Innovation is a key way for your business to grow, improve processes and performance, and add new products or services. One successful way to innovate is to collaborate with researchers from research organisations funded by the government, such as universities and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). They can bring in-depth expertise and new ideas to your business.
informal chats with your local university lecturers.
How research collaboration can help your business?
help students learn from businesses and improve their work readiness.
Learn how advanced manufacturing firm SuperCool collaborated with Griffith University and took on the issue of food wastage, with the help of a government grant from the Innovation Connections program.
Universities Australia released the Clever Collaboration report which showcases case studies of effective collaboration.
Are you research ready? is a guide to successful industry-led collaboration, developed by the Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Growth Centre NERA (National Energy Resources Australia). It's a great guide even if you're not an energy resources company.
Check out the Australian IP Toolkit for Collaboration for information, guides and tools to help you manage intellectual property (IP) in collaborations.
The Australian Academy of Science's Early-and mid-career researcher's kick-starting collaboration page has a range of guides on how to develop a positive collaboration culture.
Read about AusIndustry's Innovation Connections grant program to help you find the best university or research institute to meet your needs.
Use the Data 61+ Expert Connect platform, where you can search by a field of knowledge, institution or name to find your expert.
Browse the Source IP tool by IP Australia to connect your business with Australian public sector research organisations.
You can look at the research by Australia's public sector research organisations, and get in touch with the researchers you want to work with.
Intellectual Property Neural Open-Data Visualisation and Analysis IP NOVA is a search engine that helps you find registered patents, trade marks, and plant breeder's rights from IP Australia's database. Find out which research organisations are patenting technology in specific fields to help you identify potential partners in your industry.
Many Australian and international universities are using the Easy Access IP scheme to offer free access to potentially valuable IP. A commercial partner licences the IP through a simple one-page contract at no cost under this scheme.
A list of contacts for every State and Territory in Australia can be found in the Clever Collaborations report.
The Australian Government has a range of programs offering advice and financial support to businesses and researchers wanting to collaborate.
Innovation Connections (AusIndustry): provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with access to expert advice to address technology and knowledge gaps. Support includes up to $50,000 in matched funding and a facilitation service to help businesses find the best researcher to match their needs. Check out the Innovation Connections customer stories to see how businesses team up with researchers to achieve great results.
Cooperative Research Centres Program (CRC) (AusIndustry): The CRC and CRC-Projects Programs support group collaboration over various periods. Check out the CRC customers stories to read how CRCs deliver ground-breaking innovations for Australia.
R&D Tax Incentive (AusIndustry): provides a tax offset for some costs of doing eligible research and development activities by reducing your income tax liability.
SME Connect (CSIRO): helps Australian small and medium-sized businesses access the right expertise to be more competitive by connecting them with the research sector.
STEM+ Business (CSIRO): enables Australian small and medium-sized businesses to build on existing successful collaborations by placing early-career science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) researchers into businesses for two to three year research projects.
CSIROseven collaborates in a range of areas to find the next generation of innovation in a number of fields of the future.
CSIRO Kick-Start (CSIRO): offers innovative Australian start-ups and small businesses access to matched funding of $10,000 - $50,000 to undertake certain research activities with CSIRO.
Enterprise Solution Centre Programme (ESCP) (Food Innovation Australia Ltd - FIAL): connects food, beverage and agribusiness businesses with researchers and offers matched funding of up to $100,000 to solve technical challenges.
Australian Postgraduate Research (APR) Intern (AMSI): This PhD internship program allows businesses to attract talented PhDs through focused short-term research projects. It also enhances the postgraduate experience of students by giving them the opportunity to apply their research skills within an industry context. The program is available to PhDs in all study areas and business sectors. Internships typically take four to five months.
Linkage Projects (Australian Research Council): provides funding to support R&D collaboration projects, which acquire new knowledge and involve risk or innovation.
Industrial Transformation Research Program (Australian Research Council): offers funding schemes to enable research partnerships and a competitive edge for products, processes and services in the Growth Centre sectors.
Australian state and territory governments also provide collaboration assistance. Use the Grants & Assistance Search or check out your local state or territory government website to find out what's available in your area.
The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) provides co-funding for industry-led collaborative projects through its Project Fund and the Advanced Manufacturing Early Stage Research Fund.
The Cyber Security Growth Centre (AustCyber) provides collaboration opportunities through events such as GovPitch and co-funds industry-led projects through the AustCyber Project Fund.
The Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre, Food Innovation Australia Ltd (FIAL), is connecting businesses with R&D expertise through its Enterprise Solutions Centre and delivering training on research and innovation.
The Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Growth Centre (MTPConnect) is funding industry-led collaborative projects through its Project Fund Program and the BioMedTech Horizons program.
The Mining Equipment, Technology and Services Growth Centre (METS Ignited) is supporting the RISE Scale-Up Accelerator and other collaborative industry-led projects through its Project Fund.
The Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Growth Centre, National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) is helping SMEs develop commercial solutions to challenges with Leap Vouchers and is funding collaborative projects, including clean technologies.
Consider contacting the Growth Centre for your sector to discuss collaboration.
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NEW-NEW ROMANTICS
As they release their first album, Montreal's the Stills are already a hot band
JONATHAN DURBIN October 27 2003
NEW-NEW ROMANTICS JONATHAN DURBIN October 27 2003
JONATHAN DURBIN
INHALING RUNNY bites of eggs Benedict at one of Toronto's greasiest greasy spoons, it's obvious that Dave Hamelin and Tim Fletcher are young rockers—from their sunken cheeks to the goop in their hair. Over breakfast the drummer and vocalist of Montreal foursome the Stills look the part of fashion victims, Fletcher with electrocuted bedhead, Hamelin's Diesel trousers secured on his bony hips with a wide white belt.
They deliver their answers laconically, like rock 'n' roll veterans who knew Sid and Nancy personally, though their band has released only one fourtrack EP and in late September was the opening act for Interpol, another band barely out of the gate.
"The Stills met through metal, man," drawls 23-year-old Hamelin with wearied celebrity aplomb, and the effect is funny—or it would be were the band not so young and already accomplished. They seem as they are—freshly minted rock stars—and if not having an act is their act, then their act is good because the audience is buying into it. Before the waitress brings coffee, the duo accrues a gaggle of teenage fans who malinger outside. At 11 a.m. On a school day.
It seems remarkable that a fledgling band could achieve fame without an album to their credit, but these days that's the way underground rock works. Like their contemporaries in the Rapture, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or the Walkmen—some of the "the" bands who, since the turn of the century, have ridden a wave of media hype off their first EPs to become the ballyhooed faces of new music—the Stills are becoming internationally known for their moony pop.
Signed to Vice Recordings and distributed by Warner Music in Canada, the band's Oct. 21 debut, Logic Will Break Your Heart, is a 12-song collection of lovelorn moaning over sparsely rendered melodies and chugging percussion. The record captures the musical Zeitgeist. The previous evening at the unfortunately named Toronto venue Kool Haus, the band played to a packed crowd, some of whom already knew Fletcher's lyrics. "A few years ago, music was totally stifling," says 24-year-old Fletcher. "You had bands like Fastball, Smashmouth, Kid Rock—there wasn't really an alternative and the mainstream was stale. So there was a reaction."
Today's underground rock bands who achieve mainstream recognition owe much to the Strokes, the New York City five-piece whose debut EP appeared in early 2001. Coinciding with cultural exhaustion over self-aggrandizing rap-rockers (Limp Bizkit), self-effacing art rock whingers (Radiohead) and shaven-headed car commercial composers (Moby), the Strokes' sound resonated with critics. And they led the way for a slew of other acts—including the Stills—with similarly jangly, new wave sensibilities, bands that, unlike the teen heartthrobs of the late '90s, already existed before a record label decided it was so. And like the Strokes before them, the Stills recorded their debut in New York City. "New York is a great town, but it wears you down," says Fletcher. "We're the Stills from Montreal, and that's home." Their album's sound is distinctly Montreal. Like other bands from the city, including Godspeed You Black Emperor! and the Dears, the Stills' music has an elegant, mournful tone. The lyrics follow suit. "I'm just so bored of wasting my time/Love and death are always on my mind," Fletcher sings in Love & Death—the two themes Logic Will Break Your Heart is
built on. And in Gender Bombs, he repeats the lyric "the girl will school you," whispering urgently as if his heart's breaking right there on your home stereo. It's hopelessly new-new romantic stuff. But Hamelin and Fletcher say their style is a result of honing their skills together for 10 years (they joined up with guitarist Greg Paquet and bassist Oliver Crowe to form the Stills in 2001).
The Stills have nailed the music, image and attitude. But that's not everything. As breakfast winds down, Hamelin asks, "Hey man, do you know any place around here to get your pants tapered?" The guys still have a thing or two to learn. PI
IN THE SHADOW OF SUFFERING
Will Ferguson's Canada
WEDDINGS ON THE FRONT LINE
October 2003 By TAMI ZER, SJIFRA HERSCHBERG
Maclean's Excerpt
HOW THE WEST MIGHT BE WON
The guy behind Daft Punk's knob-twiddling
Prog is not a four-letter word
Desperately seeking the next Pavarotti
NOVEMBER 15th 2010 By JAIME J. WEINMAN
May 2003 By JONATHAN DURBIN
THE DEARS' LABOUR-INTENSIVE LABOUR OF LOVE
PLAYING THE TERRO RISM CARD?
August 2004 By JONATHAN DURBIN

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Nice has a wide range of different kinds of markets selling everything from food to clothes to antiques. Here's our guide to the top 10, where you can find them, what they sell and when to go.
There has been a flower market on the Cours Saleya since 1897, when farmers would arrive with their flowers, which would then be sent by train to various parts of Europe. When the wholesalers had left, individuals would be allowed in to buy the remaining stock. Wholesalers now use a different market and food and drink has been added. It's a great place to eat lunch under one of the striped awnings and watch the world go by. On Mondays, the flowers and food are replaced with antiques.
Opening hours: Food market Tuesday to Saturday, 6am-5.30pm. Sunday, 6am-1.30pm. Antiques market Monday, 7.30am to late afternoon.
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Down by the Old Port, there are a collection of antique shops which make up the Puces de Nice. It's a great chance to find little gems, old jewellery and household items in a great setting.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm (7pm in June, July and September). Closed Mondays.
The fish market has been in Nice for centuries and offers lovely local catch of the day, both fish and seafood. It's closed Mondays. Get there early to ensure you get what you want. The local fishermen can also help you by providing their favourite recipes.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 6am until the fish run out! Closed Mondays.
Place Garibaldi is a beautiful square in the centre of Nice. Once a month, antique sellers hold a market where you can find vintage items, old paintings and other pieces of delightful bric-a-brac.
Opening hours: The third Saturday of every month.
This market is less well-known by tourists than the Flower Market but is much bigger and more used by locals. For that reason, it tends to be cheaper too and less crowded. It has everything the flower market has (flowers, fruit, vegetables, and local homemade produce like cheeses and breads) but it also has a covered meat market.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 7am to 1pm. Closed Mondays.
The Place du Palais de Justice is a great place to find arts and crafts made by local craftsmen (the second Saturday of the month) or old postcards (the fourth Saturday of the month). The ones in between are for second-hand books and antiques. A great place to people-watch over a coffee.
Opening hours: arts and crafts every second Saturday of the month, and second-hand books and antiques every first and third Saturday. Old postcards every fourth Saturday of the month.
Surfin' through memories. Sabato mattina, già due colazioni francesi sullo stomaco e una fiera vintage beccata per caso. E niente, amo navigare tra i ricordi altrui, perdermi tra le dediche e immaginare l'intreccio di vite legate da una semplice cartolina.
On the first Sunday of every month there is an antiques market on the quay in the port. Get there early to grab a bargain.
Opening hours: 7am to 1pm, first Sunday of every month.
"Vide Grenier", in French, literally means to empty your attic. People often take their unwanted items to sell in markets at the weekend and others go there to hunt for gems. Get up-to-date information on dates and times here.
Every year, all the shops bring some of their items onto stalls in the streets to sell at reduced prices. It's a big event when people teem through the streets looking for that perfect bargain. It takes place at the end of summer, in September or October. Keep an eye on Facebook for details nearer the time.
Every Friday, there's a great market just over the border in the town of Ventimiglia. Whilst not in Nice, it's only a short ride away and definitely worth a mention. It's the day everyone comes into the town – to buy, to sell or just to look. And it sells everything – handbags, fish, clothes, fruit, flowers – you name it. Not to be missed.


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We're a family-owned dealership, built on a foundation of honesty and integrity. From the moment you walk into our showroom, you'll know our commitment to customer service is second to none. We strive to make your experience with Jack Kain Ford a good one - for the life of your vehicle. Whether you need to purchase, finance, or service a new or pre-owned Ford, you've come to the right place.
A true passion for cars, customers, and family. Lexington native Jack Kain knew long before purchasing his first dealership that he would spend his life working in the automotive industry. The son of a dairy farmer, Jack learned the true meaning of a "hard day's work" at a very young age, and although he appreciated and respected his father's line of work, he knew that it wasn't for him.
While attending the University of Kentucky in 1947, Jack sold cars part time. It came to him easily, as his customers picked up on his honest approach and genuine concern for their satisfaction. Those qualities would soon define Jack's reputation in his community, and after spending several years stationed in Alaska during the Korean War, Jack returned home with high ambitions.
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A DeSoto-Plymouth dealership in Frankfort, KY caught Jack's attention and he managed to acquire it in 1953. However, with two direct competitors in very close proximity to his business, it was difficult to turn a profit. The market was simply too small to support all three dealers, and as a result, they were losing money. So Jack decided to take a risk, and buy up his competitors. Doing so made him one of the original "six pack" dealers in the United States, which caught the attention of a rather special auto maker: Ford Motor Company. They wanted to start a Frankfort-based Ford franchise with him, and Jack saw the proposal as a great opportunity to grow his business and reach out to more of the customers that were so important to him.
In April of 1961, Jack stood in front of his first Ford dealership, surrounded by the dedicated staff that he always treated like family. Although a large portion of the people in the photo to the right have since passed away, Jack can still remember them by name today. Thoughts, memories and emotions pass through his mind as he recalls the stories and experiences that he shared with his family of employees. That genuine concern for his staff and customers served Jack well and allowed him to greatly expand his operation over the years, all the while maintaining that warm family feel.
Versailles, KY became the new home for Jack Kain Ford in 1979, and it's remained there ever since. Of course, that didn't keep Jack from adapting and making plenty of changes to his business throughout the years. From 1979 through 1981, the dealership was actually located in downtown Versailles. But after a three year run in that location, Jack picked everything up and moved into a brand new building located off the bypass in Versailles. In 1991, he bought a second location in London, KY. It was to be called Kain Family Ford and it would soon evolve into a thriving auto group. Around that same time, Bob Kain, now General Manager of Jack Kain Ford, would find himself moving up from a Sales Consultant position at the Versailles location, to the New Vehicle Sales Manager role in London.
Business was great and it just kept getting better. In 1994, Kain Nissan was established as a part of the auto group in London. Just a year later, a Chevrolet dealer and a "six pack" Chrysler dealer in Williamsburg, KY were both acquired as well. The Kain brand was growing and Jack's children were all gaining invaluable car sales experience throughout the process. With the new millennium approaching, Jack saw the opportunity to better his business yet again when he received excellent offers on several of the stores in his auto group. In 1999, he would sell the Chevrolet and Chrysler dealers. Just five years later, Kain Nissan would find new ownership as well. With a lifetime of business experience tied to his name, Jack set his sights on a new home for his Ford dealership.
A state-of-the-art facility. Of course, it would still be located in Versailles and, just like his very first dealership, it would always have that warm family feel. After all, Jack would be working along side four of his children (Bob, Vickie, Pat and Bill) every day. But even after moving into his new and comfortable location, Jack had no intention of slowing down. In 2005, he would fulfill his role as Chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). In 2012, he would sell the remainder of Kain Family Ford, his auto group in London, KY. And just a year later, he would be honored by Ford Motor Company while accepting the Salute to Dealers award, which publicly recognized his lifelong commitment to serving his community.
A regional landmark. Jack Kain Ford stands proud today as a symbol for what integrity and hard work can do for a community, a family, a friend, and a customer. We've satisfied over 50,000 customers throughout the past five decades, and we're here today to show you what it means to do business with an honest company that always puts customer satisfaction first - both before and after the sale. Come visit us today.


Food is a very personal thing. Seeking out new flavors and new ingredients to cook with is an ancient practice. In fact, wars have emerged over it. Lucky for us now, we don't have to go far to find just about anything we could want to cook with. But, how we want it cooked… well THAT is still a very personal thing!
Every Meal Tells A Story. The seasons, the source, the people gathering that inspired the creation of any particular meal. But food, for me, likened to a great story that unfolds on a theatre stage, depends just as much on the setting as it does the delivery. Ambience. It sets the mood, the stage, as it were. And so while the WHISK is the tool used in my kitchen to prepare the meal, the ambiance created to DINE, is what will be remembered long after the meal itself has been forgotten.


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Lords committee report finds UK's arms causing 'significant civilian casualties' in Yemen
Lords committee report finds UK's arms causing 'significant civilian casualties' in Yemen | Tamil Guardian
Photograph: A protestor in London last year demonstrates against the UK's arms sales to Saudi Arabia. (Alisdare Hickson/Flickr)
Britain's international relations select committee has published a damning report concluding that the UK's arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful and called for some sales to be halted.
The All-Party Lords committee has said that the UK is "on the wrong side of international humanitarian law" and should suspend some of the export licences.
The report said, "given the volume and type of arms being exported to the Saudi-led coalition, we believe they are likely to be the cause of significant civilian casualties in Yemen, risking the contravention of international humanitarian law".
The publication also stated that UK ministers are not making independent checks to see if British arms are being used in breach of law but are relying on Saudi led review processes.
The report has not placed any legal obligation on ministers but is likely to ramp up pressure on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to resolve the crisis in Yemen without military force.
Despite a UN brokered ceasefire on the port of Hodeidah, Saudi airstrikes in the Saada governorate are reported to be the most intensive since the war began in 2015.
Jeremy Hunt, the UK's Foreign Secretary travelled to Warsaw this week to meet with Saudi, UAE and US ministers to discuss the ceasefire negotiated in December. The committee added that "the (UK) government should give much higher priority to resolving this situation," as it is both a supporter of the Saudi led coalition and a major donor of humanitarian relief.
The war broke out four years ago and has left an estimated 8.4 million people in Yemen at the risk of severe famine and over 22 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. The report described the situation in Yemen as "unconscionable".
See more from the Guardian here and Al Jazeera here.
23 November 2018 : Denmark suspends arms exports to Saudi Arabia
22 October 2018 : UK, Germany and France condemn Khashoggi killing, Germany to suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia
12 July 2018 : British MPs launch motion on ending arms sales to Sri Lanka
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Denmark suspends arms exports to Saudi Arabia
UK, Germany and France condemn Khashoggi killing, Germany to suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia
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Costs of mating and egg production in female Callosobruchus chinensis
Shin Ichi Yanagi, Takahisa Miyatake
Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science
Costs of reproduction include the costs of mating and egg production. Specific techniques such as irradiation or genetic mutation have been used to divide the expense into costs of mating and egg production in previous studies. We tried to divide the costs in the adzuki bean beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), which needs some kinds of bean as an oviposition substrate. Mated females that were not allowed to lay eggs had a shorter life span than virgin females, but they had a longer life span than mated females that were allowed to lay eggs. The results showed two independent significant costs, mating and egg production, on the life span in C. chinensis. Costs of mating, however, include the costs of sexual harassment by males and copulation itself, and we need further studies to divide the costs. The present method for dividing the cost of reproduction into costs of mating and egg production can be applied to a broad taxonomic range of insect species, and thus it will be a useful model system for inter-specific comparisons of costs of mating and egg production.
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Yanagi, S. I., & Miyatake, T. (2003). Costs of mating and egg production in female Callosobruchus chinensis. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49(9), 823-827. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00119-7
Costs of mating and egg production in female Callosobruchus chinensis. / Yanagi, Shin Ichi; Miyatake, Takahisa.
In: Journal of Insect Physiology, Vol. 49, No. 9, 01.09.2003, p. 823-827.
Yanagi, SI & Miyatake, T 2003, 'Costs of mating and egg production in female Callosobruchus chinensis', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 823-827. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00119-7
Yanagi SI, Miyatake T. Costs of mating and egg production in female Callosobruchus chinensis. Journal of Insect Physiology. 2003 Sep 1;49(9):823-827. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00119-7
Yanagi, Shin Ichi ; Miyatake, Takahisa. / Costs of mating and egg production in female Callosobruchus chinensis. In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 2003 ; Vol. 49, No. 9. pp. 823-827.
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It supports tabs, you can open multiple connections, run custom queries, make CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, create new databases, tables and more. It allows to create stored procedures, functions, backup SQL database as SQL dump and more.
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About one-third of American's believe they have a food allergy and take action by modifying their diet to accommodate the suspected allergic reaction, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. A food allergy is a hypersensitivity to certain proteins found in specific foods. The immune system overreacts and attacks the proteins, mistaking them as harmful intruders. This reaction can lead to swollen lips, difficulty breathing and hives. Different foods affect each individual differently. If you suspect you have a food allergy, talk with a doctor and request allergy testing.
Cow's milk is a common food that causes an allergic reaction in some people. A dairy allergy is different than lactose intolerance. If you're lactose intolerant, your body doesn't produce enough lactase, an enzyme, to break down the sugar in the dairy. A dairy allergy is a reaction of the immune system that will cause symptoms to appear within minutes of ingesting dairy products, according to KidsHealth.
Some of the most common symptoms of a diary allergy are hives, stomach issues and upper-respiratory complications. Hives are small, red bumps that are very itchy and can appear anywhere on the body. Someone with a dairy allergy may experience stomach cramping and pain. A runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, coughing and asthma are typical upper-respiratory reactions from a milk allergy.
A tree nut allergy is considered one of the most common food allergies in adults and kids, according to the Food Allergy Initiative. Tree nuts are found in many unsuspected products, such as honey, cereals and chocolates. The U.S. Government requires all packaged foods containing tree nuts or produced in a facility that shares equipment with nuts to disclose this information on the package.
A tree nut allergy can lead to anaphylactic shock, a rare life-threatening allergic reaction. If you have a tree nut allergy, read product labels and carry an epi-pen on your person at all times. Wear a medical bracelet identifying your allergy condition.
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Robert Sims is a 19-year-old visual artist that lives in Mississippi, but is an active participant in the Memphis art scene. He plans to have his first official show this year and is excited about doing so. We talked to Robert about why he calls his style "Manufactured Expressionism," his inspirations and his aspirations. Check out a gallery of Robert's work below and be sure to read our interview that follows.
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I call my art style Manufactured Expressionism or "ME." The idea is that even though the art produced by ME seems to be abstract with no method to its madness, the product is manufactured. A single painting, in theory, takes less than twenty minutes to create. However, the paintings may take hours or even days to finish. Usually loosely painted with a highly abstract appearance, my paintings are my main form of expressing my own emotions.
The process starts with whatever color I feel inclined to use or have the most of to create a background. I'll immediately get to work and paint the first thing on my mind. If the painting passes its inspection, then it will be considered a finished product. If the painting fails inspection, then it gets resent to the background process. Usually, the previous background stays and gets incorporated into the next piece rather than entirely painted over. The assembly line process continues until the painting reaches a grade that is satisfactory. Due to the number of restarts that occur each painting will gain a messy, chaotic, and disorganized feel.
What is it that inspires you most?
This question is one of the most interesting questions I have been asked and to be entirely honest my inspiration comes from fear and regret. I am terrified that if I do not chase my dreams and decide to live a comfortable life that I will regret it all. I want to be great at something, so I have dedicated my life to creating. I go to school for engineering and create art full time so that I can provide the world with something useful one day. I would like to be an inspiration to other creators like Jimi Hendrix, Mod Sun, Bob Dylan, Basquiat, Warhol, Tesla, Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, and George Washington Carver were inspirations to me.
Art to me is anything that requires effort. To elaborate… Whatever I create is art if it took time and I enjoyed the process. That's all art is, a journey you enjoy.
Honestly, with my artistic career, I'll probably remain local. There are so many great artists out there that the odds of me becoming utterly successful are slim. I do dream of being an artistic genius, but I keep it real with myself. I'm just a 19-year-old who struggles expressing himself, so I paint.
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RAVENNA - Douglas G. Karaffa, age 62 of Ravenna, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at UH Portage Medical Center.
He was born August 1, 1956, in Ravenna, Ohio, to parents George Anthony and Helen Louise (Chechak) Karaffa. Doug retired from the Portage County maintenance department in 2004, starting at the courthouse, and finishing at the jail. He later went to work for the grounds keeping crew at Kent State University.
Doug was one of kind. You knew if he liked you within a few minutes. He was a huge music buff, able to name nearly every song, especially by the Rolling Stones or Van Halen. Doug was also a New England Patriots fan, rooting for "Pretty Boy Tom." He was well known for his immaculate lawn, always cutting the grass in a unique outfit, often rocking the Belichick cut-off sleeves and shorts that were a little too short.
Doug is survived by his daughter Kelly (Vincent) Sferra, son Tony Karaffa, as well as his dear granddaughter Lucy. He loved being a PaPa. Doug is also survived by his sisters Kathie Karaffa of Kent and Janice (Roger) Savako of Ravenna, his brother Jim (Colleen) Karaffa of Parma, as well as many nieces, nephews, in-laws, and friends.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Lisa Ann (Castaldi) Karaffa on August 11, 2018.
Friends and family are invited to celebrate Doug's life from 4:00 – 7:00 PM on Monday, April 15, 2019, at the Wood-Kortright-Borkoski Funeral Home, 703 E. Main St., Ravenna.
Condolences and memories may be shared at www.wood-kortright-borkoski.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the American Diabetes Association.


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For print, it is important not to respond to any questions on the initial call. Ask the journalist what information they are looking for and the format of the interview (if it is over the phone, one-on-one, live or taped). All journalists work to a deadline, so find out what their deadline is and set a time to call them back. Make sure you call them at the agreed time.
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What are the critical messages that you want to communicate? Key messages are the core messages you want your audience to hear and remember. They create meaning, headline the issue and allow you to control the interview.
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29 de September de 2017 by juliana brina
It was the memory of a memory by now—the hallmark of happiness, that scene
Dear Elizabeth,
In a Summer Season (1961) is a novel about characters trying to burst out of her circumstances – and ultimately failing.
We meet Kate Heron, a wealthy widow in her 40s who has recently remarried. Her new husband, Dermot, is a man ten years younger who has no money and no job. They live in a large house in Thames Valley, with Kate's two children – the 16-year-old Louise (Lou) and the 22-year-old Tom –, Kate's elderly aunt Ethel, and the housekeeper Mrs Meacock.
The book revolves around the central problems posed by the relationship between Kate and Dermot: the family expects their marriage to fail, given that Dermot is indolent, hard-drinking, has no career, is not cultivated and may have married Kate only for her money; on the other hand, the family is also suspicious of the reasons that may have led Kate to marry such an incompatible man.
Alongside this central plot, we have the side stories of the remaining characters: Kate's best friend, the widower Charles, and his daughter Araminta, an aspiring model, are about to move back to the neighbourhood, and Kate is worried about what her friend will think of Dermot – and of her decision of marrying him; Lou, who is back from boarding school to the holidays at home, falls in love with the local curate, Father Blizzard; Tom is half-heartedly working in his grandfather's business, while going out with a succession of girlfriends; Dermot's interfering mother, Edwina, is constantly trying to push her son into various jobs, while disapproving of his relationship with Kate; aunt Ethel, a former suffragette, now spends her time hearing behind closed doors and writing long letters to her old friend Gertrude about Kate's marriage and domestic problems ("Living in her niece's house involved her in all sorts of problems that no one else knew existed, and her habit of making herself scarce was noticed by no one but Dermot, who had been a parasite himself—and still was, some people thought"; "Ethel had a way of bending her head at closed doors, not listening, as she told herself, but ascertaining"); finally, Mrs Meacock compiles an anthology of witty and humorous sayings in her spare times from cooking American dishes ("She seemed such a contented woman, dividing her enthusiasm between puddings and literary work").
As their private dramas intersect, the tension between characters builds gradually, and later implodes in a climatic ending. The novel is crossed through by two intertwined contrasting tones: dry humour and plain sadness. All characters are trying, in their way, not to appear inferior in the eyes of each other; and yet, all of them feel inferior and wrong no matter how much they try otherwise – and they resent feeling that way. In fact, the book seems to be full to the brim with growing resentment. Everyone is wearing a mask, everyone is trying to guess what others might be thinking, and everyone is misunderstanding each other badly. Moreover, all of them are prone to self-deception and ever so willing to detract from truth, even if that means being walled in by loneliness.
The strength of your book for me lies in the nuanced way you convey the characters' relationships. Kate and Dermot's bond eludes the family's attempts at defining it as a marriage for money or for sex. There seems to be something more to it – and yet, Kate and Dermot themselves don't know how to frame it. They are tempted to simplify their bond into what they are told it should mean. "He ran his knuckles down her spine. 'You taste of rain,' he said, kissing her. 'People say I married her for her money,' he thought contentedly, and for the moment was full of the self-respect that loving her had given him."
All the novels I read by you make references to another book which provides the reader with a key to the story you are trying to tell – and In a Summer Season is no exception. Here, you mention The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James as Kate's first husband's favourite novel, a literary love shared also by Kate and her old friend Charles. It is a novel about an obsession with objects, and about a widow's struggle to keep her antiques – her spoils. As in James' novel, your book is filled with spoils: one character gets into the antiques business; Lou helps the parishioners at the jumble sale; Kate struggles to let go of her previous life, but is frequently confronted with aspects of it that subsist in her present. The scene where Dermot mistakes the name of a character in The Spoils of Poynton for a real person is very telling of Kate's ambivalence toward her past: she resents the fact that Dermot, unlike her first husband, is not a cultivated man; at the same time, she fears that Dermot might feel inferior or ashamed by his glaring mistake, or that he might resent the fact that James' book represents a bond between Charles and her. Furthermore, both James' and your novel end with a certain amount of poetic justice.
I wonder if the title of your novel might be a reference to the first verse of William Langland's The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman ("In a summer season when soft was the sun"). If so, this reference could also be read as a key to the fact that, as in the poem, your book is also a social satire. Moreover, your novel is permeated by summer – the heat, the illicit romances, the eroticism, the madness of summer in its height. "On this first sunny evening of the year, the house had all its windows thrown open, as if of itself, like a flower, it had responded to the sun." The characters themselves are responding to the sun: they are full of anger and desire; they are trying to burst out of their condition. It is as if they were intoxicated: they know it won't last, and thus want to live it to the full; at the same time, they are embarrassed by their own intoxication. Their emotions are inappropriate. Their love is disrupting. And they are both grateful for and resentful of that.
You allow for more complexity than your characters themselves are prepared to acknowledge: they are never quite what they are trying to project into others; and they are never quite what the others are trying to push them into being. They are something in-between, hard to grasp, incommunicable – and very lonely. Even when you make us laugh of them, it is a laughter that leaves a lump behind, stuck in the throat.
Salvador Dali, "White Calm", 1936
"It was the memory of a memory by now—the hallmark of happiness, that scene." – Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season
"'None of this really matters,' she decided. 'Let us clap our hands and shout ourselves hoarse and throw our turkey bones into the air, to show how little it means, this empty occasion.'" – Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season
"From her tone of voice, and the quick smile that went with it, Kate guessed that even if she had not enjoyed it, she would have pretended that she had; but it was all guess-work now—the child she had seen grow up, her goddaughter (she had held her in church, given presents), the girl handing round tea after the funeral, had been spirited away, might never have been. Instead there was a strange and beautiful creature, turning her hands above the gas-flame, as if weaving a spell; she smiled to herself, watching the gold sparkling on her fingernails." – Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season
"On the way home they quarrelled – or, rather, she listened to Dermot quarrelling with an imaginary Kate, who supplied him with imaginary retorts, against which he was able to build up his indignation. Then, when they were nearly home, he began to punish himself, and Kate realised that the more he basked in blame, the more it would turn out to be all hers; her friends, for close friends of hers they would become, would seem to have lined up to aggravate him, and her silence would be held to account for his lack of it." – Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season
Virago Modern Classics, 1983, 224 p. Goodreads
I read this book in August for The Virago Modern Classics Book Club & 20 Books of Summer.
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6 thoughts on "It was the memory of a memory by now—the hallmark of happiness, that scene"
29 de September de 2017 at 14:51
Lovely post, Juliana. This was one of my favourite Taylors and she captures the complex nuances of human relationships so well.
juliana brina says:
Thank you, Karen! Taylor might be one of my favourite novelists. I really enjoyed this book 🙂
Gilt and Dust says:
I haven't read this book but the quotes have led to me adding this to my wish list. It sounds fascinating.
Taylor is a fascinating writer; she never disappoints 🙂
Lovely review 🙂 I've only read one book by Elizabeth Taylor, being Angel, which was excellent and perceptive and this sounds equally so. She's so well known in the blogosphere, but still a relatively unknown writer which is a shame. Perhaps if the blogging community keep pushing she'll eventually be recognised as the excellent writer she is.
1 de October de 2017 at 00:05
Thank you, Belinda! You are right, it is hard to understand why she remains unknown. I also loved Angel, particularly the ending. And I agree that this aspect of pushing neglected authors into the public debate is one of the most fascinating aspects of the blogging community 🙂


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Le  est le plus long cours d'eau de l'île de Hokkaidō et le troisième du Japon. C'est le second par l'étendue de son bassin versant.

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Le fleuve Ishikari prend sa source au mont Ishikari  d'altitude, sur la commune de Kamikawa et traverse les grandes villes de Asahikawa et Sapporo.

Ses principaux affluents sont la Chūbetsu-gawa, l'Uryū-gawa, la Sorachi-gawa et la Toyohira-gawa. Elle ne se jette dans la mer du Japon que depuis , auparavant elle rejoignait l'océan Pacifique au niveau de Tomakomai. Mais les laves des volcans de Shikotsuko ont barré son cours et l'ont détournée vers la côte ouest de Hokkaidō.

Le fleuve Ishikari se jette dans la mer du Japon dans la baie d'Ishikari, à l'est d'Otaru, une des principales villes de Hokkaido.

Le nom Ishikari signifie dans la langue aïnoue la « rivière sinueuse ». Effectivement, le fleuve formait de nombreux méandres dans la plaine d'Ishikari, au point qu'il était aussi long que le fleuve Shinano, le plus long fleuve du Japon. De nombreux travaux ont fini par réduire sa longueur de  en laissant de nombreux bras morts.

Les paysages, le climat et les activités humaines, en particulier la vie très dure des agriculteurs au début du , sont décrites dans le roman Le Propriétaire absent publié en 1929 par l'écrivain japonais Takiji Kobayashi, à une époque où le Japon s'efforçait de renforcer la colonisation de l'île de Hokkaido en en développant l'agriculture et l'industrie.

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The Blue Ridge Center is about 5 miles from Harpers Ferry. Take 340 to Harpers Ferry Road. Across from Nell Boone Park, our 894 acres are home to deep woods, streams, a working farm, wildflower meadows, historic farmsteads, apiaries, and wildlife.
Walk through the Civil War towns of Bolivar and Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Experience life as it existed at the time of the Civil War.
Just South-West of Shepherdstown, Morgan Grove Park is immediately off 480. With over 20-acres of shade trees, meadows, playgrounds, and spring-fed streams, this popular park serves as an idyllic site for community gatherings and events.
Shepherdstown is the oldest incorporated city in the state of West Virginia and the town has been well-preserved and protected – a true blend of amazing history and modern wonders! Many of the buildings in the town were built before the Revolutionary War.
This 130 acre park is located at the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Center near Harpers Ferry, Charles Town, and Shepherdstown. To get the park take 230 to Melvin Road and then onto Steeple Chase. The sparse acreage lends well to community events and offers the perfect place to host weddings, wedding receptions, and reunions and other family events.
The Outdoor Education Center provides children the opportunity for hands on learning through a variety of activities. The 350 wooded acres in West Virginia is a 30 minute drive from Charles Town. Take Route 9 to Mission Road (cross river) and follow until you see our sign on the left – approximately 6 miles.
This trail network follows Bullskin Run and meanders through meadow habitat, with views of Cool Spring Marsh and sightings of blue heron, hawks, and water fowl. CraftWorks is an 81-acre preserve five miles southwest of Charles Town on County Route 13.


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Stephen Silas is in his firts season as Associate Head Coach, eighth season with the organization and 17th as an NBA assistant coach after joining the team's coaching staff on December 26, 2010. Silas came to Charlotte after spending the previous four and a half seasons as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors. Prior to joining the Warriors, Silas served as an advance scout for the Washington Wizards during the 2005-06 season.
Silas also spent five seasons as an assistant coach under his father, Paul Silas, with the original Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets (2000-03) and Cleveland Cavaliers (2003-05). Silas, who joined the original Hornets in the summer of 1999 as an advance and college scout, was promoted to assistant coach on June 5, 2000, making him the youngest assistant in the NBA at that time at 27 years old.
Silas has also served as a Summer League head coach for New Orleans (2002), Cleveland (2003) and Golden State (2010). In addition to his work with NBA teams, Silas coached at the 2003 and 2007 NBA Pre-Draft camps and the 2011 adidas EuroCamp in Treviso, Italy. Internationally, Silas has worked at camps and clinics across the globe to help promote the game of basketball and the NBA in locations including Germany, South Africa and South Korea.
The Boston native graduated from Brown University in 1996, where he earned bachelor's degrees in sociology and management and played four seasons for the Bears basketball team. Upon graduation, Silas spent three years as the assistant executive director of the National Basketball Retired Players Association in Providence, Rhode Island.
Silas and his wife, Keryl, were married in 2002 and have two daughters, Kyler Elyse and Kaelyn.
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Mike Batiste enters his first season with the Charlotte Hornets, most recently joining the team from the Brooklyn Nets where he served as a player development assistant coach. Prior to his time with Brooklyn, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League.
As a player, Batiste played professionally for 14 seasons, including one season in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2002-03 season. Batiste spent 10 years with Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League, helping lead the club to eight consecutive league championships and earning the league's MVP award in 2010. He also won three EuroLeague championships (2007, 2009 and 2011) and garnered All-EuroLeague First Team honors in 2011 and All-EuroLeague Second Team accolades in 2012. Batiste also had had professional stints with clubs in Belgium, Italy and Turkey.
A native of Long Beach, Calif., Batiste played collegiately for three years at Arizona State, earning 1998-99 All-Pac-10 First Team honors in his final campaign.
Batiste and his wife, Sarah, have a son, Michael, and a daughter, Sydney.
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In his lone season in Sioux Falls, Delany lead the Skyforce to a 31-19 record, finishing tied for the second-best record in the D-League and posting the fifth-best winning percentage in the franchise's 25-year history.
Before being named head coach of the Skyforce, the D-League affiliate for the Miami Heat, Delany spent 11 seasons with the Heat, including six seasons as advance scout (2007-13) and four as video coordinator (2003-07). He started with the Heat in 2002-03 as a video intern.
Prior to the Heat, Delany spent part of the 2001-02 season as a video intern for the Boston Celtics and spent five summers as a basketball camp counselor at places including the University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame and his alma mater, Saint Anselm College.
Delany played four seasons at Division II Saint Anselm, where he finished his career as the school's all-time leader with 731 assists and graduated with a degree in business administration.
Delany and his wife, Jackie, have two children, Rylan and Lila May.
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Hetzel led the Charge to a 28-22 record, finishing second in the East division and posting the second-best record in the team's history.
Before moving to Canton, Hetzel spent four seasons with the Detroit Pistons as player development coach. In that role, he was responsible for identifying individual strengths and weaknesses, creating a specific progression plan and monitoring players' growth throughout the season. During his time with the Pistons, three players received All-Rookie honors, including Jonas Jerebko (2010 Second Team), Greg Monroe (2011 Second Team) and Brandon Knight (2012 First Team)
Prior to the Pistons, Hetzel spent three seasons as video coordinator for the Cleveland Cavaliers (2006-09), after getting his start in the NBA as assistant video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs in 2005-06
Hetzel is a 2005 graduate of Michigan State University, where he earned his bachelor's in kinesiology with a specialization in coaching and served as a student manager for Tom Izzo's men's basketball team.
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Kreutzer served as lead shooting instructor and player development coach after joining former Hornets assistant coach and four-time NBA All-Star Mark Price in forming the Mark Price Shooting Lab at Suwanee Sports Academy in 2006. He also served as head coach of the ABA's Atlanta Vision (2006-2008), where the team won the Southern Division and made an Elite Eight appearance.
Prior to the Vision, Kreutzer served as an assistant coach at Queens University in Charlotte – reaching the NCAA Division II Final Four in 2003 – and UNC Charlotte, as well as head coach at Garinger High School, where he won the 4A Boys North Carolina State High School Title in 1989. He also served as Post Graduate head coach at Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Va.) and led the team to a No. 9 ranking nationally in 2006, developing more than 20 Division I college players in his tenure.
Kreutzer is a graduate of SUNY-New Paltz, where he earned his bachelor's in Social Sciences. Kreutzer and his wife Nancy have two children, Jennifer and Kevin, as well as four grandchildren, Kaitlin, Ashley, Carter and Mackenzie.
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Born and raised in Washington, DC, Jordan served as head coach of his hometown Wizards from the 2003-04 season through the first 11 games of 2008-09. After inheriting a Wizards team that posted a losing record in five straight seasons, Jordan was able to guide the 2004-05 Wizards to their highest win total in 25 years in just his second season, while giving Washington its first playoff berth since 1997 and advancing past the first round for the first time since 1982. Jordan's Wizards made four straight playoff appearances from 2004-05 through 2007-08; prior to his arrival, Washington made the playoffs just once over a 16-year span.
Before his time with the Wizards, Jordan served as the lead assistant coach on Byron Scott's staff in New Jersey from 1999-2003, helping the Nets to the NBA Finals in back-to-back years in 2002 and 2003. Prior to his work with the Nets, Jordan was an assistant coach with Sacramento for five seasons beginning in 1992, before being named head coach of the Kings for the final 15 games of the 1996-97 campaign. He would spend his first full season as an NBA head coach with the Kings for the 1997-98 season, his last year with the club.
Originally selected by Cleveland in the second round of the 1977 NBA Draft (33rd overall), Jordan averaged 8.1 points, 3.8 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 1.82 steals in seven seasons with the Cavaliers, Nets, Lakers and Trail Blazers. He was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers' 1982 championship team. Prior to playing in the NBA, Jordan led Rutgers to the 1976 NCAA Final Four as a junior and was named East Regional MVP.
Jordan has five children, sons Justin, Eddie II, Paul and Jackson and daughter Skylar.
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In the afternoon, Christine Harrison gave a presentation on volunteering, as an activity that involved preparation, participation and post-participation work (debriefing). Christine drew from her experience of working in Thailand to give examples of how to expect the unexpected. She also told the stories of the challenges and successes of two Montessori volunteers: Cathy Swan, who went to a remote Indigenous Australian school for two weeks and Eileen who served in Timor-Leste. Christine invited five audience members to join in part of the presentation to demonstrate the impact of trauma. Lynne joined Christine in a role play to show how not to offer help.
In the Open Space session, Solanye Cabrera offered a presentation on her work in a bilingual environment in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. Bai Ling spoke on the Montessori Volunteers Association in China and her outreach work with children. At the end of the day, Nagarjun Karnatkam demonstrated his skill as a magician and mentalist. Pre-dinner drinks were held at the invitation of the Indian EsF hosts and after dinner the fun continued with dancing.
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All over the world girls outperform boys in math and science
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With Silicon Valley struggling to add diversity into the male-dominated tech companies, a new study suggests that women have a natural head start.
In 70 percent of countries where statistics are available, the University of Missouri's David Geary and his research team found that girls overwhelmingly outperform their male counterparts. The team had access to a standardized international exam, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and the scores of 1.5 million students.
"Even in countries where women's liberties are severely restricted, we found that girls are outperforming boys in reading, mathematics, and science literacy by age 15, regardless of political, economic, social, or gender-equality issues and policies found in those countries," he concluded.
The researchers don't hypothesize why women perform so much better, but they do largely rule out environmental factors. Some of the countries taking the PISA treated men and boys as superior to women, and this still doesn't seem to change the academic outcome.
"Results show that a commitment to gender equality on its own is not enough to close the achievement gaps in global education; the gap is not increasing," they explain. "Although it is vital that we promote gender equality in schools, we also need to make sure that we're doing more to understand why these gaps, especially among boys, persist and what other policies we can develop to close them."
In other words, it's not a general lack of respect for equality that holds girls back from joining the ranks of boys in college and tech companies. Even in countries where women are not treated as well, girls still outperform their male counterparts. Yet in countries where women do have relative equality, girls still don't go on in great numbers to study math, science, and engineering in college — even though they have the aptitude for those subjects.
There must be something in the way we educate, the researchers surmise, that prevents girls from getting on the path to a tech career.
Some schools have found that it is, in fact, how classes are taught that encourage or discourage more women in the sciences. The University of California, Berkeley, tried an intro to computer science class that is more collaborative and problem-based, and it achieved a majority of women for the first time.
It's still an open question if others can replicate these types of successes, but this most recent study shows that women are not naturally inferior to men in math in science. They might, in fact, be naturally better.
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McDonogh School
Owings Mills, Maryland
An ideal Upper School Mathematics Teacher is dynamic, has the ability to teach all levels of mathematics courses from Algebra I through Calculus, and is interested in developing strong problem-solving and communication competencies in students. The teacher will work with students in grades 9 - 12.
Inspiring, engaging, and encouraging students in the study of mathematics
Using professional growth opportunities to continually grow as a mathematics educator
Working collaboratively with colleagues within the mathematics department and with members of other departments, including the science/engineering, computer science, and arts departments
Incorporating the use of technology in the classroom; including, but not limited to, the use of calculators and spreadsheets to solve problems
Becoming an active member of the McDonogh community by participating in school activities inside and outside of the mathematics department
Overtly supporting and acting in accordance with the school's mission
Exhibit professional standards of presentation, punctuality, professional courtesy, and discretion
Responding to the needs of the School, including but not limited to, service learning, advisory programs, coaching, assigned supervision, and other areas as determined by the Upper School Head
A demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development
Experience working in a student-centered learning environment, with practical experience with problem-based learning
Prior experience teaching Mathematics is preferred
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion
Ability to successfully work with and within a culturally diverse student body, staff, and community
Exhibits a strong work ethic
Must be able to comply with background check, including finger prints, as required by the agency and / or state regulations.
Must possess personal qualifications as required, flexibility, patience, good personal hygiene and physical and mental health that do not interfere with responsibilities.
Proficient in the use of technology tools, including but not limited to the use of the TI-Nspire calculator, Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel; proficiency with RStudio preferred, but not required
Subject matter expertise required, preferably through second-year Calculus including the ability to incorporate data analysis into math courses.
About McDonogh School
McDonogh School is a community that finds joy in work, in play, and in the discovery and realization of personal potential. Strong, mutually respectful relationships among and between students and teachers inspire a passion for learning, a dedication to personal integrity, and a commitment to excellence. Embracing diversity of background, culture, and thought, the school builds upon its founder's original mission to provide a life-altering opportunity to develop in its students the will "to do the greatest possible amount of good." Founded in 1873 and situated on an 820-acre campus, McDonogh is a day and boarding institution that employs 330 faculty and staff; serves 1,370 students in grades PK-12; has a substantial operating budget and endowment; and just completed a $75 million capital campaign, the largest of any independent school in Maryland. Long been recognized as one of the finest schools in the nation, McDonogh has a reputation for being highly innovative and "on the move." McDonogh School strives to employ a faculty, administration, and staff exhibiting sound ethical standards and character traits such as moral courage and self-reliance, intellectual confidence ...and curiosity with a love of learning, and the ability to think critically, communicate effectively, and engage in a wide scope of educational, athletic, and artistic endeavors. Members of the McDonogh community strive to have the highest of moral principles, and to exhibit cooperativeness, loyalty, open-mindedness, and sensitivity, as well as attention to physical, mental, and emotional health, growth, and well-being of self and others.
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God's Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.
Psa 78:1 - A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.
And His [fn]miracles that He had shown them.
And gave them [fn]food from heaven.
He sent them [fn]food [fn]in abundance.
And by His [fn]power He directed the south wind.
And [fn]subdued the choice men of Israel.
A [fn]wind that passes and does not return.
[fn]A band of destroying angels.
To this [fn]hill country which His right hand had gained.
And [fn]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
And [fn]His virgins had no wedding songs.
And [fn]His widows could not weep.
Like a warrior [fn]overcome by wine.


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Opioid receptor-mediated control of acetylcholine release in human neocortex tissue.
The effects of various opioid receptor agonists and antagonists on evoked acetylcholine release were studied in slices of human neocortex prelabelled with [3H]-choline, superfused and depolarized electrically (2 min, 3 Hz, 2 ms, 24 mA) or by K+ (20 mM). The delta-opioid receptor agonist DPDPE and the kappa-opioid receptor agonist U50488 reduced the evoked [3H]-overflow (acetylcholine release) in a concentration-dependent fashion; the delta-opioid receptor antagonist naltrindole and the kappa-opioid receptor antagonist norbinaltorphimine, respectively, antagonized these effects. Application of the mu-opioid receptor agonist DAGO also resulted in an inhibition of acetylcholine release; however, both delta- and kappa-opioid receptor antagonists were able to block this effect. The mu-opioid receptor agonists morphine and (+)-nortilidine had no effect. These results indicate that acetylcholine release in human neocortex is inhibited through delta- and kappa-opioid receptors, but not through mu-opioid receptors. Acetylcholine release was significantly increased by the delta-opioid receptor antagonist naltrindole in the presence of a mixture of peptidase inhibitors providing evidence for a delta-opioid receptor-mediated inhibition of acetylcholine release by endogenous enkephalin. K(+)-evoked acetylcholine release in the presence of TTX was inhibited by U50488, but not by DPDPE, suggesting the presence of kappa-opioid receptors on cholinergic terminals and the localization of delta-receptors on cortical interneurons. Therefore, the potent effect of DPDPE on acetylcholine release is likely to be indirect, by modulation of intrinsic cortical neurons. These interneurons probably do not use GABA as neurotransmitter since both GABAA and GABAB receptor agonists (muscimol and baclofen, respectively) were without effect on acetylcholine release.
Cholinergic ventral forebrain grafts into the neocortex improve passive avoidance memory in a rat model of Alzheimer disease.


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Biografia
Dopo aver frequentato l'istituto St. Lucas di Bruxelles senza concludere gli studi di cinema, nel 1989 fonda il gruppo art-rock dEUS insieme con Stef Kamil Carlens, Klaas Janzoons e Jules De Borgher. Barman suona la chitarra, canta e compone i brani, oltre a girare i videoclip delle canzoni. Come regista di clip realizza anche prodotti per altre band, fra cui Axelle Red e Hooverphonic. Nel 1994 i dEUS debuttano con il disco Worst Case Scenario, e in tre decenni di carriera si impongono con «un sound eccentrico e spiazzante».

Negli anni 2000, dopo i primi tre album del gruppo, Barman registra un disco dal vivo col pianista e compositore Guy Van Nueten. In seguito, insieme al produttore britannico CJ Bolland, dà vita a un nuovo progetto musicale, i Magnus, una band che pubblica due album di musica dance. Nel 2003 realizza il suo primo lungometraggio come regista, Any Way the Wind Blows, con una colonna sonora che affianca brani rock, pop, jazz ed elettronici (fra cui Summer's Here, dei Magnus). Nel 2009 è oggetto del documentario Tempo of a Restless Soul, diretto da Renaat Lambeets e Manu Riche.

Nel 2006 è fra i promotori dell'evento 0110, una serie di concerti con l'obiettivo di promuovere la tolleranza in Belgio

Nei 2015 fonda una nuova band di ispirazione jazz rock, i TaxiWars, insieme con il sassofonista Robin Verheyen, il bassista Nicolas Thys e il batterista Antoine Pierre.

Nel 2020 pubblica la sua prima raccolta di fotografie, intitolata Hurry Up and Wait.

Discografia

Con i dEUS
 1994 – Worst Case Scenario (Island Records)
 1996 – In a Bar, Under the Sea (Island Records)
 1999 – The Ideal Crash (Island Records)
 2005 – Pocket Revolution (V2 Records)
 2008 – Vantage Point (V2 Records)
 2011 – Keep You Close (Pias)
 2012 – Following Sea (Pias)
 2023 – How to Replace It (Pias)

Con i TaxiWars
 2015 – TaxiWars (Universal Music Group)
 2016 – Fever (Universal Music Group)
 2019 – Artificial Horizon (Sdban Ultra)

Con Guy Van Nueten
 2003 – Tom Barman & Guy Van Nueten – Live (Universal Music Group)

Con i Magnus
 2005 – The Body Gave You Everything (Bulbus)
 2014 – Where Neon Goes to Die (Bulbus)

Filmografia

Regista
 Turnpike - cortometraggio (1996)
 Any Way the Wind Blows (2003)

Pubblicazioni

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Registi di videoclip


In hopes of willing in the warmer temps, I did a little Spring cleaning. I was running out of space for all my accessories and such. Mom, I know what you are thinking. I should just stop shopping, but there is something to be said about a little retail therapy. I am on a tight budget, so my impulsive spending is not breaking the bank, promise.
Last week, I added a few key pieces to my collection from Forever 21, like this amazing fringe beaded number here. How could I pass it up for that price?
But the burning question was how to adequately & creatively showcase all my great jewels without them becoming a tangled mess. I have some of my bigger baubles hung on an old rod iron coat hook as seen here. My other favorite little birch tree stand was overloaded and on the verge of tipping over, so I needed to merchandise a new cluster.
And then there is my potpourri of glass jars and old wine bottles that are just taking up space in my cupboard. After reading this great article on line at Lucky Magazine, I had the perfect solution. I can't bear to toss the dozens of "Dearly Beloved, I thee Red" bottles sitting on my counter as they are just too cool. Oh and that random vintage Coke bottle was just calling my name.
So, here it is, my eclectic array of necklaces, rings and cuffs neatly displayed atop bottles, inside vintage porridge bowls, tossed with some of my other favorite things like feathers, horns & a candle.
I love how it turned out. So organized and oh so very "Chique", don't you think!? Now if Spring would just arrive, I could starting sporting some of these new fab pieces.


i am putting the overlay after the zoom happens, so i'm not doing the overlay in the starting background (INT. AUDITORIUM BACKSTAGE - DAY with OVERLAY) i would like to put it after the zoom. ty for the help though, i'll keep that in mind when i want the overlay to start with the background!
What Did Opacity Had To Do With Overlays??
opacity is the transparency, since i didn't specify mine i believe it was at 0%.
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'According to reports, authorities in Belgium have seized documents, financial records and computer equipment form the local branch of the Church of Scientology (Church) and then sealed off the building.
The reports state that the Church in Belgium is being investigated for extortion and fraud for allegedly posting false job openings in newspapers and then attempting to get those who applied to join the Church. Several ex-members of the Church has also reportedly approached authorities with accusations of intimidation and extortion.
Police in Belgium have been investigating the Church for nearly ten years prior to this raid.
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ChrisMyden.com - Canada's National Pride Restored - Red, White & Gold Baby!
In my opinion anyone interested in improving himself should not rule out becoming pure energy. - Jack Handley, The New Mexican , 1988.
Canada's National Pride Restored - Red, White & Gold Baby!
If you're not a Canadian, it might be hard to relate to the passion we feel for the sport of hockey. The best way I can relate it to the rest of the world, is the love many of you have for soccer. To us, the Olympic Gold is akin to winning the World Cup.
I almost thought I was going to miss the game, as I was heading back on a flight from Mexico at the time (Yeah I know, life is rough). By a twist of fate however, I had a 3 hour layover in San Francisco which allowed me to watch the final two periods of the game.
The airport lounge was packed with hockey fans, including a semi-pro hockey team from Canada who were having a great time drinking beer (what else) and poking fun at the Americans.
Americans are the best at many many sports, so let us enjoy our supreme reign of authority in the game that swims in our blood. We're an insecure little nation that needs these little ego boosts every once in a while.
Where were you for the gold medal game? I'd love to hear your comments.


"A yeast gene product, Fob1 protein, required for both replication fork blocking and recombinational hotspot activities."
"Expansion and contraction of ribosomal DNA repeats in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: requirement of replication fork blocking (Fob1) protein and the role of RNA polymerase I."
Kobayashi T., Heck D.J., Nomura M., Horiuchi T.
"The replication fork barrier site forms a unique structure with Fob1p and inhibits the replication fork."
Cited for: FUNCTION, DNA-BINDING, MUTAGENESIS OF HIS-159; HIS-164; CYS-193; CYS-196 AND ASP-291.
"Mechanism of Regulation of Intrachromatid Recombination and Long-Range Chromosome Interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."
Zaman S., Choudhury M., Jiang J.C., Srivastava P., Mohanty B.K., Danielson C., Humphrey S.J., Jazwinski S.M., Bastia D.
"Association of the RENT complex with nontranscribed and coding regions of rDNA and a regional requirement for the replication fork block protein Fob1 in rDNA silencing."
"Transcription of ribosomal genes can cause nondisjunction."
Machin F., Torres-Rosell J., De Piccoli G., Carballo J.A., Cha R.S., Jarmuz A., Aragon L.
"Elimination of replication block protein Fob1 extends the life span of yeast mother cells."
Defossez P.A., Prusty R., Kaeberlein M., Lin S.J., Ferrigno P., Silver P.A., Keil R.L., Guarente L.
"Rtt109 prevents hyper-amplification of ribosomal RNA genes through histone modification in budding yeast."
Ide S., Saka K., Kobayashi T.
"Inhibition of telomere recombination by inactivation of KEOPS subunit Cgi121 promotes cell longevity."
Peng J., He M.H., Duan Y.M., Liu Y.T., Zhou J.Q.
"The cis element and factors required for condensin recruitment to chromosomes."
"Putting the brake on FEAR: Tof2 promotes the biphasic release of Cdc14 phosphatase during mitotic exit."
Waples W.G., Chahwan C., Ciechonska M., Lavoie B.D.
"Genes determining yeast replicative life span in a long-lived genetic background."
Kaeberlein M., Kirkland K.T., Fields S., Kennedy B.K.
"Nsi1 plays a significant role in the silencing of ribosomal DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."
Ha C.W., Sung M.K., Huh W.K.
Cited for: INTERACTION WITH NSI1.


Miami Worldcenter is a world-class mixed-use development in the heart of downtown Miami, FL. Surrounded by some of the best art and culture the city has to offer, Miami Worldcenter is spread over ten blocks and nearly 30 acres, making it one of the largest urban developments in the United States. At the time of inception, the project, led by principals Arthur Falcone and Nitin Motwani, was the largest privately funded development project in the country. Spanning several blocks in the Park West neighborhood of Miami, just north of Downtown, this location enjoys ideal and readily available accessibility to South Beach, the Business district, and Government Center. Upon completion, Miami Worldcenter will offer a compelling blend of retail, restaurant, and entertainment venues as well as hotel, residential, and office spaces.
After completing Paramount in Fort Lauderdale, this was M2Es second project with the Falcone-Motwani partnership. Commissioned to perform Total Quality Control, Project Management, and Forensic Engineering Services—the project proves the depth and challenges M2E thrives on with the planned 1800 room hotel and convention center. The 55-story building requires detailed inspections both exterior swing stage as well as lengthy internal inspections that call upon all of M2E's engineering and construction disciplines.


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China's stimulus program is prone to blow more bubbles in the economy next year. The government's latest infrastructure build-out may be a short-term boost for the stock market there, but it's perceived as a longer term negative considering the fact that Chinese provinces and the main government is going to be saddled with even more debt than it already has by building and investing in things it probably does not need.
"More wasteful investment means more destruction of capital and more bad debts," says Robin Parbrook, Schroders chief of Asian investment ex-Japan. Parbrook warned on Monday that China's "serial bubble-blowing" is a long-term problem.
The current government-driven infrastructure plan is your garden variety Chinese stimulus program of bridges to nowhere and high vacancy high rises. Most of the players are state-owned enterprises that get funded directly or indirectly by the government banks or by provincially-run public private partnerships. This could keep make the iShares FTSE China (FXI) exchange traded fund a loser in 2017 as it is laden with big state owned firms and banks. That ETF is actually up only 0.4% this year while the MSCI Emerging Markets is up by over 9%. The A-shares fund (ASHR) by Deutsche Bank has done even worse, down 14.7% year-to-date ending Dec. 19. That fund has more local focused companies in it, but they are also local-focused companies that many people in China haven't even heard of. Americans may be better off picking an active fund manager from an emerging market specialty shop, or pick a favorite China stock and roll with the punches.
More China volatility is expected next year. It is unclear yet what a Trump administration will do with China. Outside of Mexico, China is the country Trump is mostly willing to pick a fight with in 2017. Any significant trade disputes with the Chinese will be met with China lowering the value of its currency. Barclays Capital has been forecasting the renmimbi to end the year at 7 to the dollar, its weakest level in 8 years. It is currently 6.9544.
China has been relying on credit expansion to reach its economic growth forecasts of 6% for years now. These loans have had the effect of creating distortions and stresses in the banking system, contributing to bubbles in asset prices, not to mention oversupply in numerous sectors. Solar panels and automotive sector oversupply comes to mind.
This has also been a problem in real estate, still considered the preferred bank account of individuals in China.
Since the 2015 market crash following MSCI's rejection of including the A-shares in its emerging markets index, the Shanghai Composite has been an underperformer in the emerging market universe. China is growing, but its stock market is not. The Dow Jones Shanghai Index is off by 29% since May 1, 2015. FXI is down over 31%. ASHR is even worse, down 50.5% as that was the product most helped along by investors gambling on MSCI inclusion of Shanghai and Shenzhen listed stocks in its index. If MSCI included those shares, it would have created instant demand for those securities by index funds such as Deutsche Bank's China ETF. Locals that were burnt by investing in these securities on margin, thinking they were betting on a sure thing, have since opted out of the stock market.
But the bubble mentality created by cheap money is not dead yet in China. Bubble finance finds other ways to speculate and more recently this has been evident in property prices in the tier-1 cities like Shanghai, where price gains of 30-40% year-on-year have been reported. The Chinese authorities have taken steps to try and prevent this bubble from inflating further, and the latest data on property prices that has just been published shows that they have had some success. New home prices gained from the previous month in 55 of the 70 cities tracked by the government, compared with 62 in October. Local authorities have in recent months introduced restrictions on property purchases. They are now asking for bigger down payments for first-time home buyers.
At last Friday's economic planning conference in Beijing, the government highlighted in a statement that "houses should be built to be inhabited, not for investing." The value of homes sold last month increased at their slowest pace so far this year.
"There are other challenges facing the Chinese authorities that might also contribute to a squeeze on liquidity and underpin higher borrowing costs," says Neil MacKinnon, an economist for VTB Capital in London. "This morning, the yuan one-month loan rate in Hong Kong climbed to an 11-month high and last week we saw a sharp sell-off in the Chinese bond market -- the biggest weekly loss since 2009 -- and the 10-year government bond yield moved up to 3.4%," he says, indicating that volatility is back in Chinese fixed income.
China's corporate debt problem is widely reported. At some point, companies will require deleveraging, VTB's MacKinnon says.
Between 2009 to 2015, credit grew by 20% on average each year. The ratio of non-bank private credit-to-GDP rose from 150% to 200%. These non-bank credits come from China's famous "shadow banking" system, much of which is an instrument created by provincial governments to fund pet projects and other job creating endeavors and force investors into financial products that are lending to these dud companies.
According to the IMF, China's credit distortions are similar to those that led to painful deleveraging in Spain and Japan.
"We now expect that like Japan post-bubble, the Chinese government will use periodic fiscal stimulus packages to offset a sluggish and deflation-prone economy," says Parbrook. "This will lead to a rapid accumulation of government debt. The only difference being that the Chinese authorities may pretend the debt is held in the private sector, via the state owned enterprises and the local government investment vehicles," he says about the above-mentioned financial products that make up the bulk of China's shadow lending. "Large and accumulating bad debts in the banking system will end up on the government's balance sheet. The lack of reform and serial bubble-blowing means long-term vulnerabilities are rising. This is among the biggest bubbles we will see in our investment careers," Parbrook warns.