Daniela graduated in 2007 from UNAB university in Santiago, Chile. She joined Springs Dental Studio in 2017 and is very popular among the patients and staff.
In 2013, Daniela completed MSc in Applied Public Health at University of Central Lancashire. And after successful completion of Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) in 2015, she registered as a Dentist in UK.
Daniela is committed to delivering the highest standard of dental care to her patients. She is very passionate about preventive dentistry and oral health promotion which is why she also undertakes dental hygiene work at our practice.
Nicola studied Dental Hygiene in Glasgow where she qualified in 2004. After graduating, she moved back home to the North East. Nicola works on Wednesdays at our practice and receives regular positive feedback from the patients.
In her spare time, Nicola likes to spend time with her family especially warm days at the beach. She is also an active member of Sea Cadet Corps where she teaches kayaking and rowing to cadets and staff.
Gemma qualified as a Dental Hygienist at Newcastle Dental hospital in December 2003. She joined our team at Springs Dental Studio in March 2018 and is very passionate about her job and love interacting with patients day to day.
Gemma offers treatments from a simple scale and polish through to full non surgical periodontal treatment. She always offers the best Oral Health advice including oral hygiene instructions through to diet advice and Smoking cessation. Gemma have a particular interest in anxious patients and feels very rewarded in this area especially when she make a difference to their experiences. She also offers Tooth whitening after completing a course recently.
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Diane graduated from Teesside University in 2014 with first class honours and the award for best overall student.
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The National Book Awards is a huge deal for literature obsessives. It's an exciting event, and the 2017 iteration was especially thrilling. Why? Because the 2017 National Book Awards highlighted women in a big way. Fifteen out of the 20 nominees were women, according to Vox. This is pretty huge in and of itself.
But most noteworthy is the fact that The National Book Award winners were almost all women, as well. Jezebel reports that women won three out of the four categories.
It might not sound like much if you're not aware of the gender disparity in publishing. Not only do men tend to get published more readily, they also win more prizes and awards. According to a Quartz report published in 2016, "Since 1950, when the US National Book Awards were established, only one-quarter of the prizes in its fiction category have gone to women." Just last year, all four winners were men. It seems that the National Book Foundation really listened to critics when picking the finalists for this year's awards.
The 2017 event, which took place on Wednesday, November 15th, indicates a positive turning of the tide. Below, we highlight the 15 women who ruled the National Book Awards. They are worthy of celebration — and a place on your bookshelf.
Ward took home the Fiction prize for her book Sing, Unburied, Sing. She is the author of several other books, including another award-winning title, Salvage the Bones.
Lisa Ko is a debut novelist. Her book The Leavers is a NBA 2017 finalist, and it also won a PEN/Bellwether Prize in 2016.
Min Jin Lee is the author of Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires. Per her online biography, she was a lawyer before she became a full-time author.
Machado was nominated for her debut story collection Her Body and Other Parties: Stories. She has also written a memoir and published countless articles and short stories online.
Gessen is a journalist who frequently writes for The New Yorker, as well as other publications. She won the NBA Nonfiction prize for her book The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia.
Erica Armstrong Dunbar's book Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge received a nomination in Nonfiction. In addition, she is the author of Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City and works as a professor.
Frances FitzGerald has penned six books, including the NBA-nominated The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1962 and went on to write for the New York Herald Tribune and traveled to Vietnam to cover the war, according to her online bio. As a result, she published her debut — Fire in the Lake: the Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam.
MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, is a distinguished history professor at Duke University.
Poet Leslie Harrison earned a nomination for The Book of Endings. She is originally from Germany and now resides in New Hampshire, according to her online biography.
Long Soldier is the author of WHEREAS: Poems. According to the Poetry Foundation, she also published a chapbook titled Chromosomory in 2010 and teaches at Diné College in Arizona.
Benway's Far From the Tree won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She is the author of five other books and resides in Los Angeles.
What Girls are Made Of is far from Arnold's debut work — she's written several YA novels, in addition to books for younger children. Her website also features a section for forthcoming picture books, although there's no information yet about specific projects.
Williams-Garcia has written a lot of books since her debut was published in 1987. Her latest, Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, was a finalist in the Young People's Literature category for the National Book Awards. Williams-Garcia has also won several awards, including a Coretta Scott King Award.
Zoboi's debut novel American Street may have just been released last February, but she already has two new projects in the works. In addition to a follow-up YA title (to be released in 2018), Zoboi also has a book for younger children in the works, according to her website.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is Sánchez's debut novel, published just shortly after her first poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion. Her website notes that she is also a Princeton Arts Fellow for 2017-2019.


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Tag: Miami Heat
Cleveland's favorite son is Beijing's golden boy
Hong Kong protesters
The ongoing spectacle of rich American athletes and powerful sports organizations spitting on the democratic capitalist system that made possible their free and privileged lives – all the while giving succor to the prison wardens who govern Communist China – has been nothing less than chilling to observe. One can hardly stop wondering: are these people as cold-heartedly craven as they sound, gladly accepting the big payouts they get from Beijing because a whole lot of Chinese people happen to love American basketball while caring nothing at all for the armies of Chinese workers of China the profits from whose underpaid labor enables Xi & co. to buy their loyalty? Or are these U.S. sports stars just plain ignorant, possessed of some vague notion that the Chinese system is pretty much the same as America's, or that the differences between them are just cosmetic distinctions that only a racist would focus upon?
In the last couple of weeks, we've written about hoop heroes like Charles Barkley who've rushed to stand by China. Now it's time to turn to LeBron James, who has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and L.A. Lakers, and is considered by many observers to be the greatest basketball player ever. In response to one of the very few good guys in this story – namely, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who'd dared to express his solidarity with the freedom fighters of Hong Kong – James sneered that Morey "wasn't educated" on the topic and should have kept silent. By way of explaining his remark, James told reporters that comments like Morey's could harm some people "not only financially but physically, emotionally and spiritually." A curious angle indeed, given that all Morey had done was to stand shoulder to shoulder with people who, by standing up for their liberty against a brutal totalitarian system, were risking their very lives. What seemed to concern James was that bringing up the harsh monstrous reality of the Chinese system could hurt the feelings of his NBA confreres while they're on their way to the bank to cash their checks from China. It's hardly irrelevant here that LeBron himself has an exceedingly profitable lifetime endorsement deal with Nike, many of whose sneakers are manufactured in Chinese sweatshops by slave laborers, some of them children.
James even went on to complain, in one tweet, that Morey's support for Hong Kong had caused the Lakers to have a "difficult week" during a recent China tour. Many of his Twitter followers pointed out that the demonstrators in Hong Kong and the Uighurs, a Muslim group over a million of whose members are at present religious prisoners in China, have also been having a "difficult week." Indeed, ever since China went Communist seventy years ago this month, untold hundreds of millions of its people have led highly difficult lives, and tens of millions have been subjected, at the orders of Mao and his successors, to brutal and violent deaths for their deviations from official ideologies. James also had some choice words for those who cheer on the Hong Kong inhabitants' fight for freedom of speech, and who have defended Morey by pointing to his freedom of speech: "Yes," wrote James, "we do have freedom of speech, but there can be a lot of negative that comes with that too." Let's just close with that one — and try to imagine the mental operations that can lead an American to say such a thing in all seriousness.
Posted on October 29, 2019 October 18, 2019 by usefulstooges 2
Marcelo's way
The Odebrecht Group is one of those conglomerates whose international reach and level of diversification make one's head spin. It's the largest construction outfit in Latin America; Braskem, one of its innumerable subsidiaries, is Latin America's biggest petrochemical producer.
"They are more than a company," a Brasilia-based consultant, Thiago de Aragão, told the Wall Street Journal recently; "they are a symbol of modern Brazil."
Indeed. It's Odebrecht that is responsible for Miami's $213-million American Airlines Arena, where the Miami Heat play. It's Odebrecht that is Angola's top private employer, with over 24,000 employees in that country alone. At this moment, among many other projects, Odebrecht is building a highway in Ghana that will connect the capital, Accra, to remote eastern regions of the country; it's expanding and adding bridges to a highway that links Guatemala's main ports with the Mexican border; it's upgrading a major airport in Mozambique; it's constructing an elaborate hydroelectric facility in Portugal; it's installing "the world's deepest and most complex sewage pump station" in Abu Dhabi. In 2014 the group celebrated its seventh decade in business.
On March 8, the firm marked another milestone. That was the day on which its CEO, Marcelo Odebrecht, the grandson of the company's founder, was sentenced to 19 years in prison after being convicted of paying $30 million in exchange for contracts and influence at Petrobras, the state-owned Brazilian oil firm that is at the center of the massive corruption probe known as Operation Car Wash. According to prosecutors, Marcelo's firms "used Swiss bank accounts to launder nearly $270 million in bribes" between 2006 and 2014.
Judge Sergio Moro
The presiding judge, Sergio Moro, said Marcelo Odebrecht was "directly involved" with this systematic bribery and money-laundering and "guided the work of others." This intimate involvement was demonstrated by (among other things) incriminating messages stored on eight cellphones found at Marcelo's home. While other construction executives nabbed in the probe have bought themselves shorter sentences by turning state's evidence, Odebrecht refused to spill the beans, saying that he would punish his own kids more harshly for tattling than for cheating.
Marcelo Odebrecht in happier times, with Dilma Rousseff and Raúl Castro
Given the conglomerate's dimensions and its importance to the Brazilian economy, the arrest and conviction of Marcelo – who took over the reins of the family firm in 2008, at age 40, and whose nickname is "Prince of the Contractors" – is of obvious significance. According to the Journal, Marcelo's arrest in June of last year caused an economic earthquake, contributing to the onset of Brazil's current recession. But what makes these developments even more momentousness is Marcelo's intimate relationship with the Rousseff administration. When the president met with business leaders, Marcelo was invariably present. "Some of the other executives," one São Paulo businessmen told the Journal, "were jealous that he always got invited and they had to fight for a seat at the table."
Marcelo is close not only to Dilma Rousseff but to her predecessor and mentor, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is himself being investigated for allegedly accepting illegal funds from Odebrecht.
One thing about having global reach is that when you get in trouble, the investigations, too, will have a global reach. Swiss and Portuguese authorities are now looking into charges of wrongdoing by Marcelo, and several other countries are considering similar probes.
Posted on April 6, 2016 April 7, 2016 by usefulstooges 2

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Do your kid's experience separation anxiety before parental visitation with your ex? Understanding how to identify the issue and decide on the best way to tackle it without violating your child custody agreement can be a huge help to everyone involved.
You may be used to thinking of separation anxiety as a set of behaviors young toddlers commonly exhibit when separating from their primary caregiver. In fact, if your kids have already 'grown out' of this crying-and-clinging stage, it can be frustrating to see separation anxiety pop back up in relation to parental visitation with your ex.
Yet when families go through major changes, such as a move, new separation, or divorce, it's common for parents to see some old patterns reappear, even for older kids.
Remember, too, that your kids may experience these separation anxiety behaviors even if there's no reason for them. In other words, your kids don't have to have a good, sound reason to be afraid of sleeping over your ex's house for them to go through separation anxiety as the visit approaches. This is because the anxiety they're experiencing isn't necessarily rational.
And if you're the primary caregiver, figuring out the difference between what's irrational and what's legitimate can be one of the most challenging aspects of navigating separation anxiety in relation to parental visitation.
As separation anxiety before a visit begins to set in, your child may not be thinking rationally. That's why it's even more important for you to be rational and keep your own separation anxiety in check.
Consider what you know about your ex and where your child will be spending time during the scheduled visit. Chances are, you're already confident that your child will be as safe with your ex as he or she is in your own home. That's why the courts ordered visitation, right?
Any issues that would have warranted an in-home child custody evaluation have already been explored, and unless you have a true reason to be concerned about visitation safety, projecting an air of calm confidence will go a long way toward helping to ease your child's pre-visit jitters.
It's hard to see your child go through separation anxiety as visits with your ex approach. But giving in and allowing your child to skip out on planned visits with your ex may not be the best response.
In fact, handing that kind of power over to your child can be confusing and may even generate more anxiety. Avoid the temptation to give in to your child's fears by letting him or her stay home "just this once." Instead, use the tips below to resolve the issue.
Talk with your child about what he or she is feeling. But don't just ask what he or she is afraid of. Also, ask your child what he's looking forward to at your ex's house and what kinds of fun things they did last time.
Keep in mind, too, that your child could be concerned about leaving you behind. If that's the case, mention what you'll be doing and how you can't wait to swap stories with one another when you come back together after the visit.
When navigating visitation-related separation anxiety, be sure to consider your child's age.
Infants benefit from having a consistent routine, so be sure to share with your ex what your typical schedule looks like so he or she can mimic that routine. And if there's something special that works like a charm to soothe your baby when she's crying—like the football hold—don't keep it to yourself. Share what works with your ex so he or she can calm your baby when needed in your absence.
Toddlers may experience separation anxiety every time you're apart, so be cautious not to attribute too much weight to pre-visit separation anxiety at this stage. In addition, be sure to share with your ex some of the go-to activities you rely on to keep your toddler busy and engaged.
Preschoolers still need the comfort of consistency. So be sure to pack your child's favorite stuffed animal and other 'necessities' for overnights with your ex. And if there's a bedtime routine that helps her ease to sleep more readily, be sure to share your secret sauce with your ex. A good night's sleep can help tremendously when your child is in the throes of intense separation anxiety.
School-age children may have activities they want to keep up with, such as soccer practice or piano lessons. If it's doable, have your ex bring your child to each scheduled activity so they can enjoy them together. And just like preschoolers, school-age children are heavily impacted by sleep loss. If you have a good relationship with your ex, coach him or her to stick to your child's regular bedtime.
Teens are naturally attached to their friends and may miss spending time with them during visits. Consider whether it may be possible for your teen to stay in touch digitally during overnights with your ex. This can help to minimize the sting of feeling left out during visits without compromising your child's relationship with your ex.
Agree up front on a trial visitation schedule. You may need to be flexible about the length and frequency of visits, but keeping them going while your child is experiencing separation anxiety is extremely important. Remember that the goal is for your child and your ex to forge a positive, nurturing relationship for the long haul. That can't happen unless they spend time together.
Plan when and how you'll communicate. Your child may be comforted to know up front how and when you'll be communicating. Whether you'll be calling daily or your child can text you every morning and evening, establishing a routine and setting the expectation for how you'll connect can help to soothe separation anxiety.
Plan ahead for contingencies. There may be times when your child's anxiety seems so intense that you'll each begin to question yourselves and whether the plan you've created is working. Decide up front what kinds of behaviors warrant an unscheduled phone call or even a last-minute change of plans.
Particularly if your child is not accustomed to being away from you, it can help to schedule short-term outings with aunties, uncles, and friends.
This allows your child (and you) to get used to being apart short-term without the added stress associated with absorbing any non-verbal cues as you relate to your ex before and during visitation drop-offs.
Particularly when your child is experiencing an increase in separation anxiety associated with parental visitation, it's important to take small, measurable steps and celebrate your successes.
If pre- and post-visit meltdowns are getting shorter, you're winning. If your child reports something fun after an overnight with your ex, you're making progress. It will take time, but you'll get there.
No parenting plan is permanent. Give yourselves some flexibility as you navigate the separation anxiety your child is experiencing.
Pay attention to what works and try to repeat it each time. And be sure to re-evaluate your plan regularly, and at least once a year, to make changes and keep up with your child's needs.
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Low-end compact cameras may be in freefall but premium models continue to grow in the UK, new figures show.
Sales of 'non-bridge'-style compact cameras, costing over £300, shot up by 39% in October compared to the same month last year, while sales of standard 'point-and-shoot' models crashed 33%.
'Fixed-lens cameras have seen the heaviest declines for some time now, but it is worth pointing out that the premium sector (above £300) continues to grow,' says Richard Gregory from market research firm GfK which compiled the figures.
Figures for January-October show a 30% rise in sales of premium models.


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MP HC | No reason to review by court if there is no error apparent on the face of record; review petition dismissed
Published on June 15, 2019 July 3, 2019 By Bhumika Indulia
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.C. Sharma and Virender Singh, JJ., dismissed the review petition on the ground that no interference was required when there was no error apparent on the face of the record.
A Public Interest Litigation Writ Petition was made by certain persons against the selection in respect of various teaching post which was dismissed by this court on various ground. Thus a review petition was made out of an order passed in a PIL against the certain person being aggrieved by the selection in various teaching post.
T.N. Singh, senior counsel for the petitioner submitted that the matter relating to the appointment was being scrutinised by the Director, Technical Education and, therefore, the judgment delivered by this Court be reviewed.
The Court after referred the judgment of the Supreme Court, relating to the use of the review power of the court which was discussed in the case of Haridas Das v. Usha Rani, (2006) 4 SCC 78 in which it was held that that "a mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record means a mistake or an error which is prima-facie visible and does not require any detail examination" In the present case as petitioner was not able to point out any error apparent on the face of the record, the court decided the case on merit. The court also discussed the scope of interference and limitation of review through the judgment of the Supreme court, Inderchand Jain (dead) v. Motilal, (2009) 14 SCC 663 and held "that re-appreciation of evidence and rehearing of case without there being any error apparent on the face of the record is not permissible in light of provisions as contained under Section 114 and Order 47 Rule 1 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908" Thus, the court dismissed the review petition on the above-mentioned grounds.[Dr Suyog Jhanvar v. Govindram Saksaria Institute of Technology & Science, 2019 SCC OnLine MP 1080, decided on 30-04-2019]
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Why Do We Love Celebrity Beefs So Much?
Steven Hyden, author of a new book all about feuds in pop music, explains what our cultural fascination with rivalries—like the great Drake vs. Meek Mill showdown of 2016 and the ongoing saga of Taylor and Kanye—can tell us about ourselves.
By Ryan Leas
Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me, the debut book from pop critic Steven Hyden, boasts a hook that's immediately relatable: famous music rivalries, the stuff any music fan is well-versed in arguing about. Focusing on iconic feuds or competitions between the likes of the Beatles and the Stones, Tupac and Biggie, or Prince and Michael Jackson, Hyden starts with the music and expands outwards into discursive yet revealing passages that reach far beyond the easier question of "Who won?" But Hyden uses this initial hook as a framework to talk about, well, everything. There are meditations on intense fandom and how we define ourselves through it; the Oscars and Crash mingle with Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift, while the White Stripes vs. the Black Keys ignites Hyden's search to answer why men have such difficulty making new friends after a certain age.
Drake vs. Meek Mill Explained in 60 Seconds
By Chris Gayomali
Hyden, a former music critic for Grantland and The A.V. Club, has a new podcast called Celebration Rock and a second book in the works—and soon, he's starting a new full-time gig as a culture critic at Uproxx. We caught up with him to talk about the return of Kanye vs. Taylor in 2016, why Meek Mill vs. Drake is one of the great music beefs of the modern era, and what's different about these rivalries today than in the past.
GQ: What led you to this idea for framing a book around music rivalries?
Steven Hyden: These rivalries, in a way, represent other conflicts going on in culture, or that were going on at the time. I think it's an idea people often talk about in the context of sports rivalries—we project cultural meaning onto them. I think it happens with music rivalries, too, but maybe not as much, or maybe not as explicitly. It just seemed like a great way to talk about other dichotomies that exist in culture.
"I assume she's probably written a song about Kanye at some point. I'm curious to see if she actually releases it."
In the Oasis vs. Blur chapter, you acknowledge that there's this irrationality to maintaining these loyalties, but when you're young, Oasis vs. Blur or Beatles vs. Stones represent different ways of looking at the world.
If you're talking about the Beatles and Stones, there's the obvious differences in the iconography of those bands. The Beatles were wearing the suits and everyone loved the Beatles. Even adults loved the Beatles at some point in the '60s, that's how huge and lovable they were. And then the Stones are this dangerous-looking band, and the parents hated them. Everyone knows what that dichotomy is. But I think what really defines that rivalry, in the broader sense, is the reactionary nature of it. Whenever something becomes universally liked [like the Beatles], there are going to be people who want to hate it. At some point people get sick of being hit over the head with how great something is. That allows the Stones to rise to prominence, because if you don't like the Beatles or if you're sick of the Beatles or if you don't like what they represent, liking the Stones was a way of voting against that.
You can see that in Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West. It's interesting, because when the MTV Video Music Awards thing happened in 2009, Taylor Swift was a huge country star, but she wasn't yet crossing over. When Kanye stormed the stage and took the award away from her, it was sort of her entree into being an establishment pop star. Shortly after, she won the Album of the Year Award at the Grammys for Fearless, and then she was sort of off and running. In that relationship, you can see that reactionary element comes up again. Taylor is establishment, and you have Kanye reacting against her.
When I wrote the book, Taylor and Kanye had reconciled. There were stories that they were going to record a song together. Then, of course, you flash-forward to early this year and Kanye puts out The Life of Pablo and there's a song on there dissing Taylor Swift. When that was going down, I definitely wanted to go back into the book and update it. That whole thing [with the lyrics in "Famous"] doesn't really change what I wrote, it just refreshes it. It seemed like that rivalry had petered out, and now it seems to be back in play again.
In any phase of it, whether it's him storming the stage or the line in "Famous," do you think it's more an instance of bullying than rivalry? Do you think Taylor is really looking at Kanye as a rival or is it more like, Kanye just keeps saying stupid shit to or about Taylor?
[Laughs] I don't think Taylor Swift necessarily looks at Kanye as someone she's competing with. However, I think those two stand as pretty strong signifiers of the axes of music culture: establishment star vs. self-styled renegade. That's existed for as long as there's been modern pop music. It's always hard to know how self-aware Kanye is. How much he really thinks about the ramifications of whatever it is he's doing. I tend to fall on the side of believing he's really savvy. For him to take a shot at Taylor Swift in 2016, he must've known that would generate a shitstorm. But the symbolism of that, and the power of that, is something he probably couldn't resist. She is mainstream pop music. Kanye looks at himself as a visionary artist, thumbing his nose at commerciality on the last couple records. I think he's really trying to position himself vs. what he sees Taylor Swift representing in the pop marketplace.
It's fascinating how that's continued for the last seven years. I don't know how long it's going to last, but I feel like it's probably not over. I feel like there'll be something else that happens. I assume she's probably written a song about Kanye at some point. I'm curious to see if she actually releases it.
It seems like there are fewer stark, intense rivalries than there used to be. Do you agree? Or do you think in some situations it's still as tribalistic as, "I like Oasis so I can't like Blur"?
It's a lot easier now to sample and explore, and I think it's expected now to be more ecumenical in your listening habits. That being said, all you have to do is go on any social media platform and you'll see people arguing about music. I think it tends to happen more within genres now—like, if you're really into hip hop, you're gonna have these debates about which rapper is better now. When Kendrick Lamar did that "Control" verse, people were talking about Kendrick vs. Drake. I think the idea is that Drake is the popular rapper and Kendrick is the artist. It gets back to that Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West dynamic. You have the really popular person, and the less popular person who has more credibility, in a way.
It doesn't seem as tribal to me now, with listening habits. And I think that's a good thing. But, again, I think there's this need people have to define themselves through what they consume. When I was growing up, it was the T-shirt that you wore. Now, people have their social media profiles that they use to project themselves in the world. One thing that's big now is this performative aspect of being a music fan. If you really love something to death—you really love Beyoncé, you think she's the best—you'll passionately express this online. If Coldplay's playing the Super Bowl and you really hate Coldplay, you're going to talk about how they're the worst music in the world and this is so boring and you're going to be very performative in your dislike of that band. That still happens.
Actual rivalries, where artists are interacting, are still going to happen, too—there's just a way the culture reacts to those sorts of things. It's so intense that the artist involved has a strong incentive to just issue a press release saying, "Oh, I'm sorry I tweeted this," or "My comment was taken out of context." That lessens the amount of rivalries that there are. The noise that gets created from a tweet can be so overwhelming that the incentive to back down outweighs any desire to shit-talk somebody.
Were there any rivalries you wanted to cover but couldn't find an angle for, or didn't have room for?
When I started the book, I made a big master list of rivalries that seemed important in music history: Beatles vs. Stones, Tupac vs. Biggie, Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. Neil Young, Dixie Chicks vs. Toby Keith. I decided pretty early on that I wanted to do rivalries where the principals interacted in some way. There are a lot of rivalries that music fans have created in their own minds. Like Led Zeppelin vs. Black Sabbath. That's a big barroom debate that's been going on for 45 years, but those bands never really interacted. They were never rivals in the sense of having a feud or anything like that. That eliminated a lot of my list.
I could've written more '90s stuff. I think the '90s were, in a way, the golden age of rivalries, just because of the way the media was set up at that time. It made it easier for these rivalries to last longer, to linger, to breathe more. Now, in the social media age, conflict is omnipresent. Someone's always tweeting.
If I were to update the book, I would've loved to have written about the Drake vs. Meek Mill. That seems to me to be one of the great recent rivalries to have occurred. There are fewer major music superstars right now, and Drake is definitely in the conversation. He's so big he's able to elevate Meek Mill, who is not on that level. But if you throw stones at a superstar, and the superstar throws stones back, that can elevate you.
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Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel Records
This collection contains the records of the Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel Records mostly created by the founder Edmund R. Hanauer. It also includes newspaper clippings and other media material about the situation in Israel and Palestine during the last quarter of the twentieth century, and the first years of the twenty-first century. The collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated.
Majority of material found within 1960-2006
Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine (Association) (Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Copyright and Rights Information
Originally called "Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine," the name was later changed to "Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel." It was often abbreviated simply as "SEARCH." The mission of Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel was to inform members of Congress, journalists and other opinion makers about aspects of the conflict between the Palestinians and Israeli Jews that did not always get a hearing in the political establishment and the media. The organization published a newsletter, the Palestine/Israel Bulletin, which published articles from the Israeli press that were critical of Israeli policies.
The founder and executive director of the organization, Edmund R. Hanauer (1938-2006), also known as "Ned", was born on March 1, 1938, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science from American University, Washington, D.C. Hanauer frequently drew a parallel between the fate of the Native Americans and that of the Palestinian people. His op-ed articles and letters-to-the-editor on the rights of the Palestinian people appeared over the years in many newspapers and magazines, such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The International Herald Tribune, and Newsweek.
Hanauer's work stood "in a long line of Jewish critics of Israeli policies from Achad Haam, who believed that one cannot push the native population out of its homeland without resistance, to Martin Buber, who sought reconciliation of Palestinians and Jews, to Rabbi Elmer Berger, Israel Shahak, and many, many others." As a pacifist, Hanauer was committed to bringing about reconciliation between the parties by nonviolent means, something SEARCH consistently advocated. The organization's motto was: "SEARCH believes that justice for Palestinians and security for Israeli Jews are not mutually exclusive, but interdependent." Before founding SEARCH Hanauer was an academic teaching at the University of Maryland and Babson College. He received Ph.D. in political science from American University, Washington, D.C. His dissertation was titled "An Analysis of Conflicting Jewish Positions Regarding the Nature and Political Role of American Jews, with Particular Emphasis on Political Zionism." The advisory council of SEARCH included academics and peace movement leaders such as Daniel Berrigan, William Sloane Coffin, Scott Kennedy, Barbara Lubin, David McReynolds, and Pete Seeger; academics such as Noam Chomsky, Richard Falk, Edward Herman, and Don Peretz; business and media figures such as Casey Kasem and Jerry Levin (founder of HBO), as well as Jewish leaders Arthur J. Kobacker and Arnold Jacob Wolf. With the death of Edmund Hanauer in 2006, SEARCH closed down.
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Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel was a national non-profit human rights and educational organization, founded in 1972, which sought a just Israeli-Palestinian peace based on the inalienable rights of both peoples. Its founder, Edmund R. Hanauer died in 2006 and the organization closed down with his death.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Gift of Renate Hanauer, 2014 [Acc. 2014-051]
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This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated. This finding aid was created by Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- History -- Sources
Hanauer, Edmund R., 1938-2006
Human rights -- Gaza Strip -- History -- Sources
Human rights -- Israel -- History -- Sources
Human rights -- West Bank -- History -- Sources
Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources
Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- History -- Sources
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How come I always forgot to change my MS SQL Server's authentication mode to "Mixed" mode (aka, SQL Server and Windows) before I run a web application. I guess I was just too excited about this new machine.
How to change MS SQL Server's authentication mode? (assume SQL Server and IIS are on the same machine)?


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Many dog owners believe their pets are able to pick up on their moods, but scientists have demonstrated once and for all that man's best friend can actually recognize emotions in humans.
Researchers found that by combining information from different senses dogs form abstract mental representations of positive and negative emotional states in people.
Previous studies have shown that dogs can differentiate between human emotions from signs such as facial expressions. But this is not the same as emotional recognition, according to Dr Kun Guo, from the University of Lincoln's School of Psychology.
"This is the first empirical experiment that will show dogs can integrate visual and oratory inputs to understand or differentiate human emotion as dog emotion," Kun told Reuters.
Experiments were carried out by a team of animal behavior experts and psychologists at the University of Lincoln, UK, and University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
They presented 17 untrained domestic dogs with images and sounds conveying either positive or negative emotional expressions in humans and dogs.
The dogs used in the testing were unfamiliar with the procedure; avoiding any chance of conditioning. The vocalization sound accompanying the human faces was also unfamiliar.
"We used Portuguese to British dogs so they weren't habituated with any words, they weren't familiar with any words. So, we wanted to see if the dogs could assess the emotional content of the human voices and whether they would actually discriminate the emotional information within them," explained Natalia De Souza Albuquerque, a PhD student in experimental psychology.
The results, published recently in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, found that dogs spent significantly longer looking at the facial expressions which matched the emotional state of the vocalization, for both human and canine subjects.
"What we found is that when dogs were hearing positive sounds they would look longer to positive faces, both human and dog. And when they were listening to negative sounds they would look longer to negative, angry faces," added De Souza Albuquerque.
The study shows that dogs can integrate two different sources of sensory information into a perception of emotion in both humans and dogs. This means dogs must have a system of internal categorization of emotional states. Among animal groups, it's a cognitive ability previously only evidenced in primates.
The researchers believe that the ability to combine emotional cues may be inherent to dogs. As a highly social species, detecting emotions in humans would have helped them in their domestication by people over the generations.
Dr Kun Guo now wants to conduct more experiments in a bid to better understand how man's canine companions decipher human emotions. "(So) we can see whether dogs can use a human-like principle or human-like strategy to perceive, understand and respond to human emotion," he said.


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How To Leverage Identity in An Attack
Identity Access Management (IAM) has evolved from an IT efficiency play into a foundational component of enterprise security frameworks everywhere. IAM centrally manages user accounts, credentials, roles, policies, attestation/certification, and audit/reporting for all of the organization's users and resources. Today, IAM is an essential capability that supports both security and compliance mandates; however, organizations with poor identity management practices can leave the door open for user accounts to be compromised as attack vectors, increasing both risk and the severity of vulnerabilities exponentially. As cyber attacks continue to increase in volume and sophistication, it is no longer a matter of "IF", but WHEN, your organization will have a cyber security incident. Threat actors target accounts, users, and their associated identities to conduct malicious activities through privileged attacks and to exploit asset vulnerabilities. In this post, we will look at how an IAM program done well sets organizations up for success by defining core use cases that help ensure users have the right access, and that the proper audit/monitoring controls are in place.
According to the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigation report, privilege misuse attacks are considered to take the longest time to discover. This means that the intruder will have sufficient time to plant a backdoor or manipulate the code such that it benefits the intruder's group. In case of a ransomware attack, once the data has been decrypted, there is a possibility that the intruder has implemented a vulnerability where the hacker can get back when needed.
How Can An Organization Leverage Identity in an Attack?
How can identity be leveraged in an attack? Let's look at a scenario where an engineer/ developer is working on a proof of concept (POC) that is accessible via the Internet. Since it is a POC, the developer is not worried about the access or the identity that is required to validate the test case. In most cases, the piece of code is given the highest level of access for the test case to run successfully. This results in a vulnerability in the system by giving an attacker an easy way to penetrate the live system and misuse the privileges. This is usually how an outsider attack is performed and the reason for this is a weak identity. This is one of the ways on how an incident is reported.
Insider threats are usually prompted when employees/users have elevated privilege to perform an activity. It can also occur if an organization does not conduct access certification campaigns to review the access needed and revoke if it is no longer needed. There have also been instances where an insider threat is triggered months after the resource has left the organization. The Verizon report stated that about 70% of attacks that occurred last year were because of insider threats cumulatively.
Identity Management solutions offer a range of capabilities that mitigate the risk of compromised accounts.
Enforce Least Privilege access model
Access Reviews/Attestation campaigns to remove unnecessary access
Automatic disablement of user accounts on separation
Enforce password complexity and expiration policies
Multi-factor Authentication/Risk-based Authentication
Tight integration with authoritative systems, such as a Human Resources Information System, to control the identity lifecycle
Privileged access management to reduce the number of administrator accounts and provide strict controls on the use of privileged accounts
Identity Management systems also make it possible to track and log large amounts of user data that give a detailed view of each user's activity. This data can be accessed within the IAM system itself, through an SIEM, or data analytics platform such as Splunk. By collecting user activity data over time and implementing some basic analytics, we can establish user access patterns, identify anomalies, and discover possible incidents sooner. Typical data collected includes:
What applications the user accessed
When the applications were accessed
How many login attempts the user made
User session details
The user's location and/or IP address of their session login (This can be particularly helpful if the user's session is originating from outside the organization's geography)
Next Steps and Responses
Once we have an identity to help correlate user activity over time across key applications and systems, we can generate insights that help the organization identify and respond to an attack. Some areas to look at are:
Attempts to access to applications the user typically does not use or does not have access to
Multiple attempts to change or reset passwords
Attempts to disable/unenroll/reconfigure multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems. Updates to security questions, user profile information (e.g. phone numbers) can be suspect
A large number of failed login attempts and/or account lockouts
Identity is a valuable data source for the identification and detection of suspicious activities that may be indicators of a cyber-attack. Implementing an effective Identity Access Management program to manage identities and roles, provide certification for regulatory compliance, and thinking through the identity-centric use cases can mitigate the threat and severity of a cyber attack. Following best practices when designing and maturing your identity management technologies in a corporate ecosystem will pay dividends down the road. A successful IAM deployment will lead to a measurable reduction of risk, improved auditing and discovery, and proactive oversight founded on real-world strategies to prevent identity attack vectors. We recommend beginning with an Identity Management strategy to define a solution roadmap that guides the organization towards a successful implementation.
You can learn more about the importance of an IAM roadmap by watching this video.
Read our latest blog, Staying Ahead of Hackers with User Access Reviews – Part 2
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A Life On--and After--the Farm: Didn't see that coming!
I came across this one from April of 2007 (I didn't realize I had been blogging that long) and thought I'd share it with you.
I was looking at a picture of me holding my grandbaby when I saw IT! Or THEM! The CHINS! OMG! I remember seeing a chin like that before. Actually it was the "before" on a plastic surgery show. I can't remember how much they said it costs to correct it.
I'm not really a vain person - ask anyone who knows me. You should see how I've had the nerve to appear in public. No biggie. And I'm not one of those people that looks first at how I look in the picture. Well, at least I wasn't. I wasn't really checking out my appearance this time, but THERE IT WAS! When did that happen? OK, I know it's been there a while... But really, when did it happen?
I remember looking in the mirror and seeing this young woman contorting her face to apply stain in an exact manner. It wasn't there then. It came while I wasn't looking. If I had never stopped primping and painting I would have seen it coming and maybe could have headed it off. I got busy with life... too busy to keep guard over my youth.
I remember being able to sit on the floor. I remember I loved to sit on the floor. Now I would love to be able to sit on the floor. Truthfully I still can sit on the floor but I'd love to be able to sit comfortably on the floor for as long as my grandkids would like me to sit on the floor. I'd love to be able to get up from the floor without using furniture.
I remember what it felt like to run without pain. I didn't need arch supports. If I was having so much fun I didn't want it to end, it didn't. I more than once stayed up for three days because an old friend came into town and we wanted to make the most of it. I remember not worrying about getting something done on time. If I had until tomorrow, what was the rush? I remember when my baby was born. She was sooo tiny. She depended on me for everything.
I just figured it out! It's her fault. When she stopped needing me to sit on the floor, to run with her, to stay up for days taking her temperature, to spend time playing when there was work to do... that's when it happened! At least that's when it started. I gotta go warn her.
Face it - we are getting older. My philosophy is - since we are getting older, we are supposed to get "bumpy" and "lumpy"! LOL! Look at it that way, and it won't bother you as much.


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ATP! Album Review: Benjamin Gibbard - Former Lives
The early release online of Benjamin Gibbard's new album has led to a bit of disappointment for some. Reviews were decent (aside from SPIN's passive-aggressive commentary), but it seems the expectation for Gibbard to live up to the holiness reached from The Postal Service and Death Cab's "Transatlanticism" fell hard on his solo release. He has also been the butt of a few jokes for insisting we start calling him 'Benjamin'...But going through heartache isn't supposed to turn you into a modest genius. You don't go through heartache to write a solo record, you write a solo record because you're going through heartache. And whether or not the record was intended for Benjamin to reach a new level of sophistication with his music or not, it's worth the over-analysis of his psyche revealed in these songs.
Many of the songs are quick – less than two minutes – perhaps quickly written off and recorded just to get it out. The fifty-second intro of 'Shepherd's Bush Lullaby' knocks off a jolly, cloudy London a capella while overseas from a lover. But 'Dream Song' quickly assures the album doesn't stay as optimistic.
For the majority of "Former Lives", Gibbard spins stories and fables through the metaphors and lessons learned of someone else. 'Dream Song' is the tale of an insomniac and his nightmares, one of which involves getting chased by all of his ex-lovers. Chord progressions are pretty predictable, as is Gibbard's strategy of explaining psychological issues through poems. The electric guitar in 'Teardrop Windows' is played as an acoustic, pulled heavily through an amp and entirely reminiscent of "Codes And Keys"' 'Monday Morning'. It's another third-person narrative of a man, and we start to get the idea that Gibbard might be trying to detach himself from what's going on around him; placing his troubles on other semi-fictional characters, because it's easier to empathize with another than feel it for yourself. But in 'Bigger Than Love' he's not alone, bracing the first first-person song with Aimee Mann (whose rustic, masculine voice is perfect for a lovesong duet) covering lovers' quarrels, old lives, California and the time that passes. They all meet for a pause, and then an uproar of a stomping that marches the song along.
Obviously 'Lily' wasn't written for creative reasons as the cousin to 'I Will Follow You Into The Dark', but again we're served another story of someone else Gibbard loves through his uncannily innocence. But finally, 'Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)' has Gibbard step out on his own to talk about himself, albeit cautiously. He's essentially trying not to exist, to disappear "into the grid" like the others, to stay anonymous in the southern town. Yet another song dedicated to someone else (Gibbard can't really be this unselfish, can he?), 'Duncan, Where Have You Gone?' could easily be one of the shadow people who fell of the grid from the song before. This is a Lennon tune – a bit vintage, a bit British. All this talk of disappearing continues with 'Oh, Woe' ("The people you meet / they just see someone else / your biggest dream is to be just a stranger you pass on the street") in another lone ranger-esque song, and there's no denying Gibbard's feeling something here. There are brief moments in the album where Gibbard really is recounting his past, essentially living a lot of moments. 'A Hard One To Know' is the first pure instance of this, where he observes the back-and-forth of a relationship with someone whose difficult to read, the bipolarity of a girl you love and the insomnia she gives you (maybe Gibbard has something in common with the guy from 'Dream Song').
The soft, Pacific acoustic and shaker of 'Lady Adelaide' tells the tale of a cold, heartless Lady who was never loved. She tried, had her heart broken and never tried again. Her song is told with incredible simplicity and detatchment, but 'Broken Yolk In Western Sky' is another harsh force back to Gibbard's past. With a name more suited for a painting, the song is a snapshot of the day of a break-up and the insurmountable anxiety it gave, but it's also a look back at what Gibbard did wrong instead dedicating a soapbox song to blaming the girl.
Finally, 'I'm Building A Fire' is a retraction of the bitterness heard so much before. As another living room acoustic about death, Gibbard's vocals are stronger than usual, and we're given the most important lesson of the entire album: "The night is only a temporary absence of light." To write so many songs about someone else isn't really out of character for Gibbard (think 'Cath' or 'Death of an Interior Decorator'), but whoever these songs are about, there's a reason the album was made. It's the Gibbard Crisis Record, nine years after the creative side-project The Postal Service, without a need to put effort into separating from the sound of Death Cab For Cutie. It's not the most groundbreaking or revolutionary record, but it serves a purpose, and there's not really much more you can ask for than that.
Carolyn Vallejo
"Former Lives" is out now through Barsuk Records.
Posted by Emma Garland at 10:30 AM
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Adex grew at 7.4% in 2017, projected to grow at 12% in 2018: Madison report
Traditional media during 2017 grew by only 4%, the lowest in half a decade while Digital Media grew by 27.2%, taking the overall growth to 7.4%
BestMediaInfo Bureau Delhi, February 16, 2018
Indian Advertising Market over last 2 years
Growth %
In Rs Crore
Total Traditional Media
Total All Media
Growth in the Indian advertising market slowed down to 7.4% in 2017 owing to the after effects of demonization and GST roll out. Traditional media during 2017 grew by only 4%, the lowest in half a decade while Digital Media grew by 27.2%, taking the overall growth to 7.4%. In absolute terms, the Indian Ad market grew by Rs 3,658 crores to take the industry to Rs 53,138 crores in 2017.
Adex was slow to recover from the impact of demonetization and first quarter of 2017 saw a de-growth of 2% and a growth of mere 2% in second quarter. Just when we expected Adex to gather steam, GST was announced in July and the market saw a drop of close to 20% in traditional media over June 2017 and a drop of 5% as compared to July 2016. Mercifully, the festive period brought cheer to Adex and it grew from August to December by 13%. But because of the slow start in the first half and a drop in July the whole year's Adex is estimated at Rs 53,138 crores, a growth of mere 7.4%.
With a growth rate of 7.4% the Indian market has lost its stellar position of being the fastest growing advertising market in the world and has conceded that position to Russia, going by WARC estimates of international markets.
Television continues to be largest contributor to Adex with 37% share, but grew by just 4.3%, closely followed by Print at 35% share but with even a lower growth of just 2.7%.
Digital that grew by 27.2% now contributes to a whopping 18% of Indian Adex. Digital gained 3% share points at the expense of Television and Print who lost 1% and 2% share points respectively.
Radio, Cinema and Outdoor have all grown at a much faster pace than Television and Print and maintained their share in 2017. But share of Digital continues to be more than combined share of Radio + OOH + Cinema and we don't expect this trend to change in near future.
The categories that have contributed to growth in Print, Television and Radio (and accounted for 56% of growth of Rs 3,658 crore) have been FMCG followed by Telecom and Automobiles. FMCG continues to be the most dominant sector with a 32% share followed by Auto at 10% and Telecom at 8%. E-commerce that had taken the media market by storm three years ago contributed only 4% to Adex (compared to 10% in 2015). With implementation of Real Estate Regulation and Development Act (RERA), Real Estate and Home Improvement category as a whole has registered a de-growth of -3%.
Television Adex grew by a mere 4.3% and reached Rs 19,650 crores. This is the lowest growth television has witnessed in the last 5 years. The growth is so low, despite the addition of 100 new channels including cable channels, which in turn contributed to an increase in FCT supply of 11% in 2017. Like-to-like channels shows an increased FCT supply of 7% leading one to conclude that on an average television rates were suppressed, but Advertisers could not reap the benefit of this because of lower ratings.
HD emerged stronger during the year with the launch of 22 HD channels, now reaching 50 million homes split equally between Urban and Rural. Viewership of HD channels has also seen exponential growth and we estimate that HD is today Rs 2,000 crore advertising market contributing over 10% to the television Adex.
FMCG continues to rule the roost contributing 51% to the total Television spends followed by Telecom 12% and Auto 8%. It's the same 3 categories that have mainly contributed to the growth of Rs 820 crores in Television Adex in 2017. E-Commerce maintained its contribution at 4%.
Hindi GECs including FTA contribute 28% of overall television Adex and Hindi is by far the largest contributor to television Adex. FTAs channels have seen robust growth in viewership during the year and account for 19% of the Hindi GEC plus FTA genre.
Print grew by a mere 2.7% during the year. This is the lowest growth we have seen in 9 years. But it continues to be 2nd highest contributor after television with a share of 35%. It is significant to note that for the last 3 years Print has been steadily losing share at a rate of 1% share point every year for last 3 years, but this year the decline accelerated and Print lost 2% share points. Dailies increased 3.4%, a bit higher than the total Print Adex, because Magazines as a medium failed to gain advertiser interest for the 3rd year in succession.
In terms of volume, Hindi publications continue to be ahead of English publications, contributing 34% of the total volume. English publications come close behind at 27%. Contrary to popular belief, volume in English publications has grown by 4% while volume in Hindi publications degrew by -4%. The degrowth in volume of Hindi publications has been observed for the first time in many years. Among other languages, Kannada and Gujarati publications have shown a substantial increase in volume, but Punjabi, Urdu and Tamil publications show a decline.
Though there has been exponential growth in Video consumption over the past year, Display, Native and Programmatic have also picked up rather well with Mobile becoming the primary choice to consume content. Newer display advertising elements, Mobile, Online Video and Programmatic are all helping attract more advertising investment into Digital.
Forecast:
The forecast for 2018, is that Adex will grow by 12.03% taking the industry to Rs 59,530 crore. Highest growth rate should be achieved by Digital (25%) followed by Cinema (14%), TV (13%), Radio & Outdoor (10% each) and Print (5%).
Sam Balsara
Says Sam Balsara, Chairman, Madison World, "Demonetization and GST have caused headwinds resulting in a stunted Adex. But you can't keep advertising or for that matter the Indian economy down for too long. So we are cautiously optimistic about 2018 and project a growth rate of 12% for 2018 with Digital again growing by 25%. To take advantage of the figures released by IRS which revealed dramatic growth in Total Readership, Publishers will be well advised to offer incentives to Advertisers for repeating the same ad in the same publication 2-3 times a month."
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WiSpry Closes Additional Series C Financing
Dawn Hightower | Jun 17, 2009
WISPRY, INC. HAS CLOSED an additional $10 million of Series C financing, which brings the total of the Series C round to $20 million. The round was led by two new investment partners, Chart Venture Partners and Acadia Woods Partners. This funding round will help to expand the company's operations, engineering, and applications-support structure as WiSpry begins production shipments to leading wireless-handset OEMs and ODMs this summer.
WiSpry, which is headquartered in Irvine, CA, is a fabless RF semiconductor company that is developing integrated and cost-effective programmable RF products for multiband, multi-standard handsets. With this technology, the wireless industry should be able to provide users with smaller, more technically advanced, and more energy-efficient wireless devices that reliably stay connected at the high data rates required by future mobile wireless applications. The company's RF product solutions promise to enable the convergence of digital, analog, RF, and microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) functionality on a single chip, creating a platform for true RF systemon- a-chip (SoC) solutions.
According to Russ Garcia, WiSpry's Chief Executive Officer, "The additional funding from two new partners further validates our progress, technology, and company direction, despite the tough economic climate. This investment aligns well with our ramp-to-volume production plan, as we are moving forward with the productization of our first products and as we have customer commitments now in place for new product developments slated for 2010 production and beyond."
Ted Hobart of Chart Venture Partners, WiSpry's newest board member, states, "Our due diligence showed that WiSpry is a leader in programmable RF targeted specifically at wireless-handset applications. Of all the companies we evaluated, WiSpry offers a real and unique value proposition to their handset customers, carriers, and consumers."
At the beginning of April, WiSpry announced its first closing for a Series C financing of $10 million dollars. That round was led by a new investor in the company, Paladin Capital Group, which also gained a seat on WiSpry's board of directors. The round included a new strategic investor, MuRata Manufacturing Co. Ltd., as well as existing investors L-Capital Partners, Blue Print Ventures., American River Ventures, In- Q-Tel, Tech Coast Angels, and Shepherd Ventures. For more information, visit www.wispry.com.


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Rimmon Heights is located in the center of Manchester's West Side. The neighborhood is bounded by the Merrimack River to the east, the Piscataquag River to the west, the Northwest Neighborhood to the north and Amory Street to the south. Most of Rimmon Heights is located on a large plateau-like flatland above the flood plains of the Piscataquag and Merrimack rivers, but below the towering "Rock Rimmon." The neighborhood is accessed from downtown by the Notre Dame Bridge (Bridge Street bridge), the Nazaire Biron Bridge (Kelley Falls bridge) from the west to access Pinardville and Goffstown and by a handful of connecting streets along its northern and southern borders.
With the addition of street car service in 1877, growth was able to extend farther away from the mills than previously. Rimmon Heights was developed largely in tandem with the mass immigration of the Quebecois which is still reflected in part by the street names of today.
The Rimmon Heights group provides neighbors with resources to solve community problems, strengthen relationships among neighbors, create-maintain- promote a safe and clean community, and nurture our local businesses.


Living life day to day as a millennial is like navigating a minefield.
You can't even date without being confronted with a modern phenomenon – Kittenfishing, Scrooging, Roaching, Submarining, Stashing, Haunting – the list goes on.
And if you thought avoiding online dating would make you immune, we have some bad news for you, because millennial phenomenons aren't limited to dating apps, just to technology, something we all use every day.
The latest issue everyone's talking about? Phantom Ringing Syndrome.
No don't worry, this has nothing to do with ghosts. But it does have everything to do with your phone.
What is phantom ringing syndrome?
Phantom ringing syndrome is the belief that your phone is ringing when it actually isn't, and repeatedly checking. It is also called ringxiety, a term coined by psychologist David Laramie, and linked to phantom vibration syndrome – the mistaken sensation that your phone is vibrating when in your pocket.
Is phantom ringing syndrome common?
Yes, phantom ringing syndrome is very common, especially among millennials. In fact, according to CBS news, one study of over 290 US college students showed that '90 percent of them sometimes felt the phantom phone sensations' and 40% said it happened 'at least once a week'.
What causes phantom ringing syndrome?
Recognise the symptoms? Yup, us too.
Maybe Christmas is time for a screen break.


I started my poetry collection The Homes We Once Knew through a creative writing thesis in undergraduate school. Until I started working with my mentor Catherine Graham, I was feeling uninspired by the collection and had neglected it. I personally always looked for the criticism and improvement, and Catherine gave me that. I liked coming into the mentorship with the raw book. I didn't have to worry about big-picture stuff like "what do I even want to write about." Instead, Catherine and I focused on the subtler and nitty gritty aspects of the book.
Shawn Salik just finished his Long Form Mentorship this month. Here, he shares what the journey has been like for him, and his plans going forward.
Going into DD's 2015 Long-Form Mentorship program, I expected to better my understanding of rhythm and line breaks. I've always had trouble with these areas and usually administered them haphazardly; thankfully it showed in my writing. Catherine really reminded me to focus on these weak spots of my writing. She gave me a lot to think about and always encouraged me to revise more than once and try out different ideas even when I landed on a "good" way to express my thoughts, just because you never know how the end product might turn out or change based on different line breaks, forms, and the like. She jokes that with me she can say all the good things about my work in person, and leave the suggestions and criticisms on writing instead, and I like that; reminds me to think more about where I should be going rather than being happy where I am.
The most challenging parts to write were the poems based on true events in my life. Writing them was in many ways a mixed form of self-understanding, self-therapy, and self-education. The least challenging parts to write were the poems from Ma's perspective; everyone that I have shown my work to usually says Ma's their favourite character because she's really funny, but for me writing her came relatively easily. Surprisingly, some of the more personal poems were the most fun to work on. As I revised there was a distance I got to reach with the work that I wasn't able to achieve prior to joining this program. The best was finding and showing continuity between poems without forcing it or making connections too obvious for readers.
The biggest change in the manuscript as a result of the mentorship was tightening my work. I have a tendency to want to say as much as possible, so my writing often starts out longer and redundant. As I keep revising, I'm starting to send out individual poems to try and get publications in poetry journals. Once I've got some of those individual poems from the manuscript published I'll look to book publishers. I'm taking things one step at a time, so I will see where I can get The Homes We Once Knew to go, before starting my next poetic endeavor!
My word to future mentees is that new perspective always livens the writing process. It's weird, but other people's enthusiasm can re-inspire you to write.


Congratulations on your commitment to make it ok in your organization, company or community.
Before you begin implementing the campaign, however, we'd like to provide a little background—as well as some ideas and actions steps—to help you and your organization get ready for this important, meaningful program.
Make It OK was developed in collaboration with HealthPartners, Regions Hospital, the Minnesota chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and other community partners to encourage individuals to talk more openly about mental illnesses. By breaking the silence, the Make It OK campaign hopes to de-stigmatize mental illnesses so people will be more willing to seek out the care they need. By implementing Make It OK, you can foster an environment where everyone feels understood and supported.
Start thinking about when you'd like to launch Make It OK.
There is no right or wrong time, but some organizations find it works well to use Make It OK during other initiatives such as a wellness/well-being program or during Mental Illness Awareness Week (October) or Mental Health Awareness Month (May). Likewise, you may choose to tie it to other themes or campaigns in your organization such as physical fitness, community outreach, or social or career health.
Familiarize yourself with the Make It OK campaign and the components of the Toolkit.
Click on each of the following for a brief overview.
Decide on your level of participation.
We've provided daily activities based on your preferred level of participation in the campaign.
THE STARTER LEVEL may be best for those organizations that are entirely new to the conversation about mental illnesses.
THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL may be suitable for organizations that regularly implement wellness or well-being programs but have not specifically addressed mental health.
THE FULL LEVEL may work best for groups that have previously addressed mental health issues through speakers or organization-wide volunteer projects.
Introduce your organization's leaders and managers to the Make It OK campaign.
Explain the purpose of Make It OK, and why your organization decided to implement it. Get their input on how participants will receive Make It OK and address any concerns or questions. Once the campaign is underway, companies may experience an increase in employee-generated questions for managers.
How to connect employees to outside resources, information, and support for mental health issues.
Choose someone to spearhead the program.
For example, you might choose an HR employee or Health and Wellness Department person. Or consider having department heads present the campaign to their respective staffs. Or pick a champion to help promote or deliver the messages—an employee who volunteers for a mental health organization; someone who is open about his/her mental illness; or someone who has a family member or friend living with a mental illness.
Identify and prepare individuals who would like to present the presentation provided in the kit.
Alternatively, we can provide ambassadors to deliver the PowerPoint presentations. To request a Make It OK speaker, email us at namihelps@namimn.org.
Introduce the campaign to all participants.
Samples of each of these are included in the Toolkit.
Now you're ready to make it ok.
Every organization is unique. Some of these suggestions may suit your group, and some may not. Feel free to pick and choose among them, customize them, or design your own.
We value your participation and support. Thank you for helping to make it ok.


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The one time Alan Jones has nothing to say
February 1, 2019 — 10.45pm
For 18 years Alan Jones has ruled the talkback airwaves, but with five months until his contract at 2GB is due to expire, the man with so much to say every morning has been uncharacteristically coy when it comes to what his own future holds.
Just what might Alan Jones do next? Credit:Marina Neil
Amid much media speculation and conjecture about Jones, the multimillionaire broadcaster was keeping his cards close when PS approached this week.
"Andrew, as you would know through all of this I have had nothing to say and I would like to retain that position. As you know, the speculation will continue. But it's best that no one has any idea what I'm thinking or what I'm planning," he informed PS, somewhat tellingly.
Jones' station 2GB is owned by Macquarie Media, which is majority-owned by Nine, publisher of the Herald.
Macquarie chief executive officer Adam Lang told PS negotiations with Jones had only commenced this week, and despite rumours to the contrary, it was "not unusual" to have not signed a new contract with his star broadcaster five months out from his existing contract coming to an end.
"Alan has returned to work and as planned we look forward to commencing negotiations," Lang said, adding that despite all the media reports on the matter, PS was the first reporter to actually ask him about Jones' future at the radio station.
In recent years Jones has been signed on two-year contracts, shorter than his previous deals which had been negotiated by late media titans Harry M Miller and Sam Chisholm.
Jones remains at the top of his game, and is one of the most profitable broadcasters in the country having topped more than 100 radio surveys consecutively.
But there are other, less flattering issues to be confronted in the negotiations, not least the multimillion-dollar defamation loss to Queensland's wealthy Wagner family which successfully sued Jones and 2GB.
Last September Jones and his team were ordered to pay a record $3.7 million in compensation for defaming the Wagners by claiming they were responsible for 12 deaths in the 2011 Lockyer Valley floods.
Happier times: John Singleton, Alan Jones and Ray Hadley in 2002. Credit:Rick Stevens
In November the broadcaster was ordered to pay the Wagner's legal costs, which along with Jones' were estimated to be well into the millions.
Last year Jones also apologised to Sydney Opera House boss Louise Herron after he was accused of misogyny and bullying following his aggressive on-air questioning over her decision to block the Everest horse race from being advertised on the building's sails, a decision later overturned by Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
In August Jones offered another apology after using a racist term on air while discussing the Liberal party leadership. Jones told his listeners: ""The n----- in the woodpile here, if one can use that expression – and I'm not going to yield to people who tell us that certain words in the language are forbidden."
Constant health issues continue to plague Jones, who turns 78 in April. Illness has kept him off air for extended periods.
His colleague Ray Hadley's mornings show was extended to cover Jones' timeslot.
"The ratings pretty much held up, management saw that and it certainly looks like Ray is being positioned to replace Alan," a radio insider told PS on the grounds of anonymity.
After majority shareholder Nine, Macquarie Media's other largest shareholder is John Singleton, who for years has forged a close relationship with both Jones and Hadley, his two star broadcasters. Observers say that while Singleton remains close with both men, the relationship between Singleton's right-hand man, Macquarie's non executive chairman Russell Tate, and Jones, has cooled in recent times, though Tate has previously rubbished unsourced reports that 2GB management wanted Jones gone.
While Jones is earning an annual base salary of more than $4 million, his company Hadiac Pty Limited holds some 2,166,668 shares in Macquarie Media, about 1.2 per cent of the company which are worth well over $4 million.
Singleton's company John Singleton Promotions Pty Limited owns 32.37 per cent of Macquarie Media which is worth more than $104 million.
Nine has expressed a desire to own all of Macquarie Media, and its directors, namely chairman Peter Costello, have publicly endorsed Jones as one of the country's best broadcasters.
"Singo is playing good cop, Russell is bad cop ... they know Nine wants to buy the rest of Macquarie, Alan still has a minority shareholding which could be the poison pill in all of this, it's about much more than simply renewing Alan's radio gig," the insider said.
Murdoch teens set for massive windfall
Grace and Chloe Murdoch look like a couple of ordinary teens, though their respective Instagram feeds reveal a few clues indicating their lives are hardly anything like most other youngsters.
Grace and Chloe Murdoch. Credit:Instagram
There's the holidays in the Carribean, lounging on superyachts, private jets and luxury Manhattan penthouses, not to mention celebrity photo bombs from godparents including Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
But by June, the youngest of Rupert Murdochs children, now aged 17 and 15, are set to become two of the wealthiest teenagers in the world, their combined fortunes worth more than $6 billion.
Well, on paper at least.
June is the timeframe entertainment giant Disney says it will have completed its acquisition of Murdoch's Fox entertainment business, a huge deal worth nearly $100 billion.
One of the major beneficiaries of the deal will be the Murdoch Family Trust, originally set up as an inheritance mechanism for Murdoch's four adult children Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James following his divorce from his second wife Anna Murdoch.
As young girls, Grace and Chloe Murdoch. Credit:Instagram
After Murdoch married Wendi Deng in 1999 he changed the trust to include his youngest daughters Grace and Chloe, sparking years of well-documented family disputes.
Reportedly the adult children had no objection to Grace and Chloe receiving an equal economic share in the trusts (at the time diluting the adult children's stakes by a total of $US3.9 billion), but they insisted Grace and Chloe could not be granted voting rights, lest they fall in control of their mother as their guardian.
As part of the peace agreement finally carved out in 2006, each child received News Corp stock worth $US100 million and cash payments of at least $US50 million each raised from share sales - a total payout of $US900 million.
Today the teenagers' stakes in the family trust are managed by trustees appointed by Murdoch and their mother. Ivanka Trump was a trustee for the girls but stepped down shortly after her father, Donald, was elected US president in 2016.
And it could be some time before the girls can get their hands on their money too, with the trust controlled by a majority vote of the adult siblings, meaning three of them must agree, while the Murdoch tradition is that no inheritance is payable until the age of 30.
Last week indications emerged that changes could soon be afoot for the trust, with James Murdoch, head of 21st Century Fox, setting up his own family office in New York with a staff of about 10.
Porn king under fire
Sydney's troubled porn king Damien Costas, the owner of Penthouse magazine and promoter of controversial tours by the likes of Milo Yiannopolos and Nigel Farage, admits he has been through a "challenging period" but denies the "wagons are circling".
Damien Costas, publisher of Australian Penthouse, is in the middle of a court dispute with Sydney publicist Max Markson. Credit: Nic Walker, Ellis Pander
Last year he fended off corporate watchdog the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after it questioned him on his eligibility to be a company director given he had been associated with multiple failed companies that wound up owing considerable sums.
Now one of his most recent business associates, flamboyant promoter Max Markson, says he will not quit until Costas is out of business for good.
Costas is facing two separate legal challenges to have his company wound up, a magazine that's having trouble making it to the newsstands, a former business partner in prison after being convicted of one of the biggest drug hauls ever and an ever growing list of creditors demanding money.
Indeed one of his claimed creditors was recently accused of assaulting Costas at a Sydney Cafe, though Dean Tate denies assaulting Costas, whom he claims owes his company Ticket Socket $60,000 from the Yiannopolos tour. The matter is due in court on February 4.
"It has been a very difficult period, but Max Markson has cost me $300,000, and if wasn't for that we would not be in the situation we are in," Costas claimed, promising a brighter future, especially when he finally opens the doors on his long-awaited bar in Surry Hills, he intends to name Guccione's, in honour of the Penthouse founder, Bob Guccione.
Albo's son makes a splash
The federal member for Grayndler Anthony Albanese was underwhelmed by PS' line of questions about his son Nathan's recent 18th birthday party.
PS was informed the party even had its own Project X moment, inspired by the film about an out of hand teenager's house party which features a scene of - ahem - highly spirited lads jumped into the pool from a rooftop. Except in the Albanese version, the boys appeared a little worse for wear when they got out of the pool, with bruises and a few drops of blood.
Bananadrama over missing singer
PS is not the only child of the '80s looking forward to the Australian tour by British pop group Bananarama, but somehow the trio we knew from 30-odd years ago has morphed into a duo, and not everyone is happy about it.
Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama back in the '80s.
Bananarama was formed in London in 1981 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward, but strangely Fahey, who went on to become one half of Shakespeare's Sister but rejoined her old sisters and was playing with them just last year, is missing from the line up coming to Sydney. One of Fahey's pals informed PS: "She's been air-brushed out completely, but I don't think she really cares, she's got her own new music to focus on."
Andrew Hornery
Andrew Hornery is a senior journalist and Private Sydney columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.