2010 Firefighter Fatality Statistics
EMMITSBURG, MD — The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced there were 85 onduty firefighter fatalities in the United States as a result of incidents that occurred in 2010, a 6 percent decrease from the 90 fatalities reported for 2009.
FIREFIGHTER (Son of Fire Chief) KILLED WHILE RESPONDING IN NORTH CAROLINA
The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com We regret to advise you that a Firefighter from the Tar Heel FD (Bladen County, North Carolina, Station 57) died in the Line of Duty last night after getting into a crash (in his personal vehicle) while responding on a brush fire call.
W82TXT
(WTNH) - W82TXT (Wait to Text) is a community awareness campaign, to encourage drivers not to text while behind the wheel. News 8 is handing out red thumb bands, with the W82TXT message. The bands are designed to remind people, not to text while driving.
LODD ~ 3 yrs ago today ~ Lesson to be learned
Monday, April 4th, 2011
3 years ago today, April 4, 2008, Firefighters from Colerain Township (Hamilton Co, OH) responded initially to what was a reported automatic alarm. While responding, the dispatcher upgraded the run, indicating from the occupants that escaped but were reporting a working house fire.
March sets a record in call volume
Friday, April 1st, 2011
The WVFD responded to a record number of calls during the month of March ~ 72. The average call volume for March is usually 26. The increase in the call volume was due to the flooding that happened on March 6 – 7th.
NIOSH - Firefighter Line of Duty Death Investigation Reports Released
DOUBLE FF LODD EJECTION FROM APPARATUS: July 26, 2010 Chief and FF die after being ejected during a rollover crash - Virginia http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201019.html LODD AFTER TRAINING: May 01, 2010 Firefighter suffers a fatal cardiac event after fire suppression training -...
Chevrolet volt - Reference Sheet - A MUST read for all firefighters
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
First Responder Vehicle Guides (Sources: General Motors and Nissan Corporations) The General Motors (GM) Service Technical College imparts information to assist first responders when performing rescue duties involving hybrid-type vehicles.
Cub Pack 54 - Business Cup 2011
The WVFD is proud to say they sponsored a pine wood derby car in Cub Scout Pack 54's annual Business Cup Challenge and it won two trophies. The two trophies - The People's Choice Award and The Most Realistic Design Award.
Reminder from the Fire Marshal
Spring clean up fever is in the air............... It's time to spruce up your yards and that means many homeowners will want to burn the small twigs, branched and brush in their yards. There are DEP regulations and a Town Ordinance that must be followed.
Thank you..............
The Officers and firefighters would like to thank all of those that were in need of our service during the recent flooding. You were all so thoughtful, kind and patient with us. Coffee, tea or a light snack was offered up to the firefighters at so many of your homes.
Chief and Deputy Chief arrive at National Fire Command Conference
Chief Morgan and Deputy Chief Morgan arrived in Maryland at 4pm for the 2011 National Fire Service ~ Staff and Command Course. The classes run from 8am to 5pm for the next 6 days. The class is sponsored by the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute and the International Association of Fire Chiefs.
Remembering Pittsburgh
Yesterday was the anniversary the Pittsburgh "Ebenezer Baptist Church" fire that killed Firefighter Richard A. Stefanakis, 51, and Battalion Chief Charles G. Brace, 55 in the Line of Duty. On March 13, 2004.
Extrication Drill
Monday, March 14th, 2011
WVFD had our team drill on motor vehicle extrication Monday. Thanks to Corey and Shaker's family ford,we had two vehicles to work on. A ford windstar and a chevy sedan were staged and worked on at ESB.
No seat belts - SUSPENDED!!!
For the first time in the San Antonio FD's history, 3 Firefighters (including a Captain) have been suspended for traveling at an unsafe speed and not buckling up while responding to a fire last year. Following this story, is another story below, about a Connecticut widow as well as Firefighters who ...
Record number of emergency calls
WVFD responded to a record number of emergency calls yesterday. 42 Calls - 42!!!! Thats a lot of emergencies for the firefighters. You may think - yeah lots of cellar pump outs, but there was a structure fire, a car swept off the road after going past road closed signs and a home evacuation due t...
Oh, what a day it's been....
The WVFD has been out since 11:30pm last evening answering the call and there were many, many calls to answer. They started out as the run of the mill cellar pumps out but soon turned to be a much more.
PHILADELPHIA: Remembering One Meridian Plaza: February 23, 1991
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Take a moment to REMEMBER PFD Members David P. Holcombe, Phyllis McAllister and James A. Chappell who died in the Line of Duty on February 23, 1991. Additionally, read about the fire below-and the many factors that went wrong.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE ~ Mike Wilber
Welcome to the official web site of Michael Wilbur's Emergency Vehicle Response. Emergency Vehicle Response was born out of Firefighters desire for excellent emergency vehicle driver training over a decade ago. Hence the companies motto "Excellence in ...
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Vice President Mitch Daniels?
A conversation with his wife, Cheri, about whether he'd accept the nomination… and about the similarly grueling life choice of being a Cubs fan.
Published June 7, 2011, at 3:57 p.m.
Indiana's First Lady Cheri Daniels is known for her skill at milking cows; often seen at the Indiana State Fair doing just that.
If Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is the man who many establishment Republicans believe could have sent the Obamas packing in 2012, his wife Cheri is the reason the Obamas will likely, I believe, keep their digs for another four.
"I love my country; I love my family more," Mitch said in late May, explaining that his wife and four daughters had vetoed what seemed to be his desire to run for president.
I wrote previously about Cheri, 62, when Mitch was still in the mix. "The Women's Caucus," as Gov. Daniels called it, was then still considering the possibility, but ultimately its members did not want the scrutiny that Cheri's leaving the family in 1993 to move to California and marry another man would invite. (She returned in 1996 and she and Mitch remarried in 1997.)
When I set up a telephone interview with Cheri after Mitch had ruled himself out of the looming primary battles, her press secretary warned me not to ask about politics—to limit our conversation to Cheri's lifelong love of the Cubs, for which her grandfather, Hall of Famer Billy Herman, played second base.
I couldn't resist asking her an obvious political question that no one else, in my hearing, was asking.
Carol Felsenthal: If your husband were tapped as VP by Mitt Romney or one of the others vying for the Republican nomination, would he accept?
Cheri Daniels: That is such an out-there question. I can't even imagine that happening.
CF: I can; in fact I'd expect Mitch Daniels to be in the top tier of possibilities. Would you be willing to go along with his running for the second spot?
CD: I don't know how that would really be any different than running for President. The process would be just as grueling, and a lot of the very same issues would also be present. So again it would probably have to go through the family powwow.
CF: I know you have long wanted to throw out the first pitch at Wrigley. Why haven't you?
CD: They never ask me. At one point, I believe someone in the Governor's press office contacted someone in the Cubs' press office to try to see if I could just before a game or even a day when there wasn't a game go out on the field. I wanted to stand on second base and look at it like my grandfather did. They wouldn't do it.
CF: Your father was also Billy Herman. Did he have any ties with baseball?
CD: He played second base in the minors, but after my sister was born, 11 months after me, he left baseball and worked for the Kentucky/Indiana Railroad for the rest of his life…. My grandfather held the record for most double plays in the major leagues; my dad held it in the minor leagues. [She mentions later that father and son also loved golf and that her grandfather was a "scratch golfer" and her father a "very good golfer."]
CF: Any memories of Chicago when your father was coaching for the Cubs. [She had not been born when her grandfather played for the Cubs or for her other favorite team, the Brooklyn Dodgers; Herman's playing years were 1931-41 for the Cubs; he retired as a player in 1947, most of those years as a Dodger. He then coached/managed for several teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves.]
CD: When we were growing up in New Albany, which is in the southern part of Indiana, right on the Ohio River, we would drive up to Chicago…. We had this tradition. My grandfather would take my sister and me out to dinner at a nice restaurant. I remember Al Farber's [a popular steakhouse no longer in business but formerly in the Belden-Stratford Hotel]…. My sister and I were maybe seven and eight years old. There was a picture of my grandfather over the bar, and I remember there were some other ballplayers in the restaurant that night and they sent us over Shirley Temples and we thought we were the biggest deal ever.
CF: Did your grandfather have any political ties in Chicago?
CD: I don't think so, but for a time he was very good friends with Ronald Reagan because he announced the Cubs…. One year when my grandfather was manager of the All-Star team, and they played in Washington when Reagan was President, my grandfather went to the White House for a luncheon.
CF: Any rivalry with the White Sox in your family?
CD: We were always National League fans … so really any team in the American League was the enemy to us…. We have a friend who's a very big White Sox fan, but we don't talk about that very much.
CF: Is your husband a Cubs fan?
CD: He's a diehard Dodgers fan. He always says when we first met the first thing he noticed in my apartment was that I had a Brooklyn Dodgers World Series bat with the names on it. He says that that immediately cinched it, that he thought I might be date-worthy because he saw the Brooklyn Dodger bat.
CF: What do you think of the Cubs this season? [Her grandfather helped the Cubs reach the World Series in 1932, 1935, 1938, but they never won the championship.]
CD: Well, it's hard to be a Cubs fan, isn't it?
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Carol Felsenthal is a lifelong Chicagoan and self-proclaimed political junkie. She writes occasionally for Politico Magazine and The Hill. Her books include biographies of Bill Clinton, Katharine Graham, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Among her many stories for Chicago are memorable profiles of Michelle Obama and Bruce Rauner. Follow her on Twitter at @csfelsenthal.
Other Carol Felsenthal stories
Beto O'Rourke's Chicago Connection: His Wife, Amy
On the Life and Death of My Brother, Dickie
Could a Political Newcomer Unseat Illinois's Most Conservative Democrat?
Daniel Biss on His "Fight for the Soul" of the Democratic Party
"Where Did You Laugh?"
The Most American Startup Ever
The Chicago Political Quote Hall of Fame
Why Illinois Is Pumping Millions Into the Census


Many kids dream of growing up to be rockstars. While few of them ever make that dream a reality, it's still fun to fantasize about even in adulthood.
You won't have to be good at guitar to win over the ladies. All you need is a good costume and a little bit of rock 'n roll attitude. (But knowing how to play an instrument could always help improve your chances). While we can't help with the musical abilities part, we can get you a pretty sweet costume fit for a rockstar. Hit the stage as KISS frontman in this Authentic Paul Stanley Costume. This costume is perfect for a concert, Halloween, or for displaying your superfan status!
This authentic, officially licensed Paul Stanley costume comes with everything you need to create his signature stage style. The costume is a nylon/spandex blend, so you know it's comfortable enough for all night wear. The costume body is made up of two parts, a black tank shirt and a pair of matching pants. The shirt has an elastic waist so that it stays in place even during your rockstar moves and the pants also have an elastic waist for a comfortable fit. Velcro attachments secure the shirt to the pants so you can move freely without baring your belly. The studded choker necklace attaches with Velcro in the back, with some adjustment available to fit your neck properly. The pants have loops for the belt, which is not included with the costume. Be sure to add the finishing details by adding a wig, belt, makeup, and, of course, his signature boots!


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  salt  and pine apple pieces and cook for a few minutes until the pineapple
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  the fennel and allow curry to simmer for a further 10 minutes. Serve in
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Q: ¿Cómo puedo evitar que una session expire en php? ¿Cómo puedo evitar que una sessión expire en php?
Estoy elaborando una página web simple donde el "Patron" se "logea" en un formulario simple donde tiene que poner un "password" que solo el sabe y entonces al capturarlo correctamente lo manda a otro página web donde los "empleados" puedan capturar su hora de llegada al trabajo, es importante que ellos "NO" puedan registrar su hora de llegada desde "otro" dispósitivo como su celular, etc, y para ello es importante que una sessión esté activa en la computadora donde se registran al llegar, para ello es muy necesario que la sessión que activó el "patrón" NO EXPIRE durante al menos unas 12 horas para que la pagina este disponible para los empleados.
No sé como lograr que no expire la sessión durante al menos 12 horas.
¿Alguna orientación?

A: Prueba así:
define('DURACION_SESION','43200'); //12 horas
ini_set("session.cookie_lifetime",DURACION_SESION);
ini_set("session.gc_maxlifetime",DURACION_SESION);
ini_set("session.save_path","/tmp");
session_cache_expire(DURACION_SESION);
session_start();
session_regenerate_id(true);

Aunque, para tu caso en concreto, le daría una vuelta a la propuesta de @RubioRic de gestionarlo a través de la IP del equipo del trabajo.

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French Ambassador to Visit Duke, Discuss State of Europe, Feb. 20
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The Hon. Philippe Étienne, ambassador of France to the United States, will discuss "The Future of Europe" at Duke on Thursday, Feb. 20.
In addition to the talk, the ambassador will bestow one of his country's highest honors on Pratt School Professor Adrian Bejan.
The free, public event begins at 11 a.m. in the Forest Room of the Washington Duke Inn. The discussion will be moderated by Georg Vanberg, chair of the Duke Department of Political Science.
The ambassador will be joined by Vincent Hommeril, consul general of France in Atlanta, and Marie-Claire Ribeill, honorary consul of France.
From 2014 to 2017, Étienne served as France's ambassador to Germany. Last year, French President Emmanuel Macron nominated Étienne as ambassador to the United States.
During Thursday's event, Ambassador Étienne and Vanberg will discuss recent political, economic and social developments in Europe, including the challenges posed by Brexit and migration pressures on European politics.
The talk will be followed by a decoration ceremony, where Duke President Vincent Price will introduce Étienne as the ambassador bestows the insignia of Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms on Bejan, the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
The French Order of Academic Palms (L'Ordre des Palmes Académiques) honors individuals for service to French education and for contributions to French culture.
Bejan is also a faculty member in the Duke Energy Initiative. His work in engineering science and applied physics spans thermodynamics, design and evolution. In 2019, he was ranked among the top 0.01 percent of leading world scientists based on impact of citations and among the top 10 of engineering scholars worldwide, according to a study published in PLOS Biology.
During his career, Bejan has authored more than 650 peer-refereed articles and 30 books. His newest book, "Freedom and Evolution," explains how many familiar concepts have a foundation in physics and engineering.
Previously, the honor has gone to Duke emeriti professors Philip Stewart, David Bell, Jean-Jacques Thomas and Alice Kaplan, as well as professors Helen Solterer and Michèle Longino.
The event is co-organized by the Office of Global Affairs, the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at the Pratt School of Engineering, the Political Science Department at the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Duke Center for International and Global Studies.
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Sapphire regularly brings together members of the start-up and Global 20000 CxO ecosystems for networking, skills training and thought-provoking discussions. Learn more about some of our upcoming and recent events.
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Thursday | 07.11.19
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PropTech CEO Meetup
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CIO Dinner Series, Atlanta
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Next-Gen Tech Stack Forum
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The Next-Gen Tech Stack Forum is dedicated to exploring the playbook for developing the future generation of enterprise technology. Join fellow CTOs and engineering leaders from Sapphire Ventures portfolio companies, together with senior technologists from Fortune enterprises and the new brass of upstarts defining the new enterprise stack, for expert talks and panels on the latest in DevOps, containerization, microservices, analytics, infrastructure and more. AGENDA AT A GLANCE: 9:00AM – 9:30AM | Breakfast and Registration 9:30AM – 9:45AM | Welcome and Introduction Jai Das, Managing Director, Sapphire Ventures 9:45AM – 10:10AM | Monoliths vs Microservices Chad Arimura, CEO and Co-founder, Iron.io 10:10AM – 10:40AM | Understanding the Microservices Ecosystem If you're trying to navigate the emerging microservices ecosystem, this panel discussion will demystify the composition of the landscape, the role of various players within it and how best to extract value for your organization. 11:10AM – 11:25AM | Continuous Build, Release and Deploy: Revenge of the Machines Baruch Sadogursky, Devloper Evangelist, JFrog 11:25AM – 11:55AM | Making DevOps Work: Lessons from the Trenches Leaders from high-velocity development organizations talk about their journeys towards delivering software faster, their greatest successes and learnings, and where they see the future of DevOps. 12:15PM – 12:40PM | Building and Scaling "Always On" Applications Todd Greene, CEO, PubNub 12:40PM - 1:10PM | Infrastructure to the Power of Enterprise Even as compute boundaries are continuously pushed, challenges remain when it comes to deployment, administration, security and monitoring. This panel of infrastructure experts and upstarts will talk about the new set of tools and strategies being leveraged by high-throughput development teams.
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Female Founders - VC Speed PitchThis Advancing Women In Product event will give Founders helpful real-world feedback and suggestions about their product ideas and how to get funding. In addition, since you will get to practice presenting to several investors in one night, we've found this type of experience helps founders hone their message and deliver a better pitch and ultimately, get funded! Learn more here. Agenda5:00 - 5:30; brief the Founders and allow Founders to set up their meeting station. 5:30-6:00; Welcome reception for Founders and VCs to meet. 6:00 - each VC investor will find a station to sit. In each Round of Pitches, Founders will have 5 minutes to pitch, 5 minutes for questions, and 10 minutes for feedback. After 20 minutes, a bell will ring and the VCs will be asked to find another station, for a total of 4 rounds of presentations and feedback in one evening.
From CXO to Board Director: Forging Your Path An intimate workshop with a high-powered group Global 2000 CIOs together with Silicon Valley CXOs and CEOs to discuss how female executives can navigate their way to company Board roles at both public and private enterprises, and further develop as corporate leaders.
The scope and reach of GDPR is extensive and includes US and non US-based entities with operations in Europe as well as US and non US-based entities without European operations that have data collected on EU citizens directly or indirectly through their customers. Companies must ensure a compliance program is in place before the regulation's May 25, 2018, enforcement date. GDPR specialists from O'Melveny's Silicon Valley and EU offices led a discussion of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe's new law governing the collection, processing, use and storage of personal data.
Tuesday November 27, 2018
At our annual re:Invent dinner, we bring together an exclusive group of cloud experts and cloud-focused startups to network and learn from each other.
CIO Dinner Series: Leading A Culture Of Change As A CIO Our CIO Dinner Series brings together CIOs at an exclusive dinner and discussion on the future of enterprise innovation. The dinners also bring together thought leaders and practitioners from Silicon Valley for a private peer to peer opportunity to discuss the future of the enterprise technology stack.
Wednesday November 07, 2018
Our Product Dinners bring together product leaders from tech startups and Global 2000 enterprises to discuss best practices and challenges around innovation, scaling and building highly effective teams.
Monday November 05, 2018
Venture Speaker Series with General Magic Our second talk in our Venture Speaker Series featured a private screening of General Magic, an upcoming documentary about how great vision and epic failure can change the world, followed by a discussion and Q&A with the film producers and General Magic executives featured in the film. About General Magic This is the story of one of history's most talented technology teams. From the first smartphones to social media, e-commerce and even emojis, the ideas that now dominate the tech industry and our day-to-day lives were born at General Magic, a 1989 Silicon Valley startup that most of us haven't heard of. The film features members of the original Mac team along with the creators of the iPhone, Android, and eBay. These designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs saw the future decades before it happened. General Magic captures the spirit of those of us who dare to dream big and the life-changing consequences when we fail, fail again, fail better, and ultimately succeed. Learn more about the movie here. Speakers Matt Maude, Director, Producer, Cinematographer and Writer, General Magic the Movie Dee Gardetti, Co-producer, Employee #4 and Head of HR at General Magic Michael Stern, Executive Producer, and General Counsel at General Magic
The CIO Summit is Sapphire Ventures annual gathering of enterprise CIOs, and CEOs from emerging technology startups to explore business and technology trends impacting Global 2000 companies. This year's CIO Summit focused on "The Future or Work" and how technology is changing how employees, organization and customers engage with each other. Read more about the themes discussed, or view all of the presentations and videos from the event.
Starting with the building blocks of management training and behind-the-role tips all the way through practical IPO knowledge, this course, led by seasoned CFO, Rob Krolik, trained participants in different disciplines under the CFO umbrella. The workshop included in-depth sessions on:
Management 101: Behind the Role of the CFO
The CFO's Role in Board Meetings
FP&A Framework
Tax – Including Tax Consequences of Revenue Recognition Rules Under ASC 606
Venture Speakers Series: The Rising Trend Of VC Exits To Private Equity In this venture speaker series, Alan Cline, Principal at Vista Equity Partners and Heather Somerville, Technology Reporter at Reuters discussed the rising trend of venture capital exits to private equity as well as the current private equity investment and M&A landscape. Private equity is engaging more and more with venture-backed companies when it comes to both investing in and acquiring companies. With a unique background having been a founder of a tech company as well as a long track record of tech investing, Alan will share best practices and advice for VCs and entrepreneurs on how to best prepare companies to engage with PE firms, like Vista Equity Partners. Speakers Alan Cline, Principal, Vista Equity Partners Alan Cline originally joined Vista Equity Partners in 2001. Mr. Cline is Co-Head of the Vista Foundation Fund and sits on the Vista Foundation Fund's Investment Committee. Mr. Cline currently sits on the boards of Allocate, Lithium, LogicMonitor, PayLease, Social Solutions, and Upserve. He was actively involved in the firm's investments in Accruent, AGDATA, Aspect Communications, Autotask, BigMachines, Bullhorn, Kibo, Lone Wolf, Main Street Hub, MircoEdge, Mitratech, NEWSCYCLE Solutions, Relias Learning, and SRC Software. Prior to rejoining Vista in 2008, Mr. Cline worked as a General Partner at Accretive, an innovative venture capital firm focused on high growth technology-enabled service companies. Before joining Vista in 2001, Mr. Cline co-founded and served as the General Manager of Fandango, an internet-based movie ticketing business. Prior to Fandango, Mr. Cline worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Mergers & Acquisitions and High Technology groups. Heather Somerville, Technology Reporter, Reuters Heather Somerville is a technology reporter covering startups and the venture capital industry for Reuters in San Francisco. Previously a staff writer for the San Jose Mercury News and the Fresno Bee, she has worked for daily and weekly newspapers and online news sites across the country, covering national security, politics, education, the environment and immigration. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Charlotte Observer, The Denver Post, The Seattle Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Center for Investigative Reporting and others. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious fellowships, including the California Health Journalism Fellowship, the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative and the Berlin Capital Journalism Fulbright. She holds a MS in Journalism from the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.
Our marketing dinners bring together marketing leaders from large enterprises and fast-growing startups for intimate dinners and authentic conversation around the topics, problems and questions important to marketing executives today.
Strategic Partnering is a loaded and mysterious term to many. For some, it is the holy grail to business success, and for others, it is a necessary distraction. Everyone agrees that a partnership strategy is a key part of the business plan, but what really generates value for a business? What are the opportunities to leverage and what are the pitfalls to avoid? Mark Sochan is a high-tech executive, entrepreneur, consultant, and speaker. For over 25 years, he has successfully managed hundreds of strategic partnering initiatives as well as mergers and acquisitions and has grown revenue for clients such as Cisco, Microsoft, VMware, IBM, SAP, Capgemini, and Accenture. Mark has recently published a book titled The Art of Strategic Partnering: Dancing with Elephants and in this workshop, he will share his critical insights with entrepreneurs, sales and business development executives from our portfolio on how to grow their company and their careers by creating game-changing business results.
The Summer Sales Leaders event brought together VPs of Sales, Chief Revenue Officers, VPs of Business Development and CEOs from Fortune 500 and fast-growing venture-backed startups for an evening at Oakland Coliseum for a private talk with Dave Kaval, the seventh and current President of the Oakland Athletics, followed by an A's game.
CIO Dinner Series: Leading A Culture Of Change As A CIO Our CIO Dinner Series brings together CIOs at an exclusive dinner and discussion on the future of enterprise innovation. The dinners also bring together thought leaders and practitioners from Silicon Valley for a private peer to peer opportunity to discuss the future of the enterprise technology stack. AGENDA
Networking and Welcome Reception
Top Innovation Opportunities for Enterprise CIOs Speakers: Ramon Chen, Chief Product Officer, Reltio; Kris Hammond, Chief Scientist, Narrative Science; Lamont Orange, Chief Information Security Officer, Netskope CIOs no longer have a choice when it comes to embracing cloud, AI and machine learning. These trends are here, permeating their organizations rapidly, and are poised to drive momentous shifts not only in IT but in global business overall. Thought leaders from three Sapphire Ventures portfolio companies will talk about how they are innovating in each of these domains and how CIOs can build a path to absorbing these disruptions seamlessly into their enterprises.
Venture Capital, Startups and Enterprise Disruption: Why Should CIOs Care? Speaker: Shruti Tournatory, Vice President, Sapphire Ventures It is imperative that forward-looking CIOs understand how best to navigate and maximize value from the growing global landscape of startups and the venture investors that fund and grow them. We will briefly discuss the state of the venture capital industry, top trends driving the funding of enterprise IT startups, and how the most innovative CIOs among us are identifying winning startup technologies, placing strategic bets and implementing enterprise innovation at scale in their organizations.
Talk One: Being A Data-driven CIO Speakers: Steve Phillips, Chairman of the Board, Wick Communications; Former CIO, Avnet; Ramon Chen, CPO, Reltio; Mehdi Daoudi, CEO and Co-founder, Catchpoint; Mark Johnson, CEO and Founder, Descartes Labs A few years ago, Global 2000 CIOs were wrangling with how they could effectively manage and collect the exponential growth in data sources. Those boardroom conversations have now advanced to what insights can IT organizations harness from their data to deliver a true digital transformation to their business. The stakes have been raised with technologies such as machine learning and cloud computing, increasing the pace of change within organizations. This panel of IT and startup executives will discuss the skills necessary to lead a data-driven organization and how data can be leveraged as a differentiator.
Talk Two: Enterprise Technology Trends: Through The Eyes Of A VC Speakers: Shruti Tournatory, Vice President, Sapphire Ventures; Rico Mallozzi, Director, Sapphire Ventures As a CIO it can be difficult to keep up with the pace and noise technology innovation creates. It is imperative that CIOs embrace modern disruptive innovation to ensure their company stays competitive. Join a discussion led by Sapphire Ventures to learn about our investment strategy, where we see VCs placing their bets in enterprise innovation, and how best to navigate and maximize value from the growing global landscape of startups.
The annual RSA Conference Security Leaders Dinner brings together a select group of security experts from large enterprises and security-focused startups to network and learn from one another.
On February 14th, Microsoft launched Microsoft for Startups, a new initiative that takes a fundamentally new approach to partnering with startups. With the program, Microsoft is committing $500 million over the next two years to offer co-selling options to startups, along with increased technical and business support. Partners from Microsoft Ventures will lead a conversation focusing on the following:
Why should a startup partner with Microsoft?
How to GTM and co-sell with Microsoft – what you need to know
How to decide which Microsoft partner program is right for your startup
A sneak peek under the hood at Microsoft – get a better lay of the land to help you navigate
Best practices for partnering with Microsoft
Co-hosted with regional accounting firm, SingerLewak LLP, this workshop reviewed the sweeping new revenue recognition standard (ASC 606) and its effects on SAAS companies from both a financial reporting and income tax perspective. Partners from SingerLewak's Silicon Valley office led a conversation focusing on the following:
ASC 606, key concepts, expected effects (financial reporting and tax) and implementation considerations
Year-end tax update discussing the pending (enacted) income tax overhaul and its key business provisions
Common tax issues for SAAS companies in due diligence.
Design is one of the most valuable processes you can introduce into your startup. It keeps your company human-centered, attentive to customer feedback, and iterating quickly. Sapphire Ventures hosted a half-day workshop led by experienced designers who introduced and guided attendees through Startup By Design, a design approach created for startups from the ground up.
This invitation-only event convenes Sapphire Ventures portfolio CEOs to explore the playbook for building a sustainable rocketship in a retreat-like setting so that CEOs leave with relevant connections, new ideas and tangible opportunities for scaling their business. View CEO Forum 2017 session videos here.
The CIO Summit is Sapphire Ventures annual gathering of enterprise CIOs, and CEOs from emerging technology startups to explore business and technology trends impacting Global 2000 companies. The 2017 CIO Summit focused on the future place of the CIO in business: the rapid pace with which the CIO role has evolved in the last five years, what has caused this shift, and a look at the defining tech trends that will shape this critical CXO role over the next decade. Watch CIO Summit 2017 session videos here.
This forum is devoted to exploring the playbook for next-gen enterprise tech selling and strategies for driving increased revenue and improved sales performance. Attended by CROs and sales leaders from high-growth tech startups to share the latest sales best practices, discuss how sales organizations must evolve to be enterprise-ready, and learn about the most exciting emerging sales/CRM technologies today. SPEAKERS AGENDA Trends In Winning Enterprise Sales As venture investors across the B2B startup landscape, we've seen it all when it comes to sales in hyper-competitive and high-growth environments. We will briefly highlight the evolution of enterprise tech selling, what's working and what's not, and the technologies VCs are betting on to shape the future of selling. Scaling To Perfection: Oiling The Enterprise IT Sales Engine This panel of seasoned sales leaders from VC-backed enterprise rocketships and global tech giants will weigh in on the prevailing wisdom for onboarding and ramping new sales teams; reveal tips for leveraging product and marketing teams to win; share tested-strategies to improve MQL; and assess what it takes to sell larger ACVs in order to achieve at-scale, sustained growth. Separating Hype From Reality In Today's Sales-Tech Landscape This discussion between sales-tech upstarts and the investors who back them will help draw the fine line between those technologies that are truly positioned to move the needle and those that are mere distractions for an organization. Getting From "Land" To "Expand": How To Cross The Chasm This panel of experts will explore both the selling tactics and enabling technologies, such as account-based marketing, that are most effective in helping startups realize the full revenue potential of their enterprise customer relationships.
The acclaimed book by Michael Lewis, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt was released in 2014 and spent four consecutive weeks at the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list. It focuses on the rise of high-frequency trading in the United States and the consequences of the race for speed in the stock markets. Brad Katsuyama left RBC after 12 years to launch IEX with eight other co-founders and advance a quest to level the playing field and fight against unfair advantages being sold to certain market players. This candid and forward-looking conversation with Katsuyama and Lewis will address evolving trends, challenges, and opportunities for disruption on Wall Street.
It is an exciting time for the compliance professional. Not only is the role of the compliance executive rapidly changing, but there is also more access to the CEO and board than ever before. According to last year's NYSE Governance Services and SCCE 2014 Compliance and Ethics Program Report, 38% of CCOs report directly to the CEO, and 79% have a dotted line to the Board. With such high visibility to the CEO and board, compliance executives are able to demonstrate and bolster the value of compliance to business performance. There is no better way to learn more about this topic and hear how other CCO's are shifting compliance to a business enabler, than to talk to your peers face to face. And, we have an easy way to do that…Compliance Tech Talks! Compliance Tech Talks bring together an exclusive group of compliance and business executives for an engaging afternoon of collaboration and problem solving.
The Customer Success Summit brings together tech industry leaders to discover how Customer Success practices are being implemented at best-in-class enterprise SaaS companies. As the spotlight grows on the profound impact of the Customer Success function, this event will arm you with expert insights on how to build a winning organization that can drive customer satisfaction and extraordinary revenue growth. AGENDA: AT A GLANCE 2:30PM | Registration & Networking 3:00PM | Welcome Remarks: Rami Branitzky, Managing Director, Sapphire Ventures 3:05PM | Keynote Speaker: Elena Donio, President of Concur, an SAP Company 3:40PM | Customer Success & Sales: Partnering for Growth: In this expert panel, heads of customer success and heads of sales face off in a discussion about how to formulate a winning team to maximize customer and revenue growth. 4:20PM | In the Customer's Shoes: Defining Success: Senior technology buyers from large enterprises will join this panel discussion to talk about what success practices they expect from their vendors and what factors drive them to expand vendor relationships in today's subscription economy. 5:00PM | Building & Managing an Effective Customer Success Organization: This panel will provide a GM/C-level perspective on how to put in place the right customer success leaders and practitioners at SaaS companies. 5:30PM | Networking Reception
IoT: Empowering The Enterprise is one of the industry's first conferences dedicated to exploring the Internet of Things (IoT) in the enterprise. It's where leading investors and promising startups will converge with enterprise technologists and Fortune 1000 executives to generate new ideas, gain exposure to the latest category inventions and make meaningful connections that will help accelerate the transformation of the enterprise within the IoT paradigm.


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Standing Alone - Churchill 1940 - Netanyahu 2013
William Kristol and Michael Makovsky
October 14, 2013, Vol. 19, No. 06
In the midst of media coverage of the government shutdown (it's the Republicans' fault!) and the glitch-filled rollout of Obamacare (it's not Obama's fault!), Americans may not have noticed the October 1 speech by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United Nations General Assembly. But Netanyahu's declaration that Israel was prepared to act alone to prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring nuclear weapons may well prove of more lasting significance than the developments in Washington that overshadowed it.
Netanyahu tried to puncture the wishful thinking that has made the Obama administration so eager to succumb to the charm offensive of Hassan Rouhani, the new Iranian president. Netanyahu pointed out that Rouhani has done nothing, and almost certainly will do nothing, that warrants trusting that the Iranian regime will yield in its pursuit of nuclear weapons (a pursuit Rouhani still denies in the face of mountains of incontrovertible evidence). Netanyahu warned against a relaxation of pressure on that regime and against being dragged into endless negotiations or, even worse, a bad deal with it.
As Netanyahu said, Rouhani "definitely wants to get the sanctions lifted; I guarantee you that. But he doesn't want to give up Iran's nuclear weapons program in return." Netanyahu laid out the terms for an acceptable agreement: "The only diplomatic solution that would work is the one that fully dismantles Iran's nuclear weapons program and prevents it from having one in the future." And he explained the dangers of a "partial deal" that would permit Iran "a residual capability to enrich uranium" in exchange for lifting international sanctions that took years to put in place and likely wouldn't be reestablished. But this is, unfortunately, the kind of deal toward which the Obama administration is heading—that, or endless negotiations while the Iranian nuclear program moves toward a successful conclusion.
The most dramatic part of his speech was Netanyahu's declaration: "I want there to be no confusion on this point. Israel will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone." Netanyahu, who has a photo of Winston Churchill on his office wall behind his desk, was echoing Churchill's remark on July 14, 1940, during the Battle of Britain: "And now it has come to us to stand alone in the breach."
Will Israel in fact be forced to stand alone? Many informed Israelis, including those who are by no means supporters of Netanyahu or on the right side of the political spectrum, are now convinced he will have to, after witnessing last month's appalling spectacle of President Obama squirming out of his pledge to retaliate against the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad if Assad crossed a "red line" by using chemical weapons. We were each in Israel recently, and it's clear that the confidence of some current and former senior security officials that Obama would strike Iran has evaporated. We've also spoken with Arab government officials, and none believes any longer in the credibility of a U.S. military threat. In fact, it's hard to find any serious person in allied capitals—or in enemy capitals—who takes Obama at his word when he talks about keeping "all options on the table" to prevent a nuclear Iran. Everyone assumes that President Obama will find any excuse the Iranians give him to leave the military option right there, on the table—and that if the Iranian regime doesn't give him a plausible excuse, President Obama will find one anyway.
No one likes the truth-telling skunk at the appeasement party. The New York Times clucked editorially that Netanyahu was "sabotaging diplomacy" before "Iran is tested" by angering the Iranians, making the use of force more likely—which "would be the worst result of all." But he knows that an Iran with nuclear weapons is the worst result of all—that bombing Iran is better than Iran with a bomb. He sees that behind the Obama administration's façade of hard-headed diplomacy is a soft-headed, even desperate, desire for some sort of deal, any deal, and that such a deal will be rationalized by foreign policy elites who know it's a bad deal but who have talked themselves into accepting the case for containment rather than prevention of a nuclear Iran. And Netanyahu understands that behind all of this lies a failure of nerve and a collapse of will in much of the West that deserves to be compared to what Churchill faced in the 1930s.
There are those who believe Netanyahu was being overly dramatic and indeed was blustering when he made his unequivocal statements at the United Nations about the Iranian regime and nuclear weapons. It's true that the U.N. is a place of much drama and bluster. But we believe Netanyahu meant what he said.
Of course, an Israeli prime minister can't decide to launch a strike alone. Netanyahu will require the approval of his security cabinet, and he will also likely need the support of the top ranks of the Israeli military establishment. The Israeli national security apparatus has been cautious about a strike against Iran, believing there was time and hoping that sanctions or the United States would take care of this issue. The Syrian fiasco has virtually eliminated the last option in the minds of many military leaders. And now there's a consensus that time is growing short. Almost no Israeli security expert believes Israel should resign itself to live with a nuclear-armed Iranian regime dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Furthermore, current and former senior military officials consistently claim they have a viable military option, even though they have less military capacity than the United States. So an Israeli strike is likely.
Netanyahu said at the U.N. that "in standing alone, Israel will know that we will be defending many, many others." This too echoes Churchill in his July 1940 speech: "We are fighting by ourselves alone; but we are not fighting for ourselves alone." Churchill asserted that London, "which enshrines the title deeds of human progress," was defending civilization itself. So today, if Israel—an outpost of human progress in the Middle East—decides that she has no choice but to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Israel will not be fighting for herself alone.
Five years ago I wrote Facing Iran, Alone Unfortunately, reality has become even worse than I thought then, so I reproduce the article here once again.
Facing Iran, Alone
In May 1940 Britain stood alone facing Nazi Germany. The USSR had signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov nonaggression pact; the US had not entered the war yet.
On May 7, Leo Amery spoke in the Commons, attacking Neville Chamberlain's government, quoting Oliver Cromwell: "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"
On May 10, 1940, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister.
Ever since the US government's National Intelligence Estimate report it has become increasingly probable that Israel will be the one to tackle Iran. With the election of Barack Obama this is now almost certain. We are back in May 1940.
There are many who believe that, for all their talk, the Iranians would never launch a nuclear attack. The 12th Imam is for the masses, the way Marx was, the argument goes, and not to be believed in verbatim. How many Arab or Muslim leaders have become suicide bombers to get the virgins? None.
But comparing Communists with the followers of the Islamic prophet is misleading. For one, the Communists never produced suicide bombers and we already have had 148 explode here in Israel. Muhammad Atta was not the top leader, but he was among the educated, for whom education was just a tool to be used in accomplishing his jihadi goals. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an ardent believer in theMahdi, the Hidden Twelfth Imam, the four-year old who went into hiding in a well 1,140 years ago. The idea that Iran itself may become a nuclear suicide bomber is real.
Those who question Iranian motives are projecting Western values, almost patronizingly so. The privileged party members in the USSR, the so-called priviligentsia, would not dream of sacrificing themselves. They had their closed shops, hospitals and pharmacies, access to foreign media and, most coveted of all, access abroad. They enjoyed their privileges. The Iranian mullahs are no Bolsheviks.
The world watched Hitler rearm, reoccupy the Rhineland in 1936, annex the Sudetenland in October 1938 and the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, and rape Austria in 1938. As Churchill put it, they kept feeding the crocodile hoping they would be eaten last.
Anyone who reads about the policies and the press of the 1933-1940 period cannot but be struck by the similarities. We know what happened then, yet we are following almost the same path. Scary.
Might Israel strike at Iran before Obama takes over? As reported in the Jerusalem Post, Benny Morris says yes. Most other analysts disagree. I believe that it is in the US interest for Israel to destroy the Iranian nuclear sites, since the destruction and the rise in oil prices resulting from a non-nuclear Iranian retaliation would still be much less than the consequences of a nuclear war following an Iranian nuclear strike on Israel and an Israeli nuclear retaliation.
There is only one remaining scenario left.
On February 10 Israel goes to the polls. The leaders we elect will be our last line of defense. Help will not come from the Europeans, the United Nations and not even from the US. The decisions that will determine the survival of this country will come from Benjamin Netanyahu, Moshe Yaalon, Benny Begin or Tzipi Livni. Make your pick.
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DUBLIN -- Georgia Tech's offense was rescued by its passing game again.
Quarterback Justin Thomas had a 22-yard completion on fourth-and-19 and a 26-yarder on third down to ignite a stunning touchdown drive in the final minutes, giving Georgia Tech a come-from-behind 17-14 win over Boston College in the season opener in Dublin, Ireland.
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The agitation for Biafra by the Igbo people in Nigeria has gained international attention – One clear indication of the far reaching impact is a recent mention of the agitation in the TIME magazine website – Biafra supporters posted the mention on their Facebook page as a sign of success That the agitation for Biafra is gaining international recognition is no news.
On Monday, October 2, 2017, the prestigious TIME magazine spoke on the importance of self-determination. Below is the full quote mentioning the agitation for Biafra, the Catalan referendum in Spain among other separatist movements: A country of 250+ ethnic groups, Nigeria declared independence from Britain in 1960, but a couple of military coups in 1966 stoked underlying ethnic tensions. In 1967, southern groups (led by the Igbo people, one of Nigeria's three major ethnic groupings) declared the independent Republic of Biafra in Nigeria's south.
Nigeria refused to recognize the breakaway state, and a 3-year civil war ensued. All told, more than 1 million people lost their lives, many due to starvation. Biafra surrendered in 1970. But defeating a secession movement on the battlefield is a far cry from defeating its spirit — and nearly half a century later, the dream of Biafra remains alive.
These and other nationalist currents continue to make Nigerian politics choppy, as does a president whose frail health has the country continuously on edge. Southern leaders have rejected secession calls as impractical.
But the movement for Biafran statehood is still considered enough of a threat that the Nigerian military declared the Biafra separatist movement a terrorist group just a few weeks ago—harkening back to a simpler time when just wanting a homeland of one's own was enough to be labeled a terrorist.
A Facebook page, belonging to the IPOB movement had this to say on the mention: "Yesterday it was the London based Financial Times, today its the all powerful Times magazine of USA. "IPOB has accomplished something hitherto thought impossible.


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Country Home - Restored for sale in Montone - Torre Longobarda - XYR1
Umbria » Perugia Province » Montone
Country Home - Restored
Less than 1h from Train Station
Less than 1h from Airport
Distances From
Ancona-Falconara Airport "Raffaello Sanzio"
89 km - 55 miles
Florence-Peretola Airport "Amerigo Vespucci"
Forlì Airport "Luigi Ridolfi"
Maremma Airport "Corrado Baccarini"
118 km - 73 miles
Historic Centre of Florence
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
Historic Centre of Siena
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
*Please note distances are straight line measurements and are approximate
Beautifully restored villa with 17th century tower, guest houses, annex with studio and 1.6 hectares of land with swimming pool. Well-connected position close to the traditional hamlet of Montone.
Geographic position
Close to Umbertide, half an hour away from Perugia, Cortona and Gubbio, there is a place where time stands still. An oasis deep into the green, risen and developed throughout the centuries around an ancient 17th century-old tower. Local legends suggest that the tower goes back to the Lombard Age, when many towers were built, watching out the most important ways of communication.
The property, close to the small town of Montone, is easily accessible and, thanks to the High Road E45 (10 minutes away) it's well connected to Perugia, Roma, Bologna and Milan.
Description of buildings
During its 400 years of history, the core of the tower has been absorbed into further widening. The property has changed its function, no longer a watch-out and defence tower, but rather a rural dwelling.
Torre Longobarda is nowadays composed of a 424 net sq. Metres main building that includes the most ancient core; a 106 sq. metres annexe that has been restored, destined for guest quarters, and the old 164 gross sq. Metres drying room, also completely restored. The three units are disposed so that they form a private court, open on the wide solarium, in which a pool and a Jacuzzi have been realised.
The main body with the tower is on three levels, for a total of 424 gross sq. Metres.
The 157 sq. Metres ground floor hosts an apartment with independent access, composed of a wide room with bedroom and living area, a separate kitchenette, bathroom and a wide external portico. At the base of the Tower, a further area for the guests has been realised; it has independent access, and it is a one-room with kitchenette. The ground floor is completed by a wide, rustic living-room, a cellar, the technical room, a small pretty bathroom and the internal stairway with elevator.
The 143 sq. Metres first floor is accessible either via the external stairway and via the elevator.
This level hosts the living area of the owner's house, with a beautiful stone fire-set, connected to the living room with a characteristic arch. The hall adjoins directly the big kitchen with fire-set, while from the external balcony it is possible to access an independent studio/bedroom and a lavish bathroom.
The second floor, 124 sq. metres wide, has been destined for night area, with two big bedrooms served by a fabulous bathroom with shower and a Jacuzzi.
The 106 gross sq. Metres Outhouse
Just off the main building there is a gracious outhouse, characterized by a portico with archlets.
Inside, an independent dwelling for the guests has been realised, disposed on three levels; at the ground floor there is the living area with kitchenette, connected to the arcade for open-air breakfasts and dinners; an inner stairway connects to the two upper floors, the first of which with access room and bathroom, the second one with the bedroom. On the same ground floor, a locker room with bathroom, serving the nearby pool have been realised.
The restored 164 sq. Metres drying room + 40 sq. Metres portico
Opposite of the pool, in front of the outhouse, there is an annexe deriving from the restoration of the old drying room.
On three levels, it hosts a store room served by a toilet and a 37 sq. Metres wide room destined for studio, facing the big 40 sq. Metres portico.
The upper floor, with independent access, is composed of a 40 sq. Metres hall, connected to the two levels of the tower of the drying room, used as store rooms.
State and finishing
A passion for history, respect for the original structure and a capacity to recognize the signs of time, in order to valorise them, have led the restoration of the complex, personally followed by the owner, in its quality of architect. The result is a harmonic composition of split, overhanging volumes, emanating almost spontaneously through the centuries, to satisfy the needs of the rotating inhabitants.
The walls tell a history of almost half millennium, you can read it on the cornerstones that interrupt the continuity of the walls, in the arches, in the mouth of the old bake.
The most recent structures, such as the drying room, have been restored in a way that allows an aesthetic recalling of the original function.
Internally, handmade terracotta has been used for the floors and ceilings, sustained by wooden beams, often the original ones. Part of the stone walls have been left showing, bringing the ancient niches, the sheds, the small hidden hideaways, like the one inside the tower that, during the restoration, has given back a 17th century-old coin that remind us of the many other stories that used to take place there. The high-quality finishing shows its best in the bathrooms, finished with precious marbles, sometimes imported from far away countries. The bathroom on the first floor have been made in Jade from China. The old sinks carved in marble come from Iran, highlighting the owner's passion for travelling and showing how such distant art and culture may perfectly integrate each other.
External areas
The complex is located inside a 1,6 hectares land, with double access and automatic gates, fence and automatic irrigation plant.
Distribution of spaces into various buildings and the presence of multiple accesses give the property a wide flexibility of usage. In a non-isolated place, easily accessible, well connected to the High Road E45 (6 km), served by the close-by small town of Montone (4 km) and the bigger Città di Castello (18 km), Torre Longobarda could be the ideal private dwelling for a permanent staying, with the possibility to destine some spaces for friends or for holiday renting, for those who wish to join a small accommodation activity to the private dwelling, yet maintaining one's independence.
The presence of the elevator is a relevant factor, particularly rare among this kind of country houses.
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GM crops for developing world "like giving cigarettes free to kids"
EXCERPTS: "'GM crops are needed to feed the growing population' has been a central industry claim since around 1999," said Glenn Stone, a professor of anthropology and environmental studies at Washington University. "I am not yet convinced that it fits the evidence."
Population projections peering out several decades are far from certain, he said. Meanwhile, he and others point out, malnutrition is rarely a question of global food production but of distribution and poverty.
Some critics ... suggest that Monsanto highlights fears of global shortages to break down resistance to its biotech products in developing countries.
"To me, it's kind of a little like giving cigarettes free to kids," said Doug Gurian-Sherman, a researcher with the Union of Concerned Scientists. "The goal is to get in the door."
Feeding world stirs hot debate
BY GEORGINA GUSTIN
stltoday.com
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_005d48af-1f7d-5e18-9a98-061894bc25f6.html
The numbers have become a familiar refrain: 9 billion people by 2050. For aid organizations and policymakers, the figures raise an alarming question: How to feed them all? For agricultural corporations including Monsanto, they offer a huge market opportunity.
Creve Coeur-based Monsanto, the world's largest agricultural biotech company, has for years made clear that it could benefit from a rising global population and rising food demand, particularly in developing countries. And recent spikes in food prices worldwide, combined with a protracted economic downturn, have sparked debate over whether biotechnology represents the answer to feeding the world.
On its website, in presentations, in interviews, the company hits the message frequently. Farmers, the Monsanto website says, will have to produce more food in the next few decades than they have in the last 10,000 years combined. With finite resources, crops genetically engineered to withstand pests, to yield more and to one day prove resistant to drought will be critical to meeting global food needs, the message goes.
"Our vision is really about giving farmers a robust set of tools," said Natalie Dinicola of Monsanto's sustainable agriculture partnership division.
Industry critics counter by questioning the claimed yields and pointing to recent research suggesting that organic or nonbiotech conventional farming methods could provide more food and better livelihoods for farmers in the developing world. As about 1 billion people in the world go hungry, some researchers and policymakers argue that conventional techniques such as hybrid crops and fertilizers can produce more food more quickly, particularly by small-scale farms in developing countries. Efforts to expand biotech farming into such areas, they argue, aren't appropriate for the large-scale, capital-intensive operations better suited to the technologies of Monsanto and others.
"'GM crops are needed to feed the growing population' has been a central industry claim since around 1999," said Glenn Stone, a professor of anthropology and environmental studies at Washington University. "I am not yet convinced that it fits the evidence."
Some critics also suggest that Monsanto highlights fears of global shortages to break down resistance to its biotech products in developing countries.
Regardless of the controversies surrounding biotechnology, questions over global food security, which last surfaced with the food price spikes of 2008, have become more urgent once again.
"With this challenge of nearly needing to double food production, where's this quantum leap going to come from?" said Roger Thurow, a fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and author of "Enough," a book examining famine and politics in Africa. "Hopefully the price spikes of 2007 and 2008 would have woken us up. But, boom, here it comes again. We're at this new level of prices, and we got this looming. We have to produce more food."
'Get things moving'
This January in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, the governments of developing countries and nongovernmental organizations - led by 17 multinational food and agriculture companies, including Monsanto - formed a task force called "Realizing a New Vision for Agriculture."
They met to address the challenge of food security - of providing food for 2 billion more people in the next four decades with finite land and resources.
"We know that will take not only innovation but a lot of collaboration," said Jim Borel of Dupont, who said the initiative will work with nongovernmental organizations and governments "to get the pump primed and get things moving" for technology-friendly regulations and infrastructure.
Another major effort called Feed the Future, launched by President Barack Obama's administration in 2009, attempts to leverage a $3.5 billion government pledge to lure investment from the private sector. The effort focuses on agricultural technologies of all kinds, including biotechnology.
"What we're trying to do is build the capacity in these countries to make their own decisions about biotechnology," said Rob Bertram of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which runs Feed the Future. "We want to make sure these technologies don't bypass the needs of the poor."
Just this past week, eight of the world's leading foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Ford Foundation, announced they were launching a major initiative "designed to impact food and agricultural policies on a global scale."
For the food aid and development communities, the attention was a long time coming. For the past three decades or so, most researchers and policymakers agree, the world's governments have largely neglected global food security. But where government involvement has diminished, private sector interest has grown. Genetically modified crops, for example, are now grown by 14 million farmers.
That, however, may not always benefit small-scale farmers in developing countries, as the industry, at least initially, focused their products on the needs of farmers in developed countries. Small-scale farmers in developing countries have different needs, landscapes, pests and farming capacities.
"There was not a conscious strategy on the part of the companies to develop for developing countries," said Jose Falck-Zepeda, research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. "What happened was someone figured out there were opportunities in those markets."
And, critics say, a "food crisis" could too easily pave the way in.
"It's good PR for them to say they're doing positive things," Gurian-Sherman said. "For our government, it fits into our mantra that we're world leaders in technology."
Higher yields?
Gurian-Sherman has questioned the industry's claims that biotech food crops yield more. In his 2009 report "Failure to Yield," he found that corn engineered to resist insects yielded about 3 to 4 percent more since the mid-1990s, while soybeans yields were flat. To the extent that yields have gone up in some crops, Gurian-Sherman believes conventional breeding techniques may have contributed more than genetic engineering.
"Conventional breeding has been neglected globally for 30, 40 years. There's a huge amount of genetic potential that's being shown all the time," he said. "If we're talking about developing countries, do we want to support conventional breeding that costs a million a trait (to develop), or do we want to support genetic engineering that costs tens of millions a trait?"
That question, some believe, is especially apt in light of some recent research showing gains from conventional and organic methods. A U.N. report issued in March, for example, showed that small-scale farmers using "agroecological methods" doubled production without chemical fertilizers. While these methods show promise, the report's author, Olivier de Schutter notes: "Private companies will not invest time and money in practices that cannot be rewarded by patents and which don't open markets for chemical products or improved seeds."
Many researchers working in the areas of global food aid or research worry that biotech could take too long to reach farmers in developing countries, when cheaper, easier options are available now. Increased yield, some observe, is important, but mostly for first-world farmers who profit from more production. Biotech's true advances will come when crops can be grown in land that's now considered too dry or inhospitable.
More Crops, Less Land
The biotechnolgy industry says it agrees that feeding the developing world will require a multipronged approach but underscores that its technologies will pay a pivotal role. A recent report issued by an industry-funded research group, PG Economics, determined that if GM technology had not been available in 2009, maintaining global production levels would have required 7 percent more of the arable land in the United States, the world's grain powerhouse.
Monsanto, Dinicola explained, is working with African research institutes and nongovernmenal agencies to transfer technologies of all kinds - from conventional breeding and biotechnology - to African farmers. The company, she said, is donating seeds and traits, and varieties that emerge out of these partnerships will be "royalty free" to seed companies. "We're trying to help farmers," she said. "We're also trying to build the seed business."
At least one development agency - USAID - is solidly on board with the strategy.
"Our country is better positioned than any country in the world to share these technologies," Bertram said. "We don't look at it in isolation. We look at it as one more tool."
Even researchers and policymakers who are noncommittal about biotechnology say it can't be ruled out. The world will need more food, produced more efficiently - which will require every available technology.
"We have to look at all the options," Falck-Zepeda said. "It's an agricultural system under siege."


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HomeTelugu Movie NewsNaga Shaurya's 'LAKSHYA' Theatrical Trailer On December 1st
Naga Shaurya's 'LAKSHYA' Theatrical Trailer On December 1st
Ariyan J November 30, 2021
Young and versatile actor Naga Shaurya who's riding high with the success of his last movie Varudu Kaavalenu is awaiting the release of his sports drama film 'LAKSHYA' directed by Santhossh Jagarlapudi. The film is all set for its theatrical release worldwide on December 10th. Today, the makers have come up with release date of theatrical trailer.
Lakshya's theatrical trailer will be dropped on December 1st and the poster shows intense workout of Naga Shaurya. He is seen doing tyre exercise here with one hand, since his other hand was injured. Shaurya looks dashing as he flaunts his biceps.
Lakshya is credited as India's first film based on the ancient sport of archery, while Naga Shaurya will be seen in a completely new look. He will appear in two different looks in the movie which has completed all the production and post-production formalities.
Ketika Sharma has played the leading lady, while Jagapathi Babu will be seen in a vital role. Presented by Sonali Narang, the film is produced by Narayan Das K. Narang, Puskur Ram Mohan Rao, Sharrath Marar in Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP, and Northstar Entertainment Pvt Ltd banners.
Director Santhossh Jagarlapudi came up with first of its kind story and Kaala Bhairava rendered soundtracks for the movie, while Raam Reddy handled cinematography. Junaid is the editor.
Cast: Naga Shaurya, Ketika Sharma, Jagapathi Babu, Sachin Khedekar etc.
Technical Crew:
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Dheerendra Santhossh Jagarlapudi
Producers: Narang Das K Narang, Puskur Ram Mohan Rao, Sharrath Marar
Cinematographer: Raam Reddy
Music Director: Kaala Bhairava
Editor: Junaid
PRO: Vamsi-Shekar, BA Raju
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