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I guess it's been a while. As is oh-so-often the case, I overcommit myself to too many things, and then pay dearly. Some may call it a trade, time for experience, money, or glory. I simply see it as exploration. With a lot still on my plate, I suppose it's appropriate to take a brief break from Xcode, and jot down some thoughts to keep this blog from getting too stale.


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Capitalism in Ireland: Many of Us Have No Home, a Few Have 500+
Date: Tue, 2015-04-07 15:41
Thank's to the unpopular property tax we at least know slightly more about the super wealthy in Ireland. The government is normally very careful to neither collect information about this group nor to publish it in a way that would reveal the enormous gap in wealth and power between us and them. It would not do to have Joe or Josephine Worker realise that they could work for 10,000 years and still never approach the wealth of the Denis O'Briens.
Housing Crisis - renting in Ireland
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Security regulator
By Jeanette Minns
Jean-Paul Servais was elected chairman of the European regional committee of IOSCO, the international organisation of securities commissions, at its annual meeting in Brazil on 29 September.
The organisation has a membership of more than 120 national regulators of financial markets. Its European regional committee has 51 members, who have elected Servais as their chairman for a two-year period. He thereby becomes a member of the IOSCO board, the organisation's highest governing body.
Servais chairs the Belgian authority for financial services and markets and was re-appointed to that post in September.
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Posts Tagged 'Mesothelin'
Mesothelin: An early detection biomarker for cancer (By Jack Andraka)
Posted in Advanced Drug Manufacturing Technology, Bio Instrumentation in Experimental Life Sciences Research, Biological Networks, Gene Regulation and Evolution, Biomarkers & Medical Diagnostics, BioSimilars, CANCER BIOLOGY & Innovations in Cancer Therapy, Cancer Prevention: Research & Programs, Cell Biology, Signaling & Cell Circuits, Disease Biology, Small Molecules in Development of Therapeutic Drugs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Medical Devices R&D Investment, Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical R&D Investment, Population Health Management, Genetics & Pharmaceutical, Regulated Clinical Trials: Design, Methods, Components and IRB related issues, Technology Transfer: Biotech and Pharmaceutical, tagged Blood test, carbon nanotubes, early detection, Mesothelin, Pancreatic cancer on April 21, 2013| 8 Comments »
Author/ Curator: Tilda Barliya PhD
I was recently amazed to read about a young teen who scooped the headlines with his story: Jack Andraka created an early detection test for pancreatic cancer (PC) (1). While we extensively discussed pancreatic cancer in previous posts (1b), this one deserve it's on attention.
Andraka tells the audience about his journey from learning about a the family member diagnosed with PC, to a flash insight while learning about carbon nanotubes during a biology class, through the screening and finding one protein out of thousands and all the way up his final discovery. His journey wasn't easy to say the least, he story though deserve all the applause.
Starting with his journey, Andraka began by "looking for a protein in the bloodstream that would be a biomarker for pancreatic cancer, one that would be found in all cases, even in the earliest stages". He finally narrowed it down to the one that could work – Mesothelin.
So what is mesothelin?
Gubbels JA, et al. Mol. Cancer (2006). Model for peritoneal metastasis of ovarian tumors.
Mesothelin is a 4o kDa secreted protein expressed in normal mesothelial cells and over-expressed in several human tumors including mesothelioma, ovarian and pancreatic adenocarcinoma (2,3). Although the full mechanism by which mesothelin work is still unsolved, it is postulated thought, that mesothelin growth and apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells by a p53 -dependent and independent pathways (7).
Andraka's method:
human mesothelin-specific antibodies were mixed with single walled carbon nanotubes and used to coat strips of ordinary filter paper. This made the paper conductive. The optimal layering was determined using a scanning electron microscope. Cell media spiked with varying amounts of mesothelin was then tested against the paper biosensor and any change in the electrical potential of the sensor strip (due to the changing conductivity of the nanotubes) was measured, before and after each application.
The antibodies would bind to the mesothelin and enlarge. These beefed-up molecules would spread the nanotubes farther apart, changing the electrical properties of the network: The more mesothelin present, the more antibodies would bind and grow big, and the weaker the electrical signal would become.
A dose-response curve was constructed with an R2 value of .9992. Tests on human blood serum obtained from both healthy people and patients with chronic pancreatities, pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (a precursor to pancreatic carcinoma), or pancreatic cancer showed a similar response. The sensor's limit of detection sensitivity was found to be 0.156 ng/mL; 10 ng/mL is considered the level of overexpression of mesothelin consistent with pancreatic cancer. Andraka's sensor costs $0.03 (to compare to a $800 cost of a standard test) and 10 tests can be performed per strip, taking 5 minutes each. The method is 168 times faster, 26,667 times less expensive, and 400 times more sensitive than ELISA, and 25% to 50% more accurate than the CA19-9 test (5).
More so, Wang K and colleagues showed that inhibition of mesothelin may be used as novel strategy for targeting cancer cells (6). The authors showed that silencing the MSLN gene, encoding for mesothelin, inhibits cell proliferation and invasion. While this work is very impressive, the authors haven't evaluated the potential use these siRNA in animal studies.
It is very exiting to know that we may now have a simple and cheap blood test that has the huge potential to save many lives. All we need to do now is to conduct a multinational large scale screening for potential patients.
Andraka on his part is very hopeful, he believes "it could potentially be used to test for ovarian and lung cancer too. And by switching out the protein the test reacts to, it could — down the road — be used for diseases as varied as heart disease and HIV/AIDS".
1. By: Kate Torgovnich . An early detection test for pancreatic cancer: Jack Andraka at TED2013.http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/an-early-detection-test-for-pancreatic-cancer-jack-andraka-at-ted2013/
1b. By; Tilda Barliya PhD. Pancreatic Cancer: Genetics, Genomics and Immunotherapy. https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/04/11/update-on-pancreatic-cancer/
2. Mesothelin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesothelin
3. Nathalie Scholler. Mesothelin. http://www.med.upenn.edu/schollerlab/user_documents/Scholler%20Encyclopedia%20of%20Cancer%202008.pdf
4. Argani P, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Ryu B, Rosty C, Goggins M, Wilentz RE, Murugesan SR, Leach SD, Jaffee E, Yeo CJ, Cameron JL, Kern SE and Hruban RH. Mesothelin is overexpressed in the vast majority of ductal adenocarcinomas of the pancreas: identification of a new pancreatic cancer marker by serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Clin Cancer Res. 2001 Dec;7(12):3862-3868. http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/7/12/3862.long
5. Jack Andraka and Glen Burnie, MD. A Novel Paper Sensor for the Detection of Pancreatic Cancer. http://apps.societyforscience.org/intelisef2012/project.cfm?PID=ME028&CFID=28485&CFTOKEN=10931553
6. Wang K, Bodempudi V, Liu Z, Borrego-Diaz E, Yamoutpoor F, et al. (2012) Inhibition of Mesothelin as a Novel Strategy for Targeting Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33214. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033214. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0033214
7. Zheng C, Jia W, Tang Y, Zhao HL, Jiang Y and Sun S. Mesothelin regulates growth and apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells through p53-dependent and -independent signal pathway. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2012, 31:84. http://www.jeccr.com/content/pdf/1756-9966-31-84.pdf
Other related articles on this open Access Online Scientific Journal, include the following:
I. Pancreatic cancer genomes: Axon guidance pathway genes – aberrations revealed.
Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN, 10/24/2012
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2012/10/24/pancreatic-cancer-genomes-axon-guidance-pathway-genes-aberrations-revealed/
II. Biomarker tool development for Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer: Van Andel Institute and Emory University.
Aviva Lev-Ari PhD,RN, 10/24/2012
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2012/10/24/biomarker-tool-development-for-early-diagnosis-of-pancreatic-cancer-van-andel-institute-and-emory-university/
III. Personalized Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Option.
Aviva Lev-Ari PhD, RN, 10/16/2012
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2012/10/16/personalized-pancreatic-cancer-treatment-option/
IV. Battle of Steve Jobs and Ralph Steinman with Pancreatic cancer: How we lost.
Ritu Saxena PhD, 5/21/2012
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2012/05/21/battle-of-steve-jobs-and-ralph-steinman-with-pancreatic-cancer-how-we-lost/
V. Early Biomarker for Pancreatic Cancer Identified.
Prabodh Kandala, PhD, 5/17/2012
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2012/05/17/early-biomarker-for-pancreatic-cancer-identified/
VI. Usp9x: Promising therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer.
Ritu Saxen PhD, 5/14/2012
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2012/05/14/promising-therapeutic-target-discovered-for-pancreatic-cancer/
VII. Issues in Personalized Medicine in Cancer: Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing.
Stephen J. Williams, PhD, 10/4/2013
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/04/10/issues-in-personalized-medicine-in-cancer-intratumor-heterogeneity-and-branched-evolution-revealed-by-multiregion-sequencing/
VIII. In Focus: Targeting of Cancer Stem Cells.
Ritu Saxena, PhD, 3/27/2013
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/03/27/in-focus-targeting-of-cancer-stem-cells/
IIX. New Ecosystem of Cancer Research: Cross Institutional Team Science.
Aviva Lev-Ari. PhD, RN, 3/24/2013
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/03/24/new-ecosystem-of-cancer-research-cross-institutional-team-science/
IX. In Focus: Identity of Cancer Stem Cells.
https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/03/22/in-focus-identity-of-cancer-stem-cells/


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Definition of Familial ALS
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Familial ALS: ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in which there a family history of the disease. Familial ALS constitutes 5 to 10% of all cases of ALS. There are a number of different types of familial ALS.
They are known as ALS1, ALS2, and so on.
ALS1 -- caused by mutation in the superoxide dismutase-1 gene (SOD1) on chromosome 21q22.1. About 15 to 20% of familial ALS is type 1 (ALS1). Sporadic cases of ALS are sometimes due to new mutation in the SOD1 gene.
ALS2 -- juvenile-onset ALS caused by mutation in the gene encoding alsin on chromosome 2q33;
ALS3 -- adult-onset ALS due to mutation in a gene on chromosome 18q21;
ALS4 -- juvenile-onset disease with no bulbar involvement due to mutations in a gene on chromosome 9q34;
ALS5 -- due to mutations in a gene on chromosome 15q15.1-q21.1;
ALS6 -- due to mutations in a gene on chromosome 16q12;
ALS7 -- due to mutations in a gene on chromosome 20ptel;
ALS8 -- due to mutations in a gene on chromosome 20q13.33.
ALS1, ALS3, ALS4, ALS6, ALS7, and ALS8 are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner while ALS2 and ALS5 are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.


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Q: How can I use a for loop inside of a print statement? Basically, I want to use a for loop inside of a printed statement, basically the user inputs the word, and it prints that out after a variable. Something like this
If they input the word "Pizza" it will output:
I like P
I like i
I like z
I like z
I like a

PIZZA
Exactly like that.
I've already tried a slow way, using print(name[0]) and print(name[1]) and so on but I realized there would be errors if the inputted text wasn't exactly 5 characters.

A: texts = ["PIZZA", "RED WINE"]
for i in range(len(texts)):
    text = "".join(texts[i].split())
    print(' '.join('I like %s' % i for i in text))

In case you need another word except the PIZZA.

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Q: Need Value Of Number To Be Modified I need the value of $N to be 0.05 each, however it must always round up to the nearest 0.11, 0.22, 0.33, 0.44, 0.55, 0.66, 0.77, 0.88, or 1(0.99). That means if the value was two, it would be displayed as (0.11), if it was one it would also be (0.11), but if it was 8 it would be (0.44). I have absolutely no idea how this works, and looking it up myself didn't get me very far.
$N = count($_POST['val']);

.
if(empty($_POST['val'])){
    echo "Please select at least one check box!";
}else{
$N = floor(100*ceil(($_POST['val'][$i]*0.05)*9)/9)/100;
    echo("$N items(s) selected!: ");
    for($i=0; $i < $N; $i++){
        echo($_POST['val'][$i] . " ");
    }
}

A: I got $result = floor(100*ceil(($_POST['val'][$i]*0.05)*9)/9)/100;
Stepping by 0.11 should be by (roughly) 1/9, not 1/11.

*

*multiply the post value by 0.05

*multiply by 9, round up (ceil), divide by 9 to get our actual value

*truncate the decimal by shifting the decimal point right two positions, cutting the remainder off, and shifting it back.

Edit: Thanks Greg Hewgill for the catch; replaced round with floor function. It seems that PHP doesn't have a truncate function, and casting seems messier than some more number shifting.


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Q: Implement Hazelcast with SmartFoxServer I'm a game server developer. I'm using hazelcast for my game server (SmartfoxServer 2x) to avoid request db directly.
But I wonder how to use hazelcast to get the best performance:

*

*Always create new hazelcast client instance when access cache and then shutdown it. Or

*Create a hazelcast client instance pool, and reuse. Never shutdown until application end. Or

*Create only one hazelcast client instance, never shutdown until application end. Or

*Make my realtime server as a hazelcast member.

What's the right way? My system serve for about 5000 CCU.
My game is a kind of card game - turn based. Each game occurs in about 2 minutes, with maximum 4 players. When It end, I have to log every transactions (money change), and new money value for user. With 5000 ccu, in worst case, at the same time there're (5000/4) * (4 + 4) = 10000 entries have to be logged. It cannot be done with mysql queries directly (slow), but with hazelcast, it's possible, right?
But I'm a newbie in Hazelcast technique, so I don't know what is the right way to solve my issue.
Thank in advance,

A: The best answer is 3 or 4. While I was working at the gaming industry I used Hazelcast not as a cache but to distribute / cluster the gameservers itself. Therefor my gameservers itself were part of the cluster. If you want to have a dedicated db-cache cluster just use one client, start it together with the gameserver and keep it alive while the gameserver itself is alive. It is pooled internally and the client is smart enough to route requests to the correct cluster node in almost all cases. If you want to use it for more than just caching I would go for making the gameserver a node of the cluster itself. Remember that every node holds a part of the data, that might not be what you want for a gameserver to act as a db-cache.


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Professional football season has kicked off for the 2019-2020 season, but there was an unfortunate incident during the tailgate for the Browns home opener in Cleveland on September 8. A man by the name of Andy Shepherd was waiting for the game to begin at the Municipal Lot by the stadium when he suffered a seizure and took a dangerous fall that was caught on live TV due to a local news broadcast. Shepherd was standing on top of a van prior to the incident. Take a look!
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40-year-old Andy Shepherd is a Browns fan who climbed on top of a van to take pictures ahead of the opener, but suffered a seizure while in that position and fell. Cleveland 19 News anchor Glenn Forbes took to Twitter after the video began to circulate on social media to give an update on what was happening. After falling, Shepherd was "sitting up and responsive," with an injury to the side of his head being treated by EMS, with an ambulance waiting. He was taken to the hospital.
The story went viral after the video began to spread on social media, and son Ashton Shepherd set out to clarify what happened. Unfortunately, 17-year-old Ashton began to see "jokes and memes" about his father, assuming that he was drunk when he fell when Andrew Shepherd has actually been diagnosed with epilepsy since he was 18-years-old.
Ashton Shepherd shared more details on September 9, when he set up a GoFundMe for his dad's medical expenses. In the description of the fundraiser, Ashton explained that he and his mother got a call that his diehard fan of a dad fell from the van after having a seizure while taking pictures. He went on to say this:
[A]t this point he had been seizure free for 10 months and on medication and he fell off and it caused a break in his shoulder, 6 ribs are broken and a fractured skull with a blood clot formed.. unfortunately it was caught on live TV and the jokes and assumptions have made almost everything worse..
Ashton Shepherd went on to explain that his dad "has to have" surgeries after his fall. At the time of writing, the GoFundMe had already surpassed the goal of $7,500 with $8,397 from 384 donors. Although the family apparently received some negative attention and accusations on social media following Andrew Shepherd's fall, the GoFundMe was shared more than a thousand times, with 381 followers at this point.
Young Ashton Shepherd is one of three kids. We can only hope that Andrew Shepherd gets the help he needs and recovers swiftly. Seizures can be quite serious, and some people with epilepsy are triggered by movies and many other factors, and there's not always a doctor handy to help.
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The 1891–92 season was the 11th season of competitive association football played by Small Heath Football Club, an English football club based in the Small Heath district of Birmingham, and their third season in the Football Alliance. At the end of the season, in which Small Heath finished in third position, most of the teams were absorbed into the newly formed Second Division of the Football League, and the Alliance folded for lack of membership.

Small Heath entered the 1891–92 FA Cup at the  first qualifying round stage. They progressed to the second round proper (last 16), but forfeited home advantage to Sheffield Wednesday for a payment of £200 and lost 2–0. In local competitions, they were eliminated by West Bromwich Albion in the second round of the Birmingham Senior Cup and by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final of the Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup. Small Heath also played several friendly matches during the season.

Small Heath used 23 different players in nationally organised competitive matches during the season and had eleven different goalscorers. Five players, full-back Fred Speller, half-backs Ted Devey and Billy Ollis, and forwards Jack Hallam and Fred Wheldon, were ever-present over the 29-match season. The top scorer was inside-forward Wheldon with 29 goals in all competitions, of which 21 were scored in the Alliance. Caesar Jenkyns became the first player to be capped for his country while a Small Heath player when he took the field for Wales against Ireland on 27 February 1892.

Background

At the Annual General Meeting of the Football Alliance, the bottom four teams, of which Small Heath was one, were all re-elected. The club were £234 in debt at the end of the season. The Birmingham Daily Post suggested that

Players leaving included Will Devey, top scorer in the previous two seasons, who joined Football League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. New players included the former Warwick County players George Hollis (goalkeeper), Billy Ollis (centre half) and Frederick Wilkes (centre forward). In a friendly match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the end of the previous season, Hollis appeared to lack confidence, Ollis "would have been more useful if he had looked after the ball a little more instead of his opponents", and Wilkes' passing was wild but did "some smart work" and contributed to a goal with "exceedingly plucky play". Arthur Carter, a forward who had also joined Small Heath from Warwick County, was obliged to retire on medical advice after a serious leg injury. The Post kept up its encouragement:

The team played in the same kit as in the previous season: royal blue shirts and stockings with white knickerbockers. Caesar Jenkyns was captain.

Review

September–October
George Hollis's goalkeeping came in for praise as Small Heath began their season in a howling gale, despite Aston Villa beating their visitors 5–1 in a friendly match. The committee experimented with their team selection for the first Alliance match of the season, at home to Burton Swifts, Fred Speller moving up from full back to partner Jack Hallam on the right side of the forward line. Small Heath took an early lead through a combination of Frederick Wilkes and Hallam, but Burton, showing more skill than the home forwards, equalised in the first half. After the interval, Hallam scored after Wilkes' shot was parried, then Wilkes himself made the final score 3–1. Despite playing into the sun, Birmingham St George's took a first-half lead, increased early in the second half. Small Heath's shooting was poor throughout, but Walter Brown eventually scored with a header from Tommy Hands' cross, and on the stroke of time, Hands himself secured a "lucky draw". A "sturdy, bustling game" got the better of West Bromwich Albion in a friendly by four goals to nil, Hallam contributing three and Billy Walton the fourth. Billy Ollis had to leave the field with a damaged eye after colliding with fellow half back Caesar Jenkyns.

Four goals to one adrift by half time in the reverse fixture at Burton Swifts, Small Heath "never looked likely to get on even terms" as they lost 6–3. A friendly visit to Wolverhampton Wanderers on a slippery surface was ended with 15 minutes still to go, because of rain and poor visibility, with Wanderers 2–0 ahead. Although a Small Heath team weakened by injury beat Lincoln City 4–0, the Birmingham Daily Post suggested that "if the forwards would learn to understand each other's movements and play a collective game, instead of trying to shine individually, the result would be a great deal more beneficial" to the club. They finished September in second place in the Alliance, behind Nottingham Forest, who had won all four of their matches.

October began with a comfortable victory, by six goals to two, at Leicester Fosse in the first qualifying round of the 1891–92 FA Cup. There followed two Alliance games in three days. On the Thursday, Nottingham Forest scored two second-half goals to take an end-to-end game. On the Saturday, Small Heath started the match at home to Sheffield Wednesday on a Coventry Road pitch with pools of standing water and with only nine men. Once the latecomers arrived, the home team made a better fight of it, and Arthur Millard opened the scoring early in the second half. Wednesday soon equalised, and Small Heath, down to ten men because of a leg injury to Tommy Hands, held on for a draw. By the next Saturday, the playing surface had improved to greasy. Visitors Walsall Town Swifts scored first after about 20 minutes, which provoked Small Heath into action, and the remainder of the game was one-sided, finishing as a 4–1 home win. The Post heaped particular praise on the half-back line, Ollis, Jenkyns and Ted Devey, who "worked wonders, for they not only checkmated their opponents, but fed their own forwards very judiciously, and were always ready to assist in the defence when the necessity arose."

Small Heath visited Burton Wanderers in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup. After a fruitless wait for the allotted referee, the match began with a substitute official. Heath scored from their first attack, after which Wanderers adopted physical tactics, Small Heath joined in, and the quality of the game deteriorated. After Wanderers equalised, Tommy Hands received a kick on the temple – the player habitually stooped low to head the ball – and the ten men of Small Heath settled for a draw. The draw cost Small Heath £20, to be paid to Lincoln City, their scheduled opponents for the following Saturday, in compensation for their match being postponed to accommodate the Cup replay. Wanderers put up a better show in the replay, and Small Heath's half backs were "unaccountably insecure", but strong defensive play by goalkeeper Chris Charsley and full backs Tom Bayley and Fred Speller allowed Heath to cling on to a 2–1 win.

November–December

Small Heath included a trialist, centre-forward Young of local team Unity Gas, in their team for a friendly at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers; the match finished as a three-all draw. They disposed of Burton Swifts in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup by four goals to two. The forwards' combination play and their confidence made the difference between the two sides, despite Harry Morris, playing at centre-forward, missing several chances, aided by the half-back pair of Jenkyns and Devey, "whose power and activity at heading is almost proverbial". Swifts protested to the Football Association about the unfitness of the Coventry Road ground, but their protest was dismissed. Small Heath allowed Chris Charsley to join Football League club West Bromwich Albion.

His successor, George Hollis, enjoyed a fortunate visit to Bootle in the Alliance. The Liverpool Mercury reported the referee was not in a position to spot that Hollis had caught Jamieson's low shot "apparently ... a foot over the line", and Caesar Jenkyns' first-half goal decided the contest. A "storm of wind and rain" reduced the attendance for the visit to local rivals Birmingham St George's to around 500, but those few present accompanied the play with "a running fire of vigorously-expressed comments", and on each occasion that Jenkyns ended up on the ground, "his downfall appeared to give unspeakable pleasure to the home supporters, who rejoiced greatly as he gradually became plastered in mud from head to foot." After two goals were disallowed for offside, St George's won an understandably poor game with a single legitimate goal, scored late on.

Charsley returned to represent Small Heath in the final qualifying round of the FA Cup against Brierley Hill Alliance. Wheldon gave Heath a very early lead, but sloppy play by the half-backs allowed the visitors an equaliser within two minutes. After which Small Heath took control of the game, without playing particularly well, and qualified for the rounds proper of the competition by a score of 6–2. They retained their unbeaten home record against Crewe Alexandra in the Alliance. On a pitch "in such a sodden state that it was impossible for the players to pass correctly or shoot with any degree with accuracy", Heath won 3–1 with goals from a Jenkyns free kick and two by Hallam. Off the field, Lincoln City successfully applied to the Football Alliance for Small Heath to pay forthwith the £20 owed them for agreeing to rearrange their match.

Aided by "exceptionally fine goalkeeping by Hollies, and the sturdy defence of Jenkins, Bailey, and Speller", and by James Lundie's own goal, a 2–1 win at Grimsby Town proved an "agreeable surprise" to the Birmingham Daily Posts correspondent. Christmas Day's entertainment consisted of a friendly at home to Aston Villa on an icy pitch; neither club fielded a full-strength side, but the visitors were still good enough to win 3–0. The next day's visit to second-placed Newton Heath came close to producing a surprise. Small Heath led 3–0 at half-time, but were unable to hold on to their lead, Newton Heath equalising through Alf Farman just before the final whistle.

January–February
Small Heath began the new year with a 2–2 draw at Ardwick, a result highlighted by sound defence and the goalkeeping of Charsley, which left them in fourth place in the Alliance, having played fewer games than two of the three above them. Wilbert Harrison scored both goals either side of the half-time interval in what proved his only appearance for the club in national competition.Matthews (2010), p. 185. Despite losing several players to representative duty for the Sheffield Association in Glasgow, Sheffield Wednesday enjoyed a comfortable win at home to Small Heath on a pitch with a light covering of snow. In the first 20 minutes, each side scored twice and the visitors had two further "goals" disallowed for offside, but on change of ends, Wednesday took control and the match ended 6–3. The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent picked out Jenkyns as playing "a sturdy and able game".

The Daily Post'''s confidence about Small Heath's prospects in the FA Cup – although "on paper form the Royal Arsenal appear to be formidable foes to grapple with, Small Heath have come through harder things than this, and are pretty sure of getting into the second round" – proved justified. Heath took advantage of the wind in the first half to take a four-goal lead, and although Royal Arsenal had the better of the second half, the match finished as a 5–1 win. The Arsenal had included professionals in their team in the hope of progressing in the competition, but, according to the Pall Mall Gazette, they were "outplayed in every department of the game", and the Standard suggested that "many lovers of football will not be disappointed at this result", viewing the attempted introduction of professionalism amongst the southern clubs as a failed experiment. The scheduled visit to Crewe Alexandra on the following Saturday had to be postponed, because the Football Association ordered that club to replay their FA Cup tie on that date, so a friendly at Newton Heath was arranged at short notice. A below-strength Small Heath team lost 7–2, both goals scored by Wilbert Harrison.

Heath were drawn to play Sheffield Wednesday in the second round of the Cup, and had choice of venue, but were quick to accept an offer of £200 to switch the game to Wednesday's Olive Grove ground, "a telegram to that effect being posted on the front of the stand at the conclusion of Saturday's match". Wednesday won the toss and chose to play with the benefit of the strong wind at their backs. They took a first-half lead, but Small Heath held their own. The play became increasingly rough, the Sheffield Independent suggesting that "several of the Heathens began to use their weight mercilessly", and Wednesday's claim for a penalty kick after one of the visiting backs handled the ball over the crossbar was turned down by the referee. Wednesday players Duncan Gemmell and Richardson were sent off, for kicking and striking an opponent respectively, but despite the numerical disadvantage their team increased their lead late on. The referee, Mr Widdowson, needed police protection from spectators throwing mud and other missiles as he left the field, though the Independents correspondent suggested he had brought the problem on himself by failing to apply "a little more severity when the roughness first commenced". In consequence, the two dismissed players were each suspended for one week (such a lenient punishment perhaps in recognition "that it was really six of one and half a dozen of the other in the matter of rough play"), the Olive Grove ground was closed for two weeks, and Ted Devey, the player struck by Richardson, was asked to explain his conduct during the match.

The next game was a rather quieter affair, as Heath beat Ladywood Conservatives, who had progressed through the qualifying competition to the first round of the Birmingham Cup, by seven goals to nil without unduly exerting themselves. In the Alliance, the rearranged visit to Lincoln City produced a one-all draw, Heath's goal scored by Wheldon from a left-wing cross. When Devey appeared in front of the Football Association to answer his charge of misconduct, the Council found no cause for inquiry, expressed regret for wasting his time, and paid his expenses. This would come as little surprise to the Independent, who blamed Caesar Jenkyns for starting the trouble by injuring Bob Brown early in the game.

Ardwick had the better of the first half of their visit to a snowy Coventry Road, but Small Heath scored twice coming up to the interval, and the second half was one-sided as Heath won 4–0, though "the number of chances that Morris literally threw away by rash and reckless play in front of goal was enough to exasperate the best-tempered supporter of the home club." The last match of the month was at home to second-placed Newton Heath in the absence of Jenkyns, who made his international debut for Wales in a 1–1 draw with Ireland at Bangor that day, becoming the first man to play a senior international while a Small Heath player. Bill Taylor took his place as Small Heath won a well-contested game by three goals to two, narrowing the gap between the teams to four points with four matches of the season remaining.

March–May
Jenkyns kept his place for Wales's 2–0 defeat to England the following Saturday, when Small Heath had no game. According to the Wrexham Advertiser, he was "the best of the halves. He was a bit slow, but his heading and tackling were very fine." A friendly match at home to Football League club Bolton Wanderers produced a 7–0 win for Small Heath, which "must have come as a great surprise to the supporters of either team". When they finally returned to Alliance action, at home to Bootle, they were again without Jenkyns, who was making his third appearance of the 1892 British Home Championship in a 6–1 defeat to Scotland. William Kendrick took his place, and reserve-team colleague Len Curryer replaced Morris at centre forward. Bootle had the better of the early game, and took the lead, but Heath came back with two goals from Wheldon, who also had a penalty saved, and two from Walton; Bootle were reduced to ten men for the second half through injury to one of their half-backs. Two days later, FA Cup-winners West Bromwich Albion had no difficulty eliminating a full-strength Small Heath side from the Birmingham Senior Cup.

Morris returned at home to Grimsby Town, a 3–0 win in which Wheldon scored in his fifth consecutive Alliance match. He scored his tenth goal in six Alliance matches the next week, away to Walsall Town Swifts, a match in which Walsall had the better of the first half but were outplayed in the second as Heath won 4–3. The result left the club still able to secure second place. A large holiday crowd at Plumstead saw Royal Arsenal have the better of a Good Friday friendly but lose to a second-half goal scored by Billy Walton. On Saturday, Heath played Nottingham Forest in an eventful game. Sloppy defending by Bayley and Hollis allowed Forest's Oscroft to open the scoring, but after half an hour he was "badly hurt" when charged by Jenkyns "in an unnecessarily severe manner". Their second goal was allowed despite apparently passing over rather than under the crossbar, clearly illustrating the value of goal nets, which were not yet required even at top level. Thereafter Forest defended their lead, which would confirm them as Alliance champions, and towards the end of the game, the "marked preference shown by several of the players for their opponents instead of the ball caus[ed] the play to degenerate from the high standard which marked the early stages". A 2–0 win at Crewe Alexandra gave Small Heath a third-place finish and took Wheldon's total for the season to 21 goals in 22 Alliance matches.

Football League runners-up and twice champions Preston North End sent an under-strength eleven for a friendly meeting with Small Heath. The team was further weakened when their trainer had to play in place of Bob Roberts, who failed to turn up, but they were still too good for their hosts.Sports and Pastimes. The Blackburn Standard. p. 6. 30 April 1892. Aston Villa did much of the attacking in the semi-final of the Birmingham Charity Cup but Charsley and his defenders were up to their task, and Small Heath progressed to the final by two goals to nil. In the final, at Aston Lower Grounds, Hallam scored with a header after only five minutes, and failed to take a good chance when Wolverhampton Wanderers' goalkeeper lost his grip on the ball, but at the interval the score was 1–1. In the second half, with both sun and wind in their favour, Heath struck the woodwork several times, but the only goal came when an error from their backs allowed Harry Wood a free run.

 Summary and aftermath
The season was relatively successful after several years of declining interest. According to the Birmingham Daily Post, "Small Heath's improvement compared with last year is very marked, and at the present time the Coventry Road club is able to hold its own in the most select company." On the field, they improved to third in the Football Alliance after two previous tenth places, and their performance in the FA Cup earned them exemption from the qualifying competition for 1892–93. Off it, the Annual General Meeting of the club, held at Jenkins Street Board School in July 1892, heard that "skilful management, good matches, and capital 'gates had combined to produce a statement of financial affairs "distinctly creditable to managers and players", and the directors were to be congratulated. The club's application for election to the Football League First Division when it was expanded to 16 clubs was unsuccessful, but it was one of 12 clubs, mostly from the previous season's Football Alliance, elected to compete in the inaugural season of that league's Second Division. Alfred Jones had been acting as club secretary on a voluntary basis since 1885, when payment of players was first permitted. Prior to entering the Football League, the board of directors appointed him as the club's first paid official, as secretary-manager.

All the regular first-team members during the previous season remained with the club for the forthcoming Football League season, as did fringe players including the long-serving Charlie Simms, who was by 1892 employed as the first-team trainer, but retained his playing registration for emergencies. Among the newcomers were back Fred Jones from Newton Heath and forward Harry Edwards, signed from Singer's of Coventry,Observers Notes. Birmingham Daily Gazette. p. 6. 29 August 1892.

Match details
For consistency, attendances and goalscorers' names in the Football Alliance and FA Cup match details are sourced from Matthews (2010). Information in contemporary newspaper reports could, and often did, differ.

Football Alliance

FA Cup

 * Small Heath forfeited home advantage to Sheffield Wednesday for a £200 payment.

Birmingham Senior Cup

Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup

Other matches

Squad statistics

See also
Birmingham City F.C. seasons

Notes

References
General
 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). .
 Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record''. DB Publishing (Derby). .

Specific

Birmingham City F.C. seasons
Small Heath

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Pret signs deal with Autogrill to roll out across US and Europe
Pret A Manger has announced a partnership with international travel concessions operator Autogrill to open sites in major airports and train stations across America and Europe.
The agreement will see Pret work with Autogrill subsidiaries HMSHost in North America and HMS Host International in Europe.
The first shop to open under the partnership will be at Copenhagen Airport at the beginning of 2018, followed by another opening in The Netherlands.
Pret partnership director Michael Haley said: "Pret's menu of freshly-made nutritious food to go is perfect for busy travellers. We're already present in numerous transport hubs in the UK, France, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore. The partnership with Autogrill will enable us to open new shops in major North American airports, as well as in Denmark and The Netherlands. Choosing the right partner is very important to Pret. We admire the strength of Autogrill's operations and have already hosted their Danish team in our UK shops for training in preparation for the Copenhagen Airport opening."
Autogrill chief marketing officer, Ezio Balarni, said: "This agreement with Pret enables us to bring one of the world's most successful brands into more airports and train stations. This will contribute to enriching our portfolio of over 300 brands with a one-of-a kind offering.
"We're happy with this important, new partnership with Pret, a brand which shares our vision of the business in terms of sustainable approach, food quality, freshness and innovation."
Pret introduces 50p reusable cup discount
Pret A Manger introduced its 50p discount yesterday to encourage more customers to bring reusable coffee cups into its sites.
Pret to double reusable cup discoun
Pret has announced it is doubling the discount from 25p to 50p to encourage more customers to bring reusable coffee cups into its sites
Pret to link up with Roadchef
Pret A Manager is set to further increase its presence on the UK's motorways after agreeing to open sites with Roadchef
D&D London considers suburban sites as it plans for post-Covid era
High-end restaurant group D&D London is considering expanding its suburban presence in light of the changes to people's social behaviour caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Whitbread CEO Alison Brittain: Government support for hospitality a 'good policy decision'
Issuing further financial support for hospitality would be a "good policy decision" for Government if they wish to see a fast-paced recovery, Whitbread CEO Alison Brittain has said.
Meatliquor to launch drive thru pop-up
Burger brand Meatliquor is to open a temporary drive thru restaurant next month in North Finchley.


In this presentation we consider the law relating to duty of care for Mental Health Practitioners in 2015 including the standards of duty of care, recent case studies and the Mental Health Act 2000.
This slideshow aims to provide you with an understanding of the common issues (discrimination, bullying, vilification, duty of care & privacy) pertaining to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex students.
In this presentation we consider the law relating to Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity applicable to Bond University and its staff, to avoid discrimination in the workplace and encourage Equal Employment Opportunity.
This presentation aims to provide an understanding of Discrimination Law and current issues including the legal framework, duty of care, transgender issues & mental or physical disability.
Our aim is to consider the law relating to Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity applicable to Steelx University and its staff.
This presentation aims to provide you with an understanding of laws relating to teenage sexual activity and pregnancy and covers off on duty of care, confidentiality & privacy and ethical obligations.
This presentation aims to provide you with an understanding of laws relating to mental health practitioners and their duty of care.
Our aim is to consider the law relating to disciplinary action involving school teachers and what factors are considered when assessing poor performance.
This presentation aims to provide you with an understanding of laws relating to School Counsellors & Guidance Officers with regards to their duty of care.


Over more than 1,000 years of existence the Czechs and Slovaks were only a free nation between 1918 and 1938―and again since 1989. When fi nally living under their own rule, photographers and writers, typo graphers and book designers, graphic artists and printers were consumed by a love of country and documented its landscapes, cities, national treasures, monuments and the life of its people with unfl inching attention―thus forming their unique cultural identity, even during Nazi annexation and 40 years of Communist occupation. In nine chapters this comprehensive book explores over 800 pub- lications from 1918 to 1989, highlighting the work of more than 250 photographers and graphic artists including Alphonse Mucha, Josef Sudek, Frantisek Drtikol, Jaromír Funke, Jaroslav Rössler, Zdenek Tmej, Jindrich Styrsky, Karel Teige and Ladislav Sutnar to Vladimír Hipman, Karel Plicka, Jan Lukas, Karel Hájek, Tibor Honty, Josef Prosek, Libor Fára, Martin Martincek, Karol Kállay, Pavel Stecha, Jindrich Streit, Bohdan Holomícek and Josef Koudelka.


The truth is, I can't be both wise and prideful. If I value wisdom, it's only natural for me to embrace humility.
What Stories are You Believing?
The good news is that through Christ we can change the narrative.
It's amazing how our wonder can fade as we become too familiar.
Paul didn't muster up contentment out of the blue, instead, he learned to rest in the simple and profound truth that God is sufficient.
What do we do when the arrogance monster rears its ugly head? Because, even if we like to deny it, it's sure to strike again, usually when we least expect it.
Rereading Proverbs 16 sets me straight when I've drifted away from Truth.
Pride and insecurity seem to be complete opposites but they have one major thing in common: they value the same thing.


The land on which the Fraunces Tavern Museum now sits was purchased by a Dutch immigrant in 1686. His French Huguenot son-in-law constructed the three-story building of brick, tile, and lead between 1719 and 1722. Initially intended as a family home, it was also used as a dance studio and ballroom, mercantile and commercial space, and rental property. In 1762, it was acquired by the immigrant Samuel Fraunces (c. 1722-1795). Observing that lower Manhattan, by then densely settled, lacked a tavern, the entrepreneurial Fraunces opened the Queen's Head (named for Queen Charlotte, wife of Great Britain's George III), later that year. As its reputation spread, customers began referring to it as the Fraunces Tavern.
As in early modern Europe, taverns in colonial America offered entertainment, sociability, and hospitality for (mostly) men with time on their hands. Gradually, these institutions evolved into centers of community formation and life, sites for civic and political discussion, and even action. The Frances Tavern's second floor was the setting of numerous significant episodes in early American history. It was there that the New York Chamber of Commerce was founded, the Sons of Liberty gathered, Loyalists to Great Britain were tried, and Alexander Hamilton met Aaron Burr a week before their fateful duel. Fraunces hosted future military hero and president George Washington for the first time in 1776, mere months before British troops occupied New York at the outset of the Revolutionary War. At the close of the conflict on December 4, 1783, Washington invited his officers to a farewell dinner in the so-called Long Room. Today, the room is set up with period furnishings, decorations, and artifacts to show how it might have appeared on this occasion. The bare wooden floor and table, humble pewter plates, mismatched goblets, dented metal tableware, and communal punch tureen attest to the simplicity of public space in the eighteenth century.
Across the hall is the Clinton Room, which takes its name from Revolutionary War general, New York governor, and U.S. vice president George Clinton (1739-1812). Clinton, a frequent patron of the Fraunces Tavern, hosted Washington and others at a dinner celebrating the departure of the British from New York City on November 25, 1783. Unlike the humble public Long Room, the luxurious Clinton Room functioned as a private dining space for elite eighteenth-century guests. The table, resting on an imported rug, is set with Chinese porcelain and silverware with inlaid mother-of-pearl. The rare wallpaper was printed by French woodblock artists in the early nineteenth century and depicts imaginative scenes from the Revolutionary War.
The second floor of the Fraunces Tavern Museum also boasts a screening room where a short film presents the history of the building through the present day. During the Articles of Confederation era (1781-1789), when New York City served as the national capital, it housed the Departments of War, Foreign Affairs, and the Treasury. In the nineteenth century, as the surrounding population exploded, it operated as a boardinghouse for newly arrived immigrants and their families. In 1904, the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York (SRNY), a historical preservation society whose members boast descent from veterans of the War of Independence, acquired and renovated the building. It was opened to the public as a museum and restaurant three years later on the anniversary of Washington's farewell dinner. Today a cozy, traditional pub occupies the first floor. Given its proximity to Wall Street, it is a popular spot for business lunches. The menu offers chicken pot pie, lamb stew, and other hearty English fare originally cooked by Fraunces. Corporate crowds also head here for happy hour thanks to the well-curated beer and whiskey menus.
SRNY also collected and donated artifacts of early American history to fill the five galleries on the third floor of the building. These include (reproductions of) eighteenth-century British, French, and U.S. flags; and the personal possessions and commemorative paraphernalia associated with heroes and martyrs of Revolutionary War espionage. Of particular interest is the diary of spymaster Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), author of the only known account of Washington's 1783 dinner party.
Although the Fraunces Tavern Museum is less an exploration of early modern drinking culture than a repository of American heritage, history enthusiasts will surely enjoy the opportunity to visit such a significant and lovingly preserved relic of the national past.


The author poses with her favorite president, FDR, at the Homestead Resort. All photos by Emily Warman.
Gentedimontagna sent Emily Warman, a skeptical NYC editor, to Virginia to discover what all that old-fashioned Southern charm is about.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY, Virginia – When Gentedimontagna sent me on a road trip with five other twenty-ish travel writers to discover the hidden gems of Virginia in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, I was tentatively optimistic and curious. The hosts had pre-billed these "gems" as "old-school" and "nostalgic." But how could you be nostalgic for places you've never been? Answer: When the towns you visit are so achingly authentic and adorable you start to miss them when you're already there. My travels from Staunton to Lexington to Roanoake were, in fact, so old-school and nostalgic that I felt wholesome during my trip — not my typical style. Another bonus: People from Virginia are really, really nice.
Emily's Instagram shot of Wright's Dairy Rite iconic sign.
We drive from the (ROA) to Staunton, a pretty drive supplemented with views of the . Lunch is at , which is located in an old freight depot and is the kind of place that automatically puts slices of lemon in your water. It's unfussy and unpretentious, a solid casual eatery with great burgers. From there, we stop for dessert at Wright's Dairy Rite (346 Greenville Ave., Staunton; +1-540-886-0435), an original drive-thru that's been kicking around for more than 50 years. I Instagram the iconic sign, order a soft-serve, and sit outside, right across the street from an old mental institution. This makes for interesting conversation.
We continue to the , a pretty downtown area that feels straight out of the 1950s, homey shops and all. Like , with its eclectic collection of books and vinyl. I'm tired by now, but since I love my mother, I stop by and make her a glass-blown ornament. The artist-in-resident does most of the work, but my precious breath is trapped inside forever. Is Southern charm contagious?
I check in and nap at the , which discretely murmurs "Southern hospitality" and is within walking distance of everything I want to do. Dinner is at , which somehow manages to feel both quaint and trendy, due to urban decor and Southern cuisine primarily sourced from the Shenandoah Valley. We end the day with a nightcap on the roof deck at .
The Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County.
Getting close to the animals at Virginia Safari Park. Photo: Courtesy of Virginia Tourism Corporation.
After a quick buffet breakfast at the hotel, we head south to in Rockbridge County, a national historic landmark billed as one of Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Now it's time to get wild at , which is essentially a drive-thru zoo. It sounds like an awful tourist trap, but stay with me: This is the most fun we have. We grab some feed (ask for extra buckets, as the camels tend to steal them) and drive into the animal reserve. Pretty soon enormous bison, elk, camels, llamas, and more press their slobbery noses against our car and attempt to inhale whole buckets of feed. It's thrilling, ridiculous, and a little scary. I scream the whole time like a hysterical teenage girl, and I love it. Warning: Your car will get very dirty. So what.
Our next stop is Lexington, home to the . We see many young cadets walking around the quaint downtown area. It's not a bad look. We decide to go full-tourist and take a picturesque . For fuel, we order fried chicken and biscuits at , figuring we need a good base before stopping by the .
Fried chicken at Southern Inn.
The Homestead Resort and the pool.
It's a two-hour drive to , a hotel that has more history than most states. To wit: 22 presidents have stayed there. If you're counting, that's half of them. We have dinner at the on the property, which is low-key, filling, and decidedly less stuffy than the main dining room. After dinner, we have a glass of wine (that is, three) at the hotel bar, a stately room filled with portraits of all the presidents who have rested their heads in these rooms.
Brunch in the is opulent but casual during the day. And speaking of history, the woman who runs the omelette station has been working here for decades.
Virginia really is lovable, the author quickly learns.
We up the scenery ante at , the oldest covered bridge in Virginia. I have a cup of coffee, ponder the "Love" sign, and have a quiet moment.
We keep moving. (This is a road trip, after all.) Roanoke is our next stop, off I-81 and the Blue Ridge Parkway. We wander around and visit the before settling down outside with a local beer to enjoy live music, a regular occurrence around town. Lunch at lives up to its name: The buttermilk fried ramps were personally foraged by our waitress. Nearby is a local staple. The line winds around the block, and we're happy to wait on it.
is our destination for the night, and we're lucky to be checking in on the same night the hotel is hosting the local prom. The prom! We're tempted, but we don't crash it, which is a good thing because that would have meant missing the best roast chicken I've ever had at , yet another farm-to-table restaurant. Ordering the chicken is usually an amateur move, but the smart order is on the bird here. After dinner, we hit the scene in downtown Roanoke — and couldn't help notice the disproportionate number of clubs and scantily clad ladies. Yee-haw.
Recovery comes in the morning via hangover biscuits with sausage gravy at . And with that, we're out. I leave having felt truly, unironically, and very happily Southern for a weekend.
Emily is an editor at and a lover of giant dogs and sharp cheddar. You can find her at on Twitter and on Instagram. She travels for the people she hasn't met yet.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Phoenix Office Managing Partner Nicole Stanton has been honored by the Children's Action Alliance with its 2016 Horace Steele Child Advocacy Award for her courage, commitment and resolve in improving the lives and life chances of Arizona's children and families. Stanton accepted the honor during the organization's 18th Annual "Through the Eyes of a Child" luncheon, which was held on October 21 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.
Stanton started Stop Bullying AZ in 2012. In its first year, Stop Bullying AZ sponsored an anti-bullying summit at Arizona State University's Tempe campus. The summit provided 300 school administrators and teachers with information and strategies to help stop bullying in schools.
"The support received from educators, local and national leaders, parents and students has been overwhelming. Today, The Dion Initiative (formerly Stop Bullying AZ) brings together renowned educators, dedicated direct service providers, and private-sector innovators to create a greater understanding of the obstacles our children face and to develop and share evidenced-based and easily replicable programs that overcome those obstacles," said Stanton.
A primary area of focus for Stanton and The Dion Initiative recently has been to raise awareness in the area of Adverse Childhood Experiences (also known as "ACEs"). Bullying, among other violence against children, is an ACE and it has been important for Stanton to help the business community and public policy makers understand the long-term impact of ACEs on our community and economy.
In addition to this direct work with children in the community, Stanton is similarly devoted to Arizona's legal, civic, arts and leadership communities, recently being elected to the American Law Institute as a member and to the Arizona Equal Justice Foundation board of directors. She also serves the local Phoenix community as a founding board member and past president of the Women's Metropolitan Arts Council of the Phoenix Art Museum and is a member of Charter 100 Women. Stanton is also an adjunct professor at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law teaching professional responsibility, and served as a member of the Business Court Advisory Committee.
A graduate of Valley Leadership Class XXIX, Stanton is a recent recipient of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Phoenix Ally Award, which is given annually to local leaders who advocate for safe and respectful schools and create positive change for all students, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. She was also named as the "Woman of the Year" by Arizona Summit Women's Law Association at its first-ever recognition event.
She is a past YWCA of Maricopa County's Tribute to Women honoree in the Business Leader category. Stanton has also been honored as one of the "Most Admired Leaders in Arizona" by the Phoenix Business Journal and "50 Most Influential Women in Business" by AZ Business Magazine.
Children's Action Alliance (CAA) is an independent voice for Arizona children at the state capitol and in the community. CAA works to improve children's health, education, and security through information and action. www.azchildren.org.


The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) is planning to almost double its holdings of the precious metal in 2019 to 100 tonnes after resuming purchases in 2018 following a five-year break.
(Bloomberg) --For Azerbaijan's sovereign wealth fund, nothing beats the safety of gold in a world increasingly vulnerable to trade disputes and geopolitical risk.
By contrast, it's steering clear of larger bets on bonds and especially equities, an approach that Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov says allowed the fund to avoid losses last year.
As a traditional haven in times of turmoil, bullion is seeing a resurgence of demand after the US Federal Reserve signalled that interest-rate increases could be off the table for now. Signs of a global slowdown and the prolonged US-China trade war have added uncertainty to financial markets. With sentiment toward gold brightening since mid-October, it finished last year with its best quarter since March 2017 as stock-market volatility and a partial US government shutdown also spurred demand.
Movsumov said SOFAZ will buy even more gold if oil prices are higher than the government's expectation for $60 per barrel this year. If crude falls to $50, the fund will buy less. The difference will be "marginal. We're talking about plus or minus five tonnes," he said. SOFAZ, whose holdings now exceed 80 per cent of Azerbaijan's gross domestic product, was established in 1999 to manage oil and natural-gas income of the third-largest crude producer in the former Soviet Union.
The fund expects its assets to rise by $2.3 billion and hit a record high of $40 billion this year, Movsumov said. In 2012, SOFAZ started to diversify by adding gold, equities and real estate. While the regulations allowed the fund to invest as much as 25 per cent of its holdings in equities last year, it opted to keep those investments as low as 13 per cent to 14 per cent. "We decided that it was not the right time to increase investment in equities, and we were right," Movsumov said.
SOFAZ has had more success investing in real estate, which has generated a "very steady income," Movsumov said. It's bought commercial real estate in London, Paris, Milan, Moscow, Seoul and Tokyo, and is still looking at markets in Europe, North America and Asia for more opportunities.
There is more interest in Asia because of better prospects for economic growth, he said. While the fund has carried out direct acquisitions of real estate in previous years, nowadays it prefers investments via real estate funds because direct acquisitions requires more resources, Movsumov said. All of the gold Sofaz buys overseas is transported to Azerbaijan to be stored in its new building on Baku's Heydar Aliyev Avenue.


Read on to know some great tips to make more use of this power fruit, and make it a part of your regular beauty regimen.
Orange juice is full of citric acid, which is an amazing ingredient that helps to reduce pimples. Just rubbing some orange juice onto affected areas makes the pimples dry up, leaving you with clear and blemish free skin. You can also make a face mask by grinding orange peels and applying it on your face. This will not only keep pimples at bay, but will also help to deal with oily skin.
Orange peel powder with curd or milk can be used to make an excellent natural bleach, which can be used regularly to give the skin a sun-kissed glow of freshness. It is a very useful fairness face pack, if you have little time and a special occasion on hand, to look your best. It also helps to lighten dark skin patches and spots.
Orange juice works really well for shrinking open pores. All you need to do is dab on a few drops of orange juice onto the face, and let it be there for about two to three minutes before splashing some cold water and dabbing off your face. It will leave you with an excellent and refreshed feeling!
If you dry an orange peel and grind it into a coarse powder, it makes for an excellent face scrub when coupled with fuller's earth and honey. After using this combination to scrub the face, splash cold water to refresh and rejuvenate your skin. Since orange peels are high in vitamin C, this scrub will not only help you get rid of dead skin cells, but also reduce skin blemishes.
Oranges help to improve your skin texture, and so it is well-known for having anti-ageing benefits. It contains powerful antioxidants that protect your skin against free radicals. It also helps in keeping the skin firm and supple, thus keeping signs of ageing at bay for a longer time. Grind some orange peels and dilute them using either water or milk and use it as a face pack.
Adding one cup of orange juice to one cup of water and one spoon of honey makes a great conditioner. Just apply to freshly shampooed and rinsed hair, and leave it for about ten minutes before rinsing it off thoroughly. It will help you to get vibrant, bouncy and tangle-free hair.
Adding orange juice concentrate to coconut oil makes for great hair turban therapy oil that helps to reduce your dandruff problem. Just a few drops of orange juice concentrate or half a cup of orange juice that is freshly extracted, added to a cup of coconut oil can work wonders for dandruff.
After you have tried all these, make sure you drink at least one glass of orange juice daily. The citric acid works from within, along with the obvious benefits of the vitamin C that leave you with great skin and hair as well. Besides this, an orange also makes for a great snack between meals since it is not only tasty, but also fairly low on calories. So, now you know why we said that you just cannot ignore it!


Asics returns with two tonal colorways to their Gel-Lyte III silhouette ($120). The split-tongued duo hosts a "Spice Route" and "Black/Black" rendition for the upcoming season. Suede material covers the entire upper in addition to a perforated toebox which enhances the sneaker's breathability. A white midsole comes in-between the upper and outsole, which is done in retro gum coloring. Branding is traditionally placed on the heel, lateral side and midsole to close out the kicks' design. Pick up your favorite from the duo in-store and online today.