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Jenny is an award-winning photographer, writer, and speaker specializing in wildlife natural history and conservation, ecosystems, earth systems, environmental issues, scientific research, and related cultural and policy topics. Her photographs, often accompanied by her writing, have been displayed to acclaim in many exhibits and widely published throughout the world in books, magazines, science journals, and newspapers. Publications in which her work has appeared include National Geographic magazine and other National Geographic Society publications; BBC Wildlife magazine, as well as BBC Books and BBC News; National Wildlife magazine and other National Wildlife Federation publications; Natural History magazine; Nature's Best magazine; Ocean Geographic magazine; and the scientific journals Arctic, Science, Nature and Nature Geoscience. (Read a couple of Jenny's feature articles: about polar bears here; about why the disappearance of arctic sea ice matters here.) Jenny's photographs have also been exhibited at numerous private galleries and a variety of public venues, including the Anchorage Museum of History & Art, the California Academy of Sciences Natural History Museum, the California Exposition (Cal Expo), the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, the Natural History Museum in London, the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
In her work Jenny strives to capture the essence of wild animals and wild places, explain scientific research to non-scientists, raise awareness of environmental issues, inspire concern and action for wildlife conservation and ecosystem protection, and elicit greater appreciation of the natural world and heightened understanding of the essential connections between human beings and nature. She frequently collaborates with researchers in a wide variety of scientific disciplines ranging from biology, ecology, paleontology, and archaeology, to geology, geophysics, oceanography, paleoclimatology, and cryosphere science. Jenny has worked extensively in the Arctic and sub-Arctic, and she is particularly concerned about the transformation of the Far North that is occurring due to rising temperatures. She developed Life On Thin Ice® to help advance public understanding of climate change, arctic science, and related cultural and policy issues through editorial work, and by providing photographic and journalistic support for scientific research, public outreach, and education initiatives.
Jenny has been honored in the World Press Photo awards, the Pictures of the Year International awards, and the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards, as well as receiving numerous other major accolades including the Nature's Best Award for Wildlife Photography, the Philip Hyde Award for Environmental Photography, the Vision Award of the North American Nature Photography Association, the Arctic Council's award for Arctic Biodiversity Photography, and an award for Outstanding Environmental Photojournalism from the Society of Environmental Journalists. (View a World Press Photo video interview of Jenny about her WPP prize-winning arctic photograph here.)
Jenny's educational background at Stanford University and Harvard Law School included biology, environmental studies, philosophy of science, art, law, and public policy. Previously a practicing attorney, she ultimately chose to leave the law and dedicate herself to photography and writing, emphasizing journalistic work as well as projects related to public outreach and education. She also does some scientific research. Jenny is a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, and a professional member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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The work of Swiss photographer Alessandra Meniconzi centers on the ancient heritage, customs, spirituality, and daily lives of indigenous people who are strongly connected to nature and whose traditional cultures are at risk of vanishing. She is motivated by a passion for the interplay between wild places and ancient cultures, as well as a fascination with and profound respect for native people who subsist in isolated regions of the world. Alessandra strives to portray the lives of indigenous people with authenticity, insight and sensitivity. For more than a decade she has worked extensively in remote areas of Asia, documenting indigenous minority people and their ancient ways of life. More recently, she has expanded her efforts to encompass Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Her beautiful and compelling images have been published widely in magazines and newspapers around the world, as well as in three books for which she was the sole photographer: The Silk Road (2004), Mystic Iceland (2007), and Hidden China (2008). For Life On Thin Ice®, Alessandra's work focuses primarily on indigenous arctic people, their daily lives and ancient traditions, their relationships with nature, and their struggle to preserve their ways of life and maintain their cultural identities in the face of climate change and the pressures of the modern world.
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Pastoral Player won the race in 2012 under a masterful ride from Darryl Holland and Hughie Morrison's six-year-old is back again this year, this time with Graham Lee in the saddle. He shaped most encouragingly over the course and distance last month in a race that could hold the key to Saturday's renewal.
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Amarillo is an interesting raider from Germany who finished fourth in a Group 3 race over a mile at Baden Baden last month. He finished runner-up in the German 2000 Guineas last year to Caspar Netscher and holds third-placed Red Duke on that form.
Richard Hannon saddles Libranno who pulled too hard for his own good in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury last time out. That run is best ignored and he is not without a chance if returning to his best. Premio Loco is a regular in this type of race whilst Monsieur Chevalier's best form is over shorter distances.
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Carlos Kasuga Osaka: A Story of Shared Struggle and Work
By Sergio Hernández Galindo / Translated by Kora McNaughton / 26 Oct 2017
In October 2017, leading Mexican businessman Carlos Kasuga Osaka celebrated his 80th birthday. Carlos is known to many as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yakult, a Japanese company. He has also become very famous as a public speaker, with thousands of followers on social media.
Carlos Tsuyoshi Kasuga Osaka (Kasuga Family Collection)
Behind the success of Carlos Kasuga is a story of hard work and dedication, both personal and by the Japanese community. However, this story is not so well known. The son of Japanese immigrants from Nagano Prefecture, Carlos Tsuyoshi (剛), as his parents named him, was born in a small town in central Mexico in the state of San Luis Potosí.
His father, Tsutomu Kasuga, had come to Mexico in 1930 at the age of 20, from a town in Nagano Prefecture where most people earned their living from raising silkworms. When the global economic crisis of 1929 cut the value of their product in half, misery and unemployment affected many of Nagano's peasant families. Faced with such a dire situation, many young people from the prefecture left Japan for countries in Latin America.
During his first years in Mexico, Tsutomu worked as a laborer on a ranch owned by another Japanese immigrant, who had brought him there under the yobiyose system, through which he obtained an entry visa with no problem. Tsutomu quickly realized there wasn't much of a future for him at the ranch, so he didn't stay there long. Instead, he moved to the town of Cerritos in San Luis Potosí to work with merchant Teikichi Iwadare, who owned a large store.
Tsutomu Kasuga, far right, with his friends (Kasuga Family Collection)
In 1936, once he was firmly established in Iwadare's store, Tsutomu asked his relatives in Japan to look for a young woman there who would be willing to move to Mexico and marry him. Through a letter (and a photograph) he sent to the young woman, Tsutomu explained that although he wasn't wealthy, he was an honest man who would work hard to support a family. The young woman, Mitsuko Osaka, accepted his proposal and moved to Mexico with just a few personal items and two treasures she couldn't leave behind: a Japanese flag and her book of poetry.
When she arrived in Cerritos, Mitsuko met her husband for the first time, and from that day forward the two worked worked intensely side by side to achieve their dream of building a better future for them and their first-born child, born in October 1937 in the same store where they worked.
La Japonesa, the store where Carlos Kasuga Osaka was born in Cerritos, San Luis Potosí (Iwadare Family Collection)
This important business offered a wide variety of merchandise and served not only the town of Cerritos but several other villages in the area as well. For Tsutomu and Mitsuko, this was an opportunity to study in a wonderful "university" where they learned not only to communicate in Spanish with customers, but how to manage the store. After a couple of years they were ready to "graduate" and open their own business with their savings and support from suppliers, who provided them with merchandise on credit. The Carlos Kasuga store opened in the town of Cárdenas in September 1938, and very quickly became a major goods distribution center, enabling the family to earn enough income to buy a house and a truck.
The Carlos Kasuga store (Kasuga Family Collection)
When little Tsuyoshi turned four years old, the war between the United States and Japan was on the verge of erupting. The conflict drastically affected the lives of thousands of immigrants living in many countries in Latin America. The Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base in December 1941 unleashed the persecution of immigrants and their children, who were considered "enemies" from that time forward, even though the majority of them were already citizens of the countries where they were born.
The U.S. government requested that Mexico immediately move all immigrants living near the border to the center of the country. The FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies with operations in Mexico maintained detailed census files on immigrants, with information about who they were and where they worked. In the months that followed, instructions were given to move all people of Japanese descent to Mexico City and Guadalajara.
In San Luis Potosí, the Kasuga family received the order in mid-1942. Although municipal authorities from Cárdenas reported to the federal government that the family was "honorable, hard-working and law-abiding" and that there was no need to move them, their request was denied. Carlos Kasuga recalls that one of the few times he saw his mother cry was when the people of Cárdenas accompanied them to the train station to say goodbye.
In Mexico City, the Kasugas and other families who arrived under the internment order lived near each other in the Tacubaya neighborhood. There, the community decided to prioritize the opening of a school for children, using what little resources they had for their education. The Tacubaya Gakuen school enabled Tsuyoshi and hundreds of children who were suddenly living in Mexico City to begin studying the Japanese language and other subjects. Tsuyoshi and his classmates had to study twice as hard since in addition to attending the community school, they also attended public school.
School in Tacubaya, which was temporarily located at the Kasuga home (Kasuga Family Collection)
To support his family, and with the experience acquired in retail, Tsutomo Kasugo began to sell fruit and vegetables on the streets near Mexico City's central market. Later, once the war had ended, the Kasuga and Yamazaki families opened a candy shop, which generated enough income to improve their economic situation. This was possible thanks to very hard work by the whole family, as the candy shop was open every day except New Year's Day. From an early age, in addition to studying, Tsuyoshi worked alongside his parents. Life itself began to show him that the road to a better future could only be paved with great effort, dedication and work.
A few years later, young Tsuyoshi earned a degree in accounting at the Banking and Business School. The education and training he received during those years was not only focused on acquiring knowledge, but also sustained by the values that Japanese immigrants brought from Japan: honesty, respect, generosity and a strong work ethic. Decades later, these values that have sustained him since childhood, and which are a heritage of the history of the immigrant community in Mexico, would enable Carlos to establish his own companies and achieve great success by transmitting those values to thousands of people through his speaking engagements.
In 1956, Carlos Tsuyoshi was one of the first dekasegui to study in Japan, without a scholarship, at Sophia University in Tokyo. During his stay in Japan, he learned that new kinds of plastic were being developed in Japan's toy industry. With this training, he and his family founded a small business that eventually became the leading maker of inflatable toys: Industrias Kay.
The business grew quickly due to the design of its products and the use of plastic imported from Japan, which was of better quality and durability than their competitors'. Demand for toys was so strong that the company opened two additional plants to fill orders from countries in Central and South America. In 1968, when the Olympic Games were held in Mexico, Kay was commissioned to make the huge Olympic rings that floated up to the sky in the opening ceremony.
In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Carlos Kasuga has dedicated a great deal of energy to supporting education and organization of the Nikkei community in Latin America. In the town of Acacoyagua, Chiapas, where the first Japanese immigrants arrived in Mexico in 1897, he has given generously to the secondary school, as well as to Escuela José Gálvez in El Callao, Peru. Both establishments offer high-quality education to Nikkei and other residents of those economically disadvantaged areas.
Carlos Kasuga Pavilion at El Callao School in Peru (Escuela José Gálvez Collection)
Furthermore, Carlos Kasuga's goal is to promote education based on values such as cleanliness and to ensure that the lessons expand beyond the schools. The trash collection campaigns led by Carlos himself, in which hundreds of people participate, have helped inculcate these values in a collective way. His philosophy is that when a problem such as littering exists, the solutions can be found in the hands of the people themselves as well as the participation and collaboration of the community.
The clean-up campaigns (Kasuga Family Collection)
Other achievements that have benefited from Kasuga's firm and enthusiastic support are the Panamerican Nikkei Convention (COPANI), with the motto "Being better citizens," and the founding of the Panamerican Nikkei Association in 1981 (Carlos was the first president). These collective efforts by Japanese descendants have strengthened Nikkei culture and history throughout the continent.
Tsuyoshi, now 80 years old, continues to work as hard as his name indicates, never allowing himself to be defeated by life's challenges. It is clear that his roots are planted deeply and firmly in the ground. The duty of Nikkei descendants, then, is to honor and raise awareness about the pioneers who arrived on this continent in the late 19th century and established their legacy, as Carlos Tsuyoshi Kasuga Osaka has done.
Carlos Kasuga in the clean-up campaigns (Kasuga Family Collection)
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Sergio Hernández Galindo is a graduate of Colegio de México, where he majored in Japanese studies. He has published numerous articles and books about Japanese emigration to Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America.
His most recent book, Los que vinieron de Nagano. Una migración japonesa a México (Those who came from Nagano: A Japanese migration to Mexico, 2015) tells the stories of emigrants from that prefecture before and after the war. In his well-known book, La guerra contra los japoneses en México. Kiso Tsuru y Masao Imuro, migrantes vigilados (The war against Japanese people in Mexico: Kiso Tsuro and Masao Imuro, migrants under surveillance), he explained the consequences of conflict between the United States and Japan for the Japanese community decades before the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
He has taught classes and led conferences on this topic at universities in Italy, Chile, Peru, and Argentina as well as Japan, where he was part of the group of foreign specialists in the Kanagawa Prefecture and a fellow of the Japan Foundation, affiliated with Yokohama National University. He is currently a professor and researcher with the Historical Studies Unit of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
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Total rebounds 14 Proximus Spirou Charleroi vs. FMP Belgrade 1/3/2006
Assists 3 Hemofarm Vrsac vs. Proximus Spirou Charleroi 11/6/2007
Steals 6 Proximus Spirou Charleroi vs. FMP Belgrade 1/3/2006
Blocks 8 ALBA Berlin vs. Proximus Spirou Charleroi 12/8/2004
Minutes 38 PAOK Thessaloniki vs. Proximus Spirou Charleroi 11/23/2004
Played college basketball at Kentucky University (1991-95).
Moved to Japan for the 1995-96 season, signed by Blue Winds, in the 2nd Division.
Moved to Taiwan for the 1998-99 season, signed by Mars.
Released on January '99.
Moved to Venezuela on April '99 signed by Trotamundos de Carabobo.
Moved to Dominican Republic for the 199-00 season, signed by Metropolitanos de Mauricio Baez.
Left the team on December '99.
Moved to France, signed by Dijon.
Released on February '00.
Moved again to Venezuela for the 2000 championship, signed by Trotamundos de Carabobo.
Moved to France for the 2000-01 season, signed by Dijon.
Played during the 2001 Summer with Trotamundos de Carabobo.
Signed for the 2001-02 season by Paris Racing Basket.
Moved to Belgium for the 2002-03 season, signed by Spirou Charleroi.
Won the 1999 Venezuelan National Championship with Trotamundos de Carabobo.
Won the 2002-03, 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 Belgian National Championship with Spirou Charleroi.
Won the 2003 and 2009 Belgian National Cup with Spirou Charleroi.
Played the 2000 Venezuelan All Star Game.
Played the 2001 and 2002 French All Star Game.
Named to the 2000 Venezuelan League All-Defensive Team.
Led the 2006-07 Belgian League in blocking (1.5 bpg.).
2010-11 Spirou Charleroi 10 50 5 21/35 60 0/0 0 8/21 38.1 50 4 6 14
2011-12 Belgacom Spirou Charleroi 10 60 6 26/37 70.3 0/0 0 8/18 44.4 41 4 5 14
Totals 20 110 5.5 47/72 65.3 0/0 0 16/39 41 91 8 11 28
Averages 20 110 5.5 47/72 65.3 0/0 0 16/39 41 4.5 0.4 0.6 1.4
2002-03 Spirou Charleroi 12 102 8.5 42/70 60 0/1 0 18/33 54.5 79 15 16 28
2003-04 Spirou Charleroi 11 104 9.5 39/84 46.4 0/0 0 26/48 54.2 72 19 17 21
2004-05 Spirou Charleroi 14 77 5.5 28/58 48.3 1/1 100 18/40 45 96 25 18 38
2007-08 Spirou Charleroi 10 86 8.6 37/61 60.7 0/0 0 12/27 44.4 51 22 10 20
2008-09 Spirou Basket 12 76 6.3 30/40 75 0/0 0 16/35 45.7 38 22 7 12
2009-10 Spirou Basket 6 36 6 14/31 45.2 0/0 0 8/20 40 29 8 9 11
2012-13 Belgacom Spirou Basket 6 20 3.3 9/21 42.9 0/0 0 2/4 50 21 4 6 2
Totals 83 605 7.3 246/461 53.4 1/2 50 110/226 48.7 471 150 96 147
Averages 83 605 7.3 246/461 53.4 1/2 50 110/226 48.7 5.7 1.8 1.2 1.8
1991/92 Kentucky 28 54 1.9 22/39 56.4 0/0 0/0 10/38 26.3 67 6 8 33
1992/93 Kentucky 31 138 4.5 58/96 60.4 0/0 0/0 22/48 45.8 95 18 5 52
1993/94 Kentucky 34 270 7.9 117/207 56.5 0/3 0 36/91 39.6 171 33 26 83
1994/95 Kentucky 33 163 4.9 68/123 55.3 0/3 0 27/53 50.9 127 19 12 44
1999/00 Dijon 13 131 10.1 54/95 56.8 0/20 0 23/39 59 104 13 16 29
2000/01 Dijon 30 347 11.6 149/230 64.8 1/2 50 48/90 53.3 331 51 35 75
2001/02 Racing P 30 354 11.8 150/233 64.4 0/1 0 54/109 49.5 312 52 34 95
2002/03 Charleroi 26 286 11 112/176 63.6 0/1 0 62/82 75.6 213 … 28 …
2003/04 Charleroi 35 413 11.8 160/249 64.3 0/1 0 93/159 58.5 284 … 47 …
2004/05 Charleroi 36 274 7.6 109/174 62.6 0/0 0/0 56/112 50 225 … 42 …
2005/06 Charleroi 33 359 10.9 135/225 60 0/1 0 89/142 62.7 175 32 33 62
2006/07 Charleroi 35 310 8.9 119/199 59.8 0/1 0 72/124 58.1 229 56 37 51
2007/08 Charleroi 40 276 6.9 122/182 67 0/3 0 32/80 40 228 60 31 81
2008/09 Charleroi 31 201 6.5 84/138 60.9 0/0 0/0 33/62 53.2 151 46 21 40
2010/11 Charleroi 33 164 5.0 67/122 54.9 0/0 0.0 30/93 32.3 173 39 30 53
2011/12 Charleroi 42 221 5.3 88/151 58.3 0/0 0.0 45/112 40.2 169 48 29 74


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Tags being a jerk, big picture, breaking up tasks, emotionally gutted, engineer, engineers, individual tasks, losing will to live, meetings, personal life, project plan, rational plan, sense of purpose, engineering
Boss: Any comments on the project plan? Dilbert: When you consider all of the tasks together, they form a rational plan. But our individual tasks are so far removed from the big picture that they are stripped of meaning. You've managed to remove all sense of purpose from my life. On an intellectual level, I understand the benefits of breaking tasks into small chunks. But you've left me emotionally gutted. As I read your plan, I'm losing my will to live. Boss: Can't you find meaning in your personal life? Tina: He's an engineer. Dilbert: Now you're just being a jerk.
Saturday October 07, 1989
Tags Dogbert, Dilbert, nuclear, power, project, inspection, report
Dilbert arrives home carrying a briefcase and says to Dogbert, "I got transferred to the Glickman Nuclear Power Project." Dogbert asks, "Aren't you worried about radiation?" Dilbert replies, "My boss says the last safety inspection was quite favorable." Dogbert asks, "What were his EXACT words?" Dilbert answers, ". . . The inspectors gave a glowing report." Dogbert says, "Maybe you'll mutate into something smarter."
Monday April 23, 1990
Tags Dilbert, Dogbert, boss, job, sez, raise, bench, outside, project, stupid
Dilbert, Dogbert and a man sit on a park bench. The man says, ". . . So then I sez to my boss, 'You can just stuff this stupid project . . .'" The man continues, "Then I sez, 'Let's see YOU do this job.' And I sez, 'I should get a raise.' I gotta go." Dogbert says, "The more they sez 'I sez,' the less likely it is they really said what they sez they said."
Tags Dilbert, vital, performance, stupider, project, high visibility, country, salute, janitors' strike
Dilbert stands in front of the Boss's desk. The Boss says, "Your new project will be VITAL to the performance of this company!" Dilbert thinks, "Uh-oh." Dilbert thinks, "The more he talks it up the stupider the project must be." The Boss says, ". . . High visibility, a chance to excel and be noticed!" The Boss continues, "In fact, I stand to salute you for the job you will be doing! You're what makes this country great!!" Dilbert asks, "Does this have anything to do with the janitors' strike?"
Tags meetings, discuss project, civility is dead, invited to meeting, office
Coworker: What's a good time to get together and discuss my project? Dilbert: Never. Every interaction I've had with you has been a waste of time. I have no reason to think it will be different in the future. Coworker: Sheesh! How did civility die? Dilbert: Maybe you invited it to a meeting.
Tags Dilbert, the boss, good, articles, paper, magnets, sign, language, write, white, influence, project, working, minutia
Dilbert sits at his desk. The Boss enters holding a newspaper and says, "There are two good articles in the paper today; one about magnets, and one on sign language." The Boss continues, "I'd like you to write a white paper on how these items could influence the project you're working on." Dilbert asks, "Do you even know what project I'm working on?" The Boss replies, "I don't have time to get into minutia."
Tags Dilbert, tim, working, days, secret, project, confidential, proprietary, important, sounds
Dilbert says to a man, "Hi, Tim. What are you working on these days?" Tim replies, "A secret project." Tim continues, "Very, very secret. Confidential and proprietary. Real hush-hush." Dilbert says, "It sounds important." Tim points a gun at Dilbert and says, "Just move along."
Tags Dilbert, class, career, options, engineer, retire, major, catastrophe, consultants, project, teams, real, crush, marketing, donuts
Dilbert says to a classroom of children, "The goal of every engineer is to retire without getting blamed for a major catastrophe." Dilbert continues, "Engineers prefer to work as 'consultants' on project teams. That way there's no real work, blame is spread across the group, and you can crush any idea from marketing!" Dilbert continues, ". . . And sometimes you get free donuts just for showing up!" The teacher says, "Get out of my classroom."
Tags Dilbert, the boss, project, man
The Boss says to an employee, "Your new project will have no budget and no management support. Expect to spend most of your time giving status reports." The man's head disappears and he thinks, "Oh no! The life force has been drained out of me! I'm becoming a damp rag!!!" Dilbert looks at the floor and says, "That's amazing." The Boss replies, "It's nothing. I did eighteen at once at the employee empowerment brunch."
Tags Dilbert, Wally, ted, business project, business meeting
Dilbert and Wally sit at a conference table with a man from marketing. The man says, "You engineers have done NOTHING on my project. You just keep saying I haven't given you sufficient requirements!" The man throws his arms up in frustration and says, "I don't know what else you need and you won't tell me what you need!! Is this just your way of avoiding work??!" Wally replies, "I'll bet you regret choosing marketing as a career path." Dilbert adds, "It looks like a lot of work."


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Four PharmD Students Transform KGI Free Clinic from Dream to Reality
For four PharmD students at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), winning the regional Prescription of Service competition is only a small side effect on their path to achieving a much larger goal. They have set their sights on implementing an idea that will greatly affect the underserved community.
Samantha Garcia, Monique Macias, Huy Truong, and Melissa Vu represented the KGI School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) regional competition held earlier this year with their proposal of the KGI Free Clinic.
"Our combined passions led us to the idea of establishing the KGI Free Clinic, which is a student-run clinic," Truong says. "The clinic aims to provide free healthcare services to the underserved community."
"We believe the KGI Free Clinic will not only improve the health of the community, but it will also provide pharmacy, medical, and occupational therapy students the opportunity to reinforce and refine their clinical skills in a multi-disciplinary environment."
The idea is already being implemented with the first dates for the KGI Free Clinic set for Saturday, April 27 and Saturday, May 4. The team ended up earning top honors in the regional competition, receiving a $2,500 grant and a spot at the national competition to be held during the SNPhA National Convention in Houston, Texas, from July 26-28.
"We're all really excited about the opportunity to compete at a national level," Garcia says. "But we're even more excited and humbled that we won the grant to implement our idea and greatly impact the underserved community."
To prepare, the team is working closely with their advisors, KGI assistant professors Jeniffer Hernandez and Mylene Manalo, along with other KGI faculty members Robert Stein, Daniel Kudo, and Stephanie Kourtakis. The four KGI students also have a Prescription for Service mentor, Mercer University's Vi Nguyen, who also serves as the SNPhA National Diabetes Chair.
What were the keys to the group's success at the regional level?
"As a team, we worked together by directing the video, writing the script, and producing the final product," Vu says. "We were very determined to win because we all share an underlying passion in helping the underserved community. The competition has also greatly added to my student experience here at KGI by enhancing my teamwork skills."
Team-based learning is at the core of the KGI curriculum and these four talented KGI PharmD students will carry those skills into the national spotlight in July at the national convention.
"Team-based experiences such as these competitions will ultimately help me better communicate with other pharmacists and healthcare professionals in the future," Macias says. "As the role of pharmacists changes to include more clinical tasks, team skills will be particularly important for building collaborative agreements with physicians and other prescribers."
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More Negative News about Our Knowledge Levels . . . Do You Yearn?
I suppose if one lives here in the US, one could consider these recent Inside Higher Ed stories to be gloom-and-doom: first, "ACT Scores Slip," pointing out that this year's results are the lowest in five years and that reading and English scores are particularly down; and second, "Troubling Stats on Adult Literacy," pointing out that American adults' literacy and numeracy levels fall below average.
Naturally, these quick pieces don't tell the entire story (for instance, the ACT story notes "more students are taking the exam — some of whom are required by schools to do so but have no collegiate aspirations"), and any kind of rankings amongst large groups of people, as well as any kind of measure of skills and intellect, are bound to be sticky as they deal with human beings in different circumstances, cultures, etc. That said, basic knowledge can be tested, and standardized tests for all their controversy do measure something.
Kramer: Do you ever yearn?
George: Yearn? Do I yearn?
Kramer: Oh, yes. Yes, I yearn. Often, I sit and yearn. Have you yearned?
Ah: but can one be taught to yearn for learning?
Consider this: within "ACT Scores" kinds of stories, it's generally observed that students who take a more rigorous college-prep curriculum do better on these tests, which suggests students who challenge themselves learn more. Indeed! Of course, students must first desire to learn: it's very telling, I think, that during my years in higher ed I've heard this particular cliché more than any other: "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." Teach for awhile and you realize the yearning for learning comes entirely from the student: it must.
As for the article on US adults lacking in literacy and numeracy levels, we could consider the schools of course, and we should; but I firmly believe any and all of us can take, to a large degree, our educations into our own hands. A common-sense action for anyone who struggles with reading would be to read, read, read some more. Too many of my students who struggled with both reading and, not surprisingly, writing, told me they didn't like to read, so they avoided it. Well, they will stay in that less-than-optimally-literate place unless they take initiative to start reading more and, again, start challenging themselves. I could do my part by assigning readings in class and guiding them, but if they dropped out (which happens frequently in a community college), they then lack formal guidance and must themselves yearn to learn in order to come back around.
What do you think – how might we raise literacy and numeracy levels?
This article in Inside Higher Ed ("SAT Scores Drop") offers analysis of the latest news from the College Board. The piece nods to the ongoing debates over standardized testing: what scores really mean, and the role tests ought to play in college admissions. Further SAT-related internet articles in the last two days discuss the achievement gap, who's taking the tests now, and efficacy of a testing culture, in general.
My own view is that such standardized tests cannot show everything about a student's ability and knowledge, but they do show something, particularly in the aggregate. So scores dropping over time is, in my opinion, cause for concern.
In other words, students who challenge themselves in their studies end up doing better on tests.
If I might offer related advice: Students who challenge themselves academically before college end up performing better in college, too.
So whether or not a college entrance exam is in your near future, you should study hard and seek out the most challenging courses, the most challenging teachers, and the best extracurricular study enhancements you can.


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ICON's core competency is project management, built up over the last fifteen years managing complex projects and underpinned by comprehensive and consistent processes which conform to the ISO9001:2000 quality certification.
1. Can you describe ICON for me in a single sentence?
ICON is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
2. How and when did ICON start?
ICON was founded in 1990 by Dr. John Climax and Dr. Ronan Lambe. Originally launched with just five staff all based in Dublin, we grew organically for our first 10 years, making our first acquisition in 2000. We now have 3000 staff operating from 41 offices across 27 countries.
3. Why do you think ICON is so successful?
The quality of our people has been critical to our success. Through their efforts we have been able to develop strong relationships with our clients, who include eight of the top ten global pharmaceutical companies. By maintaining our focus on consistently delivering outstanding service, we have built up the trust of these organistions. The fact that our growth has been predominently organic has supported this drive for consistency and meant that we have developed a strong culture which encourages people to focus on understanding and meeting our clients changing needs.
4. What makes ICON different from the competition?
Ally to this, the extensive therapeutic and scientific knowledge that resides in the organization, and we have the capability to consistently solve the challenges that arise during clinical trials, each of which is the equivalent of a unique scientific study.
While we prefer to allocate dedicated resources to projects we have the operational flexibility to work in whatever way is most appropriate for our clients. This adaptability is a key characteristic we look for in the recruitment of our staff, in who we invest significantly in training and development. Through our network of worldwide offices, we have developed strong relationships with investigative sites, who are key partners in ensuring the successful management of clinical trials across different continents, cultures and regulatory regimes.
5. Why work for ICON?
Apart from joining a market leader, we are committed to providing our staff with all the training & development and support to develop their career as far as they want to take it.
Not only do we pride ourselves on recruiting and retaining dynamic and outstanding staff, we have the capability to support and encourage them to expand their career in any global location.
We have a great culture which is professional, but friendly, fast paced but relaxed, challenging but highly rewarding, so although we work hard, we certainly have fun too!
We also care deeply about our staff and we offer flexible working options to help facilitate a work life balance. This includes offering part-time positions as well as job share, flexibility with start and finish times or working from home. In addition to this we offer career breaks to established staff and this has been very widely used.
Finally, when people join ICON, we think the challenges they tackle, the quality of people they work with and the support they receive with their career development makes them want to stay and have a prosperous career with us.
6. How has ICON developed over the last 18 months?
Our strategic focus has been on driving internal growth in our core Phase I – Phase IV clinical trials business, while supplementing this segment with acquisitions in complementary service areas where appropriate. For example in 2003 we acquired Medeval, a UK based Phase I facility, providing strategic product development services and in July 2004 we acquired a 70% interest in Beacon Bioscience, Inc, a leading specialist CRO in the Medical Imaging field.
7. How is business looking for ICON at the moment?
In our last reported quarter of fiscal year 2006 we were awarded record net new business awards of $140 million and with a continued strong business flow we expect to maintain this momentum through the rest of the fiscal year.
8. Where is ICON planning to be in 5 years time?
We are aiming to maintain a market leadership position within the outsourced development services market. We believe the current trend towards the more strategic and global use of outsourced services is acting as a catalyst to growth within our market. Goldman Sachs estimate that the total market opportunity for outsourced contract research services will rise from $11.8 billion in 2004 to $22.9bn in 2009. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 14.2% over the period.
However, we also believe that our customers will continue to employ and evaluate different outsourcing models. Development Services firms, such as ICON, need the flexibility to support these different models and continually demonstrate how they can add value throughout the drug development cycle, if the current level of outsourcing is to continue. Hence, we will continue to look at the services we offer, the technology we use and our operational reach to ensure these are aligned to customer requirements. We will evolve our services through either in-house development or where appropriate acquisition.


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You would've been stunned to hear on the news that the United Nations has given Chris Carter the job of eliminating corruption in Afghanistan. When bombshells like this are dropped on the world without explanation it results in a psychological state known as cognitive dissonance - people know such an important move is meant to make sense, so they struggle to extract the meaning.
Getting your head around it feels like trying to grab a wriggling fish with both hands, right? You grasp that making a fool of himself in the headlines last year (destroying his own political career whilst attempting to destroy his leader's) would likely drive a primadonna to suicide, but why not just drive across the centre-line into an on-coming SUV like everyone else?? Heading half-way across the world to get some islamic nutter to do it seems too complicated - anyway it was apparently the UN's decision, not his. You know top-level political decisions are made with evident logic to keep the punters lulled into a false state of security, you know UN decisions the past half-century have been a consistent track record of bumbling incompetence - yet this seems at least an order of magnitude more imbecilic.
The afghanis wore out the British army in the 19th century, the Russian army in the 20th, and the US army in the 21st. Having defeated 3 empires in a row, they're now confronted by the 4th cab off the rank: a fag from the arse-end of the universe!! They must be scared shitless!
You will have noticed that not just our national media, but the global media also, has been bereft of any follow-up commentary & explanation. Everyone is totally baffled (the sole exception being one wag who claimed that the posting to Kabul was due to the UN office in Timbuktu not currently hiring). When cognitive dissonance is triggered on a mass scale like this, there's always a danger of degeneration into mass psychosis - people get real paranoid & you can see them looking around fearful of `wtf is gonna happen next?'. It's taken me a few days to get the situation sussed, but now I'm in the position to reassure everyone, so the following scenario is offered for circulation as a public service...
[scene: UN HQ, boardroom table]
Obama's man: "Ok all, the pres needs a viable exit strategy for re-election. These afghanis are real tough buggers, huh? Shock & awe worked in Iraq, dunno why Bush never did the re-run."
CIA guy: "No Saddam, no leader, different ball-game."
Obama's man: "Whatever. Pres needs a victory, so you guys are gonna have to produce one. Remember we had to pull funding on the UN a few years back when we got non-compliance - you don't want that again, do you?"
Ban Ki Moon: "No sir, we solve problem, keep our jobs."
Obama's man: "Right. Now the previous exit strategy was setting up a democratic government. Problem is it's too alien for them, they can't learn it. Corruption is even more normal there than back home, if you can believe that. We need to force them to behave."
CIA guy: "Overwhelming force hasn't worked. Looks like we have to underwhelm them. Lateral thinking."
Obama's man: "Jeeze, you guys always get me with the subtle stuff. You mean quantity is the problem, so we need quality instead? We've already thrown all the special forces at them, didn't do much good. It's like we need Superman. Hang on! Schwarzeneggar!! We can fire the Terminator at them!!! They'll shit their pants!"
[congrats, orgy of back-slapping, cigars break out]
Helen Clark: "Ah, it's my understanding there are no cinemas in that country, let alone DVD players, so why would you assume they've even heard of the Terminator? In fact, they don't even have electricity yet."
Obama's man: "You're shitting me! I thought the UN is meant to be doing sustainable development on all these retards. What gives??"
Ban Ki Moon: "Not easy, some places..."
CIA guy: "Normally we advise the Machiavellian approach. The Stalin model could work here: ineffectual functionaries are never seen as a threat by men of power. We need someone who presents as sincere & friendly while stabbing the target in the back, someone enthusiastic enough to come across well at a press conference, yet without a track record of substantive achievement."
Helen Clark (thoughtfully): "Actually, I believe I know just the right man. A member of parliament who launched a coup against his leader without obtaining any support, by means of a forged document which he addressed with his own distinctive handwriting so it was immediately recognisable."
Obama's man: "Incredible! Are they all that thick where you come from?"
Helen Clark (sharply): "Of course not! That's my point - he's clever enough to seem intelligent without actually being so. And he always does what I tell him."
Obama's man: "Excellent, sounds great. Good work, team! Ban, announce the appointment. We gotta get outta this hell-hole so we can deal with Assad. Hang on, forget I said that!"
Helen Clark: "Ah, one small thing. The UN has a long-standing policy of respecting indigenous cultures. In fact, we are charged with protecting their integrity. Everyone knows corruption has been fundamental to Afghan society for millennia. How will the Afghans react to such an attack on their traditional culture? And don't forget that politically-correct thinking has been obligatory throughout western countries in recent decades. Do you really want to further inflame anti-American sentiment everywhere?"
Ban Ki Moon: "Indeed so. Young lady new here, sir."
CIA guy: "Not a real problem. Perception is reality. We are not actually launching an attack on Afghan corruption - we are merely creating the impression of doing so. The Stalin model works via managing the impressions in the minds of both participants & observers. You just need to let the afghanis know his track record as a back-stabber, they'll clap him on the back & call him brother. Takes one to know one, right?"
Time now to draw a veil over proceedings, just as Helen Clark is about to inform them that their new agent is gay. If he's a queen, he'll have a ball with all those macho men. If he's the other kind, we get to find out how long they're normally allowed to live. Moslems, like jews & christian fundamentalists, go by the word of god as originally written. That word is abomination: when one is found the rule says stone him to death.
Will we get to see Chris Carter getting stoned in a somewhat different manner to usual, in public ceremony? When they whack him on the back & call him brother, will he remember to ask them to switch the knife to the other hand first?
Is the primadonna aiming for martydom in a noble cause? Will they put on his tombstone "He went to root out corruption single-handedly in a foreign land where it had been endemic since the dawn of time. What a hero!"?
Yeah, I know what you're thinking: multiple fascinating plot lines, suspense, sex & violence, obviously someone's plan for a new reality tv show. Guess the UN's done a deal with one of the media corporates to film him on the job ...
(I sent this piece of writing to 7 friends on 6/9/11 as an email - one responded that I ought to publish it, so here 'tis...)
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Explained (Video) in 2mins: What is Bitcoin?
Unless you've been living under a rock, then you will have heard the word Bitcoin (BTC). You'll probably also know that it's a type of digital currency, but that doesn't really begin to cover it. Don't worry, in this guide; we will cover everything you need to know about the digital currency.
Bitcoin (BTC) was born in the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2007/8. There was growing displeasure with the way that financial institutions handle cash and then received massive government bailouts to the detriment of the general public.
Following this, in August 2008, bitcoin.org was registered as a domain, while publishing the idea on a paper called Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. The basis of the article explained how the currency could be used digitally, with no need for traditional banks as a central authority. It also explained that digital currency could be created using cryptography – complicated mathematical problem-solving that uses algorithms. Basing the idea on the same technology Alan Turing used during World War II. He used a machine to crack coded messages used by the Germans. This, ultimately, helped the allies to win the war.
The digital currency was created on January 3rd, 2009. The first block – block 0 – was mined by the creator of the currency, Satoshi Nakamoto. To this day, nobody knows who Satoshi is. The name could be a pseudonym protecting the identity of one or a group of people. What we do know is that Satoshi owns around 1,000,000 BTC. Therefore, this makes him or her one of the wealthiest people in the world.
From here, things moved very quickly. The first open-source software model was released a few days later, and the first bitcoin transaction occurred on 12th January. As soon as this happened, blockchain as we know it was established. The blockchain is like a digital ledger – an online record of confirmed transactions with that currency. The more transactions there are, the more people there must be to confirm and facilitate these transactions.
Nowadays, the digital currency is mined and used worldwide. At one point in 2017, it was worth almost $20,000. Thanks to its success. During this period, many other cryptocurrencies were born, but the digital currency remains the most used and the most valuable of them all. Now that we learned what is BTC let's compare the differences between BTC and traditional currencies.
There are four critical differences between the digital currency and what we call fiat currencies.
Satoshi idea was to limit bitcoin's supply. This means that for every 210,000 minded blocks, the reward would halve. The first reward was 50 BTC – However, at block 210,000 the number of rewarded coins are halved to 25. Mathematically, as this process continues, mining can only continue until a finite point – 21 million BTC. At the moment, the number of coins mined is a little over 17 million.
The second difference is all about control; the supposed main reason for the creation of the digital currency in the first place. With traditional currency, the supply comes from the government and the control comes from the central banks. You store your money in a bank, which then controls transactions and interest rates. This causes problems, as you effectively surrender control of your own money to an institution. If that institution collapses, your money is in danger.
The principle behind the digital currency is that nobody has central control – this leads to digital currencies also being called decentralized. Digital ledger records all BTC transactions – known as the blockchain. The blockchain is an open record of all transactions that have ever taken place. It can't be changed and isn't stored in one place, meaning that it is almost impossible to hack. This reduces the risk for currency holders.
The third main difference between the digital currency and fiat is identity. With traditional money, the bank stores all transaction to your identity. This may include your address and full credit history. With BTC, however, you create a private key – like an address (also known as a bitcoin address) where money can be sent. This doesn't require any personal details. The sender and receiver don't need to know anything about each other to complete a transaction, as all necessary information is confirmed on the peer-to-peer network. This means that BTC users have a higher degree of control over their identities.
Finally, as the coin runs on a network that is global, transaction speeds are much faster than traditional currencies. You can send BTC around the world in under an hour. Unlike a SWIFT system, where it would take a couple of days to complete. Transaction fees are also much lower. Where people that use their processing power to confirm transactions charging far less than banks do for international exchange.
If you want to buy the digital currency (BTC), the first thing you need is a digital wallet; this is where you store your currency. You can choose to have an online wallet via a desktop download or on a mobile phone. You can also have your wallet on a USB, or even on paper. A wallet consists of two keys – a public key and a private key. While the public key is visible to everyone – like a bank account number – your private key is only used when you want to verify transactions. It is essential that you keep this safe, as this is the key that could be targeted by hackers. For this reason, a lot of people pay to use a multi-signature wallet, or they keep their keys offline and only use them as and when they need them.
Step 1: Open an account with a bitcoin exchange. Few of the most popular exchanges are Coinbase, Bitstamp, and Gemini.
Step 2: Deposit your regular money on to their system so that you can exchange it for BTC. You can do this with your debit or credit card.
Step 3: Keep your money on the platform or withdraw it to your wallet and keep it for when you need it.
Once you've bought your coins, you have several options. As cryptocurrency is decentralized and unregulated, the price is prone to much higher level so fluctuation. This means a lot of people use it as a form of investment, buying low and selling high. There is also the options to exchange your BTC for a host of other currencies, trying to capitalize on fluctuations.
One use for the digital currency that is increasingly popular is for purchases. In its infancy, not many places would accept. Today, however, vast amounts of sectors take the currency as it becomes more and more mainstream. From online shopping to buying houses or paying rent, there are now thousands of sites worldwide where you can spend your crypto. People also give BTC as gifts and make charitable donations – the applications are increasing all the time, and BTC is growing in popularity.
Mining is the process by which transactions are confirmed and processed. Anyone can contribute to the process, using a Graphics Processing Unit on their home computer. You use your computational power to solve complex mathematical problems and verify transactions, which then updates the ledger.
By conforming transactions and thus sustaining the network, the network itself produces rewards – new Bitcoins. As we mentioned before, the rewards decrease as mining increases, which makes mining progressively harder. This means that people have joined together in mining pools – groups that work together and split rewards. Nowadays, it is very unusual for miners to work individually.
Because of the computational power needed to mine BTC, mining pools have become big business. This has come with criticism though, as many people feel that the decentralized principles behind the digital currency have been compromised, with individual mining now either impossible or completely worthless. Therefore, many people hope that in the future, when there are no new coins left to mine, that the power required to continue confirming transactions will reduce, and the currency and network will stabilize.
As we have become used to using fiat currency, the concept of digitization can be a bit scary. One of the most significant barriers to entry for potential new users is that they concerned about financial security. As we mentioned earlier, BTC is more secure than fiat currency, as the ledger on which transactions are confirmed is distributed across a large number of hosts. This means that it is virtually unchangeable, as so many copies exist all around the world.
However, to avoid your reserves of BTC being hacked and stolen, you need to make sure you keep your keys safe. The cheapest options for Bitcoin wallets are based on the cloud or in the form of an app. While these are great because the interface is easy to use, you are effectively trusting a third party with the security of your keys, which feels to a lot of people like using a bank. Bearing this in mind, a lot of people choose to use software wallets. With this, you have sole control of your wallet, but you will need to make sure you keep the software updated and there is the risk that you lose or break your computer, in which case you would lose your coins if you hadn't created a recent backup.
The two safest options for BTC storage are hardware wallets and paper wallets.
Hardware wallets often come in the form of USB sticks or external hard drives. They are primarily offline – you only connect to the Internet when you need to perform a transaction. Because they are completely protected from hacking, they are very popular, but can also be quite expensive. Of course, you have to keep the hardware itself safe – a lot of people use a bank vault or safe to do this.
This is the same with paper wallets; you may print your keys on pieces of paper, which you then need to store so that they aren't stolen or destroyed.
While BTC has revolutionized the way in which we interact with currency, this doesn't mean that it is perfect. However, some advantages make it an attractive option for increasing numbers of people.
Freedom – coins can be sent, received and used by anyone, anywhere in the world. There aren't any restrictions between certain countries or on certain national holidays. Transactions can take place at any time and when compared with traditional transaction methods, or almost instantaneous.
Decentralization – Your money is your own. You do not have to trust a bank with control of your currency, and this also means that you don't have to surrender anywhere near as much sensitive, personal data when you start using Bitcoin. This reduces the risk of identity theft or losing your currency due to the failings of a third party.
Transparency – While you do need to pay transaction fees to miners, it is completely clear what you will have to pay beforehand; there are no hidden charges and these fees are lower than traditional banking when it comes to international transactions. Also, as the ledger is public, everyone can see an immutable record of what has happened. Nothing can be faked or hidden, but you maintain your anonymity because your identity has nothing to do nor it is with your public key.
Risk – Using BTC is less risky for sellers than with fiat currencies. As transactions cannot be reversed and products don't change hands before transactions are confirmed, the risk of fraud is virtually eliminated.
Volatility – The biggest issue right now is that BTC as a currency is extremely volatile regarding its value when compared with traditional currencies. This makes it quite a risky investment option, as the price can rise and fall by much larger amounts than fiat currencies. This also affects the value of what you can and can't buy on a day-to-day basis. Because of this, investors often use professional portfolio managers or spread their wealth across a range of different cryptos.
Information – While cryptocurrencies are undoubtedly becoming more mainstream, the basis of the digital currency does assume a certain level of technological competence. Tied to that, there isn't a great deal of instructional material online that simplifies the process for less technical people or older generations. This has put a lot of people off – although it is changing, as more and more "how-to" documents pop up. Of course, part of the reason that educational content is limited is that BTC is still evolving and changing. It is likely that it will continue to change in the way that it works until all 21 million are mined, at which point price, transaction speed, and cost and networking will all stabilize.
Limitation – As Bitcoin is very new in terms of currency, it has usage limitation. While some significant retailers accept payment in BTC, small and medium-sized enterprises are far less likely to. Also, BTC ATMs are not particularly common outside South-East Asia, meaning that access can be slightly more difficult.
Hopefully, this has given you a solid overview of what is Bitcoin, its history and how to use it. Ultimately, it isn't as complicated a commodity as you might think, and its usage is increasing steadily.


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Sudarsan Pattnaik's sand sculptures at BRICS Summit in Goa
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Amid the ongoing BRICS Summit in Goa, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created the sand sculptures of monuments of all the five member countries in the lobby of a five-star resort.
Heads of the states of all five participating nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) visited the sculptures yesterday.
Pattnaik, who has traveled the globe creating his sand sculptures, said he was invited to create "something special" for the BRICS leaders. It took him and his team three days to create the installations.
"It was a great honour when Prime Minister Narendra Modi explained the importance of all the monuments to the heads of the states. The leaders spent around ten minutes looking at the monuments and also clicked a group photograph," Sudarsan Pattnaik said.
While Taj Mahal represents India in the monuments, the sculptures also include Great Wall of China (China), Saint Basil Cathedral (Russia), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil) and Statue of Nelson Mandela (South Africa).
"Sand from all the five different nations has been used in the sculptures. All the respective governments had volunteered to send the sand. Total 45-50 tonnes of sand was used in it," he said.
"It is a great honour that I was given an opportunity to show the creativity during an event of such a massive scale. The message through the sculpture is unity of all the nations," the artist said.
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I used to read your adventures in my bedroom, bathroom and by the beach in the Bahamas, soaking in the sun with La Roche Posay Anthelios 60 SPF on my face, your book steady in my hand. Three years later, I met you, Charlotte Cho.
It's the sentiment of longing, feeling this fathomless yearn for him or her, or them. It's emotional and it can even get disturbingly confusing in the most beautiful way possible. Is it amorous? Charlotte Cho acquainted those feelings when she introduced the sentiment of jeong with launching her own skincare brand, Then I Met You. I thought to myself, "is it possible that someone is able to describe how I, and many others really feel when having a deep connection to someone or something, and just can't describe it?" Don't think too much, it's how you choose to live it. Jeong is you.
"When I started Soko Glam, people started asking me at the very beginning when I'd start my own skincare line. The truth is, I wasn't ready at the time even though it's a natural next step for a retailer to create their own line. I didn't know anything about formulation then. I had a lot of information, I loved curating all the products and I obviously knew what innovations were coming out in Korea, having an intimate connection with all the brands." Intimacy, the root of all things connected.
And now, we welcome Then I Met You.
"These special stories can't be told under the umbrella of Soko Glam. I want you to dive into a whole other side and dive deep into the community through Then I Met You." When Charlotte was in Korea, she shared part of her five year journey in her book, The Little Book Of Skincare.Together, she opened up and dove a little deeper. "I learned two things when I was in Korea. K- beauty and jeong." Jeong is something she experienced with family, friends and her work community, but was never able to put it into words. No one mentioned how important it was to her, especially in Korean culture. The concept of jeong is fascinating. It's indescribable. It can't be googled, neighboured or properly translated. It's a feeling of deep connection that you make by interacting with someone or something deeply overtime.
Hugging her for the first time, my heart opened up to the warmth of Charlotte's inviting energy and excitement to share her journey with me. I sat down in her office in New York City, basking in her warmth, smiles and luminous skin. I wanted to sit down, human to human, and discover what jeong really means to her. And not only did I discover it, but I felt it.
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D.L.Johnstone lives in the Toronto area with his wife, four kids and a half-dog/half-sasquatch named Charlie. He's the author of the thrillers CHALK VALLEY and FURIES: An Ancient Alexandrian Thriller.
It was more a slow gestation than defining moment, and it happened during my high school years. I've always been closely connected to reading and story-telling and how words can be woven together. I clearly remember when I was two years old and the a-ha moment when I found the "a" in the word "sailor" on a big flash card and was able to read it. The little sailor cap next to the word had no influence whatsoever. Most authors are inspired to write because of what they read, and I was a voracious reader in high school.
No single favourites. I probably have a top 10 or 20. From War and Peace to Harry Potter, Stephen King to George R.R. Martin. What I love is a well written story that gets me so caught up in the story and the characters that I can't put it down. And when I think upon it days or weeks later, actually missing the characters, wondering what happened to them. Amazing. I love beautiful prose and flat out action. Lately I've been reading Hillary Martell's Wolf Hall – a stunningly well crafted work.
(1) Don't just write well, tell the story well. They are two entirely different things.
(2) Don't be afraid to rewrite. Embrace the changes, trust your gut and just do it.
In your book; Furies: An Ancient Alexandrian Thriller, can you tell my Book Nerd community a little about it?
Let me tell you instead how I came to write it. I'd just finished writing my first book, CHALK VALLEY, a contemporary serial killer thriller. My agent wanted me to do a sequel, but I wanted a new challenge. I'm a Roman history geek and thought, hey, how hard could it be to set a thriller in that era? Pretty tough, actually. I loved the idea of that time and place, though. Alexandria was the centre of learning, where some of the greatest minds gathered. It had the most magnificent library, with a collection of every book known to man. It was a hugely diverse culture, with Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Jews and countless other groups. It had a population density to rival modern Manhattan. And it was a world where mythology would clash with philosophy, and murder investigation would require ancient CSI methodolgies. Clearly, I had my work cut out for me. But I love a challenge!
For those who are unfamiliar with Aculeo, how would you introduce him?
Aculeo's a very different guy in the beginning of the book than at the end. He starts off like an ancient Don Draper – he's got everything: wealth, a beautiful family, respect, friends, a lovely home. And it is all taken away from him in the first chapter. The rest of the book is about him trying to get it back. But life keeps happening to him. He gets entangled in the investigation of some brutal murders that are linked to his financial losses. He goes to some very dark places. And he finds out what's truly important to him in life.
I'm taking a totally different direction for my next two books. My kids are still youngish and I can't really let them read my first books – they're way too adult. So I've written a couple of novels for teens that are coming out in the next 6-12 months. I love my first two books – I consider them my fifth and sixth children – but these new books are a lot of fun, a real roller coaster that let me stretch as a writer and try some new things. Then comes the sequel to FURIES, which I've already mapped out. I'm very excited about it and can't wait to get started.
Does this make me look fat? No, really, does it? Are you sure you're not just saying that?
That is a great question. Voice is absolutely key. A story doesn't come alive for me until I find the voice for it. Then it almos writes itself. Start with who the main character(s) is. What are their drivers? I research quite a bit to understand my characters' psychologies, trying to get it real and right and not get caught up in my own biases. For example, in CHALK VALLEY, part of the story is told from the killer's perspective. He's not a good guy. And I am not much of a sociopath. Research helped me a lot – reading books, talking to cops, psychologists, lawyers etc. Let it inform you, but you then have to let the magic happen.
Working for my Dad. He was a building contractor and was a really great guy. We lost him a couple of years ago to lung cancer. I miss him deeply.
This is going to sound like totally made up shlock, but I swear it's true. My wife. I met her at a square dance when we were 13 and totally fell for her. I was so shy it took me four years to ask her out. She was, and is, the smartest, prettiest, sweetest girl I ever met. Fortunately, and I'm not sure how, she sees some redeeming features in me too.
It was a girl named Penny. I don't remember her last name, but I remember the kiss. Also the setting – camped at the base of some mountains near Banff Alberta.
I make it a point to tell people I love how much I love them. I've lost some dear friends and family members over the years and never regret being too open with them.
More out of happiness than sadness. I get a huge lump in my throat when I see my kids having a good time together, laughing, being themselves. I feel really blessed.
The sixties. Because I would have loved a chance to see the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Stones play live in their early years. I grew up in the age of disco. And square dancing, I suppose.
I blog somewhat capriciously at www.dljohnstone.com, and tweet when I remember at @DLJohnstone1. Email is fine, dljohnstonewriter@gmail.com.
36 AD - The city of Alexandria is a center of Roman commerce—and a sinful playground for the pleasure-seeking rich and powerful.
Aculeo's search for the reasons behind his downfall draws him into a web of violence. A common slave is found murdered in the magnificent temple of the god Serapis. Days later, the brutalized body of a high-priced hetaira is discovered floating in a canal, after an evening entertaining the city's elite. The grim truth soon becomes clear: A ruthless killer is moving among Alexandria's aristocrats, commercial titans, and philosophers.
Ominous clues connect those murders to Aculeo's own quest. Aided by an Egyptian mortuary attendant, a brilliant philosopher, an exotic hetaira, and his last remaining friends, Aculeo must unmask and stop a deadly murderer if he is ever to reclaim the life he has lost.
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The U.S. Treasury bond market predicts the direction of stock and crude oil prices. In tonight's update, I will cover how the relationship works and where stock and crude oil prices are headed.
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