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Actuaries take step up to partner at LCP
Open-access content 1st May 2012
Six members of the actuarial and investment consulting teams at LCP have been promoted to partner and a member of its risk benefits consulting team has been promoted to principal.
Among those promoted to partner is Simon Coomber, who joined the consultancy in 2002 and became a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in 2008. He specialises in the management and implementation of large projects for clients, ranging from the ongoing management of UK pension scheme liabilities to multinational benefit reviews.
According to LCP, Mr Coomber has extensive experience in providing international accounting advice to both European and US-based clients.
He is joined as a partner by Lee Dodds. At LCP since 2005, Mr Dodds graduated from Cambridge University with a mathematics degree and is a qualified actuary. With a particular focus on setting and implementing strategy, he also advises client on investment issues such as asset switching mechanisms, investment manager selection, asset transfers and performance measurement.
Ken Hardman, who is also a qualified actuary, joined LCP in 2003. His role involves advising LCP's trustee and corporate clients on all aspects of their pension arrangements, with a particular focus on pension de-risking.
He is a member of LCP's specialist pension buyout practice and has advised on a number of successful buy-in and buy-out transactions, as well as playing a key role in developing LCP's 2012 report on the pension de-risking market.
Euan Reid joined LCP in 2004 with a first class master's degree in mathematics from Durham University and then qualified as an actuary in 2008. He advises pension scheme trustees and sponsors on all strategic and day-to-day management issues and manages one of the four actuarial teams in LCP's London office.
Susan Brierley joined LCP in 2000 after graduating from Cambridge University with an MSci in Physics. She works for a wide range of clients advising both companies and trustees on all aspects of their pension arrangements and, like Mr Reid, heads up of LCP's pensions actuarial teams in London.
Also promoted to partner is Heather Brown, who joined LCP in 2004 with a degree in economics from York University. She advises pension fund and charity clients on investment issues ranging from strategy to manager selection.
Finally, Carlos Corriea has been promoted to principal. He joined LCP in 2000 and is head of the firm's risks benefit consulting team. With 20 years' experience of consulting with a range of employer organisations, he leads the LCP team that provides specialist insurance broking, consultancy and administration services in the areas of death, disability and healthcare benefits
Stephen Davies, partner at LCP, said: 'The promotions reflect the continued growth we are seeing across the business - taking the number of LCP partners and principals to over 100."
'The extensive knowledge and experience that our six newly-promoted partners and our new principal will bring to our business will only strengthen the already award-winning teams that they work within - helping us to continue delivering advice and services that are focused on the needs of our clients.'
This article appeared in our May 2012 issue of The Actuary.


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Last week, new camera maker Lytro debuted the first production version of their revolutionary new light field camera. The Lytro camera allows you to take pictures and focus them after the picture is taken – something that has a lot of people very excited – especially major tech news outlets, gadget Web sites and grandmas everywhere. It does this by collecting light rays coming from all directions instead of a limited area like a regular camera. All that light (11 million rays according to the camera specs) is captured with a special micro-lens array sensor and then the data is processed by the camera's "Light Field Engine" and turned into "Living Images" that can be refocused over and over and even be displayed as 3D photos.
Although I wrote about the Lytro camera in June when it was first announced (original Lytro announcement article), last week's announcement was the first time a lot of people got wind of it. I got a barrage of questions about the camera followed by some interesting discussions about what makes a good photo and what kind of technology is really important to photography. It's impossible to say right now how the Lytro camera will change photography but it's certainly getting a lot of attention – mostly from tech writers and regular folks who are excited because it makes it easier to avoid out-of-focus photos.
In spite of the buzz around the Lytro camera, most experienced photographers see it as more of a gimmick designed to help snapshot photographers avoid mistakes. And that's a worthy thing to do. However, experienced photographers know how to get a focused photo (most of the time) and decisions about stuff like focus and composition are usually made before a photo is taken. Being able to decide on focus after the fact is not going to make a better photo – it only helps us avoid screwing our photos up. At least, that's what most experienced photographers I've talked to think. However, no one can predict the future. Twenty years ago most of us thought Photoshop was a novelty for computer nerds. Fifteen years ago I didn't believe digital cameras would ever be a real professional photography tool. More recently, digital camera features like live view, face detection and video all seemed silly to me. But I use all of that stuff now and I couldn't live without digital cameras, Photoshop or live view. So what do I know about how important the Lytro is? What I know for sure is people are excited about it and that alone means it deserves our attention.
The final design of the first production Lytro camera is curious. I'm not sure what Lytro's long-term goals are but this first camera looks more like something from Fischer-Price than Nikon. It also comes with built-in memory instead of a memory card slot. The looks and the built-in memory mark it as more of a consumer gadget than a serious photographic tool. That said, the specs are pretty damn good – an 8x optical zoom lens with an f/2 aperture through the zoom range, aluminum body with rubber grip and a 1.5-inch touchscreen LCD display. According their Web site, the Lytro camera will be available in early 2012 to US residents only. Early adopters are going to pay a high price to be the first on their block with a Lytro camera – $399 for the 8 GB model and $499 for the 16 GB model – and you'll have to have a Mac computer to import and edit your Lytro photos. A Windows version is in development and ultimately they plan for the camera to be available across the globe.
If nothing else I am curious about all of this, though me adopting it? I still shoot film for most of my personal work, and digital for pro work. The post-processing work-flow could be a deciding factor for me, in addition to image quality.
I'm curious, if you don't have to worry about your subject being in focus, what about being blurry do to camera shake, or subject movement? The ergonomics of this camera make it look like it would be kind of hard to hold steady.
An all-focus camera could have some cool applications and it really does have broad appeal to the general public who are more interested in capturing the moment and not dealing with the technical details of light, composition, and focus.


North Kerry College of Further Education has an Open Learning Centre. Its main aim is to provide support to all the PLC and VTOS learners studying in the college. Many learners returning to education as adults experience stress and anxiety when confronted with academic exercises and tasks. This can be caused by many factors, including leaving education early, resulting in a lack of the skills required to complete projects and assignments, poor time management and study skills.
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Man Builds 8,000-lb Off-Road Racing Mech Suit
He's been building this 200 HP mech for a decade. Also Stratasys puts Dimension out to pasture, and scientists shove sensors into sports equipment.
Sticking IoT Into Sports Equipment
Everything in sports is quantifiable. Analytics have never been more important to coaches, players, and even fans, but setting up the resources to acquire this data can be extremely expensive. Only the big clubs can afford the high-speed cameras and equipment that capture this information.
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign want to change that, and they have started by installing IoT devices, like low-cost sensors and radios, into sports equipment. While pro systems can cost up to $1 million to implement and maintain, the IoT tech that they are using costs less than $100.
The sensors use algorithms that can track movement to within a few centimeters. They can provide trajectory, orientation, and even revolutions per second.
Players could soon check out stats on accuracy and speed on smartphones. The researchers, who started with a cricket ball, are also looking for new ways to charge the sensors. They think that they can harvest energy from the spin of the ball to power the sensor ... all to figure out why that curve ball isn't breaking.
Dimension's Days Are Numbered
It sounds like Dimension's days are numbered. Last week, Stratasys introduced a new line of FDM machines, the F123 Series.
According to Tim Bohling, Chief Marketing Officer at Stratasys, we're not in a "one-sized-fits-all era of the 3D printer" anymore. Now, "we are entering the era of specialization."
According to the company, the global prototyping market is between $10-$15 billion dollars, and additive manufacturing only accounts for a 23% share. With the F123 Series, the company is hoping to grab a larger piece of that pie.
Stratasys launched the Dimension line of 3D printers, which includes the Fortus and uPrint brands, in 2002. The sub $30,000 price point opened new doors for designers. According to Stratasys President of the Americas Rich Garrity, the F123 Series will put those printers out to pasture, by printing 25% faster in ABS, PLA, ASA, and PC-ABS, at about two-thirds of the price.
What I found particularly interesting was just how quickly you can change out material on the F123 Series printers. Any novice user can swap material in <1 minute, and it's easy to set up. According to beta user Jessie Hahne, President of the Center for Advanced Design, it took his team less than 30 minutes from the time his new F370 hit the dock to start printing their first part. What helps expedite setup is that the printers run off of 110 V power.
The company has 15 new patents pending for this system, which also features a new eject system with a flexible platform that makes it easier to remove printed parts — so you can toss out that old paint scraper you were using to pry parts off of the platform. It's also quieter than old machines, and, with the high-end F370, you can print in 0.005" of an inch in everything but PLA.
Time to get one of those in the IEN office, and give it a bit of a test run.
Off-Road Mech Racing
Prosthesis is an 8,000-pound, 200 hp off-road mech. While you may have a few applications that immediately jump into your mind, like a weaponized version for the military, or an industrial version for material handling, mechanical engineer Jonathan Tippett has another idea. He wants to race it.
Tippett is the CEO and founder of Furrion Robotics, the research initiative primarily run by volunteers that built Prosthesis. Partially inspired by Burning Man, the annual pop-up art commune in the Nevada desert, Tippett set out to use engineering as an expressive medium with a focus on developing large scale, exo-bionic technology. He spent 10 years of his life, and about $500,000 in materials, and in less than two months, he'll be at his creation's helm for initial testing.
You may remember Tippett from his work as the leg designer on the Mondo Spider, the 1,500-lb 8-legged electro-mechanical walking vehicle that turned heads back in 2006. Who would've thought that the giant mechatronic spider would be nothing more than a smaller runt sibling 10 years later?
Prosthesis was first introduced to the world at CES 2017, and I had a chance to see it first hand at Solidworks World 2017. Tippett was showcasing his mech at the event in Los Angeles, because he "used Solidworks to the gills" for everything from motion analysis to finite element analysis and simulation.
The Prosthesis has hydraulically-controlled arms, and a proprietary control system that is driven by a 96 V, 200 hp electric powertrain.
The pilot has a 1:1 haptic connection, however Tippett notes that it is adjustable to help with the learning curve. Apparently, piloting the mech looks like great fun, but it's a bit harder to learn than expected. Tippett actally said that "it's like riding a dinosaur."
Instead of the military or other applications, Tippett wants to follow the motorsports model, and is even working with some of the people behind the new drone racing phenomenon to make this mech racing league a reality.
We'll wait and see how those tests go in a couple of months, but you can be sure that a racing league of massive, lumbering mechs would catch on. I know that I would watch.
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The Marshall Court (1801–35)
In what two decisions involving the confiscation of Loyalist property did the Supreme Court establish its authority over state courts?
One of the controversial issues arising with the early Marshall Court concerned the confiscation of property from those loyal to the British government—individuals often called Loyalists. At issue in Fairfax's Devise v. Hunter's Lessee was the legality of the state of Virginia's confiscation of the estate of the late Lord Thomas Fairfax, including a stretch of land called the Northern Neck of Virginia.
Lord Fairfax had instructed that, upon his death, the property would be bequeathed to his nephew, the Reverend Denny Martin. However, state officials confiscated the land and sold the land to investor David Hunter. The Virginia courts determined that the property belonged to Hunter, reasoning that its state laws dealing with the confiscation of property were constitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Virginia court's decision, with Justice Joseph Story reasoning that the land should go to Fairfax's heirs. Story also noted that under the unpopular Jay Treaty with the British, the confiscation of Loyalist land was illegal.
On remand, the Virginia Supreme Court thumbed its nose at the U.S. Supreme Court, questioning the authority of the Court under Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which gave the Court the jurisdiction to hear appeals from state courts. The Virginia Supreme Court jurists, such as the well-known Spencer Roane, criticized the Court's opinion. Roane believed that the federal government was encroaching upon the sovereign authority of the state of Virginia.
The Virginia Supreme Court essentially ignored the U.S. Supreme's Court commands, turning a title dispute over land into a major constitutional battle between a state supreme court and the U.S. Supreme Court. The case returned to the U.S. Supreme Court under the name Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, as the living heir of Lord Fairfax was Denny Martin's younger brother, Thomas Bryan Martin, who was also a nephew of Lord Fairfax. In this decision, Justice Story rebuked the Virginia Supreme Court and affirmed the constitutionality of Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789.


Lately, an article from the New York Times about surprise medical charges has been making the rounds on Facebook. Once again people are taking the article at face value without doing any further research. Luckily for you, I'm here to tell you the real deal as I call upon my 20+ years experience in the healthcare field. If you doubt my credentials they just happen to be that I worked for a major health insurance company for ten years and for the next 15 I've been working in various medical clerical positions mostly including medical billing.
The article seems to be mostly focused on one man's plight when he received a rather astronomical bill for a surgery that he had. The charge was for an assistant surgeon who was out of his insurance's network. The article gives the impression that there is no recourse even though there is.
First off this is a rare occurrence in my experience. If you going to have surgery in a hospital that is in your network and the primary surgeon is in your network then the odds are that the assistant surgeon will be in your network too. If the assistant surgeon is not in your network a majority of the time the insurance company is willing to make a deal with the doctor and most doctor's offices are more than willing to work with the insurance company. The article also seems to give the impression that doctors will know ahead of time if they'll need an assistant surgeon. Usually, an assistant surgeon is called in during the surgery when an anomaly or difficulty is discovered. Also if you read deep into the article you'll find that the man's insurance company did end up paying the assistant surgeon's fee.
Here's the one tip that everybody needs to keep in mind. Doctor's do not know how billing procedures work. They are usually too involved in treating the patient to worry about each individual insurance policy covers. That's what medical billers and coders are for and most of us bust our asses to get the most benefit from your insurance company.


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Homelessness at age 18
Matthew Friend
Eighteen is a turning point in the life of any American citizen. Suddenly, teens have become legal adults, who may vote, be drafted into the military, and of course, sign themselves out of school.
But for youth who rely on public services or in the care of the state though, the countdown to this pivotal age is often a ticking time bomb.
According to Zara Babitzke, the Founding Director of Ambassadors of Hope and Oppurtunity, the number of resources available to homeless youth drops off dramatically when they become legal adults. The foster care system, Children and Family Services, and other services meant for minors often become off-limits when a teen turns 18.
Youth aren't ready to become independent at 18, Babitzke contends, and the loss of support can lead to further issues.
"[Youth under 18] are in school, they're contained. All the thinking and money goes there. And the fact that youth are considered adults at 18, which in today's world that isn't happening," Babitzke said. "Unless you've had the experience of having to do everything on your own your entire life, no house, no support, no medical care, it's incredibly hard to understand."
Babitzke also said that when youth turn 18, they are recognized as adults, and are forced to share resources with all legal adults. She warned against this, as more homeless adults have mental illnesses than youth, and can
"The problem, especially in Marin, is that the thinking is to throw them in with 50 and 60 year old homeless, which isn't safe, it's uninspiring, and the research says don't do that," Babitzke said. "Think about it, would you want to be hanging with 50 and 60 year old homeless?"
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Fourth Wave Feminism is not a Monolith
A faithful nation: examining the intersection of religion and politics
"We can mitigate the spread;" how American universities are handling re-opening in COVID-19's shadow
COVID-19: When the world stopped
Celebrando la Navidad un país a la vez
Breaking the tall stereotypes at Redwood
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The Jeanne Clery Act Overview
The Jeanne Clery Act, a consumer protection law passed in 1990, requires all postsecondary
institutions who receive federal funding to share information about crime on campus and their
efforts to improve campus safety as well as inform the public of crime in or around campus.
Under the Act, institutions must provide survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating
violence, and stalking with options such as changes to academic, transportation, or living, or
working situations, and assistance in notifying local law enforcement, if the student or employee
chooses to do so. It also provides both parties in a campus disciplinary process certain rights.
Postsecondary institutions must outline specific policies and procedures within their annual
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lifetime career assistance for our alumni. We are accredited by the Middle States Association of
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due to MSA-CESS's rigorous standards of education and focus on ethics.
To prepare our students for professional and personal success in their chosen career through
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To our students that successfully complete our program, we guarantee continuing career
assistance for as long as it is needed. This guarantee reinforces our commitment of providing
you with the best training and career development experience available.
1. Policies for students and others to report Criminal actions or other emergencies
Emergency Reporting Procedures and Communications Policy
If the campus community must be alerted when time is of the essence, information will appear in
various methods, including the:
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Safety advisories may also be distributed through electronic mail and paper leaflets
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ACI Medical & Dental School encourages the campus community to report all crimes and
suspicious activities and, when needed, to request police services. The Eatontown Police
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All reports of crime will be recorded, investigated and reported in accordance with the laws and
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Please follow the following guideline when reporting any crime, suspicious person or emergency
Provide the officer answering the emergency phone with your exact location, callback
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Provide the officer on the phone with as many details as possible – Description of activity
being observed.
Description of persons involved.
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Description of any motor vehicle involved.
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Stay on the phone until the officer receiving the call hangs up. Be calm, speak slowly and obtain the names and addresses of any witnesses.
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methods such, email, signage, postings and verbal announcements, ACI Medical & Dental
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While maintaining the confidentiality of victims, ACI Medical & Dental School issues timely
warning reports to notify the campus community of crimes that involve homicide, murder,
manslaughter, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson
and other serious incidents that ACI Medical & Dental School determines to represent a serious
and ongoing threat to the campus.
The ACI Medical and Dental School may distribute timely warning reports using a variety of
means, including emails, text messages(staff), Facebook, flyers and website announcements
and in person announcements.
To report an incident that may warrant the issuing of a timely warning, immediately contact ACI
Medical & Dental School Administration at 732-440-4110 ext. 0.
Circumstances necessitating a timely warning
Timely warnings are issued on a case-by-case basis for certain crimes or other serious incidents
reported to ACI Medical & Dental School Administration and that pose "serious and ongoing
threats" to students and employees on campus or in the immediate campus community. In
deciding whether to issue a timely warning, ACI Medical & Dental School considers all of the
facts surrounding the incident such as the nature of the crime, the continuing danger to the
campus community and the possible risk of compromising law enforcement efforts. Incidents
that may result in issuing a timely warning include the following crimes:
Criminal Homicide
Circumstances for a timely warning
ACI Medical & Dental School will issue a timely warning as soon as it determines there is a
serious and ongoing threat to students or employees on campus and/or in the immediate
campus community. Considerations taken into account for the determination of a timely warning
include the nature of the crime (severity), the continuing danger to the ACI Medical & Dental
School community, and the risk of compromising law enforcement activity. The determination
will be made based on the information that ACI Medical & Dental School Administration has
available to it at the time and may be updated for more pertinent information.
Responsibility for issuance of timely warnings
The ACI Medical & Dental School President, VP, Office Manager or their designee is
responsible for preparing and distributing timely warning reports. ACI Medical & Dental School
Admin may be reached at 732-440-4110 ext. 0.
Distribution of timely warnings
In most instances, the timely warning will be issued through the ACI Medical & Dental School
email system to students, faculty and staff. Depending on the particular circumstances of the
crime or threat. ACI Medical & Dental School may also post a notice through text messages,
posted flyers, social media outlets, and announcements posted on the ACI Medical & Dental
School Website.
Elements of the timely warning
The intent of a timely warning is to enable members of the campus community to protect
themselves. A timely warning will include information that promotes safety and aids in the
prevention of similar crimes, such as the following information:
A brief statement of the incident, general locations given
Possible connection to other incidents, if applicable
Physical description of the suspect, if available
Date and time of the incident
Other relevant information (Who, What, When and Where)
3. A list of persons and titles to whom students and employees should report a crime.
Frank A. Preston, President
Karen Brey, Vice President
Christine Zicchinolfi, Office Manager
Anyone with information about a crime or other serious incident should report the circumstances
to the Eatontown Police Department by dialing 9-1-1 for emergencies and for Non-Emergency
To report a crime or an emergency off campus, dial 911.
Once the police department has been notified, please notify ACI Administration as soon as
4. Policies or procedures for victims/ witnesses to report crimes on a confidential basis.
Confidential reporting procedures
If you are a victim of or witness to a crime and do not want to pursue action within ACI Medical
& Dental School or the criminal justice system, you may still want to consider making a
confidential report. The purpose of a confidential report is to comply with your wish to keep the
matter confidential while taking steps to ensure the future safety of yourself and others. With
such information, ACI Medical & Dental School can keep accurate records of the number of
incidents involving students, determine where there is a pattern of crime with regard to a
particular location, method or assailant, and alert the campus community to potential danger.
Reports filed in this manner are counted and disclosed in the annual crime statistics for the
institution and may result in a timely warning report.
Community members may call the ext. 104  and leave as descriptive information as is possible
for investigation or response.
ACI Medical & Dental School will investigate your anonymous report within its capabilities.
5. Policies concerning security of and access to our building.
Access to Facilities
Access to facilities is generally restricted to students and employees via front door.
Keyless entry for staff (code).
After 7 pm students use buzzer.
6. ACI Medical & Dental School does not employ Campus Law Enforcement.
The Eatontown Police Department should be contacted by dialing 9-1-1 for emergencies and for
Non-Emergency (732) 542-0100. 9-1-1 should be called for all incidents off campus.
7. A description of type and frequency of programs designed to inform students and
employees about security procedures.
Emergency Response Education:
Information about emergency response procedures is provided at the beginning of each
semester at student orientation, and it is re-emphasized throughout the year on a campus-wide
basis as other relevant advisories are issued, such as those posted at the start of winter.
Information on how to receive emergency notifications is also located in the campus disclosure
policy, which is provided electronically to the entire campus community on an annual basis.
Active Shooter Video (Run, Hide, Fight)
The ACI Medical & Dental School campus building is equipped with emergency evacuation
signs which illustrate the emergency evacuation route.
Furthermore, the campus emergency website provides information and instructions about
hazards that are likely to affect campus.
Emergency Response Test Procedures:
ACI Medical & Dental School conducts emergency drills.
ACI Medical & Dental School may at any time issue informational warnings in a timely matter on
unconfirmed threats to the community. Certain information may be withheld if it were to
compromise efforts to contain the emergency. On an annual basis, the emergency warning shall
be tested if no actual emergency should have occurred or if activated for a real emergency will
be evaluated for proficiency. ACI Medical & Dental School students and staff should visit the
ACI Medical & Dental School website for the most up-to-date information.
8. A statement of crime prevention.
ACI Medical & Dental School is an open campus. There are no protective boundaries that
separate it from surrounding communities and highways. In addition, ACI Medical & Dental
School does not have a dedicated security force.
There are precautions that everyone should take to avoid becoming a potential target of crime.
For example, traveling alone after peak class hours to perimeter areas of the campus is not a
safe practice. For this reason, we encourage students and employees to walk with a friend or in
a group.
ACI Medical & Dental School provides a number of services to help prevent crime that include
New Employee and New Student Orientation – Through orientation, new employees
and students are made aware of crime prevention methods and strategies that will be
helpful in reducing the chances of becoming a victim of crime on and off campus.
Security Risk Assessment– Periodically ACI Medical & Dental School retains a security expert and has had the local police assess ACI Medical & Dental School and provide safety, security and emergency preparedness recommendations.
Crime Updates –Crime bulletins are disseminated as necessary via fliers, newsletters, face to face meetings, electronic mail as well as other media sources.
Emergency Notifications from Eatontown – ACI Medical & Dental School Administration monitors Swift911. "The Borough of Eatontown has launched a new Emergency Notification platform. Swift911™ has replaced Code Red and is ready for immediate use."
Quick Reference Guide – ACI Medical & Dental School has developed an All Hazards Quick Reference Guide
Escort Service – ACI Medical & Dental School will assist students and staff to leave in pairs or groups. Please contact ACI Medical & Dental School Administration for further information.
Active Shooter Exercise with Local Police
Crime Prevention and Personal Safety Tips
Report all suspicious activity to local law enforcement and ACI Medical & Dental School
Administration immediately.
Never take personal safety for granted. Anyone is a potential victim of crime.
Try to avoid walking alone at night. Always be aware of your surroundings employing
situational awareness.
Avoid using headphones so you can hear sounds of danger or someone approaching.
Keep your cellphone with you, on and charged.
Keep valuables secured in the trunk, not lying on the seat next to you. Put your purse on
the floor of your car.
Keep your car well maintained and the gas tank at least half full to avoid getting
stranded.
Drive carefully – Help us achieve our Vision Zero goal of no vehicle related deaths
Should you suspect that you are being followed, make several turns down active streets.
If the vehicle continues to follow, head for the nearest police station, fire house, or open
Look / scan the area before exiting your vehicle.
Close all windows and lock the doors.
Take any valuables with you.
Park in a well-lit area to discourage a personal attack and reduce the risk of your car
being stolen.
Read and adhere to information that is contained in any Timely Warning or Emergency
Notifications. The directions and suggestions can help keep you safe.
To learn more about community safety or to arrange for a security survey or education program,
please contact the, Monmouth County Crime Prevention/Community Policing Association
9. Statement of policy of students reporting criminal activity to police at non-campus
ACI Medical & Dental School strongly encourages all students and staff to call 9-1-1 for all
incidents off campus.
10. Statement of policy on illegal drugs
Drug and alcohol abuse prevention policy and guidelines
ACI Medical & Dental School is an institution that promotes excellence in education, as well as
students' and employees' overall well-being. To ensure the health, safety and optimal
performance of every individual in the workplace, ACI Medical & Dental School enforces a strict
policy on alcohol abuse and drug use as it relates to student or employee performance and
individual safety.
ACI Medical & Dental School prohibits the use, possession, manufacture, and distribution of
alcohol, controlled substances or other illegal drugs on campus and in functions, excursions and
events sponsored by the institution. Students or employees in violation of this policy will be
subject to any of the following disciplinary actions depending on the severity of the infraction, as
determined by the President: verbal warning, written warning or immediate dismissal/
termination of contract. Readmission will be on a probationary basis only.
Students who receive a criminal drug violation must notify ACI Medical & Dental School within
five (5) calendar days and will be subject to the disciplinary measures as noted above. Students
who willingly seek help for a drug and alcohol abuse problem will be directed to the appropriate
resources necessary for rehabilitation and healing. These issues must be communicated directly
to the President/Administration who will then work with the student to determine appropriate
time off to allow for treatment and rehabilitation. All information will be kept confidential, and will
be limited to personnel essential to handling the student case
11. Statement of policy to prevent dating violence, domestic violence.
Sexual Assault, Dating and Domestic Violence, and Stalking Policies and Procedures
ACI Medical & Dental School's Stand on Sexual Assault, Dating and Domestic Violence
and Stalking
ACI Medical & Dental School prohibits sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and
stalking. ACI Medical & Dental School has adopted measures to educate the campus
community on these crimes and instituted protocols to assist victims. Special emphasis is
placed on the needs, rights and privacy of the victim and the rights of the perpetrator. ACI
Medical & Dental School adheres to Federal, State and local requirements for intervention,
crime reporting and privacy provisions related to these crimes.
Definition of Consent – Consent must be informed, voluntary and mutual, and can be
withdrawn at any time. There is no consent when there is force, expressed or implied, or when
coercion, intimidation, threats or duress is used. Consent to a sexual act is based upon active,
informed, freely decided choice to participate in sexual contact or intercourse, and consent
cannot be assumed or implied by silence or the absence of physical or verbal resistance. It is an
affirmative, unambiguous and conscious decision. Consent for one type of sexual act does not
imply consent to other form and must be ongoing throughout a sexual encounter. Past consent
to sexual activity does not imply ongoing future consent with that person or consent to that same
activity with another person. If a person is mentally or physically incapacitated or impaired so
that such person cannot understand the fact, nature or extent of the sexual situation, there is no
consent; this includes, incapacitation or impairment by use of alcohol and/or drug consumption
that meets this standard, or being asleep or unconscious.
Definition of Sexual Assault – any actual or attempted sexual contact with another person
without that person's consent. Sexual assault, includes but is not limited to, intentional touching
of another person's intimate parts without that person's consent; intentional sexual contact
without that person's consent; coercing, forcing or attempting to coerce or force a person to
touch another person's intimate parts without that person's consent; penetration, no matter how
slight, without consent of the vagina or anus of a person by any body part of another person or
by an object; penetration, of the mouth of a person by a sex organ of another person without
that person's consent.
Definition of Dating Violence – Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social
relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim is dating violence. The existence of
such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the following three factors:
(1) the length of the relationship; (2) the type of relationship; and (3) the frequency of interaction
between the persons involved in the relationship.
Definition of Domestic Violence — a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is
used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner.
Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or
threats of actions that influence another person. This may include but is not limited to, any
behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, harass, assault, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize,
coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure or wound another. Domestic violence also includes violent
misdemeanor and felony offenses committed by the victim's current or former spouse, current or
former cohabitant, person similarly situated under domestic or family violence law, or anyone
else protected under domestic or family violence law (current or former spouse or intimate
partner, or a person with whom someone shares a child or another person who is a present or
former household member).
Definition of Stalking – repeatedly maintaining a visual or physical proximity to a person;
directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, following,
monitoring, observing, surveilling, threatening, or communicating to or about, a person, or
interfering with a person's property; repeatedly committing harassment against a person; or
repeatedly conveying, or causing to be conveyed, verbal or written threats or threats conveyed
by any other means of communication or threats implied by conduct or a combination thereof
directed at or toward a person; or such other course of conduct directed at a specific person that
would cause a reasonable person to fear for her/his or other's safety, or to suffer substantial
emotional distress.
Procedures for Reporting Sexual Assault, Dating and Domestic Violence, Stalking
It is our hope that no one within our campus community will become a victim of sexual assault,
dating or domestic violence, or stalking. However, if it occurs, ACI Medical & Dental School
Administration can be contacted to assist in contacting law enforcement and seeking sexual
assault services off campus.
Students who have been the victim of sexual assault, dating or domestic violence and stalking
may initiate disciplinary proceedings against the alleged perpetrator by contacting the President
or Vice President at 732-440-4110 ext. 0 or call the Sexual Violence Hotline – (888) 264-7273 –
which is available 24 hours a day to provide you with information and assistance.
ACI Medical & Dental School discipline proceedings include the right to a fair hearing. The
hearing shall be conducted in a reasonably prompt time frame and in accordance with the
hearing procedures identified in the Student Code of Conduct. The finding must be based upon
a preponderance of evidence. The complainant and accused are both provided the right to
attend the hearing, testify, provide documents and questions to be read by the Conduct Officer,
present witnesses, and to be advised by either an advocate or attorney. ACI Medical & Dental
School will issue a written outcome simultaneously to both parties that may include sanctions
and permanent protective measures from ACI Medical & Dental School, and shall provide each
party the right to appeal the decision. The minimum sanction for sexual assault, dating and
domestic violence, and stalking is probation, and the maximum is expulsion. Information
regarding the Code of Conduct and the student disciplinary process is included in the Student
Handbook.
Employees who are alleged to have engaged in sexual assault, dating and domestic violence,
or stalking must be reported to the ACI Medical & Dental School Administration 732-440-4110.
The individual filing the complaint against the employee may elect an informal resolution
process or formal resolution process. The informal resolution process permits the complaint to
be resolved by agreement of the parties. The formal resolution process permits the complainant
and perpetrator to request interim protective measures, and present evidence to the ACI
Medical & Dental School Administrator who is required to complete an investigation within 45
days based upon the preponderance of the evidence, and submit his/her report to the President
who shall make a final determination. The final decision of the President will be issued
simultaneously to the complainant and alleged perpetrator and will include a right to appeal.
Sanctions that may be imposed against employees may include permanent protective
measures, oral reprimand, referral to the appropriate administrative office for removal,
reassignment, or dismissal, and referral to local law enforcement or the County Prosecutor for
criminal prosecution. All disciplinary action will be in compliance with ACI Medical & Dental
School policies, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and New Jersey law and
ACI Medical & Dental School may not retaliate, intimidate, threaten, coerce or otherwise
discriminate against any individual for exercising their rights or responsibilities under this
Per the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Web Page SART
In 1996, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office instituted the Sexual Assault Nurse
Examiner (SANE) Project, in cooperation with 180 – Turning Lives Around and the Division of
Criminal Justice in the Office of the Attorney General. It was the first program of it's kind in New
Jersey. The goals of this project were to:
Educate experienced registered nurses in providing state of the art physical and
psychological support to adolescent and adult survivors of sexual assault
Develop a coordinated, multidisciplinary victim-centered approach to responding to
individuals seeking assistance
Improve the quality of specimens and information collected for potential use in
prosecuting those charged with sexual assault
The model project was deemed highly successful and was made a permanent program by then
Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1998. It was renamed the SANE/SART (Sexual Assault
Response Team) program.
Today, all five hospitals located in Monmouth County are active partners in the SANE/SART
program and offer access to SART services at their facilities. They are: Bayshore Community
Hospital, CentraState Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Monmouth
Medical Center and Riverview Medical Center.
The program expanded in 2008 to include the evaluation of children age 12 and younger who
had experienced a recent episode of sexual abuse. These children were initially provided
forensic medical services at Jersey Shore University Medical Center located in Neptune, but
may currently be seen at any of the participating hospital.
SANE/SART RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
As soon as an incident of sexual assault or abuse is disclosed by a victim in Monmouth County,
a team of highly trained individuals is made available to evaluate the situation and to respond to
the needs of that victim and their family.
Call the Sexual Assault Hotline at (888) 264-Rape (7273) to reach a Sexual Violence Advocate.
THE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM CONSISTS OF:
A Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner – a Registered Nurse certified by the New Jersey
Board of Nursing to provide comprehensive and compassionate health care to victims of
sexual assault or abuse while ensuring that all potential evidence is collected in a timely
and appropriate manner.
A Confidential Sexual Violence Advocate – a community volunteer who has received
extensive training in order to provide support throughout the interview, medical and
forensic exam and beyond. These advocates are familiar with the entire reporting and
treatment process, as well as the full range of resources and support services available
throughout Monmouth County.
A Law Enforcement Officer who has specialized training and experience in the area of
sexual assault investigations.
The adolescent or adult victim has the choice to request services from any or all of the
team members at the time of the incident or in the days and weeks following. Some people
choose to talk with an advocate first and discuss options before deciding about a medical exam
or making a police report. Others may go directly to a hospital or to a police station. There is no
one correct way to deal with sexual violence and each member of the team is able to provide
basic information about choices and options.
The care and evaluation of child victims is carefully coordinated to limit the number of persons
discussing the details of the abuse with the child, and to ensure that all appropriate services for
children and their families are provided in a timely manner.
SEXUAL ASSAULT STATISTICS
According to the "Violence Against Women" study, 82% of all reported sexual assaults
were committed by a non-stranger, defined as an acquaintance, intimate partner or
family member. (Violence Against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1995)
A 1998 study by the Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control involving
interviews of 8,000 adult women and 8,000 adult men found that:
1 in 6 women reported having experienced an attempted or completed rape.
83% of the women reported they were under 25 years old when the assault
occurred; 54% said they were under 18.
1 in 23 men also reported experiencing a sexual assault victimization.
(Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women, U.S.
Department of Justice, 1998)
Youths age 12-17 are two to three times more likely to be sexually assaulted than
adults. (National Crime Victimization Survey, 2000)
During 2004 and 2005, an average of 200,000 individuals in the United States were
victims of sexual assault. (National Crime Victims Survey, 2004, 2005)
Only 16% of all rapes are reported to police, according to a National Victims Center
report. (Rape in America: A Report to the Nation, National Victims Center, 1992)
Over the past 3 years, the Monmouth County SANE/SART Program has been activated
more than 140 times each year to provided services to adolescent and adult men and
women reporting recent sexual assault victimization. (SANE/SART Annual Report,
Monmouth County SANE/SART Program, 2004-2006)
IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS BEEN RAPED OR SEXUALLY ABUSED:
Get them to a SAFE place, then:
call 911, or
go to your local police department, or
call the Sexual Violence Hotline, or
go to a local Emergency Department.
It is important to both mental and physical well being of the victim to get help quickly.
Ask the victim NOT TO eat, drink, shower or change clothing until they have been examined.
The Sexual Violence Hotline- (888) 264-7273 – is available 24 hours a day to provide you with
information and assistance.
Anyone can notify SART about a sexual assault. ACI Medical & Dental School staff and
students are strongly encouraged to advise the local police of any crime for statistical purposes
as well as ACI Medical & Dental School Administration.
If you or someone you know is the victim of a sexual assault your first priority should be your
personal safety and to seek medical attention. To assist law enforcement and forensic
examination, do not douche, bathe, shower or change clothes prior to a medical examination
and do not wash sheets or bed clothing. It is essential to preserve DNA evidence to the
maximum extent for prosecution and/or judicial proceedings. Anyone needing assistance should
contact the local police immediately. It is important to recognize that all ACI Medical & Dental
School personnel will assist a victim in reporting to law enforcement or receiving sexual assault
In the State of New Jersey, crime victims are entitled to certain basic rights under the law
including the right to make a victim impact statement at court, transportation to legal
proceedings, and the right to be informed as to the progress and disposition of a criminal case.
The Crime Victims Bill of Rights (NJS 52:4B-36) may be viewed online at the New Jersey
Attorney General's Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy site. A copy of these rights will be given to
all victims of crime but is available in paper format at ACI Medical & Dental School
In addition, survivors of sexual assault are afforded services and rights under the State of New
Jersey Attorney General's directive on Providing Services to Victims of Sexual Assault. A copy
of the standards is located on the NJ Division of Criminal Justice website. Paper copies of
these standards are available at ACI Medical & Dental School Administration.
If you are uncertain that an assault occurred, contact a member of SART. Let someone with
expert knowledge assist you in making this determination.
12. Statement of Adam Walsh Protection and Safety Act.
The "Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act" (section 1601 of Public Law 106-386 ) is a federal
law that provides for the tracking of convicted, registered sex offenders enrolled as students at
institutions of higher education, or working or volunteering on campus. The Act requires sex
offenders already required to register in a state to provide notice, as required under state law, to
each institution of higher education in that state at which the person is employed, carries on a
vocation, or is a student. The law further requires that state procedures ensure that this
registration information is promptly made available to law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction
where the institutions of higher education are located and that it is entered into appropriate state
records or data systems.
For information regarding Megan's Law in the State of New Jersey and to search the New
Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry, maintained by the New Jersey State Police, visit their
site. For information on how to register if you are a convicted sex offender, contact the local
police for instructions.
Additional Off-Campus Help Resources:
Mental Health & Addiction: 732-431-6451
Narcotics Anonymous: 800-992-0401
Substance Abuse: 844-276-2777
Suicide Prevention/Jersey Shore Medical Center: 732-776-2325
Substance Abuse Services Long Branch: 732-571-6511
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Path to Success: A Kenyan Bicycle Entrepreneur's Story
Nairobi – Wycliffe Waweru grew up in Buruburu, a middle-class residential area in east Nairobi, riding bicycles from dawn to dusk with his friends in the neighborhood. The group would often hold relay races, attracting a crowd of children cheering on the winners. Not every child owned a bike, but every child rode one. His fascination with bicycles extended beyond his childhood. During school holidays, as a teenager, he would spend his free time on Moi Avenue visiting a shop called Kenya Cycle Land. There he sat in the repair section, watching mechanics at work and dreaming of one day owning a high-end bicycle like the ones for sale in the shop.
"I knew my parents would not cough out $2,000 to buy me a bicycle, but I was happy to be in that shop," said Waweru, 30. "I knew I couldn't afford it, but I couldn't beat myself down."
Although he has been riding bicycles since he was a 5-year-old, he didn't actually own his first bicycle until age 13.
"My parents bought me my first bike, a single-speed one, and it was stolen," said Waweru. "I ended up just riding my brother's bicycle after that."
Waweru would not own his own bicycle again until his 20s. He graduated from university with a degree in business information systems and found a job with a good income.
"I had a job, but I realized I was confined. The job got me enough money to buy six mountain bikes, but I wasn't riding any of them," he said. "I was working seven days a week."
In late 2009 he left his job to translate his passion for bicycles into something more. He went back to Buruburu, where it all started, and teamed up with Kevin Okello, owner of Bike Skills, a small shop that holds around 300 bicycles. Waweru started selling second-hand bicycles on the roadside, mainly to middle-class Kenyans who were buying bicycles for leisure and recreation, for themselves and their children. It eventually grew to diplomats, aid agencies and UN employees.
Even though Waweru and his mentor, Okello, were doing well, they realized there was a greater need. Many new customers simply could not afford to purchase the bikes with a single payment of cash.
"The demand for bicycles for the working poor and flexible payment modes paved the way for a new opportunity for us," said Waweru.
These people tend to be low-income earners working in industries such as manufacturing or services making roughly $150-$230 a month. For them, walking is their only mode of travel because even public transportation, such as matatus (minibuses), is too expensive. In 2012, Waweru approached Autofine Limited, an auto repair shop in the Industrial Area with a proposal to supply Autofine employees with bicycles via his innovative "micro-leasing" project. This was his initial pilot project, where employees chose their bikes and paid for them through small monthly installments.
It is similar to how Americans finance the purchase of a new car, paid for over a number of months such as a 24- or 36-month lease, only in this case there is no down payment and no need for banks to be involved. For this project, Autofine employees received a used bike for $12 a month, automatically deducted from their monthly paycheck. By reducing the average employee's monthly transport costs from $30 for the matatus to $12 with a bike, each person in the program saved almost $20 a month. In Kenya this can be the difference between sending a child to school or forcing the child to stay home and enter the labor force.
The program not only saves money but reduces the commute time for those walking to work. It increases productivity and efficiency in the workplace. Additionally those in the program noted experiencing a healthier lifestyle, and discovered the ability to carry outside business ventures with their own bikes or what they described as "side hustles" on the weekends. In other words they became empowered. Empowered to ride. Empowered to earn more. Empowered to think and grow.
"It was a big success, where these pilot project guys all went back to different neighborhoods, and they spread the word. Everybody wanted a bike," he said. "For us we had to make it a Kenyan success story."
One person who can attest to that is Mark Munyasia who has been riding for four years. He is one of Play Guru's pilot project riders, working as a security officer at a bank in Buruburu.
Now he gets to work in 15 minutes, whereas before he would walk for an hour and a half. Occasionally he would take a matatu, which would cost him 60 cents a day, a price that he could not afford.
"It's really helped me and changed my life because I come direct to work, I get to exercise, and I don't spend money," said Munyasia. "Whatever I save, I can actually buy milk for my kids. I am very happy."
Another pilot project rider is Cavein Ogutu, a security officer at the British High Commission in Nairobi. He, too, has seen an economic transformation all because of his Black Mamba bicycle. Ogutu, who lives in Kayole, loves to ride, but cycling is not a sport for him. He is trying to improve his son's life.
He can now save money to send back home to his mother in Bondo, near Kisumu. She is looking after his 5-year-old son because Ogutu cannot afford to have his son live with him.
"I changed the method which I am commuting to work because I just want the kid to have a good life," said Ogutu. "I think I'll just cycle until my last breath, as long as my kid is alive."
Equipping people for economic transformation appears to be the ethos of Play Guru.
"You should live your life like someone who wakes up to ride a bicycle," said Waweru. "You only fall when balance is lost so keep riding."
by Noorulain Khawaja, selected for New African via @akomanet


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	result = Tangible()

	result.template = "object/tangible/ship/components/weapon/shared_wpn_mission_reward_rebel_taim_ion_driver.iff"
	result.attribute_template_id = 8
	result.stfName("space/space_item","wpn_mission_reward_rebel_taim_ion_driver_n")

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	return result


The Bologna Social Practice Lab is taught by Pedro Lasch, in collaboration with Rossella Mazzaglia, and offers participating students the opportunity to conduct scholarly research and immediately direct it towards social processes that go beyond conventional academic formats. It is also the only GSCT Summer School activity that integrates international students (up to 15) with Bologna-based students, artists, and activists (all returning) on a daily basis.
Our joint activities will take place in social media, museums, public areas, historical buildings, popular markets, and social spaces that are key to Bologna. Complementing the very public nature of our Polit(t)ico interventions from the previous year, our 2018 edition will focus on more intimate processes, as we work with each other to question the human and the humanities in a range of approaches from race and gender studies to climate change and the Anthropocene. The work from both years will be integrated in the 2018 edition through a half-day symposium and a concluding publication.
The overall project is commissioned by the Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory, the School of Humanities and Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna, the City of Bologna, Archiginnasio, the Gramsci Foundation, Danza Urbana, and MAMbo. Individual projects are produced with the help of different partner organizations and collaborators. Additional support is provided by the FHI Social Practice Lab at Duke University.
The research and production groups of the Bologna Social Practice Lab have been developed with the overarching framework of Polit(t)ico: Interventions for Bologna (2017-2018). Taking its Italian name from Giotto's famous painting in Bologna, the series conflates notions of politics with the historical art form of the polyptych. Distinct topics and approaches for each intervention are developed within specific communities and social contexts over two years, with the GSCT Summer School weeks as the densest and most important periods. Seen together as a polittico (polyptych), the works paint a slowly emerging picture of social and aesthetic engagement with Bologna as a site of political resistance, and social movements worldwide. They also add complexity to the rich discursive context of the oldest university in Europe, highlighting within it the creative processes of acting, making, and doing.
Polit(t)ico is composed of the following projects: Mercato Morandi, National Abstraction Ensemble, Museum of…, Digna Rabbia, Art of the Mooc, with different aspects being produced on each of its two years (2017-2018).
2017 BSPL participants focused most of their energies on four of our five Polit(t)ico projects (Mercato Morandi, National Abstraction Ensemble, Museum of…, and Digna Rabbia). Please visit our 2017 BSPL page to read the full project descriptions.
Popular Education, Yes! … But, Online? (PEO). During Summer School 2018, Lasch will connect its students to artists and learners around the world through joint activities, lectures and materials he produced with NY public art institution Creative Time for ART of the MOOC I: Public Art & Pedagogy and ART of the MOOC II: Activism & Social Movements. Also translated into Spanish, this pedagogical art work has had over 21,000 enrolled participants in 134 countries since it launched in October, 2015. We will use these experiments as a test case to study, critique, and develop future models for online popular education in the radical tradition of Freire and others. 2018 Bologna Social Practice Lab students will also be able to join in the production of materials related to a new course on acoustic phenomena and the social uses of sound, in collaboration with the FHI at Duke University, and Universität der Künste in Berlin.
2018 BSPL participants will meet as a group from 2:00-4:00pm on Jun 26, 27, 28 and Jul 3, 4, 5. They will also be able to join all public activities of the Summer School of their choice. The structure of the lab itself will be organized by a combination of joint sessions (all students), balanced with smaller research and experimentation groups (5-15 students) that will work with specific social processes and locations for all other days of the two-week long Summer School.
Returning 2017 Bologna-based participants applying again this year will have the option, if interested, to also work at separate times with Lasch (11am-1pm, same days as above) on final stages of last year's projects (Mercato Morandi, Museum of…, and Digna Rabbia), as well as our BSPL special publication and public presentation at MAMbo with Lasch & Mazzaglia (30th june). It is important, however, that returning students apply only if they are interested and dedicated to our 2018 topics and final project, since the main expectation will be their involvement in the 2-4pm join activities of our lab for this year.
We are looking for advanced students of critical theory, humanities, and transnational political concepts who are excited by working outside traditional academic formats and spaces, even if they have never produced anything social or artistic before. We also invite applicants who have a strong background or interest in the theory or practice of activism, street art, music, dance, digital media, visual art, socially engaged art, and the performing arts overall. Applications for international students and Bologna-based students will be reviewed by different committees.
International students (up to 15) will need to satisfy the overall criteria and application process of the Summer School, and will be chosen by GSCT faculty and staff. In addition to following the general Summer School application guidelines, students interested in this Lab who have a background in art, digital media, sound work, or activism, are encouraged to include related materials through one PDF document with 5 to 10 images, or web links for sites or other media files, and a line or two describing their role or involvement in what is represented by each image or web link.
UNIBO School of Humanities & Bologna-based students from other institutions.
There is no open call for new Bologna-based students in 2018. Only those who participated in 2017 are invited to apply by sending an email expressing their interest and how their ideas connect with the topics for the 2018 Summer School.
- a one-page text explaining why you want to join the BSPL again and how your current ideas and experience from last year relate to our 2018 final project (Popular Education, Yes! … But, Online?), as well as this year's Summer School themes of questioning the human and the humanities in a range of approaches from race and gender studies to climate change and the Anthropocene.
Pedro Lasch (US/Mexico/Germany) is a visual artist, Duke professor, activist, and 16 Beaver organizer. He is also director of the FHI Social Practice Lab at Duke. His solo exhibitions and projects include Open Routines (QMA, 2006), Black Mirror (Nasher Museum, 2008), Abstract Nationalism (Phillips Collection, 2014) and Art of the MOOC (Creative Time, 2015); his work has also been exhibited at MoMA PS1, MASS MoCA (USA); RCA, Hayward Gallery, Baltic (UK); Centro Nacional de las Artes, MUAC, National Palace Gallery (Mexico); Gwangju Biennial (2006), Havana Biennial (2015), Documenta 13 (ANDANDAND, 2012), and 56th Venice Biennale (CTS, 2015), and Prospect 4, New Orleans (2017). Author of four books, his writings and art have also appeared in October Magazine, Saber Ver, Art Forum, ARTnews, Cultural Studies, Rethinking Marxism, The New York Times, and La Jornada. His pedagogical artwork ART of the MOOC, has had over 21,000 enrolled participants and learners from 134 countries since it launched in late 2015.
Rossella Mazzaglia (Italy) teaches at the University of Messina and at the University of Bologna. Her research focuses on Italian and North-American contemporary dance and theatre, social theater and community dance. She wrote books on American Movements (Judson Dance Theater. Danza e controcultura nell'America degli anni Sessanta), post-modern dance (Trisha Brown; and Trisha Brown. The invention of space with Adriana Polveroni); Italian contemporary dance (Virgilio Sieni. Archeologia di un pensiero coreografico) and the relations between dance and space (Danza e Spazio. Le metamorfosi dell'esperienza artistica contemporanea).


Though it seems a small thing, an intensely itchy ear can be maddening for a pet. When both ears are involved, as is often the case, head-shaking and -scratching can mean a sleepless night for both you and your afflicted pet. Excruciating pain, in fact, is a not-uncommon long-term prospect for some pets.
The good news is that there's hope — and help — for even the itchiest, most painful situations. The ease with which these issues can be dealt with, however, depends on the cause. And though some might require only a round or two of topical medications before getting better, some causes of itchy ears demand a lifetime of management.
The ears become inflamed in response to an allergen that's been inhaled, absorbed, or ingested. The ears produce excess wax and other secretions.
Organisms that love warmth and moisture grow happily in this environment — hence, the increase in yeast and bacteria.
These organisms and their detritus bring on greater inflammation and sometimes even an additional allergic response.
2. Yeast infections. Yeast infections are notoriously itchy. But almost all yeast infections in pets are secondary to allergic skin disease. However, once in a while pets who are not suffering allergies can suffer yeast infections, given the right conditions.
3. Ear mites. These extremely common parasites are spiderlike and microscopic; they are relentless inside a pet's ears and can make a pet miserable.
4. Other external parasites. Though ear mites are a common cause of itchy ears, plenty of other parasites cause itchy ears, too. Mange mites and even fleas and ticks can make the ears and head itch.
5. Foreign bodies. Sometimes things that don't belong end up in ears. Grass awns, foxtails, and even bits of cotton swab or paper towel left behind when you clean your pet's ears can lead to serious itchiness and vigorous pawing and head-shaking.
6. Aural masses. Masses in the ear canal — such as polyps and cancerous tumors — will typically act just as any foreign body might.
7. Bacterial infections. As with yeast, most bacterial infections of ear canals are secondary to other processes. Masses, foreign bodies, and allergic skin disease are likely to yield secondary bacterial infections.
There are some things that pet owners can do at home to help keep the ear itchies at bay.
1. Check your pet's ears every week or more often if your veterinarian recommends it. Look inside to be sure there's nothing gumming up the works. A smooth, shiny surface with a delicate pink undertone is ideally what you'll see. Bring any redness or discharge to your veterinarian's attention.
2. Clean ears every week or more often if your veterinarian recommends it. Some dogs and cats require daily ablutions to keep their ears clean, while others manage without any serious attention whatsoever. Nonetheless, it's recommended that all pet owners wipe out their pets' ears at least once every couple of weeks.
3. Keep pets with hairy ears well groomed. Some dogs might even require the removal of hairs that grow in the external ear canal. Others' thick coats immediately surrounding the ear canals might need to be clipped to allow for drier conditions, especially during hotter weather or if water play is frequent.
4. Take your pet to a veterinarian at the first sign of discomfort — whether head-shaking, -pawing, or -scratching. Early intervention is the key to healing.
1. History. Most veterinarians will start by asking a few questions to understand the history of the problem. When did you first notice it? Has it changed? How has your pet been otherwise? What do you normally do to take care of your pet's ears? What medications or products do you use? Take the products with you so your veterinarian can have a look.
2. Physical examination. Examining the whole body, not just the ears, is a crucial part of the process. The aural examination, using a hand-held otoscope, however, is the most important aspect of itchy ear assessment.
3. Ear discharge analysis. Obtaining a sample of discharge from your pet's ears and looking at it under a microscope helps a veterinarian determine whether microscopic parasites and/or bacteria and yeast are involved in an ear's itchiness.
4. Ear discharge culture and sensitivity testing. Once a bacterial organism is identified (or is assumed based on the characteristics of the discharge), culturing the ear discharge is standard procedure. This tells your veterinarian what kind of bacteria live there and which antibiotic is best employed to defeat it.
5. Anesthetic evaluation. Unfortunately, even the most cursory evaluation of the external ear canal is sometimes impossible due to copious amounts of debris in the ear canal and/or pain the pet is experiencing. In these cases, a vet will sedate or anesthetize the pet so that he can thoroughly assess the entire ear canal with an otoscope. Sedation also provides an opportunity to thoroughly clean the ears of debris.
6. Ear canal cleaning. As part of a thorough evaluation of the ear canals, clearing them of all debris is necessary. As mentioned above, this can require sedation or anesthesia in moderately to severely affected pets.
7. Biopsy. If there is apparently abnormal tissue a vet may recommend obtaining a small sample for submission to a diagnostic laboratory. Pathologists there examine the sample to determine its origins; this helps your veterinarian recommend the best treatment. This tends to be the case when ear canal masses are involved.
8. Food trials. Pets with food allergies can develop itchy ears and ear infections. If your vet suspects your pet may have a food allergy, a food trial may be recommended. Eliminating all but a few ingredients in a pet's diet for a period of time can help isolate which proteins a pet may be allergic to.
9. Allergy testing. Sophisticated skin or blood testing may be necessary to determine which allergens a pet might be reacting to.
Treatment depends wholly on the underlying cause. It can range from the application of topical medication to kill parasites to long-term allergy treatment involving a multipronged approach with oral and/or topical therapy (at least in the short term) and a restricted diet and/or immunotherapy.


Princeton baseball is in postseason contention after the close of the first round of district.
They were 12-6-1 overall and tied for fourth place at 2-3 with Denison. Records were as of Monday, March 25.
McKinney North and Lovejoy were tied for first at 4-1, with Wylie East 3-2 for third.
Sherman was last at 0-5.
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This ultramodern space—part wine bar, part restaurant—has a daunting wine list with more than 3,000 labels, plus a rotating list of 50 that you can try by the glass before committing to a full bottle. Skip the iPad and put yourself into the hands of your knowledgeable server.
This is a place that I often recommend to my clients if during our tour they mention being into wine, and I have also taken people here for a glass. It's one of my favorite secret spots in the Eixample! Instead of a wine list, they have a tablet where you can choose by glass or bottle, by grape, by country... And it tells you information on the cellar and the owner/brand. In the afternoon, it's usually quiet, as it gets busier in the evening. But I like it quiet, because it feels so private. With your wine, you can also order some delicacies such as assorted patés. Or you might want to book a table and eat in their restaurant (still in my to-do list). Make sure to ask them to show you their cellar. It's spectacular!
Sip amazing vintages and share small plates at Monvínic.
Schedule a tasting or simply sample a few of the more than forty wines opened daily, available by the glass or half glass. Pair them with creative starters like coca bread topped with locally sourced vegetables. The prix fixe lunch menu is reasonable, but the design makes this space exceptional after dark.


Brief Entire Business Branding, Design & Art/Creative Direction - Role Designer, Art/Creative Director & Managing Director. The Austieng Group is a Creative Holding Group that I founded myself in 2015. I founded the group to build a company that consisted of creative and digital ventures that create innovate and high quality products, services and experiences throughout a range of industries. We create, build and guide brands and companies in and outside of our group with our creative input. I produced the entire visual appearance of the Austieng Group from the site to business cards and beyond. As the Managing Director of the group, I'm also heavily involved within the Creative and Design input throughout all of the Austieng Group's ventures - NESW & Scarlett Cunningham. In addition to building the entire business, financial and marketing structure of Austieng individually and all of our active and non active ventures. I'm heavily involved within the Austieng Group in addition to my Creative & Design Communications business.
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This Sunday, June 15th is Father's Day in many countries. For my family, we actually celebrate Chinese Father's Day which is on August 8th, but since I live in the U.S. now, I must also acknowledge this special day for fathers around the world. Happy Father's Day to all the hardworking and amazing fathers everywhere, especially to my own father! May you all enjoy this special day!


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This market briefing provides an overview of the global data center market. It discusses key trends in the market and provides an overview of each of the major segments. It concludes with a discussion of the benefits of CloudLightning and RECAP to data center operators.


SMARTER. FASTER. AND STILL NO CLEANUP OR PACKING CORD.
GingiTrac is a medium-viscosity, vinyl polysiloxane (VPS) gingival retraction paste with 15% ammonium aluminum sulfate (alum) that gently displaces the gingiva from the tooth and stops bleeding. When used with GingiCap™ compression caps, the mechanical bite pressure of GingiCap combined with the astringent action of aluminum sulfate works to control bleeding and seepage in just minutes. GingiTrac cleans up easily and completely, without tissue trauma.
GingiTrac is compatible with all impression materials and can be used as the second cord in a 2-cord technique. And GingiTrac serves as its own preview of the final impression so you can be sure of a quality impression every time.
GingiTrac MiniMix: Simple, easy to use system that is more patient friendly and easier to access all areas of the mouth.
GingiTrac Automix Cartridges: Traditional 50mL cartridges plus SuperMixer™ mixing nozzles that reduce waste 33% and yield 10 more applications per cartridge.
How does GingiTrac retract the gingiva?
Using the bite pressure of the patient, GingiTrac pushes on the gingival trough. Like retraction cord, this constant pressure over time stretches the tissue away from the tooth prep. Unlike retraction cord, which needs to be forced in with a packing instrument, GingiTrac uses a combination of bite pressure plus astringency over time.
Will removal of GingiTrac restart bleeding?
No. Unlike cord which contains fibers to which the coagulum can attach, GingiTrac is silicone, and does not provide a surface for attachment.
What are the black fibers in the retraction material?
The black fibers in GingiTrac are for a visual reference only, so as to differentiate the material from impression materials. They are rayon cut fibers. The fibers are not metal.
What does GingiTrac taste or smell like?
GingiTrac has a slight mint taste and smell.
Why won't the materials set?
Silicone material like Matrix and GingiTrac are sensitive to latex and rubber. We recommend using vinyl gloves when handling this two materials.
Additionally, the GingiTrac material may not mix correctly when first expressed from a cartridge. The base [green] material is much more viscose then the catalyst [white] material. We recommend expressing a "pea- size" amount from the cartridge WITH nozzle off to the side, before dispensing the material around the prep or into the matrix.
Can I use the set GingiTrac as my final impression?
No. The rebound effect of flexible silicone materials will cause any die poured from this impression to be too small. The resulting crown will not fit. The only way to compensate for this is to use several coats of die spacer on the lab die. We do not recommend using the GingiTrac impression as your final impression. Your lab will not like it.
How does hemostasis occur at a cellular level?
Alum is known to have an astringent and reinforcing effect on proteins. The compound causes superficially damaged and dead cells to be combined and shed. This leads to a reduction in local blood and fluid circulation.
Will it affect the setting/accuracy of my final impression?
No. When polymerized GingiTrac is removed from the mouth, nothing is left behind. A slight rinsing and drying of the impression site will insure consistent results.
Can I use my own fast bite VPS material as a matrix?
Yes. Centrix has not tested any other fast bite materials with GingiTrac so we do not guarantee the same results. But most fast bite VPS are the same.
How should this material be stored?
We recommend storing in a cool, dry place (5-25°C / 41-77°F). And we recommend leaving the mixing nozzles on cartridges until next use for the 50ml cartridges.
Will GingiTrac distort the final impression?
No, GingiTrac has sulfates in its formula. Sulfates do not distort impression materials. Sulfur or Free Sulfur [which some gloves contain] will distort impression materials. These two materials do not share the same chemistry.
Prepare the tooth as normal.
If excessive bleeding, use a hemostatic/astringent agent.
For Single Tooth Preparation: Select appropriate size GingiCap, then proceed to Step 5.
Purge the GingiTrac Matrix cartridge without the mixing nozzle to ensure that both the catalyst and base are being equally expressed, and then attach the mixing nozzle. Express GingiTrac Matrix into a plastic tray and place over the prepared teeth. Use a cotton roll on the opposite side to prevent full closure. Matrix will set in 30 seconds. Remove from the mouth, rinse and dry.
Attach the mixing nozzle to the GingiTrac Retraction cartridge, express a "pea-sized" amount and discard. This is to ensure that the catalyst and base are being mixed thoroughly.
Fill the GingiCap, or Access Blue impression, with GingiTrac Retraction material. Do not allow filled GingiCap to remain at room temperature for more than 1 minute 30 seconds, otherwise material will harden.
Syringe the GingiTrac Retraction material directly around the tooth preparations' margin using the included dispensing tip.
Place the filled GingiCap over the preparation.
Have patient close with firm but not excessive pressure. Wait 2 minutes, depending on the amount of bleeding or oozing, for complete set and retraction.
Remove the set GingiTrac. Check for complete retraction. If needed, repeat steps 6-9.
If necessary, gently rinse and dry the prepared teeth. You are now ready to take your standard impression.
Attach the mixing nozzle to the GingiTrac Retraction MiniMix.
Express a "pea-sized" amount and discard. This is to ensure that the catalyst and base are being mixed thoroughly.
Fill the GingiCap with GingiTrac Retraction material. Do not allow filled GingiCap to remain at room temperature for more than 1 minute 30 seconds, otherwise material will harden.
Remove the set GingiTrac. Place the filled GingiCap over the preparation.
Remove the set GingiTrac. Check for complete retraction. If needed, repeat steps 7-10.


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